Medicine for the People - an Exploration of Earth-Honoring Plant Medicine from Home

Medicine for the People is our most affordable, available from anywhere, year-long study of Earth-Honoring Plant Medicine - a slow and gentle approach to plant medicine that emphasizes accessibility, depth and relationship over quantity and acquisition. As the original medicine, and the medicine of the people, these simple practices can and should be available to everyone. With the ability to learn from home, Medicine for the People will easily help you bring plant medicine in your kitchens, gardens, medicine cabinets and communities. Join us for a year-long, very accessible, gently paced, and truly affordable exploration of earth-honoring plant medicine - a manageable commitment that will change your life. (Medicine for the People allows you to work from home at your own pace, if you are interested in more intensive studies, check out our range of offerings.)

Registration for this offering is currently closed and will be re-opening soon; you can sign up for updates here.

Medicines Through the Seasons - Monthly Plant Profiles

  • Winter into Spring - Feb, March, April - Season of Awakening - Plants of Blessing, Cleansing, and Protection 

  • Spring into Summer - May, June, July - Season of Opening - Flowering Medicines of the Heart

  • Summer into Autumn - Aug, Sept, Oct - Season of Harvest - Fortifying Plants of Vitality, Strength, and Endurance

  • Autumn into Winter - Nov, Dec, Jan - Season of the Hearth - Kitchen Medicines for Tending Winter Health

The opportunity to work with one, deeply personal plant ally throughout the seasons within the context of community.

While blending herbal formulas is compelling (and valuable in its own way), there is something truly holy and transformative about working with one single plant over the course of the year. Honoring the tradition of “simples“, or single herb made into various preparations restores to us a way of learning through deep listening that is irreplaceable in the study of herbal medicine. Each participant in Medicine for the People will choose a plant ally for the year and will be welcome to share experiences in the online community forum.

Beautifully curated foundational teachings in online written, audio, and video resources to work with at your own pace 

  • Ethics of Earth-Honoring Plant Medicine 

  • Developing a Personal Healing Philosophy and Practice

  • Medicine Making and Practices 

  • Seasonal Recipes

  • Weed Walk Videos

Medicine for the People aims to be an affordable and accessible community exploration of earth-honoring plant medicine.

People entering the course make a full-year commitment as it takes a turn through the seasons at the very least to grow roots with these teachings and practices.

Payments for this offering are set up on an automated monthly basis and are on a wide sliding scale.

We offer this payment range of $25.00 - $250.00 per month as an invitation and request that those of us here together embody a true ethic of community care and share in the responsibility of improving access to care and learning for our community members who are most targeted by systemic harm. From an earth-honoring perspective, the well-being of the whole community is the responsibility of the whole community. Embracing a way of life that honors the sanctity of all beings asks a radical reordering of our hearts, minds, habits, and this includes the ways we distribute access to care.

When deciding where to pay on this scale, we ask that you please keep in mind that because we are a truly intersectional community a significant percentage of our community members need scholarship in order to be here and everyone giving generously as they are able is what makes this possible. If you are Indigenous, Black, trans/non-binary, queer, disabled, or genuinely need relief from systemic cultural violence, know that you have a place with us and that it is very important to us that this community is safe and accessible for you- if you need a scholarship, let us know. We depend on our scholarship fund to make access to care, community and learning readily available, and it largely depends on the generosity of community members with more financial breathing room and/or access to resources. If this is you, we ask that you please participate in this ethic of Community Care by paying on the high end for our offerings. 

You will have the opportunity to choose your place on the sliding scale or to request scholarship in the registration form.