Who is christopher hobbs herbalist

For several years after leaving home and being on my own, I began eating the worst kinds of food a McDonalds diet with liberal amounts of coffee, doughnuts and sugar and doing the most unhealthy things one can imagine. Consuming every kind of junk food imaginable for over 2 years, my body finally gave out. I developed a severe jaw infection that even 2 million units of penicillin a day would not touch. After several months of illness, I stumbled into a health food store one day and picked up a book by Paul Bragg, the great natural healer.

I eventually was able to study with Bragg in Desert Hot Springs, California, and this experience changed my life forever. When one puts an interest in health together with a love of plants, the result is herbalism. Herbalists are interested in the health of the individual and the health of our Mother Earth.

I started studying the medicinal properties of plants in earnest in In college, I had already had four years as a physics major, with minors in biology and psychology. Every day I tried a different herb tea, comparing what I thought I felt with the uses and properties given in the herbal. Through experimentation, I gained a rudimentary understanding of the activity of a few herbs. For a number of years I continued doing herb walks, teaching classes on natural healing, herbs and diet, worked in and helped manage a health food co-op and traveled as much as I could studying the identification and natural history of plants all over the Pacific North West and California.

In I spent over a year studying polarity therapy at the Alive Polarity Institute on Orchas Island and in a hot springs center in Calistoga, California. This was a major turning point in my life, for it was here that I made a conscious personal commitment to dedicate my life to natural healing and herbs.

The following year I moved to Santa Cruz, where I began teaching the chemistry, pharmacology and botany of herbs full time in the Platonic School of Herbal Studies founded by Dr. Paul Lee. We learned a great deal from one another in the school, which continued for 4 years.

As is often the case, I came to Santa Cruz thinking that I would leave in a few years, but as time went on, it became harder to leave—the herbal and health community here is strong. The call for health on all levels is being heard throughout the world.

In , I completed 2 additional years of pre-med classes at the University, including 2 years of special studies in organic chemistry. We harvested wild herbs, making our own liquid herbal extracts and selling them nation-wide. In we sold the company to Rainbow Light, which has done a wonderful job preserving the high quality and integrity of the products, while greatly enhancing the packaging and distribution.

Newsletter Sample Lesson Students Only. Christopher Hobbs, a 4th generation botanist and herbalist, has studied and worked with the medicinal uses of herbs for over 30 years. In that time, he has become an acknowledged expert in the field, lecturing all over the U.

In , Christopher founded Native Herb Co. A special emphasis on how to collect or purchase fruiting bodies and make the best extracts and preparations. Hobbs will share some of his favorite recipes and some great traditional recipes for a variety of fungi. Christopher Hobbs, Ph. The author or co-author of over 20 books, Christopher lectures on herbal medicine world-wide. He earned his Ph. Join or Renew. Christopher Hobbs Dive into this 4-week intensive series with Dr.