Body oiling provides a layer of protection between you and the world, and helps when conditions are particularly challenging — especially when there is pollution, fire smoke, as well as really cold or dry conditions. Body oiling also helps deeply support your nervous system.

Join us for an exploration of healing oils and herbs

For generations the practice of putting an herb and a fat together to create a body oil or salve has been around to help us with immunity, nourishment, calming and grounding. Body oiling is one of the most delightful, and important remedies that we can do in our everyday lives. Many of us have grown up putting lotion that we purchase at the store on our skin, and while that is not a bad practice, there is another way that is better for your skin, the environment and the small business (or farms) that you are supporting as opposed to a big corporate brand.

Body oiling is a delightful and nourishing thing to do for your skin, and there is an oil and herb blend that is right for your skin type (even for sensitive or acne-prone skin). Body oiling provides a layer of protection between you and the world, and helps when conditions are particularly challenging (especially when there is pollution, fire smoke, as well as really cold or dry conditions). Body oiling can also help deeply support your nervous system.

There are so many wonderful herbs that when combined with oils like olive oil, almond oil or jojoba oil can provide a lot of healing to your skin. Body oiling with St. John’s Wort or Arnica-infused oil has been shown to help with arthritis and inflammation. Lavender oil is wonderful for stress relief, immunity and also sunburns. Calendula infused oil is great for diaper rash, as well as eczema and for helping wounds heal faster. There are many oils and herbs to explore!

In this experiential workshop, we’ll talk about all of the properties of different herbal oils, and the carrier oils so you can begin to experiment and try out different options. And you’ll even learn how to make a fresh plant oil with lavender or rosemary, and how to make a dried plant oil. It will be a lot of fun, and informative! You will get a grocery list to make some herbal body oil with us LIVE if you choose.

About the Kitchen Herbalism series

The deep and powerful wisdom of the herbal realm has mostly been forgotten in our modern culture. The Kitchen Herbalism series with Crystal Marie Higgins is meant to educate, inspire and provide a fun experiential immersion into the world of everyday herbalism for our health and wellness.

About Your Guide

Crystal Marie Higgins is a lineaged Initiated Priestess in Celtic traditions, an Initiated Witch, as well as a Yoga Teacher, a Folk Herbalist and an Ethical Marketer. She has been in devotion to earth wisdom, the cycles of the moon and the seasons since 2012. She loves to create, to cook and share that magic with others!

Crystal’s intention is to awaken our consciousness toward the radical practice of attuning your life and the flows of your creativity to the seasons of the year, the cycles of the moon and the wisdom found in the everyday. She is a lover of the plant realm, being outdoors and engaging in sacred rituals.

You can learn more about Crystal on her website, or her passion project The Seasonal Herbal Box. Follow her on Instagram or Facebook at @crystalmariehiggins.