Herbal Training

Correspondence Course

What was previously taught as a six month apprenticeship program only, is now available as a correspondence course.  This new format allows students to learn about the healing power of plants at their own pace.  It provides an easily accessible reference source for both personal and professional use and serves as a basis for further studies.

This educational opportunity embraces domestic herbalism from the wise woman tradition of healing.  Addressing common daily discomforts and restoring balance often slows or prevents other major diseases from manifesting.  Many health care professionals committed to better serving their clients have chosen to study this tradition.  Nurses, massage therapists, pharmacists, and social workers have elected this experience to increase their own understanding and implementation of a holistic approach to health care.

Assignments require critical thinking as well as doing.  Each lesson focuses on a particular system with additional related topics.  There are forms to fill out, observations and preparations to make, and papers to write.  Students are encouraged to reflect on their own attitudes, experiences, and conditioning surrounding health care.  Brief synopsis:

Lesson 1

   Forms: System, Materia medica, Growing & Harvesting, Preparations

   System: General Tonics- Alteratives, Blood Purifiers, Liver Tonics, Adaptogens

   Additional Topics: Healing Theories; History of Medicine; Gardening

Lesson 2

  Systems: Nervous and Muscular-Skeletal

  Medicine Making and Formulation

  Additional: First Aid Kits, Stress Management

Lesson 3

    System: Reproductive

     Women’s Health as Maiden, Mother and Crone;Men’s Herbal Health

     Herbs and Children; Energetics of Healing; Earth Based Spirituality

Lesson 4

    System: Digestive

    Diet; Culinary Herbs and Kitchen Remedies

    Tea- processing, history and rituals; Wild Foods

Lesson 5

     Systems:  Skin and Cardiac

     Essential Oils; Aromatherapy; Spa and Bath Treatments

     Kitchen Cosmetics; Flower Essences; Personal Health Care Plan

Lesson 6

     Systems: Respiratory and Immune

     Cold Care; Special Foods; Aging

     Ethics and Business; Dreaming the Future

Foundations of Herbalism, Apprenticeship Program

The correspondence course is not only available by itself but also included in the six month apprenticeship program.  These hands on training sessions meet one weekend a month, usually April through September and follow a similar lesson plan as above. Sessions are designed to enhance herbal studies through personal connections with plants and people.  Critical thinking is encouraged as well as respectful communication.  Class size is limited for more individualized attention so sign up early to reserve your space.

Price: correspondence course ($330 value) plus 6 weekends of training ($195 value per weekend, includes food and camping) for package price of $1250.  Inquire about other overnight accommodations.