Teaching/Resources

Radio & Podcasts:

The Herbal Highway Medicinal Ecologies: Coastal California – October 15, 2024

The Herbal Highway Medicinal Ecologies: Oak Savannas & Woodlands – August 20, 2024

The Herbal Highway Medicinal Ecologies: California Waterways – June 18, 2024

The Herbal Highway Medicinal Ecologies: California Deserts – April 16, 2024

The Herbal Highway Medicinal Ecologies: Redwood Forest – February 13, 2024

The Herbal Highway Tending Native Plants – October 25, 2022

Herb At The End Of The World with Samwise Raridon : California Poppy Sets the Spiral in the Right Direction

East Bay Yesterday w Violet : How Not to Pay Rent

Planting Medicine : Cultivating Connection and Courage in times of Crisis – April 22, 2025

Classes Offered/Taught/Lead:

Keep a look out for a new school offering & co-conspired venture winter/spring 2025.

June 13th 2025 : Herb Walk with Madalyn Berg at the Berkeley Aquatic Park

Register for the Aquatic park walk here

June 27th 2025: Herb Walk at Bridgeview Trailhead in Oakland

Register for the Bridgeview Park Walk Here

Previously Taught Classes:

-Trans and Gender 101 (towards a Trans informed clinical practice) for CSHS

-Trans Inclusive Generative System #1 (Internal/ovarian) for Ancestral Arts

-Trans Inclusive Generative System #2 (external/prostatic) for Ancestral Arts

-Aphrodisiacs

-Respiratory System Overview for Ancestral Arts

-HPAG axis Overview (Hypothalamic, Pituitary, Adrenal, Gonadal Axis) for Ancestral Arts

-Herb Walk: Serpentine Prairie : Oakland Hills for Ancestral Arts and w Madalyn Berg

-Herb Walk: Aquatic Park : West Berkeley for Ancestral Arts and w Madalyn Berg

-9 Must Have CA Native Plants for the Family Herb and Garden

-9 Niche CA Native Plants for the Family Herb and Garden

-California Native Plant Propagation

-Fall Roots and Mushrooms for Health for Ancestral Arts

-Herb Walk: Point Reyes Station for Ancestral Arts

-Botany and Plant Reciprocity for Ancestral Arts

-Medicine Making: Flower Essences

-Medicine Making: Tea Weights and Preparation

-Medicine Making: Tinctures/ Macerations / Percolations

-Decolonizing Herbalism (co-lead) for Ancestral Arts

Trans and Trans Competent Herbalists:

Stascha Stahl // http://www.bayherbalist.com //

Ember Peters // www. wildcurrentherbalism.com //

Vilda Chaya Fenster-Ehrlich // http://www.wildcherries.org //

Laurel Birch // http://www.msteabotanica.com //

Ayelet Hashachar // http://www.ayelethashacar.as.me //

Emiliano Lemus // http://www.emilianolemus.com //

BIPOC Herbalists:

Basic List of BIPOC herbalists // https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WwsDcxAurAbiUji4s1rLjdWhyDRw4SDL0IDxKH4mY-w/htmlview

Madalyn Berg // http://www.communitymedicinecabinet.com //

Emiliano Lemus // http://www.emilianolemus.com //

BIPOC Owned/Operated Herb Schools

Ancestral Arts Apothecary // http://www.ancestralartsapothecary.com //

Blue Otter School // http://www.blueotterschool.com

Wild Gatherer Herb School // http://www.wildgather.com/

Rootwork Herbals / The People’s Medicine School / Woke Without the Work / We Care for Us // /www.rootworkherbals.com/herbal-education

Trans Competent Herb Schools:

Wild Current School // wildcurrentherbalism.com

Wild Cherries Herbal Studies // http://www.wildcherries.org/herbalstudies/

Acupuncturists:

Berkeley Community Acupuncture

Bitter Melon Clinic: Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine

You Are Medicine Podcast with Thuy Nguyen

Draline Tong Herbs 德齡堂 : TCM apothecary in Oakland, California

Bay Area Trans Health Care Resources:

Lyon-Martin Community Health Services // http://www.lyon-martin.org // “provides high quality, compassionate and trauma-informed medical, gynecological, and mental health care services to trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and intersex (TGI) communities and cis-gender women with specific sensitivity to LGBQA sexual orientation, disability, size, race, ethnicity, and language regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.”