Respiratory Health
Learn to support respiratory health through illness and to build resilience for chronic issues.
Herbal support for every breath you take!
If you're healthy, you don't think much about breathing - it just happens automatically. But when illness strikes, suddenly your lungs can demand your attention!
And for many of us, chronic issues with lung health mean that we're at greater risk of illness when colds and flu are making the rounds.
Take the time now to build your respiratory health! Learn how to deal with contagious illnesses that come around every year, and how to build and sustain resilience for yourself and others who have chronic respiratory issues so that you're not so susceptible to whatever is going around.
In this course, you'll learn how to:
- how to build strong, healthy respiratory function
- which herbs and herbal preparations to choose for acute and chronic respiratory issues
- how to manage colds, flu, and flu-like illnesses
- how to support those with acute and chronic respiratory illness so that they can recover quickly
The course includes over 22 hours of video instruction, as well as PDF handouts, quizzes and homework assignments, and more - plus weekly Q&A discussions where you can talk directly with Ryn and Katja.
Check out the complete course curriculum:
-
-
Welcome to Respiratory Health!
-
Live Q&A sessions twice a week!
-
Mountain Rose Herbs + Foster Farms discount codes
-
How to use this platform
-
The "What's New" button on your dashboard
-
How to use the Discussions feature
-
Meet our Friends!
-
Chatting in the Community Space
-
Use of Course Material (Intellectual Property)
-
Herbalism (and health!) is Bioregional
-
Herbalism (and health!) is Bioregional [audio]
-
Every Body is Different
-
Course Outline
-
Action Prompt: Plan Your Herbs!
-
-
-
Breathing
-
Breathing [audio]
-
Air
-
Air [audio]
-
Health Impacts of Air Pollution
-
Quick Guide: Breathing & Air
-
Further Reading on Breath & Air
-
-
-
Respiratory Anatomy and Physiology
-
Respiratory Anatomy and Physiology [audio]
-
Organs of Elimination
-
Organs of Elimination [audio]
-
The Anatomy of Snot
-
The Anatomy of Snot [audio]
-
Did you know there's a LUNG microbiome?
-
Quick Guide: Respiratory A&P
-
Respiratory A&P Quiz
-
-
-
Respiratory Actions, part 1
-
Respiratory Actions, part 1 [audio]
-
Respiratory Actions, part 2
-
Respiratory Actions, part 2 [audio]
-
Respiratory Actions, part 3
-
Respiratory Actions part 3 [audio]
-
Respiratory Actions, part 4
-
Respiratory Actions part 4 [audio]
-
Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in Pulmonaria species
-
Studies on plants and respiratory health
-
Quick Guide: Herbal Actions for Respiratory Health
-
Respiratory Actions Quiz
-
-
-
Steam and Smoke
-
Steam and Smoke [audio]
-
Science on the antimicrobial actions of herbal smoke
-
Incense and herbal smoke
-
Poultices, Compresses, Neti Pot, and Nasal Spray
-
Poultices, Compresses, Neti Pot, and Nasal Spray [audio]
-
Quick Guide: Herbal Preparations for the Respiratory System
-
Respiratory Preparations Quiz
-
-
-
Respiratory Pathology: Overview
-
Respiratory Pathology Overview [audio]
-
Ear Infections
-
Ear Infections [audio]
-
More on ear infections
-
Strep Throat
-
Strep Throat [audio]
-
Canada's Approach to Strep
-
Scarlet Fever
-
Scarlet Fever [audio]
-
Bronchitis
-
Bronchitis [audio]
-
More on Bronchitis
-
Pleurisy
-
Pleurisy [audio]
-
Pneumonia
-
Pneumonia [audio]
-
Vaping and Pneumonia/Pleurisy
-
Measles
-
Measles [audio]
-
Measles in an austere environment
-
Vitamin A and Measles and other childhood diseases
-
T-cell stimulation study of mushrooms
-
News reporting on measles boosters for Gen-Xer's
-
Mumps and Rubella
-
Mumps and Rubella [audio]
-
Sinusitis
-
Sinusitis [audio]
-
Pertussis
-
Pertussis [audio]
-
A Pertussis Trick: Cold Air
-
Asthma
-
Asthma [audio]
-
Smoking Cessation
-
Smoking Cessation [audio]
-
Lobeline / Nicotine?
