In this new advanced online certificate course, Gabriel Mojay invites practitioners to join him in a special study of the biological activities and practical therapeutic uses of 12 major aromatic herbs from key pharmacological, Oriental-energetic, and psychospiritual perspectives.

The central aim of the course - a series of six 2.5-hour webinars - is to provide practitioners with

an introduction to Aromatic Herbal Medicine with respect to the effective and safe use of herbs

including those derived from the genera Angelica, Boswellia, Carum, Cinnamomum, Citrus, Lavandula, Matricaria, Melissa, Rosa, Salvia, and Santalum.

Joining Gabriel for the 2nd of the six webinars will be Denise Cusack, a leading clinical herbalist and past president of the American Herbalist Guild (AHG) and Executive Director of Herbalists Without Borders (HWB). Denise will share with participants a range of practical methods in which they can prepare aromatic herbs for simple therapeutic and home use.

Gabriel’s approach will be ‘phenomenological’ in nature… in other words, we will explore every aspect of the aromatic plant under study— its botany, phytochemistry and pharmacology; taste and fragrance energetics, therapeutic activities from research-based and traditional vitalistic (TCM and Ayurveda) perspectives, and its unique psychospiritual faculties based on a grasp of the plant’s ethnobotany, age-old symbolism, neuro-psycho-pharmacology, and its foundational taste and fragrance energetics.

For Aromatherapists in particular, the course will provide an opportunity to expand their knowledge of important plant compounds of a non-volatile nature occurring in aromatic plants, which bring to the individual important benefits consistent with those of widely-occurring essential oil constituents. Indeed, they will come to understand just how important these constituents and activities are, in terms of availing oneself of their ability to protect against serious diseases - including cancer and heart disease - as a result of that ability to counter the free radicals which are the foundation of cell damage, cellular degeneration, and (premature) aging.

Join Gabriel and IJHPA host Lora Cantele with Special Guest Lecturer Denise Cusack for this fascinating study of aromatic plants and their essential oils from the ground up, as it were, and gain the knowledge, know-how and confidence needed to make recommendations regarding this incredibly useful range of safe-to-use herbal tisanes, decoctions, and extracts!

KEY AREAS OF STUDY

• Aromatic Herbal Medicine: definitions, provenance, and applications.
• Aromatic Repertory: Angelica, Boswellia, Carum, Cinnamomum, Citrus, Lavandula, Matricaria, Melissa, Rosa, Salvia, and Santalum.
• Biology: botany (phytomorphology and evolution), phytochemistry, and pharmacology (structure and function of volatile and non-volatile constituents and their synergistic activities);
• Sensory interface: classical TCM and Ayurvedic taste and fragrance energetics; their therapeutic and constitutional signatures.
• Pharmaco-energetics: integrated research-based (in vitro; in vivo; clinical trial; systematic review; meta-analysis) and traditional vitalistic TCM and Ayurvedic pharmacoenergetic activities
• Psychospiritual faculties: integrated interpretation based on each plant’s ethnobotany, symbolism, neuro-psycho-pharmacology, and taste and fragrance energetics.
• Posology: practical formulating and really useful applications for simple therapeutic and home use.

KEY FEATURES

• Format: Six 2.5-hour Zoom Pro webinars incl. 20 min. tea break.
• Style: informal, informative, lively, humorous, and scholastically rigorous.
• Presentation notes: extensive first-class individually-referenced PDF-slide presentation notes.
• Visual Education & Plant ID: slides and slides notes illustrated by aromatic plant images from Gabriel’s personal library of over 6000 aromatic and medicinal plant photographs.
• Zoom recording: webinar recordings made available for review for one year following sharing.
• Class participation: participant questions and comments relevant to the diverse range of topics the class encompasses are welcome, while certainly not required.
• CE Certificate of Attendance: individually issued as a PDF following the 6th and last webinar, jointly issued by the International Journal of Professional Holistic Aromatherapy (IJPHA) and the Institute of Traditional Herbal Medicine & Aromatherapy (ITHMA), founded by Gabriel in London in 1990 – a year before he founded the Register of Qualified Aromatherapists, which merged to become the International Federation of Professional Aromatherapists (IFPA) in 2002.

 13 CEs 

Online Webinar Dates: April 22-23, 29-30, May 6-7, 2023 (6 days) 

Class session time: 9 am- 11:30 am  (MT) - Check your time zone.

Fee: $450 - $399 Early Bird Rate through March 18, 2023

Biography

Gabriel Mojay is an author-researcher, educator and practitioner in the scientific and TCM-energetic aspects of medicinal and aromatic plants and their essential oils. He has practiced clinical herbalism, aromatic medicine, and acupuncture since 1987. Gabriel was born in England, grew up in Maryland, has spent most of his career in London, and now resides in Northern California, dividing his time between Sebastopol, in the coastal county of west Sonoma, and Pine Mountain Lake in Tuolomne County, close to Yosemite National Park. He first studied TCM in 1978, qualifying in Shiatsu. He later co-authored 'Shiatsu – the complete guide'. Following 4 years of study with leading TCM clinicians such as Giovanni Maciocia, he became a member of the British Acupuncture Council. While at acupuncture school Gabriel trained in both Western and Chinese herbal medicine with Michael McIntyre, among others; and in scientific aromatherapy with Pierre Franchomme and Daniel Pénoël MD, Rhiannon Lewis and Peter Holmes, among others. From 1990-2020 Gabriel was Principal of the Institute of Traditional Herbal Medicine and Aromatherapy (ITHMA), London. In 1990 he founded the Register of Qualified Aromatherapists, a UK professional association that later merged to form the International Federation of Professional Aromatherapists (IFPA), which has some 2000 members in about 50 countries. He is a Fellow of IFPA and ICAN, and a member of the AHG, AIA and NAHA. Gabriel has presented lectures at international conferences and seminars in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Australia, France, the Czech Republic, Ireland, and the UK. He is author of Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit.

Denise Cusack (she/her) is a clinical herbalist, certified aromatherapist, certified permaculture designer, medicinal herb grower and plant conservationist, writer, and artist. Denise lives in Wisconsin at Lunar Hollow Farm, a botanical sanctuary in the United Plant Savers Botanical Sanctuary Network, where she grows hundreds of varieties of medicinal and aromatic plants, including those at-risk. Denise serves on the Herbalists Without Borders Board of Directors and volunteers as the HWB US Seed Grant Coordinator and grows herbs for Free Clinics. Denise is a hands-on and passionate educator and facilitator, bringing permaculture principles, environmentalism, and ethical ecology to the subject of regenerative herbalism, sustainable aromatherapy, and holistic health and wellness.