Create a Container for Your Herbal Practice
Herbalism is a Calling
Ready to turn your passion for herbalism into a thriving clinical practice?
We're here to support and inspire you every step of the way.
Our virtual course equips you with practical skills and proven tools to build a sustainable, fulfilling practice—tailored to your vision.
Learn at your own pace with over 100 hours of recorded video lectures, access extensive resources and practice templates, and join our monthly live sessions for direct support from course founders and instructors Patricia Kyritsi Howell and Kat Maier.
Registration for our new self-paced course opens in fall 2026.
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Crafting Your Herbal Practice is for you if you are ready to:
Develop self-awareness about the many elements of a therapeutic relationship.
Create and hold a sacred, safe space for your client and yourself.
Improve your intake skills and create concise case studies.
Identify your core values around herb sustainability and conservation, and access resources to implement them in your practice.
Establish practice policies and procedures to ensure confidentiality and efficiency
Implement safe apothecary practices: record keeping, sustainable sourcing, compounding guidelines, etc.
Generate a working business plan, integrating tax planning, business entities, liability insurance, waivers, and other business practices with your practice vision.
We invite you to join us if you have…
Completed a foundation-level herb program that included herbs for specific body systems, basic herbal energetics, herbal actions, and a working knowledge of the uses of at least 100 herbs.
Knowledge of the ethical and ecological issues inherent in herbal practice.
A basic understanding of the health assessment paradigm you will use to guide your herbal protocols (e.g., Western herbalism, folk medicine, inherited traditions, energetics, TCM, Ayurveda)
Completed a basic anatomy and physiology course or similar level of education.
MEET YOUR TEACHERS!
Patricia Kyritsi Howell and Kat Maier, herbal elders with nearly 70 years of combined experience as clinical herbalists, mentors, and teachers, are the primary instructors for the course.
Guest teachers include Camille Freeman, Mimi Hernandez and Emily Ruff.
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Patricia Kyritsi Howell
Founder of Botanologos School of Herbal Studies and Author of Medicinal Plants of Southern Appalachians
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Kat Maier
Founder of Sacred Plant Traditions and Author of Energetic Herbalism: A Guide to Sacred Plant Traditions Integrating Elements of Vitalism, Ayourveda and Chinese Medicine
We are happy to answer any questions you have! Please send us an email.
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