Walk
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Spiral Path
​The plant path empowers you to take your healing and health into your own hands.
Our collective trauma and lack of connection to the Earth is loud and aching for deeply transformative change. The world of allopathic medicine ~ as well as heroic natural medicine ~ has been failing us for long enough. This is not a surprise, as you cannot separate science from Spirit. Science void of Spirit will fail, for we are souls wrapped in sacks of flesh very much interwoven and in direct communication with everything alive around us. As well as to the non-linear, unseen realms. We are electric beings of frequency and vibration, each carrying our own unique elemental and energetic blueprint. The Plants are no different. Each plant spirit carrying their own Planetary, Elemental, Spiritual, Psychological, & Physical virtues and gifts.
It is my intention to share with you the multidimensional layers of herbalism through working directly with the plants in an embodied way.
This is not allopathic herbalism. This is not symptom based herbalism. This is whole-human healing herbalism. Recognizing that we are not separate parts, and we are not separate from the whole, and we are not separate from the Light of Nature that pulsates through every living thing. In order to heal we need to heal on a multidimensional level, not just our physical bodies. The layers of trauma and disconnect stored in our energetic and emotional bodies fester and create stored patterns that manifest as physical symptoms. It is my intention to support you in being a truly holistic herbalist, recognizing that the body in itself contains it's own ecosystem, and expresses as a microcosm of the macrocosm. I will share ways to recognize and honor universal patterns and inspire you with a culturally rich perspective on working with Plants and People.
What Will You Learn?
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Plant Spirit Communication
An embodied herbalist learns how to listen deeply to the plants and how to communicate with them. Our time together will be an in depth journey, inviting and connecting deeply with plant spirits. You will learn how to be in deep relationship with our green kin.
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Body Systems from a Clinical Herbalism Perspective
We will learn about our body's inner workings from a bio-energetic lens. Learning how to dive into curious and compassionate inquiry for yourself and loved ones and provide herbal support - understanding someones story and how to support them.
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Layers of Medical Astrology and Planetary Correspondances of Plants
Every plant has a planetary correspondence. A signature, and dominion. This model depicts the deep interconnection between the celestial and the terrestrial. Just as every living being on earth shares these correspondances and connections learning through this model bridges understanding between plants, planets, and people.
Going Deeper: Herbal Actions, Energetics, Elements & Chakra Systems
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As we come into relation with the plants, we gain a fundamental understanding first through our senses - connecting and learning about their energetic properties and herbal actions. As you go deeper with them, you will gain an understanding of the patterns of the elements and the energy centers within.
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Materia Medica (Including Plant names, Uses, Energetics, History & Folklore, Psychological Indications, and Esoteric/Astrological Musings)
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Embodied Relationships with the Plants we work with
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Plant ID (live plant walks in the warmer months)
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Building your own herbal medicine cabinet. We will make a lot of medicine together as well as “homeplay” assignments working directly with the plants on your own time.​
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Working with Flower Essences
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Basic permaculture concepts specific to a medicinal herb garden through hands-on gardening work.
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The Art of Tea Blending & Effective Formulation
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Tissue States of Western Herbalism
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The Three Doshas
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Learning to be a truly holistic herbalist deeply connected to Gaia and her abundant medicine
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Nervous System, Trauma, & Soul-Level Healing
What will you receive...
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Private group portal to stay connected, ask questions, and share experiences
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Herbs and supplies for all Medicine Making we create as a group together
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Herbs for all of our Plant Spirit Meditations, including our online connections,
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All digital and printed documents accompanying the material we work through
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A special journal for you to take notes with throughout our journey
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20% off products and events from Earth Spiral Apothecary
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Zooms will be recorded if you need to miss them.
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“Homework” ~ reviews and assessments for integration and certification purposes
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Final Project Assignment
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Practicum Hours in the medicinal herb gardens (6 hours per month outside of our weekends together)
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Nearly 140 hours of in-person quality time together (12-14 hours per month)
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Approximately 20-30 hours of zooms (2-3 hours per month online)
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Certification of Completion
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Our Closing Ceremony and Celebration Weekend will be very special with an herbal-infused dinner and mocktails, integration circle. Students will also have the opportunity to share their final project.
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All guest teacher workshops ~ TBA
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The Curriculum
Curriculum Outline | *Subject to slight shifts but monthly themes are solid
Our in person meeting days are Saturdays from 10-5pm and Sundays from 10-5pm,
with breaks for snacks and a shared meal time each day (bring your own).
