Medicine in Your Own Backyard: Looking to BioRegional Plant Medicine In Times of Need
with Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed
In this light-hearted conversation Latifa shares about her knowledge of, and experiences with, local plants that can be easily found, identified, ethically harvested and then turned into medicine. During this session…
You will learn:
A Nature based approach to living through the crisis and beyond
The 1 certainty you can turn to for reassurance and fulfillment every day, any day
How to deepen your relationship to the plants which are all around you
How to begin your journey of plant medicine
4 ways to purify and cleanse the air in your house
2 other key systems in addition to immune system you need to support in this time and which herbs are beneficial for them
How we might move forward as a society if we truly value health
And so much more…
Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed is a herbalist, botanist, wild forager and educator based in Calgary, Alberta, Treaty 7 Territory. She runs a sliding-scale herbal medicine practice, and is particularly interested in reconnecting people to nature to create well-being in individuals and communities. She regularly runs retreats, workshops and plant walks to teach people how to safely identify and use wild plants as food and medicine. Latifa offers consulting services to individuals and organizations related to plant identification, and edible and medicinal plant usage in Alberta and British Columbia. She is co-owner of ALCLA Native Plants, a native plant nursery in Calgary, Alberta.