-
Links for Smoking Cessation
-
Cystic Fibrosis
-
Cystic Fibrosis [audio]
-
COPD
-
COPD [audio]
-
The Impact of Wildfires and Flooding on Respiratory Health
-
The Impact of Wildfires and Flooding on Respiratory Health [audio]
-
Acute and Chronic case studies
-
Understanding probability in screening tests
-
Tuberculosis
-
Antibiotic Resistance in the context of Tuberculosis
-
Origins and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance, Davies & Davies, September 2010
-
Quick Guide: Respiratory Pathology
-
Respiratory Pathology Quiz
-
About this course
- $250.00
- 205 lessons
- 28 hours of video content
The best herb school online!
"I researched different online herbalism courses for about two months and am so glad I found you two. There is so much more than just the material to this course. Because you teach everything in videos, and then with the live Q&A sessions every week, I feel like this is more of an in-person experience than an online course and I love that."
But wait, there's more! 🙂
In addition to the videos, we provide features to accommodate all the different ways people like to learn, so you can internalize the information easily!
-
Lifetime access - so you can review the content as many times as you like, forever!
-
Weekly live Q&A sessions with Katja and Ryn - to ask your questions directly, live and in person! (They're even archived, in case you miss one!) This course has 1 year live Q&A support.
-
Ask questions anytime - we're always just a click away: you can ask any questions in the integrated discussion forum, and we're committed to personally answering your questions, usually within 24 hours
-
Printable PDF materials - if you like to follow the videos along on paper, or keep them handy for a quick reference
-
Downloadable MP3 files - so you can review the content while you commute, workout, garden, ... anytime!
Certificate Information
You will receive a certificate for the successful completion of this course.
This course has 66 credit hours.
This represents the actual time of video instruction and live Q&A, as well as the time allocated for your capstone assignment, quizzes, and other assignments & activities required for completion of the course.
It is reasonable to plan about twice that much time to complete the work: this is because most students like to watch the videos more than once, review their notes, and many students complete more than the required activities. You might also enjoy joining a study group in our Student Community, and you might choose to work on extra activities together as a group to help you internalize all that you've learned.
Regardless of how long it takes you, there is never any pressure! You have access to this material for life, and in fact, when we add updates and new materials, you receive it all for free, automatically!
If new material is added after you have received your certificate, we are happy to send you a new updated certificate to document the additional time when you complete the new material.
28+ hours of in-depth videos, downloadable quick guides, live Q&A sessions, and more - all for $250!
Scholarships & Discounts
Your Teachers
Two heads are better than one!
Katja & Ryn
Katja & Ryn almost always teach together. They each have particular talents and areas of interest, and their perspectives on certain issues are quite different! Together, they convey a fuller picture of the realities of herbal theory & practice than either one could do alone.
Katja is an herbalist and teacher working to help people rebuild their relationships with their bodies and their own ability to heal. She’s been in practice for nearly 25 years, but it all began with a desire to make her own “fancy tea” at home instead of paying high prices for imported blends at specialty stores. She’s kept that do-it-yourself ethic close to her heart.
Ryn has been a practicing herbalist since 2010. He came to herbalism by way of martial arts, where his first experiences with herbs were focused on getting back into the game and becoming more flexible, adaptable, and resilient. Passing that experience on to others is what keeps him motivated every day.
Together, Katja and Ryn teach everyone from children to elders, as well as pharmacy students from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Northeastern University School of Pharmacy, where they both serve as associate faculty. Ryn and Katja are the authors of Herbal Medicine for Beginners, and the creators of the weekly Holistic Herbalism Podcast.
Zero-Risk Return Policy
Teaching isn't just about conveying information - there's also an aspect of being someone's "cup of tea".
So we want you to take the first 14 days to really decide if you love it or not. If for any reason you feel like this program isn’t right for you - if we're just not your cup of tea - we’ll give you a full refund. You don't even need a reason - just please let us know within 14 days of purchase.