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Healing Traditions of Acadiana — Modern Day Healing with Traditional Herbs with Corinne Martin

Vermilionville - Performance Center

Healing Traditions of Acadiana returns to Vermilionville March 11 at 11 AM. The Lafayette Parish Master Gardeners Association presents Modern Day Healing with Traditional Herbs. Learn about medicinal plants and healing from author and clinical herbalist Corinne Martin. This presentation will introduce some of the medicinal plants used by Traiteurs and other Louisiana healers. Join us for this fascinating and informative free lecture. Corinne Martin has written three books and numerous articles on medicinal plants and healing. She is a certified clinical herbalist, an amateur naturalist, and ordained Interfaith Minister and a certified spiritual director. Corinne recently retired from teaching holistic and integrative health studies at the University of Southern Maine School of Nursing and resides in both Louisiana and Maine.  

Healing Traditions of Acadiana — Herbalism & the Civil War

Vermilionville - Performance Center

Lanier Cordell, a native of Louisiana, began studying alternative medicine and the use of medicinal herbs while still in high school and has continued this study for 55 years.. She grew up in Metairie and has lived in a wide variety of growing zones including Nashville, Tennessee, Bennington, Vermont, Troy, New York, Westchester County, New York, and south Louisiana. Her paternal grandmother introduced her to the wonders of the elder plant and began her several decades journey in the study of medicinal herbs. Lanier is a former Louisiana master gardener, a past member of The Herb Society of America and a past chair of the Baton Rouge Unit. Lanier is an accredited public relations professional and has worked in marketing, public relations and advertising for more than 30 years. She is also a writer and has had feature articles in numerous national publications and is a published author. Her book, Equinomics: The Secret to Making Money with Your Horse Business was a top seller on Amazon.com for several years. She is an internationally certified yoga therapist and teaches yoga at Miles Perret Cancer Services and The Center for Loss and Transition at Hospice of Acadiana. She lives on a 32-acre […]