Medicines from the Edge 2017
Class & Activity Schedule

~Flow~

5:45 – 6:45 am
Morning Plant Spirit Meditation with Ancel
or Morning Yoga

6:30 – 8:00 am
Breakfast

8:00 am – 12: 15 pm
Morning Sessions

12:30 – 2:00 pm
Lunch

2:00 – 6:15 pm
Afternoon Sessions

6:30 – 8:00 pm
Dinner

8:00 – 10:00 pm
Evening Entertainment

Thursday

11:30 – 12:30 pm 
Check In 

12:30 – 2:00 pm  
Opening Circle 

2:00 – 3:15 pm
Sarah Wu 
Permaculture for the  
Herbalist’s Path

3:30 – 4:45 pm
 Stephen Brooks 
The Passion of  Collecting Plants

5:00 – 6:15 pm
 Luis Poveda 
Ethnobotanical Stories
 from the Field

Friday

8:00 – 10:45 am 
Farm Tour with  
Stephen Brooks

8:00 – 9:15 am 
Maria Fernanda  Larraguival 
Aroma Sense

9:30 – 10:45 am  
 Rachel Thomas 
Traditional Digestive Therapies 

11:00 – 12:15 pm
Peter Kring
 Establishing an
Ethnobotanical Garden

2:00 – 3:15 pm
Maria Jose  Guerra Araus
Medicine Making

3:30 – 5:00 pm 
Plant Walk with  Sarah Wu

3:30 – 4:45 pm
Heather Campo 
Roots, Rhizomes  & Resins

5:00 – 6:15 pm 
Cristina Venegas 
Community Medicine in Rural Costa Rica

Saturday

8:00 – 9:45 am
 Maria Fernanda Larraguival 
Organic Spa at the River 

8:00 – 10:45 am 
Farm Tour with
 Stephen Brooks

8:00 – 9:15 am 
Dr. Yashpal Jayne
 Overview of  Entheogenic Medicines 

9:30 – 10:45 am
 Cristina Venegas  
Psychological Therapy  in Refugee Camps  

11:00 – 12:15 pm
Sarah Wu 
Herbal First Aid Kit

2:00 – 3:15 pm
Dr. Esteban Andrejuk 
Immuno-Nutrition

3:30 – 5:00 pm 
Plant Walk with  Sarah Wu

3:30 – 4:45 pm
Maria Jose Araus 
A Review of Medicines and Poisons

5:00 – 6:15 pm 
Luis Poveda 
Ethnobotanical Stories from the Field 

Sunday

8:00 – 10:45 am
 Plant Walk with  
Stephen Brooks

6:30 – 8:00 am
Early Morning  Check Out

 9:30 – 10:45 am 
Brunch 

11:00 – 12:00 pm
Closing Circle

12:00 – 2:00 pm 
Check Out