What you will study
The foundations of the healer’s path
What Is Healing?
Explore the deeper meaning of healing and what it means to accompany another person on a healing journey.
Building Relationship With Plants
Develop direct, experiential relationships with plants through time spent outdoors and indoors entering the dream of the plants through intentional practices.
Listening to Plant Medicine
Learn practices for listening to and interpreting what the plants are communicating within the methodology.
Five Elements & Seasonal Energies
Learn to recognize patterns through the Five Element and seasonal framework—the language of nature used within Plant Spirit Medicine.
Matching Plant and Person
Learn the process of discerning what plant medicine may correspond with what the person needs at a root level.
Finding the Root
Learn the methodology for exploring what may lie beneath the presenting condition or symptom.
The Art of Pulse Taking
Develop the art and practice of pulse taking as part of the assessment methodology.
Protocols & Practice
Learn the principles, protocols, and practical framework necessary to bring the methodology into practice.
Hands-On & Clinical Experience
Students have opportunities for hands-on experience and, where appropriate, clinical experience as part of their training.
Class Format:
A series of in-person intensives with intersession homework and Zoom calls
Class will consist of 6 in-person, 6-day Sessions, broken up over 18 months, as follows:
Week 1 March 24th -March 31st 2027
Week 2 June 23rd -June 30th 2027
Week 3 October 6th – October 13th 2027
Week 4 February 16th – February 23rd 2028
Week 5 May 31st-June 7th 2028
Week 6 September 13th – September 20th 2028
What you will learn:
The benefits of this course go beyond the subject matter; the course itself provides a truly
transformational experience. Some of the topics we explore:
The role of the natural world in healing
The voice of the seasons and the language of the plants
Building relationships with plants, and learning how to listen and interpret their wisdom
The principles and protocols of effective healing
The art of pulse diagnostics
Assessment and treatment skills honed through clinical work
Five element theory and how it relates to healing
The ingredients necessary to reconnect people to their hearts, souls, and path in life
Clinical practice hours
Lodging + Amenities (included in tuition) :
Held at The Nest, in Mebane, NC, a modern rural farmhouse on 7.5 wooded acres, with an additional 112 acres next door at the Eco Village community available for our use.
On-site camping and indoor dorm space for cots, mattresses, and sleeping mats. For those who prefer a more private option, there are local hotels and inns nearby (cost of hotel not included in tuition).
Indoor amenities (showers, bathrooms, electricity)
Healthy, gourmet meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Certification Details:
Upon successful graduation, students will have the training necessary to practice as Plant Spirit Medicine Healers. If opted for, students can also join The Temple of Sacred Fire Healing and receive a Lay Spiritual Healers certificate. They are also eligible to join the Plant Spirit Medicine Association.
Tuition Breakdown:
Tuition includes the cost of meals, lodging, and administrative fees.
A Deposit of $1,000 (plus relevant processing fees) to secure your class spot
$1,900 per session (minus deposit)
See course overview for session payment due dates
Who is this for?
This training may be calling you if:
You have a longstanding relationship with plants and feel there is more to discover.
You sense that plants are more than their physical properties.
You don’t have much experience with plants but are drawn toward developing a relationship with the world around you.
You are drawn toward healing work and want to explore it at a deeper level.
You already work in a healing or helping profession and want to explore an additional dimension of your practice.
You want to develop greater connection, sensitivity, discernment, and relationship with nature.
You are willing to devote significant time to learning, practice, and personal transformation.
You aren’t looking for a quick course.
You’re looking for a path.
Who is it not for?
This training isn’t for you if:
This work asks something of you.
This training may not be appropriate if you’re looking for:
A quick certification
A weekend introduction
A simple list of plants and their uses
A purely intellectual course
Instant answers
A formula that eliminates the need for discernment and practice
This is an invitation into a deeper process.
Learning happens in two worlds
Outside and inside
With the plants
Students spend time outdoors developing relationship with plants through direct experience.
This isn’t learning about nature from a screen.
You go outside.
You observe.
You listen.
You experience.
You practice.
In the classroom
Classroom learning provides the framework that allows those experiences to become a coherent methodology.
Students study:
Principles
Methodology
Protocols
Five Element theory
Seasonal energies
Root-level assessment
Pulse taking
Plant relationships
Practical application
experience and understanding develop together
The Investment
Six residential immersions over 18 months
$1,900 per immersion week
The investment includes:
Tuition
Room
Board
Administrative costs
Six immersions × $1,900 = $11,400 total
See our Training Overview for the payment structure for each of the weeks.
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Your investment is not simply in six weeks of instruction.
It is an 18-month opportunity to immerse yourself in a body of knowledge, practice, relationship, and experience of a new relationship with the living world.