Teresa Boardwine an artist with herbs

Biography

As an educator, medicine maker and clinical herbalist Teresa enjoys spending time with people and plants. She teaches and lectures at many venues in and around Virginia. Her consultation business, Green Comfort is operated from her home Apothecary. As the former co-founder and administrator of Dreamtime Center for Herbal Studies, Teresa taught Nutrition and Laboratory Practicum in that business for 7 years. Her education includes completion of several certificate programs with Dominion Herbal School, The California School of Herbal Studies, Emerson School of Herbology, the Natural Gourmet Cookery Institute, and the American Polarity Therapy Institute. With degrees in Home Economics Education and Science, Teresa taught in two international high schools in Germany where she began her exploration of whole food, spiritual growth and natural healing. Her journey led her to live in Europe for 10 years, a life changing experience from which she continues to draw. Her healing work incorporates the five elements, constitutional diagnosis and plant energy from her studies of Plant Spirit Medicine, Sacred Plant Medicine and Traditional Diagnosis. She has studied with David Hoffmann, Matthew Wood, Amanda McQuade Crawford, Eliot Cowan, Stephen Buhner and Chancal Cabrera. Her incredible teachers have helped to shape the kind of holistic herbalism she practices today.Teresa treats the whole person and honors the mind, body, spirit connection. Her exuberance for life really comes across in her teaching. She expounds upon the chemistry of a plant as if it were telling its story. Indeed they speak to her and she listens to their longing to be utilized and honored as healers. Teaching is her gift, plants her passion and hands- on medicine making her talent. “The plants called me when I was very young and I found my way to make my life’s work honoring them and in turn they continue to teach me.

A herbal apothecary and a cash infusion bar will be featured at the Bohemian Banquet, where you will be able to enjoy the delights of Teresa's cordials and elixirs; tasty beverages which deliver a dose of herbal medicine, served in a cordial glass. Teresa has published her recipes in this full color book. She created numerous concoctions over the years and taught her students to mix and brew as she has done. Her goal through writing this book is to encourage and empower others to do the same. Take the recipe and create your own version by putting in your own twist. Each recipe has a story to accompany it. Hopefully, you’ll enjoy the casual style of Teresa’s folk tales and be inspired by the teachings. Have a look at the book which can be downloaded from Lulu.com