2025 CONFLUENCE CLASS TOPICS
These Plant Healer events are constantly evolving, the range of class topics expanding and diversifying beyond bodily healing to creating purposed, pleasurable, and fulfilling lives.... such as: assessments, home medicine making, perfumery, cannabis, entheogens, teas, botanical cocktails, treating trauma and ptsd, home medicine making, wondrous cooking, healthy lifestyle, mythos and storytelling, adornment and celebration.
With multiple simultaneous classes and activities in each of the many time slots, you will likely want to make a list prior to the Confluence of those which will best inspire, inform, excite, stretch, and propel you on your personal path.
A pdf of detailed class descriptions will be updated every month or so, so you may want to periodically re-download them:
For information on your wonderful 2025 Confluence Teachers, navigate to the:
2025 GOOD MEDICINE CLASS TOPICS
Caleb Arnold
Foundations of Southern Folk Medicine (1.5 hrs)
The Business of a Plant Walk: From Passion to Payout (1.5 hrs)
The Primitive Herbalist: Wilderness First-Aid & Backcountry Medicines (1.5 hrs)
Ian Bollinger
Bridging The Gaps Between Citizens & Science: Inquiry, Vision, Methods & Means (1.5 hrs)
Natural Tryptamines Primer: In Not Only Fungi But Flora & Fauna (2 or 2.5 hrs)
Amy Branum
Ashwagandha, Brahmi, & Shatavari: A Deep Dive to Clear Up Some Common Misunderstandings (1.5 or 2 hrs)
Herbs For Resilience & Hope: Strengthening Ourselves & Our Communities (1.5 hrs)
Lian Bruno
Herbal Smoking Blends (1.5 hrs)
Holistic Hedonism: How to Enjoy Altered States & Prioritize Pleasure With Herbal Harm Reduction (1.5 hrs)
Herbal Allies For Easing Anxiety (1.5 hrs)
Bianca Correa
Plants of the Southwest: Sovereignty Reclamation & Coming Back to the Land (1.5 hrs)
Ancestral Brewing Methods: When Women Were The Brewers (1.5 hrs)
Courtney Cosgriff
Eleusinian Mysteries, Healing Rites & Bee Women: Reconnecting to The Mother Goddess (1.5 hrs)
Sweetness & Sting: Apitherapy & The Medicine of The Bees (2 or 2.5 hrs)
The Medicine Beneath Our Feet: Bioregional Herbalism & Cultivating Relationship With The Land Through Ethical Wildcrafting (2 or 2.5 hrs)
Justiene Davis
Aphrodisiac Alchemy: Herbal Allies for Connection and Desire: Awakening the Senses and Fostering Intimacy with Plants (1.5 or 2 hrs)
Lunar Rhythms: Herbal Wisdom for Hormonal Balance: A Holistic Approach to Supporting Women’s Hormonal Health – With a Focus on PCOS (1.5 or 2 hrs)
Herbs for a Changing World: Plant Allies for Social Resilience: Navigating Stress, Trauma, and Uncertainty with Herbal Allies (1.5 or 2 hrs)
Summer Downs
Death Tending: Rituals of Community-Based & Earth-based Care For The Dying, The Dead, & The Grieving - CoTaught with Erik Montoya (1.5 or 2 hrs)
Holly Dunbar
Botanical Perfumery: The Notes of Aromatherapy (1.5 hrs)
A Deeper Dive Into Essential Oils (2 hrs)
Mullein: Mythos & Medicine (2 hrs)
Bernadette Gibson
(Morning Movement) Qi Gong (1 hr)
Amy Glasser
Evoking Flora: Botanical Drawing & Watercolor Painting – Part I (1.5 hrs)
Continuing Evoking Flora: Botanical Drawing & Watercolor Painting – Part II (1.5 hrs)
Jesse Wolf Hardin
Anima Mundi, The Real Magic of Plants, & The Restorative Powers of Enchantment: A Story For The Ages –– Experienced In The Now (1.5 hrs)
Matthew Hunter
Being a Full-Time Herbal Entrepreneur: How to Get More Sales & Help More People With Your Plant or Nature Based Business (2 or 2.5 hrs)
The Bioregional Wildcrafter: How to Find Edible & Medicinal Plants in Your Area – Plus Mapping Out Your Region’s Useful Flora & Making a Wild Plant Harvesting Calendar (1.5 hrs)
(Hands-on Playshop) An Usnea Extract That Will Knock Your Socks Off: Making a Multi-Fractional Usnea Preparation & a Look At Other Herbs For Respiratory Infections (1.5 hrs)
(Hands-on Playshop) How to Make Sassafras Root Beer & Other Botanical Sodas – Plus The Edible/Medicinal Uses & History of Sassafras albidum (1.5 hrs)
Wendy Johnston
(Movement & Experience) Escential Yoga & Sound Bath: Restorative Stretching With Essential Oils & Gong (1 hr)
Mo (Maureen) Judith
Gaia Alchemy (2 or 2.5 hrs)
The Spagyric Process & Hermeticism (2 or 2.5 hrs)
Logan Keister