If traveling a further distance, please connect with Kelly about potential sleeping accommodations.
We will be gathering monthly for 10 months at our new 22 acre farm, apothecary, and homestead in Auburn, Maine. This apprenticeship is extra special as you will get to see first hand what creating a medicinal herb farm from scratch looks like, with plenty of hands-on work in the gardens and directly with the plants.
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Practicum hours are required for each student from April through November 2025 ~ and this includes 5 hours per month outside of our scheduled weekends ~ totaling 40 hours upon completion of the program. Practicum hours are a unique opportunity to have more time with the plants tending to tasks.
These tasks include : planting seeds, moving compost, plants, and soil, and watering, harvesting, and processing plants.
This is intentional time for you to drop in with yourself, your peers, and the land ~ and to listen deeply ~ touch, taste, smell, and feel the energy directly without distractions of taking in information. These hours can be scheduled at your own convenience throughout the month.
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This curriculum interweaves many layers of energetic architecture and spiritual herbalism with practical scientific theory and information. It is intentionally laid out in a way in which the themes and teachings overlap, so you can have a rich universal perspective and learn how interconnected these teachings are.
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*Medical Astrology is not mainstream pop astrology, focused on personalities and predictions. It is rather grounded and rooted in scientific theory, as we learn about the planets through our own bodies and the plants. It teaches us how the sky and earth are intimately connected, and how the macrocosm manifests within the microcosm of individual living organisms.
Having this perspective will make you a better herbalist, as it provides you with a unique lens from which to see through.
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Any curriculum questions, or any questions at all, can be sent directly to Kelly via email
kelly@earthspiralcommunity.com
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​​​Month 1 ~ FOUNDATIONS WEAVING THE COVEN | March 22nd-23rd
​Day 1: Opening Ceremony & Weaving of Coven
~A brief history of herbal medicine in the west and sharing about the Vitalist and Wise Woman Lineages of Medicine
~Plant Spirit Communication ~ Weaving into the Spiral ~ Our Core Embodied Plant Practice
~ Seed Sharing ~ consider your at home herb garden for this season!
~ Choose one seed variety to “court” until next month’s planting ceremony and intention setting.
Day 2:
~ Introduction to Astrological Herbalism, the Elements, & Chakras
~ Choosing your plant to work with more intimately for the next month,
you shall nurture this relationship daily.
Zoom:
Q&A, shared experiences, & Recap ~ April 10th 7pm
Bonuses:
~ Self-inquiry & Homeplay Worksheets
~ Playlists & Podcasts
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MONTH 2 ~ ROOT | DOWN DEEP INTO THE EARTH | APRIL 19th-20th
​Day 1:
~ Saturn, the Earth Element, & the Root Chakra in Plants & People
~ Nourishing Herbs & Wild Weeds ~ Bioregional Herbalism
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~ Seed Planting Ceremony
~ Medicine Making 101
~ Choose your herb to work and deep dive with this month and set your intentions.
Zoom:
Q&A, Integration, & Recap ~ May 15th 7pm
Bonuses:
~ Materia Medica ~ recording
~ Self-inquiry Chakra Deep Dive & Homeplay Worksheets
~ Playlists & Podcasts
MONTH 3 ~ SACRAL | SPIRAL​ IN THE FLOW | MAY 24th-25th
Day 1:
~ Venus, the Water Element, & the Sacral Chakra in Plants and People
~ Herbal Energetics
Day 2:
~ Medicine Making
~ Choose your herb to work and deep dive with this month
and set your intentions.
​Zoom:
~ Q&A, Review, & Integration ~ June 5th 7pm
Bonus:
~ Herbal Actions ~ Going Deeper ~ recording
~ Self-inquiry Chakra Deep Dive & Homeplay Worksheets
~ Playlists & Podcasts
Month 4 ~ SOLAR PLEXUS | INNER FIRE ALIGHT | JUNE 14th-15th
Day 1:
~ Mars, the Fire Element, & the Solar Plexus Chakra in Plants & People
~ Mental Health & Gut/Brain Axis
Day 2:
~ Medicine Making
~ Choose your herb to work and deep dive with this month
and set your intentions.
