Forty Beloved Herbs
An online course with herbalists Deb Soule and Lauren Valle
Classes include…
—How these herbs grow in the garden, or where to responsibly find them
—Harvesting, drying and storage
—How to create or source preparations from these 40 herbs
—Materia Medica,energetics and the therapeutic qualities of the herbs
—How these herbs support us on the physical, emotional and spiritual levels
—Daily and seasonal wellness
—Prayer, relationship and ritual
Our 40 beloved herbs
Avena (Oats) & Thyme
Elder & Echinacea
Eleuthero & Astragalus
Marshmallow & Rhodiola
Calendula & Blue Vervain
Angelica & Dandelion
Rosemary & Wood Betony
Yarrow & White Pine
Lady’s Mantle & Nettle
Chickweed & Plantain
Lemonbalm & Lavender
Motherwort & Rose
St. John’s Wort & Comfrey
Teasel & Boneset
Schisandra & Hawthorn
Skullcap & Baical Skullcap
Solomon’s Seal & Black Cohosh
Holy Basil & Ashwaganda
Bacopa & Gotu Kola
Mullein & Burdock
Who is this course for?
This course is geared toward a wide range of herbalists, herb lovers and gardeners. For new explorers, lifelong learners, parents deepening their herbal toolkit for their families, clinical practitioners and community care workers. Being in relationship with the healing plants is an ancestral memory we all carry in our blood.
Our goal is that you walk away from this course with the confidence to work with each of our forty beloved herbs in a personal, family or community setting.
What this course offers
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20 hour-and-a-half recorded Zoom classes with Deb Soule & Lauren Valle, covering 2 herbs each class.
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Access to the course content online for three years. You can download the content to your own devices to keep forever.
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Three recorded Zoom OFFICE HOURS hosted by Deb and Lauren. Make a cup of tea and watch these informative Q&A’s.
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A handout with Materia Medica and information on the herbs for each class.
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Additional resources and recommended reading.
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Access to an extensive document of past students’ questions and our answers.
And more…
Throughout the course we weave in Earth-based lunar, solar and seasonal rhythms from our Celtic and Mediterranean ancestors. We discuss constitution and basic patterns of imbalance, including through the lenses of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda that have informed our herbal practices.
We share stories with you from our work as community herbalists and the incredible ways we have witnessed the plants offer their healing gifts and transform suffering—time and time again.
We share our love of the plants and the profound joy we carry from walking with these magnanimous, dynamic beings.
We share our experience, insights & epiphanies, and our compassion. We also share our questions and the ways we are still growing as herbalists.
Join us!—We will be your guides in the work of weaving herbs back into our daily lives, our families and our communities. We believe that this work is an essential part of healing humanity’s relationship with ourselves and Nature. Together we can create a future where all Beings have the right to thrive.
Deb and Lauren bow with gratitude to the generosity of Earth & to the healing plants and their capacity to support the thriving and wholeness of all Beings.
Meet Deb and Lauren
Enjoy this free video, where you can get a flavor for Lauren and Deb and their teaching styles. You can also read more about them here.
We are committed to promoting inclusion, accessibility and equity. We acknowledge that all healing is bound up in our collective liberation, the repair of historical harms and the creation of an equitable, just society where all Beings (human and more-than-human) have the right to thrive.
