Shop local, small, and creative!

What better gift than one that supports your friend to reach her goals, tells your brother you believe in him, supports your child's growing? Saturday is for shopping Small Businesses, and Monday for shopping online, and always shopping local makes for healthier communities. How about if you can roll them all into one package? Feels pretty good? Here are three ideas for people on your list:

Boston Martial Arts Center

New Child or Adult Student

If you know someone who wants to try out a martial art, or a new activity, or who wants to work toward confidence and self-defense, call Mark Davis at BMAC for a New Student package! A new uniform and the first month free for $39.95 (a +60% discout!) will make trying it out a joy! Classes for adults and kids 3-5, 5-12, and young adult. http://www.bostonmartialartscenter.com

Cuisine en Locale

Once A Week Meals

We all know we want to eat better, and that eating better means cooking. But... it can be hard to have the energy and time, and some people think healthy can't taste good. The brilliant chefs at CeL will make eating better easy, and fabulous with over 40 pounds of amazing, all-locale, all whole food meals delivered to your door, waiting to feed you in a busy week night! There are different sizes, and different diets available to choose from.

http://cuisineenlocale.com

Kitchen Table Health

Home Herbalism 201

Know someone interested in health, herbs, healing and nourishing? Each monthly 2-hour session will cover major body systems, and how to nourish and treat them with safe and effective herbs.  Tea tastings and discussion included. Each class is normally $35, but you can get a gift pack of 4 or 5 at $25/each!

http://kitchentablehealth.blogspot.com/2015/11/home-herbalism-201-herbs-for-wellness.html

There are dozens of other local, online, creativity/growth-supporting ideas out there! Support your loved ones' New Year's Resolutions, or encourage them to try something new this year.

Home Herbalism 201: Herbs for Wellness and Healing

I am very excited to announce that I am starting a new series of classes for you to start taking care of yourself and your family! Each session will cover part of the body and the herbs that support and heal, and how they work. We will make and taste various remedies for common concerns; we will talk about preventive care and remedies; we will explore how to use what we learn in practical and doable ways. And we will have fun!

Schedule of classes:

Saturday, November 21st, 3-5 pm, Brighton
Session 1: Digestion and Elimination -- Making Your You

Just before seasonal feasting, we will discuss how we get everything we need from what we eat, and how to support healthy digestion. From anticipation to taste, from nutrients to hormones, from "healthy diet" to food sensitivities, we will help you build the best you. We'll also cover how best to support digestion -- ways to feel more comfortable with all the rich foods in your immediate future!

Saturday, December 12th, 3-5 pm, Brighton
Session 2: Circulation and Lymphatic -- Moving Everything Around

In time for the New Year and letting things go, we will explore how your body moves the building blocks, waste, messages, and immune responses throughout your body. We'll look at how best to support all that movement, and keeping things flowing optimally. This is a great time of year to pay attention to your heart and the sweeping away of debris from the past!

Saturday, January 16th, 3-5 pm, Brighton
Session 3: Nervous, Skeletal, and Muscular Systems -- Moving You

Deep winter is the most challenging time for our nervous and skeletomuscular systems -- Come prepare for a happier, healthier winter! We will look at how to use herbs and habits to support a strong and flexible you!

Saturday, February 13th, 3-5 pm, Brighton
Session 4: Respiratory and Entaugumentary -- Breathing and Barriers

The air is cold and dry, drying out your nose and skin, making you vulnerable and uncomfortable. We'll cover how to support these crucial interfaces between you and the outside world, places for taking in and keeping out.

Saturday, March 26th, 3-5 pm, Brighton
Session 5: Immune System and First Aid -- How Your Body Heals

Your amazing body does all the healing you will ever need! With herbs and habits we can support this impressive work. Before the season of allergies, you can head them off at the pass; before the season of accidents, you can learn what to do when they happen. Your immune system crosses all the boundaries between systems and parts, making it a great way to pull things together from other sessions.

Saturday, April 30th, 3-5 pm, Brighton
Session 6: Reproductive Systems and Wrapping Up -- Coming Full Circle

In women and men, throughout most of our lives, we experience the cycles of reproductive and productive energy. These also manage the changes from childhood to adulthood, and the changes later in adulthood into maturity. These cycles are also deeply connected with how we interact with the community around us. We will look at regular cycles, and supporting them, as well as the reproductive year (pregnancy through childbirth and infancy).

For more information or to register for classes

{Link coming soon!}
Email Kerry (kerry _ kokkino @ yahoo . com) for online registration or how to register by other means.