April Class Feature - Thriving Beyond Cancer

Thriving Beyond Cancer

Sunday, April 2

12–4:30pm

If you have survived cancer and wish to enhance your life and renew your being, this workshop is for you. Do you wonder how to safely detoxify from treatments, improve your energy, rebuild stamina, restore your zest for life, prevent “late-stage” side effects, manage anxiety and fear of cancer recurrence, sort through the various dietary approaches and food recommendations? How do we decide what is right or best for us? How can we know what to believe? It is easy to become overwhelmed and confused by the avalanche of advice—often contradictory—received from family, friends, practitioners, media. Join me for a dive into your questions and concerns.

Well-chosen plant medicines and foods can help restore balance and protect our health. In this class, you will learn key principles for promoting a deep sense of well-being…and specific, practical actions and natural substances that can support your mind and body in maintaining health or living with cancer going forward. Our simple, daily choices can affirm our intention to thrive and not merely survive! Short of having a one-on-one consultation, this class is a great way to learn a lot in one afternoon and also benefit from the questions of others—information that’s immediately applicable. There will be handouts, but please bring a notebook as well!

Instructor: Carol Trasatto. Carol has been practicing and studying herbal medicine for more than 35 years, teaching, writing, consulting, and promoting a holistic approach to the way we think about healing our lives and this planet. She has been Radiance’s lead herbalist/herb buyer since 1992. Carol has survived her own journey through an aggressive cancer and intense treatments—and is more impassioned than ever to help others survive and thrive through similar circumstances, in collaboration with the powerful medicines of nature. Carol is the author of Conscious Caregiving: Plant Medicine, Nutrition, Mindful Practices to Give Ease, offering extensive support for oneself as well as for those going through illness, intensive medical treatments, or dying.

Cost: $80, with handouts. [$145 for 2 who register and pay at the same time—bring a friend or a partner]

To register, please visit https://greenwildblessings.leadpages.co/thriving-beyond-cancer/ to see more details of what we’ll cover and to easily register online. Can also call Radiance at 360-357-5250.

Class to be held at Radiance Herbs & Massage

April Class Feature - Abundant Life Workshop

Abundant Life Workshop

Saturday, April 1

11am–4pm

Are you ready to allow abundance and prosperity into your life? Abundance includes all good things — money, happiness, positive experiences and prospering in all areas of life. Learn how to release blocks that impede your progress. Most people think that becoming more prosperous has to do with external conditions, however, there is a spiritual secret . . . it truly starts within you.

In this course you will learn: The biggest blockages to abundance and how to overcome them; How your childhood programming influences your ability to receive today; How your core beliefs influence your life and how to shift disempowering ones; How to call upon spiritual assistance and Prosperity Guides; Clutter-clearing methods for abundance and flow; Affirmations and visualizations for wealth and joy. Please bring a notebook and pen.

Instructor: Lisa Holm. Intuitive Guide, Medium and Teacher, Lisa has been empowering clients across the U.S. and internationally through classes, clairvoyant counseling, intuitive readings, mediumship, animal communication and spiritual healing since 2002. Lisa has studied with medical intuitive Tina Zion, Hay House author & Psychic Medium John Holland, and the Church of Religious Science. Lisa also teaches Intuitive Development, Animal Communication and Mediumship Mentoring. Website: www.lisaholm-psychic.com

Cost: $56

To register, call Lisa Holm at 360-786-8617 or email Lisa@lisaholm-psychic.com

Class to be held at Radiance Herbs & Massage

March Class Feature - Consensual Pizza

Consensual Pizza

Wednesday, March 29

5:30–7:30pm

Pizza Party & Consent Workshop! This class will offer an introduction to boundaries, consent language, and the responsibilities of intimacy for male-identified teens aged 13-18.

This is a fun, non-confrontational workshop utilizing the popular consent analogies of “making tea” and “ordering pizza.” Real talk; subjects may be graphic and include issues around sexuality, substance use, and assault.

Class fee helps fund a Feminine Empowerment workshop also offered through Radiance this spring. There really will be pizza, so if you have any food sensitivities, please email Audrey Daye at audiwasabi@gmail.com once you've registered.

Instructors: Audrey and Alex Daye, Jackie Pleus. Audrey and Alex staff youth empowerment programming together every summer, are both trained in mediation and childhood education, and are raising two boys. Alex teaches martial arts professionally. Jackie is a peer-educator in co-counseling and non-violent communication and has been a camp counselor at a number of camps in Thurston County.

