University of Alaska Fairbanks

01/07/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/07/2025 18:08

Traditional healer to lead workshop on herbalism

Traditional healer to lead workshop on herbalism

Photo courtesy of Molly Cerridwen
Alaska traditional healer and herbalist Molly Cerridwen will discuss techniques for using plants' healing properties.

Julie Stricker
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Jan. 7, 2025

Join traditional healer Molly Cerridwen in a free webinar, "Introduction to Herbalism," sponsored by the Alaska Tribes Extension, part of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service.

Cerridwen is Yup'ik, Siberian Yup'ik and Irish with ancestral ties to Qaluyaaq (Nelson Island), on Alaska's western coast, and County Kerry, Ireland. She is the founder of Shapeshifting Wellness, an Alaska Native traditional healing and yoga clinic in Knik. In the webinar, Cerridwen will share a few basic techniques for using plants' healing properties, with examples of how she uses them in her own life and practice.

The webinar is scheduled from noon-1 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 14. Please register using the online form.

For more information, contact Emily Becker at [email protected], 907-279-2511.

Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Becker. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to [email protected].

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