Foundation Course
The 9-month Foundation Course offers beginning to intermediate students an in-depth, comprehensive education in western herbal practice from some of the most sought after herbal instructors in the country.
Students receive extensive training on the properties, actions, uses, and energetic qualities of the most commonly used herbs in Western Herbalism. In addition the curriculum includes coursework in medicinal and toxic plant identification, introductory clinical skills (such as reading the body, constitutional assessment, and tongue and pulse evaluation), ethical wild-harvesting, medicine making, herbal history, and traditional plant spirit medicine.
The classes consist of a balance of lecture, discussion, multimedia presentations, small-group clinical skills practice, fieldwork, interactive case taking and case studies, plant tastings, and experiential plant assessments. The curriculum is based on a holistic, vitalist, energetic, and experiential approach to herbal studies.
Please click on this link to see an Overview of the 2012 Foundation Course
Foundation Course Class Dates 2012:
- Mar (23-25)
- Apr (13-15)
- May (25-27)
- Jun (15-17)
- Jul (20-22)
- Aug (10-12)
- Sep (7-9)
- Oct (5-7)
- Nov (2-4)
The 2012 syllabus, which will include some new and exciting updates and changes will be posted here soon.
To view the Foundation Course syllabus for 2011, click on this link Foundation Course Syllabus 2011
