Rekindle Your Spark
A four-week class for people with long covid to overcome cycles of life-draining flare-ups and rebuild vitality, using herbs, self-massage, and more.
Mondays, Nov 30th through Dec 21st, 2pm - 4:30pm on Zoom.
Class will be recorded for participants who cannot attend live.
If you:
Come home at the end of the workday and are barely able to get out of bed to eat dinner
Do one twenty-minute errand and then need a two-hour nap to recover
Get a headache after less than an hour of screentime and then give up on the whole day
Invite all your friends over for a party, and then can’t enjoy it because you’re too sick to get off the couch
Then this class is for you.
“You’ve given me my life back. Thank you.”
Former client
“This should be the standard treatment for long covid.”
Former client
This class is for you if:
You’ve tried googling “natural remedies for long covid” and gotten nowhere, and now you want to learn from an herbalist with years of experience
Your Instagram and TikTok feeds are full of people talking about the lymphatic system, but they haven’t helped your symptoms
You’ve asked your doctor for help with long covid and ended up on a wild goose chase of prescriptions that don’t help
You want simple practices you can do yourself that support your body to to heal from long covid
You want a space for connection with other people who live with long covid that honors just how hard this journey is.
“[Class] helped me think about the body as inter-related, interdependent systems.”
Rekindle Your Spark
Find increased vitality, symptom improvement, and more restful sleep through medicinal herbs
Understand why movement and exercise has the potential to exacerbate OR alleviate symptoms, and how to know what will work well for you
Gain an in-depth understanding of the physiology of the lymphatic system and its role in chronic illnesses like long covid
Connect with other participants and learn from our collective journey
Know which herbs to reach for during flare-ups
Learn massage and other practices to support your lymphatic system to heal from long covid.
Mondays, Nov 30th - Dec 21st 2pm - 4:30pm on Zoom.
Class will be recorded for participants who cannot attend live.
Rekindle Your Spark Curriculum Outline
(Curriculum outline subject to change)
Class One: Basics of Long Covid and other inflammatory illnesses
Why this class
What’s happening in the body: Basics of anatomy for people with long covid
Why is the history of chronic illness important?
Understanding pacing
Class Two: Plants that heal
In-depth profiles of herbs for long covid
Using different remedies
Contraindications
Fasting as a metabolic reset
Building strength together: Collective support for healing
Class Three: Creating Easeful Flow
Everything you ever wanted to know about the lymphatic system but didn’t know to ask
Lymphatic self-massage for long covid healing
Movement, not exercise, for supporting the recovery
Nourishing with food
Class Four: Making Lasting Change
More on herbs
Applying steps in day to day life
Putting it all together to create your personal long covid plan
How to stay with “self-care” when you feel too tired to brush your teeth
Betsy is engaging, has great energy, and was extremely flexible with everyone’s questions.
Imagine a weekend where you can go skateboarding, fly a kite, or cook a dinner for your friends, instead of just laying in bed recovering from the work week.
Imagine writing the first chapter of your novel, digging up dirt in a new garden, or learning to play the accordion - starting whatever passion project you’re too tired to even think about
Imagine a long covid flare-up where you feel confident that you have the tools to manage it, rather than feeling like nothing will help and wondering if there’s anything you can do.
Join the four-week class that helps you recover from long covid, rebuild vitality, and live your best life.
“[Betsy is] so knowledgeable, intuitive, and a great person to learn from.”
More about me
I am an herbalist, massage therapist, and midwife. But more importantly, I live with long covid. I know what it’s like to feel stuck in a cycle of flare-ups and low energy. I know what it feels like to put dreams and passions aside because I can barely get out of bed. But I also know what it feels like to get better, and feel the return of my vitality. I am grateful for the knowledge of holistic healing
In 2006 I attended my first herbal medicine training with the late Michael Moore. I began my journey into holistic healing because I saw how the medical system wasn’t helping people, and I wanted to be able to offer something better.
Over the next several years I continued my herbal training, including completing community herbalist programs at the Maryland University of Integrative Medicine and the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine. I also studied with the late Frank Cook and assisted at the Green Farmacy garden of the late Jim Duke. More recently I studied online at the People’s Medicine School and in a 1:1 mentorship with herbalist Janice Marsh-Prelesnik.
After several years of working with herbs I expanded my training to include massage therapy. I am trained in multiple modalities specifiaclly for long covid and chronic illness, including lymphatic massage, neurolymphatic massage, the Perrin technique, and Carey Benenson Taussig’s Massage for Chronic Illness. Within my massage practice I specialize in clients with long covid and other chronic illnesses.
I have taught many classes on herbalism, massage, and community-based healing, at venues including the Glastonbury Institute for Sustainable Living, Chicago Center for Psychophysical Healing, Great Lakes Herb Faire, Garret Wellness Center, Azadi Folk School, Wild Ginger Herbal Center, and Baltimore Free School.
I am also a Certified Professional Midwife. I have supported hundreds of families during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum as a midwife, labor support and postpartum doula, and childbirth educator. In my holistic healing practice I incorporate herbs and massage as integrated wellness support.
I am passionate about equity and justice in holistic healthcare and strive to be accountable for my own actions and support others in accountability. I am also a street medic and support movements by offering first aid at actions and demonstrations.