National Park College (NPC) Community and Corporate Training will offer a six-week
Introduction to Healthy Living course this month designed by Certified Master Herbalist
Wendy Fargo.
Fargo spent years as a middle school teacher and holds an Educational Specialist
degree in Administration for Teaching and Learning. She lost her husband to cancer
after more than a decade of struggle with clinical trials and chemotherapy. Shortly
after he passed away, Fargo was diagnosed with cancer. She was determined to find
an alternative, natural solution to chemotherapy and instead chose an herbal cleansing
regimen. Fargo said after six months she was cancer free. “I felt really grateful
because I felt like I had an opportunity that a lot of people don’t have and that
is that I could literally reinvent myself,” she said.
After finding the School of Natural Healing, Fargo completed a Master of Herbology
through their master herbalist program. “I just wanted to be on the other side of
wellness,” said Fargo. She said, “Our bodies are designed to heal themselves. With
just a little bit of understanding of what’s been provided for us in the way of herbs
and ways to be well, you can live a really confident, happy, joyful life.”
Fargo said, “I decided I live in the perfect place. I have 20 acres and two houses,
and you can grow just about anything here.” She began by building greenhouses and
asking for guidance from others. “I’m kind of growing with it. One thing has led to
another to where I actually have a business of creating wonderful products that I
know are good because I grow the herbs and the formulas are my own,” she added.
“I always default and go back to education and learning because I’m a lifelong learner.
I feel like the more I know, the more powerful I am. I love to teach people about
herbs. It’s empowering. It is so exciting to know that with a handful of four or five
different herbs growing in your yard, or in a pot, you can pretty much handle any
crisis,” said Fargo.
Fargo said she loves learning and sharing her knowledge with others. “It will be
a never-ending, happy thing for me because it’s who I am. But, to be able to teach
about what I love, that’s just a bonus.”
The Introduction to Healthy Living course will introduce participants to 11 different
herbs indigenous to the area. It will include hands-on instruction for how to identify
the herbs, their chemical composition, medicinal uses, how to grow, harvest and preserve
them for use in salves, tinctures, and syrups. The course begins October 15. Visit
np.edu/ce for registration information.