The Qualities or Energetics of Plants & Mushrooms: Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry, Stimulating, Relaxing (1.5 or 2 hrs)
Herbal Formulation Strategies With Medicinal Mushrooms (2 or 2.5 hrs)
(Herbal Kids Experience) Teaching Herbalism & Foraging: A Special Class For Kids & Their Parents (1.5 or 2 hrs)
(Special Thursday Post-Event Walk) Wildcrafting Ethics Southwestern Plants Walk (3+ hrs)
Warren Kistenbroker
Sacred Plant Medicines & Their Impacts on Human Philosophy Over Time & Space (1.5 or 2 hrs)
The Elixir of Bes: A look at a Psychedelic Egyptian Recipe From 30 BC (1.5 hrs)
Advanced Alchemical Extraction Methods: Extraction, Preservation and Synthesis of New Compounds through Spagyric Preparation (1.5 or 2 hrs)
The Alchemical Ether: Consciousness, Matter & Plants (1 or 1.5 hrs)
Amy Kousch with Olivia Ondracek
The Secret Garden of Perception: Exploring Medicinal Plants, Habitat, & The Unseen Kingdom of Soil Ecology (1.5 hrs)
Suzanne Marie Luck
(1.5 hrs) to be added soon
(1.5 hrs) to be added soon
Kassaundra Lynn
(1.5 hrs) to be added soon
(Hands-On Playshop) (1.5 hrs) to be added soon
Pinyon Pete May
(Experiential) Discovering Plant Music: Sounds of Nature For Healing & Relaxation (2 or 2.5 hrs)
(Hands-On Playshop) Creating a Native Oyster Mushroom Nursery (1.5 hrs)
(Experiential) Nurturing & Sustaining a Healing Forest (1.5 hrs)
Erik Montoya
Herbalism For Death & Dying: A Nurse Herbalist Perspective – Co-taught with Summer Downs (1.5 or 2 hrs)
Aron McNicholas
What Really Makes You Ill (1.5 hrs)
What Your Labs Are Telling You: Understanding the Pros and Cons of Modern Assessment (1.5 hrs)
Holistic Cancer Support (1.5 hrs)
Muva Mystick
(2 hrs) to be added soon
(Hands-On Playshop) (1.5 hrs) to be added soon
Jessicka Nebesni
(Hands-On Playshop) Botanical Baths: Soaks, Salts, Oils & Bombs (1.5 hrs)
(Hands-On Playshop) Basics of Herbal Preparations: How to Make 7 Fundamental Herbal Preparations at Home (1.5 hrs)
Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue
Psychedelics & Physical Healing (1.5 or 2 hrs)
Cannabis, Tobacco, & The Dead (1.5 or 2 hrs)
Yarrow (1.5 hrs)
Bear Medicines, Bear Mysteries (1.5 or 2 hrs)
Lauren Peterson
Nopal: A Deep Dive Into Prickly Pear Medicine (1.5 or 2 hrs)
Remembering Rosemary (1.5 hrs)
(Hands-On Playshop) Herbal Cocktails & Mocktails (1.5 or 2 hrs)
Benjamin Pixie
(Hands-On Playshop) The Magic & Medicine of the Honey Bee (2 hrs)
(Hands-On Playshop) Mead Making as Medicine: Wort Cunning (2 hrs)
Dr. Kenneth Proefrock
Celtica: A History of Botanical Medicine in Ireland (2 or 2.5 hrs)
Hormesis as a Philosophy in Healing: "That Which Doesn’t Kill Me Makes Me Stronger” (2 or 2.5 hrs)
Swinging the Pendulum: Acid-Base Chemistry for Herbalists (1.5 or 2 hrs)
Gin: Local Holy Terroir (1.5 or 2 hrs)
Ash Ritter
Misunderstood Pharmakon of Ancient America: Mound-Builders,Archeoastronomy & The Plants That Bridge Worlds (1.5 hrs)
Take Me: Flipping The Script on The Medicalization of Psychedelics (1.5 hrs)
Kiva Rosethorn
Somnium Viretium: Spirit Renewal In The Peace of Passiflora (1.5 hrs)
Laurel Silberman
Rewilding The Soul: Chiron as Mirror, Teacher, and Healer (1.5 hrs)
Addiction Alchemy: Healing Addiction Through the Earth Body (1.5 hrs)
(Experiential) Song of the Subtle: Flower Essences & Vibrational Approaches to Catalyzing Profound Changes (1.5 hrs)
Renae Southworth
When Your Herbal Business Grows Beyond Your Kitchen: Tips & Tools, Ethics & Sustainability (1.5 or 2 hrs)
Learning From Plant Spirits: Listening, Connection, & Inspiration (1.5 or 2 hrs)
Analise Stein
Skin Conditions: Herbal Medicine & Lifestyle Therapeutics (1.5 hrs)
Postpartum Care: Botanical Remedies, Therapeutics & Nutritional Guidance (1.5 hrs)
Combating Candida Issues: The Power of Herbal Medicine & Strategic Nutritional Changes (1.5 hrs)
Atava Garcia Swiecicki
Herbal History, Plants & Practices of Mexican Curanderismo (1.5 hrs)
Baba Yaga’s Secrets: Herbal Practices of the Slavic World (2 or 2.5 hrs)
Malia Thompson
Cooking With Powdered Herbs: Incorporating Tonic & Supportive Herbs (1.5 or 2 hrs)
Herbal Solutions For a Naturally Clean Home (1.5 or 2 hrs)
Herbal & Nutritional Support For Addiction Recovery: Ideal Solutions Meet Real World Situations (2 or 2.5 hrs)