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Summer Herbal Series: Aromatics and the Nervous System

August 10, 2025 @ 2:00 pm 3:30 pm EDT

with Brooke Bridges of Unearthing Wellness

Join Brooke for a walk in the Collard City Growers garden where we’ll meet and learn about aromatic plants and how aromatics can directly impact emotions and mood. After a group harvesting session, we’ll return to the People’s Health Sanctuary where Brooke will teach us how to make hydrosols from our freshly harvested herbs. A hydrosol is a floral water that is essentially a byproduct of making essential oils. Many people will throw the floral water away, but floral waters aka hydrosols contain their own medicinal benefits. Participants will leave with a bottle of hydrosol to take home with them, as well as learn how to naturally preserve hydrosols.

Limited spots available. Registration with a $10 refundable deposit is required to hold your place. Donations recommended on a sliding scale of $0 – 30; no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

About the facilitator

Facilitator Bio: Brooke Marie Bridges is an herbalist, CBT and Somatic therapy specialist, wellness coach, and all natural botanical product alchemist dedicated to blending the healing modalities of herbs with essential cognitive, mental, and emotional health practices. She aims to combine science, spirituality, and nature to help clients, friends, and community find healing that is balanced, holistic, and sustainable. 

www.brookembridges.com

instagram.com/brookembridges

This series is facilitated by herbalists affiliated with the People’s Health Sanctuary Community Apothecary who are volunteering their time and sharing information for educational purposes. None of the remedies shared in these workshops are intended to diagnose or treat any disease. 

Access: The workshop series is held on the second floor of the NATURE Lab building, which is currently only accessible by a flight of stairs. If stairs will present a barrier to attending the workshop please get in touch ([email protected]) in case we can accommodate your participation in another way.

We are committed to lowering the barriers to access for events at The Sanctuary for Independent Media. For people who are hard of hearing or deaf, blind or low-vision, or whose physical limitations can interfere with a satisfying experience, let us know two weeks in advance so we can make appropriate arrangements.

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