Pathways of Learning

The foundation of the herbal apprenticeship: core plant study, wild-harvesting principles, preparation basics, and the grounded daily practice of working with medicinal herbs.

Elemental perspectives of the ancient East — doshas, digestion, and the constitutional thinking that underpins Ayurvedic herbalism.

A holistic view of the body's systems and how herbs interact with them, bridging Western physiology with traditional energetics.

Hands-on medicine making: tinctures, teas, salves, oils, and syrups — turning raw plant material into usable remedies.

Identification, harvesting, preparation and use of key medicinal mushrooms such as reishi, chaga, lion's mane and turkey tail.

Working with the chakra system and subtle anatomy to understand how energy, emotion and plants intersect in healing.

Nutrition as the ground of health: Western and Eastern dietary frameworks, food as medicine, and vitalism in daily eating.

Practical intake skills: observation, questioning, pulse and tongue traditions, and forming holistic wellness plans.

Core protocols for the most common conditions seen in practice, with formulation and dosing guidance.

Adjacent modalities and how herbal practice sits alongside bodywork, homeopathy, energy work and conventional care.

Advanced protocols plus the practical realities of running a clinical herbal practice — record keeping, ethics and boundaries.

Required in-person retreats: field identification, ethical wild-harvesting, and land connection in the prairie and boreal landscapes.

The capstone of the apprenticeship: an independent research project demonstrating your synthesis of the healing arts.

Supporting teachings, recordings and study material for the Jyoti heart-space meditation practice.

Guided heart-space meditations from the Jyoti gathering — candlelight, breath, and the inner flame.