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Michael Altman, CN, RH (AHG) MIIS

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Upcoming Events:

Inquire by phone or email about the Sea Can Care School of Integrative Oncology and Alternative Medicine.

We’ll be resuming regular Zoom classes for clients and the public in summer/fall of 2024.

Over the last twenty years as an herbalist, nutritionist, and integrative health provider, attending conferences, apprenticing with and working for and among the finest practitioners, I've met hundreds of incredible people in the field who provide brilliance, enlightenment, referrals, products, support, the "trickle down" that truly makes them pillars within the field.  As you work with me as your practitioner, you'll gather a lot of this accumulated knowledge. 

A Shout Out to My Mentors and Teachers:

I started digging into herbal medicine (literally) around 1997 and my initial interest was in harvesting wild food. Based on my observations of young people who are finding their roots in herbal medicine today, I find this is a common springboard (digging tool?) into the work. Feed yourself. Then, heal yourself.

As I reflect, I’ll add to this list of teachers, some of whom don’t know me or that I took their classes, others whom I apprenticed with, worked for, or with including several I studied with at the Open Center in New York in the late 1990’s.

Jack Larmer, ND, Robin Rose Bennett, Herbalist, Steve Brill, Forager and Educator, David Winston, Herbalist, Jonathan Treasure, Medical Herbalist, Chanchal Cabrera, Medical Herbalist, Suzanne Sky, Herbalist, Karen Wennlund, Herbalist, James Jungwirth, Herbalist, Donnie Yance, Herbalist, Chris Hobbs, Herbalist, Rosemary Gladstar, Herbalist, Michael Tierra, Herbalist, James Green, Herbalist, Jim Duke, Ag Scientist, Herbalist

Referral Practitioners, Outreach and Cancer Resources:

Cancer Support Retreats For Patients and Survivors with Gregory Drambour https://www.sedona-spiritual-vacations.com/bio/

Exploring the possible emotional contributor to getting cancer. https://www.sedona-spiritual-vacations.com/cancer-support-retreats/

For sessions with mystical author, coach, and life growth specialist, Sonja Grace, visit Sonjagrace.com

Media Links:

My mind was on saffron today (our products contain Iranian and US grown saffron) but this feature is written by a long-time journalist friend from Ashland, Oregon, Paris Achen. https://www.capitalpress.com/nation_world/agriculture/where-the-most-expensive-spice-in-the-world-is-grown/article_131d240e-40c4-11ec-b69a-0f8ab6f8a6c2.html

Here’s a self help video from the archives about topical herbal oils and skin care. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-yYi7Cp4uQ

 

 

 

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Michael's Pistol River Tree bLog update: 9/24/23

11/3/24

I was recently reminded how intertwined and tight knit our living community is with our wild neighbors when I was out for a walk and saw a dog off leash in the morning, but it turned out to be a fox leisurely strolling down the sidewalk nearby in Issaquah, Washington.  The same afternoon I was walking down a trail past the woodland behind the nearby school, and thought, Wow, those kids have some wild screams for middle schoolers.  But no, I heard coyotes howling in the afternoon.  We often have owls around here, but the same night, one was hooting as if it seemed perched just outside the window.  

Then, a couple of days later our older pug, Hank, started barking away at a bobcat walking along our fence.  I'll spare you his bear encounter a couple of summers ago!  

I often think of herbs as a conduit, a nature connector for us when we let that basic link to our natural world fade a bit.  This happens to me.  Maybe I get too much in my clinical head or distracted by the ever-changing online universe.  Then I'm reminded to get in the woods or out to the coast, "bathe" in a forest or herbal space, make some extracts, or do an afternoon of encapsulating and breathe in the aromas.  They bring me back to that world, the real one :)  There are herbs that connect us in much more intimate ways through their array of psychoactive compounds and the interplay with these and our minds.  These don't have to be intense or intimidating.  I like to include herbs like rosemary and saffron, an aromatic and prized culinary spice.

Email: altmanmc@proton.me for the latest research, herbs and nutrients pertaining to your specific health interests and/or to request a new client questionnaire, rate info, and intake form.  Or call: 541.301.9571

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