Violet Snow teaches herbal healing in the Wise Woman tradition, offering Catskill Mountain retreats, classes, and apprenticeships in herbal medicine. This work enables students to use herbs and wild edibles to prevent and treat health problems for themselves and their families. Also available are weed walks, backyard tours, tree walks, school programs, and presentations for clubs and community groups. Violet is located in Phoenicia, NY, about two hours from New York City.
Herbal healing takes place on several levels.
Plants were the original medicine, which humans evolved to use, so herbs provide well-balanced healing substances for our bodies. The healing power of plants is greatly magnified when we establish a relationship with the living plants we are taking into our bodies. By knowing, observing, and harvesting the plants ourselves, we also make a deep connection with the earth, adding an emotional and spiritual dimension to the healing process. The weeds around us become individuals, and a walk outdoors becomes an encounter with intimate friends and allies. My mission is to help people make this profound connection with nature, to heal ourselves and to heal the earth.