Teaching & Speaking | Professional Affiliations | Publications & Case Reports
Dynamic Speaker & Instructor
Lena teaches and speaks in diverse settings, from healthcare and wellness professional training programs to community workshops for individuals and families.
Her areas of expertise are varied, from uterine contractility patterns in reproductive health conditions and integrating fertility awareness-based methods with clinical herbal care for hormonal imbalances to supporting circadian rhythms in night shift workers and a whole person approach to menopausal concerns. She has taught community classes and workshops at renowned institutions such as the New York Open Center, presented clinical case reports at professional conferences, and also teaches in professional training programs for herbalists, massage therapists, and childbirth educators. She is currently on faculty at Pacific College of Health and Science in Manhattan and the Arborvitae School of Traditional Herbalism in New Paltz, NY. Learn more about Lena DeGloma and find our upcoming workshops here.
Areas of Expertise for Speaking and Workshops:
- Circadian disruption in night shift workers and birth workers and herbal medicine
- An herbal medicine approach to menopause
- Integrating Fertility Awareness based methods with clinical herbal treatments of menstrual cycle disturbances and fertility challenges.
- Herbal Therapeutics for female reproductive health (including PMS, dysmenorrhea, PCOS, endometriosis, fibroids, menorrhagia, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, estrogen dominance, progesterone insufficiency, luteal phase defects, fertility challenges, sexual & vaginal health)
- Understanding the Six States of the Uterus for Reproductive Health and Fertility
- Herbal Therapeutics for Pregnancy, Postpartum and Lactation
- Optimal Nutrition for the Childbearing Cycle
- Holistic Childbirth Education, Newborn care, Breastfeeding
- Infant Massage Instruction for Parents & Caregivers
- Breast/Chest Massage for lactation & post-surgery recovery
- Massage Therapy for Pregnancy, Labor and Postpartum
- Business Fundamentals for Wellness Professionals
Current Professional Affiliations:
- ArborVitae School of Traditional Herbalism, Part-time Faculty
- Pacific College of Health & Science, Part-time Faculty in Massage Therapy Department
Former Roles:
- Childbirth Education Association of Metropolitan New York, Instructor in Teacher Certification Program and President of the Board of Directors (2014 – 2021)
- Maryland University of Integrative Health Natural Care Center, Post-Master’s Clinical Intern & Herbal Dispensary Intern, 2013-2015
- CUNY-Queensborough Massage Therapy Department, Part-time Instructor and developed state-approved curriculum for prenatal massage course (2009-2010)
- Finger Lakes School of Massage, Clinic Supervisor (2008-2009)
Publications & Case Reports
- Managing Sleep & Circadian Disruption with Herbal Medicine: A Self-Care Survival Guide for Birth Workers (e-book)
- Uterine Contractility and Herbal Therapeutics, Master’s thesis Maryland University of Integrative Health (winner, best research poster at American Herbalists Guild Symposium 2015)
- The Link between Gut and Autoimmunity: Treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Colitis with a “Weeding and Feeding” Approach, Journal of the American Herbalists Guild (2018), Volume 16, Number 1.
- Narcolepsy, Cataplexy and Gut Inflammation: Case Report, Presented at American Herbalists Guild Symposium (2019)
Download Lena’s Free e-book for Birth Workers (or other night shift workers) on Managing Sleep and Circadian Disruption with Herbal Medicine.
Lena's integrative whole-person approach to inflammatory musculoskeletal conditions & the relationship with digestive health and the microbiome is illustrated in her case study that was published in the Spring 2018 edition of the Journal of the American Herbalists Guild titled The Link between Gut and Autoimmunity: Treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Colitis with a ‘Weeding & Feeding’ Approach.
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