Join Master Herbalist and mushroom educator Yarrow Willard (The Herbal Jedi) for an inspiring keynote exploring the remarkable world of medicinal fungi, where ancient wisdom meets modern science. 

Together we'll journey beneath the forest floor into the hidden intelligence of the "Wood Wide Web" and discover what mushrooms can teach us about resilience, reciprocity, regeneration, and our own interconnected nature.

In this engaging presentation, you'll explore:

• The latest research on medicinal mushrooms and human health.
• How functional mushrooms support healthy aging, cognition, immunity, stress resilience, and vitality.
• The traditional healing systems and modern clinical evidence behind these remarkable organisms.
• The hidden world of mycelium, and the intelligence that fungal networks offer for living systems, including ourselves.
• How to identify high-quality mushroom supplements and avoid common marketing pitfalls.

Whether you're completely new to mushrooms or have already begun your journey with them, you'll leave with practical knowledge, a renewed sense of wonder, and a deeper appreciation for the fungi quietly shaping life beneath our feet.

Because sometimes the greatest teachers aren't found in books... they're growing beneath the forest floor. Reserve your spot in-store at Okotoks Natural Foods.

Tickets can be purchased in-store for $10.

*Redeem your $10 as store credit toward any purchase made during the event.

What if healing isn't something we have to learn... What if it's something we remember?

Long before books, laboratories, and modern medicine, humans learned by listening to the plants, the seasons, the land, and the wisdom of their own bodies. That innate intelligence has never disappeared. It simply waits to be remembered.

In this experiential workshop, herbalist and educator Yarrow Willard (The Herbal Jedi) invites you to reconnect with the living world and awaken the healer that already resides within you.

Drawing from Western herbalism, Traditional Chinese Medicine, ecological observation, and wisdom traditions from around the world, we'll explore practical ways of understanding health through nature's patterns and how learning to listen to or bodies and the natural world around us can transform the way we live.

Together we'll explore:

• How to begin building a direct relationship with plants as teachers and allies.
• Seasonal rhythms and how they influence our physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing.
• Energetic mapping systems from different healing traditions and the universal patterns they share.
• The intelligence of ecosystems, from the "Wood Wide Web" beneath our feet to the cellular wisdom within our own biome and body.
• Simple practices for cultivating reciprocity, resilience, and a deeper sense of belonging with the living Earth.

This workshop isn't about becoming a herbalist. It's about remembering how to be a human being in relationship with the living world.

When we stop trying to master nature and begin participating in it, healing shifts from something we seek to something we cultivate. We discover that the healer has never been outside of us, it has always been woven into our breath, our bodies, our communities, and the Earth itself.

Come curious. Leave with practical tools, a fresh perspective, and perhaps most importantly, the remembrance that you are not separate from nature, you are one of its many beautiful expressions.

Mushrooms are having a moment, but their use as medicine is not anything new.

Join Harmonic Arts co-creator, second-generation clinical herbalist, and “Herbal Jedi” Yarrow Willard for an exploration of the fascinating world of functional mushrooms.

Blending traditional wisdom, modern research, and nearly two decades of experience, Yarrow will uncover how medicinal mushrooms can support resilience, vitality, and everyday wellness.

Together we'll journey beneath the forest floor into the hidden intelligence of the "Wood Wide Web" and discover what mushrooms can teach us about resilience, reciprocity, regeneration, and our own interconnected nature.

In this engaging live class you'll learn:

• The latest research on medicinal mushrooms and human health
  How functional mushrooms support healthy aging, cognition, immunity, stress resilience, and vitality.
• The traditional healing systems and modern clinical evidence behind these remarkable organisms.
• The hidden world of mycelium, and the intelligence that fungal networks offer for living systems, including ourselves.
• How to identify high-quality mushroom supplements and avoid common marketing pitfalls.

Whether you’re new to functional mushrooms or already use them regularly, you’ll leave with a clearer understanding of which mushroomsmay be right for you, and how to get the most from them.