Thank you for visiting our website! You may know that our story, in this form, began in far Northern California in 2003. In the fall of 2022 we moved from our home in the mountains of California to make a new home by the ocean in Tacoma, Washington.
Along with this transition in geography comes a transition in our work. We will continue to offer classes online and starting in the fall of 2023 we will offer in-person classes in Tacoma, WA. We are excited to partner with Parable who is hosting our in person classes. See our latest class line-up below!
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Energetic Herbalism Intensive
June 6-9, 2024
in person in Tacoma, WA with Sarah Holmes
Cost: $850-500 *
Spend four days immersed in the world of energy and plants. We will look at working with energy and the energies of plants for yourself and in your work with other people. Start, or expand, your understanding of how energy moves and lives in the body, how plants carry their energy and how to work with the energies of person, plant and illness/imbalance.
Class time will be a combination of lecture, discussion, meditations and energy exercises. This intensive is suitable for herb students of all levels as well as practitioners who want to deepen their understanding of energetic herbalism. Additional class information below.
Download your registration form here.
Process for joining this course:
- Complete and return your registration form. (We want to make sure this is a good fit for you and to make sure there is still space in the class.)
- Wait for confirmation of a space for you.
- Send in your deposit to hold a space.
- Pay the balance of your fee by May 1, 2024.
*A note about our sliding scale. We are offering a sliding scale in an effort to be accessible to as many people as we can. If you could not take the class otherwise, then use the sliding scale; that is what it is for. If you cannot afford the lowest price, contact us. If you can afford the highest price, then please pay it, this gives us greater flexibility in offering discounts. Thank you.
Class time will include:
- energetics
- how to work with clients energetically
- connecting with self and the heart
- plant meditations
- energy exercises, including boundaries and deep listening.
- animal medicine
- formulating
- case studies; bring your cases for an energetic perspective
We will gather from 10-5 each day; six hours of instruction and a one hour lunch break. Lunch will not be provided. Herb tea will be provided. This course does not include materia medica although, of course, we will be talking about the plants. Have more questions? Email [email protected].
Download your registration form here.
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Prevention Workshop – in person
Learn the questions to ask and the plants who answer. The intention of this workshop is to give you a foundation to work with your own health. We will explore interrelationships between: mind, body and spirit; different body systems; trauma and stress and our current health; tools for self-assessment
We will also cover tonic plants for each system so you know where to start when you need support and with an eye to future health.
Time: 6-8PM, PST; Tuesdays
Dates: January 9, 16, 23, 30, 2024
Instructor: Sarah Holmes
Location: in person in Tacoma, WA
Cost: $200 – 100*
Registration for this class is closed.
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Working with Trauma – online 2023
Join Sarah Holmes for two evenings exploring how to work with trauma and herbal medicine. This class will focus on ongoing societal trauma as well as familial/ancestral trauma and looking at the places those intersect. Sarah will include strategies and plants she utilizes in this work.
Times: 5-7PM, PST; Tuesdays
Dates: Nov 28 & Dec 5, 2023
Instructor: Sarah Holmes
Location: online via Zoom
Cost: $100-50*
Registration for this class is closed.
Mentoring Sessions
Get individualized attention with your questions. One hour sessions are available with Karyn Sanders or Sarah Holmes to ask about what is coming up for you in your herbal practice. The intention of these sessions is to provide a mentoring space for practice questions as they come up for you. Call or email for scheduling and pricing. By appointment only. [email protected] or [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you and supporting your work in the world.
Remember, you can always catch us on The Herbal Highway Tuesdays at 1pm, PST or anytime online at www.KPFA.org. Check out The Herbal Highway merchandise, for sale on this website on the ‘Radio’ page.
From our family to yours may you know the presence of the plants in your life.
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We hope you can join us!
Have any questions about our courses? Are there courses you missed that you’d like to see again? Are you interested in inviting Karyn or Sarah to teach at your school or in your community? Feel free to email us. [email protected].
“Studying with Karyn and Sarah was hands-down one of the most special, most energizing, and most challenging experiences of my life. I completed the full-time program in 2015 and I constantly draw on the wealth of knowledge I gained during that time. Offerings such as materia medica, medicine-making, and gardening are invaluable and unique to this program. Karyn and Sarah are accessible, generous, and energetic instructors who are deeply committed to their students and to the practice of truly holistic energetic herbalism.” Gina Badger, Graduate of the full-time program, 2015
“Blue Otter is a dream come true- it’s incredible to have the opportunity to be completely immersed in plant medicine through this full time program. The teachers are exceptional, supporting you to learn an extensive understanding of plant medicine and physiology, and a deep understanding of how to work with clients. The herb garden is an incredible resource where you can actually spend time with the plants you learn about, getting an opportunity to learn how to care for them as well. As a student, this class is a safe container to also do work on yourself, so you can become a strong practitioner. I can’t thank these two wonderful folks enough for the incredible support and encouragement they have provided through this program- Karyn and Sarah truly hold this medicine as sacred, and I recommend their school to anyone who is ready to do this work in a deep way. ”
Elokin Orton-Cheung, founder of Shooting Star Botanicals