If you are reading this the plants have been speaking to you and you are listening.

Walking the plant path is a rich, deep, Beautiful, heartfelt way of living, and being in the world.

I believe we need more herbalists in the world.

Herbalists are people living close to the Heart of the Mother.

Herbalists are people that love learning about plants, seasonal living, cooking wild foods, medicine making, ancestral skills, gardening, foraging, wildcrafting & being stewards of the land.

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Way is defined as a path, portal, gateway, course of action and being capable of creating a Way to do so. Every woman has her own unique inherent way of being and expressing herself. 

Every woman has her own unique inherent way of being an herbalist, and loving the plants.

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Way of the Herbalist honors, respects, supports and appreciates every woman's unique path, unique way of loving the plants and loving the earth. There is no one 'right' way to be an Herbalist. Some people will hold the knowledge quietly in their hearts, and some people will be called to to teach, educate and bring it into the world. There are so many ways to be an herbalist. 

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In the Summer of 2005 and 2006 I was called to study with Rosemary Gladstar. I traveled to Vermont to start my herbal studies @ Sage Mountain Herbal Sanctuary with Rosemary and 30 other women. We gathered for 9 days each Summer singing songs, making magical herbal medicine, cooking healing foods, taking plant walks, visiting and meeting other herbalists at their farms, laughing, loving, learning the importance of ceremony, sisterhood, and a seed was planted in my heart that maybe I too could one day share this magic medicine with my community. 

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In the Autumn of 2020 Way of the Herbalist was born out of the necessity of women desiring to know the wild plants, simple home remedies and ways to care for themselves, their families and community during the covid pandemic. The time had come to share what I knew with my beloved community of the Central Coast I have now called home for the past 30 years. 

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I am now preparing to enter into my 5th year of Way of the Herbalist or Herb School as it has come to be called. 

Herb School is a magical 8 month journey where we gather one weekend a month, build community, learn herbal preparations, Ayurvedic Wisdom, do seasonal cleanses, take field trips, learn about reciprocal relations and sacred harvesting, and how to live the Beauty Way. 

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We will be weaving together the teachings from Rosemary Gladstar and folk herbalism, Ayurvedic Wisdom, and Nature Connection. There is written curriculum, an online school platform, a monthly community call live and recorded and a WhatsApp thread to share resources, links, articles, pictures and ask questions. 

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The Dates are: (please make note: that everything is subject to change & locations still to be determined @ this time)

September 19-20

Saturday 10am-6pm & Sunday 10am-6pm

Opening weekend, Nourishing the Nervous System, Herbal Nervines, Traditional Tea Ceremony, Intro. to Ayurveda, Autumn Ayurvedic Cleanse, Sun Tea, Moon Tea, Infusions, Decoctions & Herbal Bathing!

Guest Teachers for September:

Saturday: Kathleen Lockyer is an Author, Occupational Therapist & Nature Led Founder. She will be leading us on how to listen to the landscape, the value of a 'sits spot' & bird language. 

Sunday: Jen de Treglode is a Tea Somelier and will be leading us in a traditional Tea Ceremony. 

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​October 17-18 

Saturday 10am-6pm & Sunday 10am-6pm

Skin Health: The Art of Herbal Body Oiling, Skin Herbs, Salve Making, Lotion Making, Ayurvedic Skin types, Neti & Nasya Oil, Foot Baths, Herbal Facial Steams & Hydrosol Making!

Guest Teachers:

Sunday: Anna Barzanya of Maitri Verde will be teaching Hydrosol Making with her Beautiful Copper Distiller 

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​November 21-22 

Saturday 10am-6pm & Sunday 10am-6pm

Herbs for the Immune System, The Art of Tincture Making, Cordials, Elixirs, Oxymels, Herbal Syrups & Fire Cider & Drum Making!

Guest Teachers:

Sunday: Krista Rooney of From the Roots up Healing will be teaching Drum Making (This is an optional part of Way of the Herbalist and is an extra cost and not included in the tuition. All the money goes directly to Krista)

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​December 19 

Saturday 10am-8pm (one long day)

Kitchen Medicine, Mullein Torches, Winter Solstice Celebration, Potluck & a Sacred Fire!

Guest Teachers: TBA

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January 16-17 

Saturday 10am-6pm & Sunday 10am-6pm

Women's Health & Herbs, Shakti Prana, Yoni Steaming, Children's Health, Maiden, Mother, Crone & Ceremonial Plants.

Guest Teachers: TBA

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February 15-16 Location: TBA

Saturday 10am-6pm & Sunday 10am-6pm

The Wisdom of the Wild Weeds, Herb Walk Wild Foods Cooking, Herbal First Aid Kits & Natural Dyeing.

Guest Teachers: 

Sunday: Sadie Rogers Moss a past graduate of Way of the Herbalist 2020 will be lovingly guiding us to learn how to natural dye a silk scarf & socks.

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March 15-16 Location: TBA

Saturday 10am-6pm & Sunday 10am-6pm

Herb Walk, Ayurvedic Spring Cleanse, Magical Plants of the Sea & Ramen making on the beach, A visit to Pico Bloom Farm for Garland Making & Mocktails!

Guest Teachers: 

Sunday: Andrea Robinson a past graduate of WOH 2021 will be lovingly guiding us to know the flowers of the Sea & Amélie L. Trace of Pico Bloom Farms will guide us in strawflower garland making!

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April 11-13 @ Campout!

Flower Medicine, Plant Spirit Communication & Campout!

Saturday & Sunday TBA

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May 15 Graduation Day!

Saturday 10am-6pm 

Closing Ceremonies; Final Projects, Flower Crowns & Honorable Closures

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Email @wildbeautyayurveda@gmail.com to schedule your phone call

Tuition: $3,333

Deposit: $500 non refundable deposit. Click here https://wildbeautyayurveda.as.me/?appointmentType=75364034

Payment plans available: Links will be set up in August. 

9 month payment plan $315/mo.

12 month payment plan $240/mo.

15 month payment plan $190/mo.

 

Way of the Herbalist Includes:

All medicine making supplies and herbs when we gather in person, online school content with videos, printed copies of curriculum, Rosemary Gladstar's Family Herbal book, a Way of the Herbalist tote bag with herbal goodies, campout fees in April, guest teachers fees, 2 catered meals, and 2 years access to online school. All WOH graduates are welcomed back each year to teach, help, support, and re-weave themselves back into the herbal journey with their herb sisters. We are creating a  beautiful community of budding herbalists all along the central coast.