The Commons Brooklyn

• Tell a friend
• Print this event
• Register
  $40

This hands-on workshop will provide you with the skills you need to make high-quality infusions, decoctions, and liquid extracts (tinctures) at home, that go far beyond common folk methods for herbal preparation. Students will leam how to assure that they are using high quality herbs and other ingredients, and then participate in tincture making that takes into account: fresh versus dry plant material, optimal alcohol percentage for various medicinal plants, and an introduction to basic phytochemistry as it relates to medicine making. Included in the class tuition is a small jar of tincture that each student will make during class and be able to bring home; a small materials fee will be charged if students wish to make additional extracts.

Richard Mandelbaum RH (AHG) has been an avid student of plants for more than twenty years,  He is a clinical herbalist with a private practice in Brooklyn and in Sullivan County, NY, in which he gives personalized holistic health recommendations, and is the former director of the Clinical Herbalist Diploma Program at the Lehigh Valley Healing Arts Academy in Emmaus, Pennsylvania.  In addition to teaching on a diverse range of clinical subjects, he often leads workshops on field botany, wild edible plants and mushrooms. Richard is a professional member of the American Herbalists Guild.

View this event by itself

• Tell a friend
• Print this event
• Register
  $10-20 sliding scale

Quizzo is a competitive gameshow between teams of 5 who compete in questions of Brooklyn history, healthcare history, holistic health modalities, and popular culture.  Quizzo is a fundraiser for Third Root Community Health Center. a worker-owned cooperative in the Flatbush/Ditmas Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, working to provide accessible, collaborative, empowering acupuncture, massage, reiki, yoga, and herbal medicine.

We are looking for Team Captains! You interested? You think you have what it takes to win BIG? Contact telesh@thirdroot.org!

Come as a ruckus audience-admission is $10-20, and there will be food provided as well as delicious herbal cocktails.

www.thirdroot.org

View this event by itself

• Tell a friend
• Print this event
• Register
  $250 before August 10

with Master Wu Zhong Xian

In Chinese tradition, the dragon is a symbol of great transformation and rebirth.

Two-day workshop:
Saturday and Sunday, August 25 & 26
10 am - 5 pm

About Master Zhongxian Wu

Master Zhongxian Wu was born on China’s eastern shore in the fishing village Roushan (“Bamboo Mountain”) in Zhejiang Province, where the sun’s first rays touch the Chinese mainland.  He began practicing Qigong and Taiji at a young age.  Inspired by the immediate strengthening effects of this 5000+ year old practice, Master Wu committed himself to the life-long pursuit of the ancient arts of internal cultivation.  He devoted himself to the study of Qigong, martial arts, Chinese medicine, Yijing science, calligraphy and ancient Chinese music over the next 40+ years, studying with some of the best teachers in these fields.  To this day, traditional Chinese arts and disciplines continue to be passed on within the time-honored discipleship system, wherein the acknowledged master of a given discipline instructs a close-knit circle of chosen students. Near the end of the master’s life, the master selects the next “lineage holder” who will be responsible for the preservation of the entire system of knowledge.  Master Wu is the recognized lineage holder of four different schools of Qigong and martial arts.

In China, Master Wu served as Director of the Shaanxi Province Association for Somatic Science and the Shaanxi Association for the Research of Daoist Nourishing Life Practices. In this capacity, he conducted many investigations into the clinical efficacy of Qigong and authored numerous works on the philosophical and historical foundations of China’s ancient life sciences. Since he began teaching in 1988, Master Wu has instructed thousands of Qigong students, both eastern and western.

Happily, Master Wu was invited to leave his position as an aerospace engineer in Xi’an, China in 2001 and join the faculty of the Classical Chinese Medicine program at the National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM) in Portland, OR.  He served as Senior Instructor and Resident Expert of Qigong and Taiji at NCNM for four years.  He currently maintains a busy teaching schedule, holding classes, workshops and seminars, and offers a long-term Qigong and Taiji training programs which provide a strong foundation for the study of shamanic Qigong, internal alchemy, Taiji and Qi healing skills — including classical Chinese energy techniques, medical Qigong and martial arts applications.  Since coming to the United States, he has continued writing (now in English) a slew of published articles and books.

Learn more at masterwu.net

Register at:
www.masterwu.net/MasterWuRegistration.html
$50 non-refundable deposit required.

$250 for registration before August 11.
$295 for registrations after August 10.

For more information, you can also email
melissa@thecommonsbrooklyn.org

View this event by itself