​Zooms:
~ Q&A, Review, Integration ~ July 10th 7pm
Bonuses:
~ Self-inquiry Chakra Deep Dive & Homeplay Worksheets
~ Playlists & Podcasts
Month 5 ~ ANAHATA | THE SOL IN YOUR CHEST | JULY 19th-20th
Day 1:
~ The Sun, the Air Element, the Heart Chakra & in Plants & People
~ The 5 Flavors Tasting Circle
Day 2:
~ Sacred Cacao Journey & Plant Transmission
~ Medicine Making
~ Choose your herb to work and deep dive with this month
and set your intentions.
​​Zoom:
~ Q&A, Review, Integration ~ August 7th 7pm
Bonuses:
~ Self-inquiry Chakra Deep Dive & Homeplay Worksheets
~ The Doshas ~ recording
~ Playlists & Podcasts
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Month 6 ~THROAT | TRANSMISSION OF SPIRIT | AUGUST 16th-17th
Day 1:
~ Mercury & the Throat Chakra in Plants & People
~ The Six Tissue States
​Day 2:
~ Medicine Making
~ Choose your herb to work and deep dive with this month
and set your intentions.
~Zoom: Q&A, Review, Integration ~September 4th 7pm
Bonuses:
~ Self-inquiry Chakra Deep Dive & Homeplay Worksheets
~ Playlists & Podcasts
Month 7: THIRD EYE | THE UNSEEN REALMS | SEPTEMBER 13th-14th
​Day 1:
~ The Moon & the Third Eye Chakra in Plants & People
~ Herbs for Sleep, Intuition, Brain Health, and The Unseen Realms
Day 2:
~ Medicine Making
~ Choose your herb to work and deep dive with this month
and set your intentions.
​Zoom:
~ Q&A, Review, & Integration ~ October 9th 7pm
Bonuses:
~ Effective Formulation Discussion ~ recording
~ Self-inquiry Chakra Deep Dive & Homeplay Worksheets
~ Playlists & Podcasts
Month 8~ Crown | REALMS OF HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS |
OCTOBER 18th-19th
Day 1:
~ Jupiter & the Crown Chakra in Plants & People
~ The Nervous System, Trauma, & Soul-Level Healing
Day 2:
~ Flower Essences with Guest Teacher ~ TBD
​Zooms
~ Q&A, Review, & Integration ~ November 6th 7pm
Bonuses:
~ Self-inquiry, Journal Prompts, & Homeplay Worksheets
~ Playlists & Podcasts
Month 9 ~ SPAGYRICS & ALCHEMY | NOVEMBER 15th-16th
Day 1:
~ Brief History of Alchemy
~ The Three Principles, Cosmology, and Doctrines
Day 2:
~ Spagyric Medicine Making
​Zooms ~ this will be a longer connection call split into two parts.
There will be a break in between.
December 4th ~ 5pm
~ Herbal Business Discussion ~ Q&A, Review, & Integration
Bonuses:
~ Self-inquiry, Journal Prompts, & Homeplay Worksheets
~ Playlists & Podcasts
Month 10: CLOSING THE CIRCLE | DECEMBER 13th-14th
~FINAL PROJECT Presentations & Closing Ceremony with celebratory feast and certificate ceremony.
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Apprenticeship Investment & Contract
Earth Spiral Community strives to meet our community in an accessible space when it comes to the financial investment for our educational offerings.
500$ Deposit upon registration
* This goes towards your tuition and is 50% refundable until March 1st, 2024.
Tuition Options:
Option 1: 3000$ Paid in Full (includes deposit)
Option 2: Three Monthly Payments of $1,100
Option 3: Payment Plan ~ 350$ per month for 10 months
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Important!
Contracts regarding refunds and commitment to the course are required to register.
No refunds will be issued after our start date, even if on a payment plan. Please read the contract attached below to review student expectations and sacred agreements.
This is an circle of 15 maximum.
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How to Apply
​​Once the application is complete and submitted, Kelly will review and be in contact asap.
​​​If you are approved, Kelly will reach out and share next step on how to set up a payment plan.
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Please review required commitments and agreements to be a part of the Spiral Path Apprenticeship
Once your application is received and reviewed Kelly will be in contact with you within 1 week
Embodied Herbalism
Lets embark on the Spiral Path
A journey inward back to the simplicity of presence, balance, and transmutation of the dark parts locked away tight within us into light, space, and freedom. It is in re-connecting with the earth and all of her offerings and taking the healing wisdom of these sentient beings into our vessels - that we are transformed and wrapped up in the safety of our own innate wisdom and intuition.
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