The Wisdom Of Plants Herbal Apprenticeship Program
 Welcome to the wonder-filled world of Green Living. Do you feel an affinity with Nature or want to explore & maintain that connection? We are living now in the flow of constant change.
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While searching for their own stability & "what can I hold onto?", many people are instinctively finding their way back to Herbalism, this deeply rooted, uncontrived way of living & living well.
Through returning to the foundation of our inherent & trustworthy five senses, the spirit of Herbalism allows us all to remember how natural it is to be alive & to remember who we are. This remembering of how to be alive is at the core of the Green Movement & does not demand that you be a clinical herbalist in order to have this life-altering & life-affirming transformation. Only that you open your heart to the wild green beings that surround you & have been sustaining you since birth.
Herb Group
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Look down & really see! It is gentle & normal, this Green aliveness & awareness. It invites us into the wilderness not from an intention to corrupt but to interrupt the ongoing commercialization & enslavement of the human heart & soul. This regimenting of our true, wild hearts leaves us bereft of meaning & direction, seeking "thrills" because we have forgotten that to be naturally alive is good & even great.
Each gradual Level of this program focuses on reinstating our trust in Nature, ourselves & the wise use of Her Green Gifts to us. It is also oriented to reawaken our role in our own healing, our unique individuality, our sacred purpose & the role of the Traditional Healer within that context.
In reclaiming our rich common heritage with the green plants, all of which have been safely used to aid healing for thousands of years in every culture in the world, we are exposed to that which is unchanging. Rediscovering hands-on herbal health care is to remember the Light on Earth & treat ourselves to the experience of it in our bodies & souls.
Many plants new to us from around the globe are finding their way onto shelves in retail stores but the time-honoured memory of making your own medicine from locally abundant plants & the simple, self-sufficient knowledge of how to use them is the heart of this program. Simultaneously, the growth of the health products industry is also causing an explosion of misinformation since the context of the herbal tradition is overlooked by the western need to maintain a superficial understanding of mind/body health & wellness. The deeply rooted & therefore experienced Traditional Herbalist is often pushed out of its own knowledge base & overlooked by these market forces. Therefore, we will look at the herbs in such a way that you will be able to distinguish for yourself, "what is that herb good for?" In keeping with this heart-centred Tradition, Herbal Knowledge is presented & advanced in degrees & over time, acquiring the theory, & learning through experience how the plants really work by using them ourselves, since we take our own medicine before we offer it to others, like the Shamans of old. This program aims to allow you to acquire true Knowledge that weathers the fickleness of "information" & the latest fad in herbal healing.
Apprentice In The Garden 2003
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You can take your own time to blossom & allow the herbs to live for you however they do. In this way, we recover our ability to heal & become well "From the Ground Up", so to speak.
2003 App. Program Lev. 1 Grads
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Each Level is designed to build on the previous for more holistic understanding, although you may start in Level 1 or 2, both of which are introductions to Herbalism and/or The Art of Healing. Join with others on this happy path & you will share many memorable moments & have reliable knowledge for the rest of your years. Perhaps the grass really is greener on the other side? Is this the year for you?
You can enter Level 1 or Level 2 initially since both are introductions to the differing ways in which plants offer their healing capacities to humankind. Neither requires any previous knowledge or experience.
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