{"id":209,"date":"2015-04-01T16:37:47","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T15:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/?p=209"},"modified":"2019-05-13T14:35:11","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T13:35:11","slug":"herbalist-leila-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/2015\/04\/01\/herbalist-leila-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Herbalist service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> Leila Maine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Proposed idea:<\/strong> Herbalist services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Start-up funding received:<\/strong> \u00a3745<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Project start date:<\/strong> October 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sustainability measures:<\/strong> There will be a charge for all classes, to cover materials and secure the project as an on-going business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leila on the background to her idea:&nbsp;<\/strong>I already consider myself to be a community Herbalist and Aromatherapist. I aim to empower people to enable them to incorporate herbal medicine into their daily life through a range of services, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 herbal preparation workshops<br>\u2022 herbal guided walks<br>\u2022 herbal talks and discussion groups<br>\u2022 herbarium workshops<br>\u2022 herbal consultations<br>\u2022 providing herbal first aid and kits<br>\u2022 herbal dispensary<br>\u2022 aromatherapy massage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My plan is to make herbal medicine accessible to all sections of society. This will be advertised through the media, libraries, posters, joining groups, meeting people, health fairs, craft fairs, farmers markets and taster sessions in the residential homes and community hubs in Pitlochry. Long term I hope to extend my services outwith the Pitlochry area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leila\u2019s reflections on the process:<\/strong> I\u2019ve been involved since the first workshop and have learned so much. Most importantly I have learned to not be scared of trying new things. Change is good. I now look more closely at what\u2019s out there and understand the importance of networking. I link with people in the community who want to strengthen it. I reevaluate all of the time now, and I am much braver!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had a great deal of help with getting my idea developed \u2013 both from the Creative Care and Support partners and from my friends. My friend designed my logo!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have found that being involved through the whole process it has allowed me to link up with people at different stages and this has really helped extend the scope of my work. I am involved in the sensory garden at the Atholl Centre and I am collaborating with a basket weaver with whom I am developing \u2018pamper hampers\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The support I have had has been great, and the financial help has made me more confident and taken away some of the risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Leila Maine Proposed idea: Herbalist services Start-up funding received: \u00a3745 Project start date: October 2014 Sustainability measures: There will be a charge for all classes, to cover materials and secure the project as an on-going business. Leila on the background to her idea:&nbsp;I already [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":""},"categories":[9436],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/pitlochry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}