Cost: $30

To register, call Radiance at 360-357-5250

Class to be held at Radiance Herbs & Massage

March Class Feature - Nourish Your Adrenals and Your Life

Nourish Your Adrenals and Your Life

Sunday, March 26

1–3pm

Our adrenal glands are the greatest allies we have in the challenge of thriving through whatever life throws at us. They are the keys to managing stress, restoring our healthy weight, surviving major life changes and health challenges, and feeling a balance of playful energy and peaceful relaxation. When push comes to shove, your adrenals will get you through it, learning how to protect and restore these glands is essential to living life as your awesome self.

This class is going to cover adrenal care that has been safely used for thousands of years. You will learn traditional foods, herbs, and self-care techniques as well as life hacks that are safe to share with friends and family. Bring a notebook, as there will be a lot of information to take in!

Instructor: Jessica O’Malley, LAc. Jessica is a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist with an MSA from Bastyr University. She is also an Ayurvedic wellness counselor and holds a certificate in Ayurvedic medicine from Kerala Ayurveda Academy. She practices traditional constitutional medicine from Asia that includes acupuncture, vibrational modalities, bodywork, nutrition, botanicals, breathing, meditation and exercise. She believes in a simple family-based medical model that is centered on daily practices of healthy living and preventative care. Her classes are fun and informative and designed to help you and your family live better through natural medicine practices that are simple, safe, and effective.

Cost: $40

To register, contact Jessica at Jessicaomalleylac@gmail.com

Class to be held at Radiance Herbs & Massage

March Class Feature - Dancing the Ancestors, Nourishing Ourselves, Singing the Future

Dancing the Ancestors, Nourishing Ourselves, Singing the Future

Saturday, March 25

12-5pm

Pause and Effect! This workshop invites anyone interested in a big picture view of life on earth to take a moment to Pause and Effect. Imagine the Hanged Person in the Tarot...take this moment to see from a different perspective in times such as these.

EagleSong Evans Gardener, wise woman herbalist, spins a yarn and weaves a story to boldly go where no one has ever gone before. Ear to ear*th guides this story medicine. Listen! Earth’s heartbeat sets the rhythm...an excellent band of herbal allies appear along the route enchanting, enlivening and strengthening your journey...life determines the rate...in the end? A rendezvous with mystery herself awaits!

EagleSong is sure to delight and terrify you, stretch and soothe you, expanding your capacity for holding a bigger story. Clowning around and making tough learning bearable, EagleSong strikes at the heart of matter for engaging your one precious life!

Instructor: EagleSong Evans Gardener. Wise woman herbalist, pilgrim-adventurer, grandmother, earth keeper...founder of RavenCroft Garden and Healing from the Ground Up, herbal apprenticeship, EagleSong is a human being with 66 years practice. Most of her life, she has asked herself, “What would nature do?” in any given challenge or circumstance. An exploration into personal story and a template that has served her well grew from that seed question—through garden tending, child raising, fire storms, journeys to the underworld and other more common catastrophes.

Cost: $75

To register, contact EagleSong E. Gardener via eaglesong08@gmail.com or 360-794-2938

Class to be held at Radiance Herbs & Massage

FREE TALK: Let’s Have Tea!

FREE TALK: Let’s Have Tea!

Saturday March 18

1-1:20pm

Excited to see our entire wall of herbs and teas but uncertain about how to prepare them at home? Join long-time Radiance staff herbalist Carol Trasatto for an introduction to the hows and whys of simple water-based preparations: Teas, infusions, decoctions.

No registration required for this free event. Just show up and enjoy!

March Class Feature - Compass to the Heart

Compass to the Heart

Thursday, March 23

6–7:30pm

The Seeker’s Garden card deck will be an exploratory tool during a fun, structured workshop that allows participants an opportunity to enhance their capacity to joyously decide their own Life in matters that are immediate and personal or large, ongoing and community-based. The cards with their colorful, original imagery and succinct messages may help individuals delve into an understanding of their own unique skill sets when the need arises to resolve “fork in the road” challenges. Writing materials are also required to keep track of thoughts, feelings and ideas over the course of our time together. Nan and Jonathan will circulate among participants to answer questions or offer insights and suggestions as necessary. The final portion of the event includes A and a brief history of the journey from uncovering the inspired idea of The Seeker’s Garden deck to its finished manifestation.

Instructors: Nan and Jonathan Yurkanis. Nan is a textile artist, intuitive guide and yoga teacher. Jonathan is a writer, yoga teacher and musical instrument repair craftsman. Their collaborations have manifested an elegant, eco-friendly line of products, including The Seeker’s Garden deck. Visit www.yurkanis.com to see more.

Cost: $35—includes The Seeker’s Garden deck for each participant.

To register, contact Nan Yurkanis at nan@yurkanis.com

Class to be held at Radiance Herbs & Massage