Herbal Education Schools
Ayurvedic Living School
Be nurtured by the mother of all medicines, connect deeply to the healing powers of nature, reclaim your own body wisdom, and learn to trust and listen to your own inner guidance with the support of our women-centered Ayurveda Professional Programs and community of natural healers, guides and change-makers.
Calling all big-hearted serial-givers, empaths, yogis, therapists, moms & multi-passionate wellness pros, our unique ayurveda trainings are rooted in an embodied feminine approach to both learning and living ayurveda. Our trainings are one-part personal transformation and one-part professional education. Make this your year to reclaim your health, transform your life, and launch your career in natural healing. Together we are raising the consciousness of the planet and supporting you to reclaim your birthright as the self, family and community healer and leader you were born to be.
We train:
* Ayurveda Herbalists
* Ayurveda Health & Life Coaches
* Ayurveda Nutritionists
* Ayurveda Practitioners
1740 Loop Road
California College of Ayurveda
At the California College of Ayurveda, you have access to the highest quality education, healthcare and research in the field.
CCA offers the most extensive herbal training in the country. Our program is one of the few in the United States where residents and interns have the opportunity to make each and every medicine they prescribe to their patients and participate in a special herbal apprenticeship program taking herbs from seed to medicine.
700 Zion St.
California School of Herbal Studies
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9309 Highway 116
East Bay Herbals
East Bay Herbals offers both in-person herbal apprenticeship trainings and online herbal education. Both in-person and online offerings are taught by Clinical Registered Herbalist and East Bay Herbals founder, Anna Marie Beauchemin, RH(AHG). Anna has over 15-years teaching experience, is a former biologist, and is a practicing traditional clinical herbalist in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The Herbal Path
9-Month Herbal Apprenticeship Training (In-Person)
A 9-month journey to re-ignite the spark of herbal healing intuition and earth-based wisdom that we were all innately born with. In this traditional apprenticeship style program, we will learn to walk the Herbal Path by using herbs, foods, seasonality, and earth-centered practices to nourish our own life and the lives of people close to us. In this program we'll learn the art of home-based herbal healing, gardening, cooking, medicine making, and above all, how to connect and trust our own inner wisdom and intuition when approaching our lives and work. This course is offered at a historic farmhouse and teaching garden.
Learn more: https://www.eastbayherbals.com/the-herbal-path
Herb of The Month Club
Online Herbal Education Community (Online)
An herbalist-led community where we tackle learning herbs the traditional way - one at a time. Every month features a new herb and offers leaning prompts, video lessons, live q&a session, and recipes. See more: https://www.eastbayherbals.com/herb-of-the-month-club
In-Person Classes Hosted at Rodgers Ranch Historic Farmhouse Site
Gathering Thyme School of Western Herbalism
Gathering Thyme School of Western Herbalism provides students with a strong foundation in herbal medicine with comprehensive programs as well as short-term workshops in clinical & family herbalism, natural cosmetics, aromatherapy and nutrition to promote and enhance personal well-being
1332 4th Street
Green Wisdom
Green Wisdom Herbal Studies has programs ranging from single classes online to a 2 year in person apprenticeship, and everything in between. Our focus is Western traditional herbalism, with a strong emphasis on understanding body systems, basic herbal chemistry, western energetics, and medicine-making techniques based on an understanding of the unique chemistry of each plant and the solvents they prefer.
Julie James is the primary educator, and has been practicing as an herbalist and teaching plant medicines to adults and children for over 30 years.
702 CEDAR AVE
Land of Verse
We are a group of passionate healers + herbal practitioners obsessed the empowerment of traditional knowledge + modern research. Verse started as a small healing arts community in San Francisco, and expanded online to the great world of experiential learning.
1006 Underhills Road
Ojai School of Herbal Studies
The Ojai School of Herbal Studies (OSHS) provides a 22-month comprehensive program in herbal medicine that includes an in-depth education on how to use herbs safely and effectively, an extensive materia medica, study of anatomy and physiology, clinical skills and ongoing time spent in the Earth Island Medicinal Herb Garden—as well as the making of actual herbal remedies and products.
1098 McAndrew Rd.
Disclaimer: The schools listed below are only offered as reference to potential students wishing to further their knowledge in the art of herbal medicine. However, the schools included in this list DO NOT signify that the American Herbalists Guild (AHG) endorses the content and/or quality of any trainings or programs offered by any of the institutions listed, nor should it be considered to reflect the views or opinions of any representative of the AHG. Read More
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