Aug 5 / 6:30-8:30pm / Building Health Class 7: Herbal First Aid, A Practical Introduction

This class offers a basic introduction to first aid concepts and simple, appropriate herbal supports for common, everyday situations. We’ll focus on safety, clear scope, and building confidence around what you can reasonably address at home, as well as how to recognize when additional care is needed.

We’ll cover practical approaches to cuts and scrapes, bruising, insect bites and stings, sunburn and other minor burns, and topical support for mild muscle strains and soreness. Herbal tools will be discussed as part of a broader first aid toolkit, alongside basic wound care, common-sense decision making, and an emphasis on keeping things simple, effective, and appropriate for everyday use.

This class is offered both in-person and online and is part of the Building Health series, though it can be attended on its own. Classes are donation-based, with a suggested range of $0–$25 depending on your financial situation. If you’re able, you’re welcome to pay it forward by donating more to help keep the series accessible. In-person attendees please register in advance here so we can get an accurate headcount.


Wednesday, August 5th
6:30-8:30pm
Suggested Donation: $0-25
Pay It Forward: $30-50


This class is part of a 12-month class series designed to help strengthen health using realistic, accessible lifestyle practices, nutrition, and herbs as supportive tools. These classes are for anyone who wants to better understand their body, cut through wellness misinformation, and build healthy habits.

This series focuses on how health is built over time through daily practices, small adjustments, and systems that support one another. We will look at how sleep affects mood and food choices, how digestion influences energy and immunity, how stress shapes the body, and how simple, repeatable practices can create meaningful change.

Herbs are woven throughout the series as practical tools that help support healthy function when used alongside daily habits like sleep, food, movement, and rest. You’ll learn herbal categories (such as bitters, nervines, carminatives, and tonics), how and when they’re useful, and how to use them in a way that fits into real life.

Each class can be attended on its own, but the series is intentionally sequenced. Attending (or watching) all of the classes will give you a much deeper understanding of how different aspects of health connect, reinforce one another, and build toward long-term resilience.

These classes focus on parts and physiological processes rather than gender, and are taught with the expectation of respect and care so that the space is as safe and welcoming as possible for everyone who chooses to attend.