Herbal Apprenticeship 2024

Service Description

This Course is the first of three to begin nourishing your herbal education, gain a better knowledge of the plants around us. I created this seven-month apprenticeship program to cover everything herbal intertwined with the study of human anatomy sectioned into parts/systems of the body, and upon completion, you will be a certified herbalist! One weekend each month, we will explore numerous native New England plants and their medical benefits, as well as the body's systems and which herbs are appropriate for which imbalances. Each weekend will consist of at least one day in the field and forest working in the environment, identifying plants and their habitats while gathering pressings of these plants. After seven months, you will have completed your own materia medica.....a comprehensive cross-referenced card catalog of plants, their herbal actions, and indications. You will learn to not only identify, harvest, dry and store these herbs but you will have hands-on opportunities to make lotions, soaps, scrubs, infused oils, syrups, tinctures extracts and more. You will also learn how to properly blend teas for a balanced flavor and/or medicinal benefit and in the process use taste to help identify key medicinal benefits of each plant used, to gain a stronger connection with each plant. Material you will receive with this course: TrulyMindful’s A guide to Herbalism Workbook Pocket Flower Press Mini Notebook Materia Medica materials IN CLASS making and hands on materials