School of Intuitive Herbalism
Learning from the plants directly
The School of Intuitive Herbalism is dedicated to supporting people in their development as herbalists and healers. All our work revolves around learning from the plants directly, guiding people into this and engaging with the inner processes that are catalysed by the rich human–plant relationships that emerge. This is a deeply soulful approach to herbalism and is as much a journey into our own consciousness as it is a profound meeting with nature.
Our approach places particular emphasis on embodiment and somatic intelligence. We support one another in learning from the plants through felt experience, relationship, and the wisdom of the body.
At the heart of the school is a living Community of Practice, rooted in our professional training — a collective of dedicated people learning together through long-term relationship with plants, place, and one another. Within this community, students develop their skills in somatic, process-orientated style of herbalism, while discovering the unique gifts they can each bring into their wider communities.
The heart of the school is our professional training in Insight Herbalism ® which can be completed in 3 to 7 years depending on existing skills and prior experience. We invite you to get a taste of this work through one of our Introduction classes, during which we can explore which of the various pathways might best suit you. To see an overview of a typical journey through the school click here. Links to get started: Our school, FAQs and feedback.
These are intermediate-advanced level trainings in herbalism and are geared towards those who already have some herbal knowledge, experience with touch or somatic enquiry, as well as personal experience of some form process orientated therapy. If these are new themes, we recommend people work with one of our graduates or another skilled professional to explore these before starting at the school.
You’ll find a free resource library with interviews, podcasts, meditations and reflections. These explore ways of opening to the plants as well as our pedagogical approach and how a relational style of herbalism helps open a path to living in deeper relationship with the wisdom of the land, the plants and our bodies’ intuitive wisdom.
We also have a low cost Patreon memership scheme (£5 a month) which will enable us to build an even more extensive library of articles, recordings and interviews (starting early 2026). Join early and help us get this moving!
We’ve published three books: Intuitive Herbalism (2014), Weeds in the Heart (2017) and Wild Enchantments (2024) (which comes with a set of stunning plant wisdom cards by artist Fiona Owen). All books are produced to the highest ecological standards in the UK and many tell us they are some of their most prized posessions. We have no doubt at all they will give you many years of inspiration and open profound doorways into your own meetings with the plants.