A SERENITY GARDEN:
Growing Herbs for Beauty, Culinary & Medicinal Uses
with Bettina Gray
Sunday, May 20, 2012
12pm - 5pm 

This workshop will cover time saving and environmentally sound techniques of growing fresh herbs and medicinal plants in your own home garden. Topics will cover “no-till” gardening, plant propagation techniques, soil health, container planting and which healing plants are easiest to cultivate. Come enjoy fresh herbal teas from the COBHA garden while we discuss how to let nature do the gardening work for you, and sample some of the benefits.  Bring your questions and take home herb starts from Bettina’s garden!. 

HERBAL/MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS: 
Tinctures, Teas, Medicinal Oils, Herbal Salves
with Christine Hassler
Sunday, June 10, 2012
9am - 5pm 

Christine Hassler, an herbalist form the Trinity Mountains, will teach the ancient traditions of making herbal preparations for you and your family. This will be a hands-on workshop with instruction in the making of tinctures, herbal teas, medicinal massage oils and herbal salves, each of which you will be bringing home, plus recipes for more.

7th Annual WELLNESS FAIR
"Health to Thrive" 
AUGUST 25, 2012  11am - 5pm

VENDOR BOOTH SPACE AVAILABLE!
10% Discount before May 1st
Call 831-462-1807 to Register

LEVEL ONE FOUNDATION COURSE 
IN ESSENTIAL OIL THERAPY
Next Session begins
Monday, September 24, 2012
8 Mondays: Sept. 24 - Nov. 12  
5:00 pm - 9:30 pm

COBHA is proud to offer this fabulous foundation course in Essential Oil Therapy. This course is a rich introduction to the essential oil experience, in which 23 essential oils will be studied in depth. It will provide you with a valuable, lifelong reference guide to the healing properties of essential oils, is the foundation course in our 421-hour essential oil therapist certification program and can truly be a life changing experience!

Level 1 Foundation Course
is Also Available as a
CORRESPONDENCE COURSE.
Register on this website
or call 831-462-1807.

The College of Botanical Healing Arts
is non-profit and accepts individual
and corporate donations!

"Awaken to Healing Fragrance," the new book by COBHA founder Elizabeth Jones

In stores, and available here

Written for both lay readers and practitioners, Awaken to Healing Fragrance is divided into three parts structured around the past, present, and future of aromatherapy. The book begins with profiles of prominent female historical figures—from Cleopatra to Elizabeth I—known to have used essential oils for mind, body, and spiritual health. Part two explains the value of aromatherapy today: modern methods for using essential oils—from relaxation practices like massage and facials to treating common conditions like PMS, stress, and a sore throat—and describes how and why they work. Also featured are case studies, research on anti-infectious qualities of the oils, and a section on psychoneuroimmunology that shows how essential oils can help restore the mind-body-spirit connection and create balance.

Awaken to Healing Fragrance concludes by exploring the future of essential oil therapy and how it can be integrated into traditional medical systems. Jones discusses energetic medicine, creating aromatic gardens, and establishing integrative medicine clinics where doctors trained in Western medicine would collaborate with alternative therapists such as acupuncturists, nutritionists, and aromatherapists to bring a new consciousness and sense of well-being to healthcare.