Northeast Herbal Association


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Dedicated  to merging the ancient traditions of Herbalism with the needs and development of the modern day Herbalist."

 

 

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Who We Are: Our members include herbal practitioners, growers, retailers, students, artists, crafters, writers, producers, educators and more. Most are located within the Northeast but some reside on the West Coast, Canada and even Europe! The only requirement for membership is the love of plants and a desire to learn more.

Our Mission:  The Northeast Herbal Association's mission is to create a strong community of herbalists in the Northeast by providing opportunities for networking, collaboration, herbal education, community outreach, and personal reintegration with the Green World. 

Current NEHA Council:

President:  Lesley Wooler  B.Sc., RA, CYT earned her degree in Horticulture at URI.  She is a Registered Aromatherapist through the Aromatherapy Registration council and a Regional Director for NAHA (National Assoc. of Holistic Aromatherapy).  She is also a member of the AIA (Alliance of International Aromatherapists).  She received over 230 hours of training at The Center for Holistic Botanical Studies where she was also on staff.  She studied with Valerie Ann Worwood for 4 years and is a Level IV Aroma Genera Practitioner   She has been teaching Aromatherapy classes throughout New England for the past nine years.  Lesley completed her herbal apprenticeship and advanced herbal programs in the 1990's and is the owner of The Herb Wyfe ( www.theherbwyfe.com ) in Wickford, RI.    Lesley is a member of the American Herbalists Guild, The American Botanical Council, the New England Unit of the Herb Society of American and the American Horticultural Society.  She is the owner of The Studio@Wickford Cove, a Yoga and workshop studio and is a Certified Yoga teacher.  Lesley has maintained her own landscape/gardening business, "Gardening with Finesse" for the past 12 years.

Vice President  - Alicia North

Alicia is a community herbalist, medicine maker, teacher and local food advocate. Having trained with many world-renowned herbalist & healers, Alicia holds certifications in Herbal Healing and Iridology. As a life-learner, she continues to learn from the plants in the gardens, mountains and wilderness areas near her home as well as herbal conferences and workshops nationwide. She created North Star Botanicals in 1997 to provide quality herbal products and offer education on the varied uses of herbs and their benefits to her community. She enjoys sharing her passion with her clients while reintroducing them to the magic of the green world. Alicia is a past instructor at Northwestern Connecticut Community College’s Center for Holistic Studies and it’s “Foundations in Herbal Medicine” certification course based on Dr. Tieraona Low Dog’s program which was it’s core for the duration of it’s existence from 2001 through 2006. She continues to offer herbal courses, local weed walks and lectures for clients and special interest groups wanting a better understanding of how to use herbs for their own health and well being. Alicia is an active member of United Plant Savers and the Connecticut Herb Association. 

Webmaster - Bonnie Rogers - I am a clinical herbalist and an herbal educator and have worked with both people and their animals with herbal medicine for the past ten years.  Being in my garden with the magical, medicinal plants inspires me to share the wisdom and healing gifts of these green beings with others. 

My style of practicing utilizes the Wisewoman tradition of healing.  This methodology is one of compassion, simple ritual and using common herbs that heal the whole person and maintain health and healing.  I emphasize optimum nutrition and believe that when the body is nourished at a cellular level it has an intrinsic way of healing itself.

My practice has been influenced through my teachers, notable herbalists  Robin Rose Bennett and David Winston.  I am a supporting member of The American Herbalists Guild,  The American Botanical Council and a board member of the Northeast Herbal Association. www.bonniesherbals.com

Membership Secretary - Bonnie Kavanagh -  Bonnie Kavanagh has worked in community healthcare for thirty years both as a registered nurse, with expertise in geriatric psychiatric care and adult ambulatory medicine, and as a practicing community herbalist. Bonnie is co-owner of The Herbal Nurses, an herbal education company that specializes in integration of botanicals into the allopathic system of healing. She has lectured extensively throughout the Northeast on the various aspects of using herbs as food and for the enhancement of health. She served as the community herbalist at Seven Arrows Farm in Attleboro, Massachusetts for five years and continues to serve as consulting herbalist to healthcare practitioners and the public. Bonnie has been featured on NPR radio. She co-teaches “Conversations in Herbalism” an herbal apprenticeship in East Meredith, New York. She is a founding member of the Ocean State Herbalist Association, council member of the Northeast Herbal Association and an active member of United Plant Savers.
 

Chris Marano - Chris Marano is a clinical herbalist with a health-care practice in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. His health care practice and teachings take him throughout the United States, Canada and the British Isles. He is founder of Clearpath School of Herbal Medicine, dedicated to the teaching of holistic health, herbalism, and Earth-based wisdom; and Clearpath Herbals, offering health consultations and high-quality, custom-blended herbal preparations. His experience draws upon Chinese, Native American and Western healing traditions. He is a registered herbalist in the American Herbalist Guild (AHG), a council member of the Northeast Herbal Association (NEHA), veteran teacher, author, meditation instructor, and has degrees in pre-medicine, Chinese philosophy and science education from Columbia University, a graduate degree from The Herbal Therapeutics School of Botanic Medicine, Zen and Chinese philosophy training from the Institute of Chung-hwa Chinese and Buddhist Culture, and years of training with medicine elders of the Cherokee and Annishnabe tradition. In addition to teaching workshops, courses and apprenticeship programs through Clearpath Herbals in both Western Massachusetts and Coastal Maine, Chris also teaches Clinical Herbalism at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

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