"Herbs, cats, poems and stories bring charm, knowledge, and clarity through the person of Teresa de Jesus Berlinda Vigil. Enjoy a ride with Teresa through the llanos and La Sierra of the San Luis land grant to learn some of the medicinal herbs used by the people for centuries. Enjoy her storytelling prowess with "Los Gatos de la Calle Costilla." See her tell about the herbs in a video produced by Las Mujeres Valientes on U-Tube. Her talk is transcribed...

The Making of a Medicine Woman follows the extraordinary life of an herbalist and modern medicine keeper. As a child, the author strived to be able to understand why she could see and know things that others could not. The bewildered child led a lonely youth befriended by wild animals and elders. Through tragedies and desperate attempts to be normal, the medical intuitive is gently guided by Native American elders, Celtic shamans, and the enchanting...

Hildegard von Bingen was truly a woman ahead of her time. A visionary in every sense of the word, this famed 12th-century Benedictine nun was a Christian mystic, composer, philosopher, playwright, poet, naturalist, scientist, physician, herbalist and ecological activist. In a staggering performance, Barbara Sukowa portrays von Bingen’s fierce determination to expand the responsibilities of women within the order, even as she fends off outrage from...