Posted on August 23rd, 2014
Meet us in Missoula!!
This is the only Essiac master class offered anywhere. It happens only once per year, and 2014 marks our final gathering in Missoula, Montana. This is a one-of-a-kind experience. It will not be recorded, in keeping with the idea behind such gatherings, so that the experience will be intimate, candid and completely unique. The theme will be about Essiac and its role in healing in the context of our personal lives as well as how that can best compliment the world we live in. Participants will directly experience some of the healing protocols Mali Klein has developed over the past twenty years. All are welcome, including those with serious illness, as well as those in the profession of providing health care. It is for anyone who sees the importance of keeping the knowledge and use of this and other herbal medicines alive and would like to be part of a dialogue about how we as individuals, professionals and businesspersons can help to facilitate this.
Essiac and herbal medicine can have an amazing role to play in the emerging healing paradigms of the 21st century. Master class attendees will be introduced to a perspective not shared quite so freely in the written word as it will be in this session. Each class has been a stand-alone experience and prior attendance is not required.
The 2014 Master Class will focus on the original 8-herb formula handed down from an old Native American medicine man in Northern Ontario in the 1890s. But more than that, it will be from the perspective of the Medicine man that brought this formula to us in the 1890s. Before the days of Essiac. (The formula was later reduced to a four herb formula by Rene Caisse and those four herbs - Burdock, Sheep sorrel, Slippery elm and Turkey rhubarb, make up most of what is sold as Essiac today.)
This original eight herb formula is what Rene began working with when she first started her work with the herbs in the 1920s, and the results were impressive. Mali Klein's work now focuses almost completely on this original eight-herb formula, which has been shelved since the 1920s, and which Rene Caisse only revealed in writing once. Virtually all of the 8-herb Essiac formulas on the market today do not contain the herbs originally used.
Mali will be sharing her findings about this indigenous formula and what happened to it in her newest book Black Root Medicine, the Original Native American Essiac Formula, to be released September 1, 2014. Mali will share some insights and evidence that will forever change your assumptions about what Essiac is and how the politics and confusion about the correct formula following Rene's death resulted in so much misinformation about Essiac in the years to follow.
Included in the tuition will be signed copies of the new book!
Mali will go deep into the subject of healing and living a quality life, with or without serious health challenges, and will be sharing a unique approach to health and healing using a combination drawing from Native American, Buddhist and other spiritual traditions. Mali will also be available for private consultations from October 1 - 24.
Register now, class size is limited!
Cost $100 early bird, $120 after October 1. Call (406) 883-0110 for more information.
Posted on November 3rd, 2013
October 2013 has come and gone. Like October '12, it was full of activity here at ReneCaisseTea and all about Essiac! Once again we sponsored Mali Klein, author of The Complete Essiac Essentials and the forthcoming book Black Root Medicine: The Original Native American Essiac Formula, for this year's Essiac Master Class 2 - Surviving Cancer. Again, it was in Missoula Montana and, again, it was so much more than what any of us could have imagined. Each year there are new friends made and continuing connections that just keep growing stronger! We already have next year's class planned for Saturday, October 11, 2014: Essiac Master Class Part 3 - Black Root Medicine at the Open Way Mindfulness Center, Missoula, Montana. So, mark your calendars to learn first-hand more about this herbal remedy that has been with us now for over 100 years…and hear what Mali will be saying as Black Root Medicine: The Original Native American Essiac Formula comes off the press. And gosh, it's about a lot more than Essiac.
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A few highlights from Master Class 2013:
- In France, the standard Western medicine cancer protocols allow for beginning with radiation and chemo followed by surgery, rather than performing surgery first. This lets the other therapies kick in first, knocking the cancer back before surgically removing it. Many French medical doctors are trained in homeopathy as well as allopathy.
- There is too much positive anecdotal evidence not to justify lab testing of the Essiac formulae, using top quality herbs and including the proper ingredients - something which has, to date, never been done.
- Rene Caisse first worked with the original 8-herb Native American formula, but she subsequently discontinued using all eight herbs once the four-herb Essiac was refined for use on a large scale. The original indigenous formula had quite an amazing track record and has not been reproduced since 1926.
- You should harvest Burdock root in its first year as it gets woody after that. If you plant in the fall, you can go beyond a year until harvesting if you dig it before the spring growth has gotten underway, in the second spring.
- Greater Periwinkle can be identified by the small 'hairs' along the edge of its leaves.
- When harvesting Sheep sorrel stems and leaves, do so on a dry day and don't wash them.
- Life is about making it count, with or without a cancer diagnosis! We are all here with a mission and we are here to do it well.
- Connecting to the power of your intention with a higher consciousness using the power of prayer can have a profound effect on a prognosis. The power of thought can be more powerful than the spoken word.
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October '12 began with a trip to Bracebridge, Ontario, Rene Caisse's hometown. This year we stayed closer to Montana, visiting Yellowstone Park just a day after it re-opened following the Federal government shutdown. It was practically deserted and what a great time to visit.
Yellowstone is the nation's oldest national park, and was established in 1872, "For the Benefit and the Enjoyment of the People." Nice concept and a good motto to take to heart perhaps for other matters of State. 🙂
Most of the Park is one huge volcano with Yellowstone Lake in the caldera's center. The Yellowstone Caldera was created 640,000 years ago, with two even larger super-eruptions before that, the biggest one being 2.1 million years ago and producing 2,500 times as much ash as Mt. St. Helens did in 1980. I remember when that event occurred - St. Helens, that is, ha ha. It laid down several inches of ash in Helena, Montana, which was nearly 700 miles to the east! That multiplied by 2,500 times is truly unimaginable.
