The Healing Foods series is a nourishing journey through the seasons, exploring how food can support physical, emotional, and energetic well-being. Each class blends cooking techniques, nutritional wisdom, and traditional food energetics to help you build a deeper relationship with what you eat. From discovering your personal "super food" to supporting specific organs like the liver, heart, and lungs, this series offers practical, hands-on guidance for creating meals that heal. Whether you're a kitchen novice or a wellness enthusiast, you'll leave each session with recipes, inspiration, and lots of yummy foods to try! Join us for one class or the full series to cultivate joy, variety, and vitality through food. Healing Foods Series Bundle includes all of the following classes: Friday, Jan. 9 – Beginning Food Energetics: What is My Super Food? Friday, March 13 – How to Boil Water: Beginning Cooking Healthy Foods at Home Friday, April 10 – Liver Loving Foods to Relax the Liver Friday, July 24 – Happy Heart Healing Foods: Embracing the Joy of Bitters Friday, August 7 – Letting Go of Sugar: Digestive Contemplation of the Spleen/Pancreas Friday, Oct. 9 – Perfecting the Breath: Foods to Support the Lungs, Immune and Skin
This introductory class explores the foundational principles of food energetics, helping you understand how different foods influence your body, mood, and energy levels. You'll learn how to identify which foods best support your unique constitution and seasonal needs. This class lays the groundwork for intuitive and intentional eating throughout the year.
If you’ve ever felt intimidated in the kitchen or unsure where to begin, this class is for you. We’ll start with simple techniques like boiling, steaming, and sautéing, and explore how to transform basic ingredients into deeply nourishing meals. You’ll learn how to stock a healing pantry and build confidence in cooking at home. This session focuses on ease, flavor, and nourishment for everyday life. Whether you're a kitchen novice or a wellness enthusiast, you'll leave the session with recipes, inspiration, and lots of yummy foods to try!
The liver plays a vital role in detoxification, hormonal balance, and emotional regulation—especially anger and stress. In this class, we’ll explore foods, herbs, and recipes that gently support and relax the liver, with an emphasis on springtime renewal. You'll learn how sour flavors, leafy greens, and cooling ingredients help the liver do its best work. You'll leave the session with recipes, inspiration, and lots of yummy foods to try!
Bitters are often overlooked, yet they’re essential for heart health, digestion, and emotional uplift. In this summer-themed class, we’ll dive into heart-centered cooking with herbs and ingredients that promote circulation, calm the spirit, and encourage joy. You’ll learn how to incorporate bitter flavors in delicious, accessible ways. You'll leave the session with recipes, inspiration, and lots of yummy foods to try!
Craving sugar is often a signal of deeper imbalances in the digestive system and emotional body. In this class, we’ll explore the spleen and pancreas from a food energetics perspective, learning how to nourish these organs with grounding, naturally sweet foods that reduce sugar dependence. You'll leave the session with recipes, inspiration, and lots of yummy foods to try!
Autumn is the season of the lungs, when breath, immunity, and skin health become especially important. This class focuses on foods that moisten dryness, support respiratory function, and enhance the body’s natural defenses. We’ll cook with ingredients that support both emotional grief and physical resilience. Learn how food and breath together can nourish your inner and outer glow. You'll also leave the session with recipes, inspiration, and lots of yummy foods to try!
Bring the power of plant medicine into your kitchen with this class on cooking with healing herbs. We’ll explore how to make meals that are not only delicious but also infused with immune-boosting, calming, and tonifying herbs. Learn how to prepare teas, broths, and meals that act as gentle medicine for the body and soul. You'll leave the session with recipes, inspiration, and lots of yummy foods to try!
Bob's Bio
Bob Linde’s journey to becoming a Registered Herbalist and Acupuncture Physician has been anything but conventional. From starting self-study in herbalism at age 10 to exploring a variety of careers—including commercial diving, treasure hunting, military service, and activism with Greenpeace—Bob eventually found his calling in natural medicine. As the owner of Acupuncture & Herbal Therapies and co-founder of Traditions School of Herbal Studies in St. Petersburg, Florida, Bob has designed comprehensive training programs for both Chinese and Western clinical herbalists and oversees a student clinic. He also consults for herbal product companies, grows medicinal plants, and is a frequent speaker at national conferences. An avid traveler and educator, Bob has shared his expertise on TV shows like Animal Planet and INTI TV’s “Sanaciones con Bob Linde.” His school offers a wide array of herbalism classes and continues to expand, nurturing a community of future herbalists and acupuncturists.
01/09/2026
Registration starts on 09/04/2025 and ends on 01/09/2026.
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Please contact Traditions School of Herbal Studies if you have any questions.