There haven't been any huge eruptions since 174,000 years ago, but here's what Wikipedia has to say about the magma chamber just below the Yellowstone caldera's surface: "According to the analysis of earthquake data in 2013, magma chamber is 80 kilometres long and 20 kilometres wide, and is …. thought to be the largest magma chamber in existence on Earth."
Its quite a place. Glad I finally got back to Yellowstone, its been far too long. What amazing power below our feet, up there right on top of a sleeping giant!
Apparently the grizzly bears thought the spectators were all gone, because they were out and we were so lucky to see two of them! The weather was beautiful... pictures below. Enjoy!
Welcome to the North Entrance of Yellowstone
Yellowstone hot springs - Midway and Lower Geyser Basin
Lower Falls - near Canyon Village - 308 feet
Reflections
Bald Eagle near West Entrance
Old Faithful!
Mammoth Hot Springs
Boiling Mud Pots, Midway and Lower Geyser Basin
The 370-foot-wide and 121-foot-deep Grand Prismatic Spring, the largest hot spring in Yellowstone.
200-by-300-foot-wide Excelsior Geyser which pours over 4,000 gallons per minute into the Firehole River.
Go Griz!
Posted on September 1st, 2012
I am sending out a call to all Essiac users, producers, growers and wildcrafters - let's get together! October 1 will find myself and Mali Klein in Bracebridge, Ontario, Rene Caisse's home town and where she had her cancer clinic in the 1930s. We'll be talking to some folks who have had a part in Essiac history, and visiting what's left of the Essiac sites to see. We'll be making lots of video and uploading to YouTube. I'll be blogging all about it! I am really excited at the prospect of meeting some of my fellow Essiac advocates.
Mali will then be coming out to Montana later in the month, and we'll be putting on the Essiac Master Class in Missoula on October 27. We'll also be hosting an Essiac meetup potluck at the Bistro in Polson Montana on October 19 for any and all fellow Essiac folk to network and enjoy an evening with Mali. Call (406) 883-0110 to reserve a place at the table, or email Debbie! Let's find our common purpose and work together for Essiac - hope to see you there!
The dream … to grow the Essiac herbs applying permaculture principles, to hand-harvest the herbs, and to provide a model for community-scale production of Essiac and other medicinal herbs. In doing so, to meet local or regional needs in the retail sector as well as through charity. To produce the highest quality herbs so that this remedy can be researched properly and its value officially proven, as was Rene Caisse’s lifetime dream.
What else to do in Missoula in October? Here's a great preview from Permies.com!
Posted on August 9th, 2012
Lately I've been reading about some really cool affordable ideas being put to action for small-time entrepreneurs. The first one is called SQFT (Square Foot). Its based out of San Francisco and just starting up. Their mission is geared toward small-time vendors who couldn't afford to rent traditional retail space but COULD afford a fraction of that amount for a fraction of the time. They are putting them together with underutilized spaces in non-traditional settings. Its a win-win-win Read More →
Posted on July 28th, 2012
I had the blessing of having some sessions with Jimmie last fall and it changed my life. I was sad to hear he had passed but I know he is still with us. I'll be at his memorial service. He is a sweet soul. This tribute is full of his healing energy and so well worth the watching whether or not you knew him this side of the sky.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFmYOGt4m6A
Posted on July 10th, 2012
A Master Class with Mali Klein Author of The Complete Essiac Essentials
Save the date!
October 27, 2012
9:45 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
The Open Way
702 Brooks Avenue
Missoula MT 59801
Cost: $90 early bird registration, $120 after October 1
Register now!
Click here for a mail-in registration form.
scholarships and work/trade discounts available, first come first served
call (406) 883-0110
or email [email protected]
Lunch provided
Tuition includes herbs, seeds, and a copy of The Complete Essiac Essentials
Private consults available
Author and researcher Mali Klein will be sharing nearly two decades’ worth of her experience working with Rene Caisse’s Essiac herbal therapy in the treatment of cancer and other serious illnesses. This master class is designed for professionals and laypersons, patients and doctors alike. Hands-on training will be provided on how to make the various Essiac formulae that Rene is known to have used. Mali will be available for private consultations.
Also :
- The original Native American eight-herb formula – lessons from the source.
- An inside perspective on Rene Caisse, the real person.
- Recommended treatment protocols.
- Essiac in your own backyard.
- The future of Essiac – what can be done to develop Rene Caisse’s legacy.
Canadian nurse Rene Caisse (1888 – 1978) was known for her research and development of an indigenous herbal tea into the combination therapy she dubbed ‘Essiac’ – her surname reversed. Encouraged by eight doctors who petitioned the Minister of Health for Ontario to allow her the opportunity to prove her therapy, Essiac attracted national and international attention initially during the 1930’s, when she operated a cancer clinic in Bracebridge, her hometown in Muskoka, Ontario, and again in 1977 when Homemaker’s magazine published the article, ‘Could Essiac halt Cancer?’
Today the wealth of anecdotal evidence and access to the internet has ensured that Essiac has become a household word, with a wide variety of formulae available for sale. Always conscious of the need for excellence, Mali Klein has been researching and writing about Essiac since 1993 and has co-written four books on the subject. She is also curator of the world’s largest body of Essiac history, the Sheila Snow Fraser Essiac Archive collection.
