2025 Essentials of Vital Herbalism Course - Now Open For Enrollment with Early Bird Sale 15% off
Early Bird Sale! 15% OFF thru 12/31
2025 Essentials of Vital Herbalism Course
Roots, Understory, Overgrowth, Veriditas & Blossom
Step onto the plant path of herbalism with the guide of our comprehensive Essentials of Vital Herbalism Course, created to equip you with the essential knowledge and practical skills to commence a transformative journey of healing and self-discovery. Whether you're a beginner seeking to build a solid foundation or an experienced practitioner looking to deepen your understanding, this course offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the principles of Vitalism and the foundational energetics that brace the art and science of herbalism. Through a blend of engaging online lectures, livestream Q & A, and the option for interactive herb walks, and hands-on medicine-making workshops, you'll gain a profound appreciation for the interconnectedness of nature and the human experience. The course curriculum is curated by an experienced herbalist, guiding you through the intricacies of plant medicine and empowering you to cultivate a deep level of discernment in your practice.
At the heart of this course lies the principle of Vitalism, a holistic approach that recognizes the inherent life force within all living beings. From this foundation, we build a library of the foundational energetics that shape the way plants interact within their own environment, as well as the human body, mind, and spirit. Through immersive experiences and insightful discussions, you'll learn to harness the power of plants to support your overall well-being, from physical ailments to emotional and spiritual nourishment.
Choose between two paths of study, the Stream Path or the Field and Stream Path
Stream Path
The online course. Those enrolled will have access to:
- Monthly online lessons - A new branch will be available every month. Every month the classes will be updated with 4-6 hours of lessons, up to 36-48 hours of herbal lessons. *See the in depth course coverage below
- A LIVE stream review of the lesson which we call “Roundtable Review” - These live streams with the instructor will give the student the access to ask questions, share their experience, or do anything that will help with clarification.
- Online Community Portal - A rich community portal to share all work, or ask any questions. This is where we can post recipes, field questions (“does anyone know this plant?”) insights, and enrich the group with unique individual talents. Additionally, the instructor will use this space to post any addendums or examples from our class.
- Downloadable PDF handouts of the lessons - designed with illustrations for clear comprehension.
- A Certificate upon completion
Field and Stream Path
Our in-person and online course. Those enrolled will have access to:
- All that is offered in the Stream Path Course *See above
- In-Person Field Classes “Herb Walks” - The in-person herb walks which take place one Sunday a month. The friendships and bonds formed during this course, with people and plants alike, have proved to be lasting and valuable in incalculable ways. More detail below.
- Medicine Making Course and Homework - Each month the student will be instructed to make a different kind of herbal medicine. This item will belong to the student to stock their home apothecary, and the skill will be there to encourage further creation. Herbal Medicine Course includes learning to create:
-Tinctures, beginner and advanced -Infused oil
-Salve and lip balm -Oxymels (vinegar and honey extractions)
-Botanical Incense -Distillation of essential oils and hydrosols
-Introductory first aid items -Botanical and Clay Face Masks
-Herbal infused syrups -Herbal Tea blending
-Formulation technical
- Homework Review - The student is offered feedback and assistance on any project. There is an option to show and tell the medicine making project with the rest of the group. While this is very fun, highlights the unique approaches to each project, and adds wealth to the in-person setting, it is not necessary for student participation.
Once enrolled in either the in-person learning of self paced online learning, students will be invited to our virtual classroom. There they can create an account and receive details as we get closer to our start date of March 21st, 2025
Who is this course for?
For those who desire a greater understanding of their own health from a holistic perspective and a focused lens of herbal medicine.
For those who have a desire to serve the needs and nurture the health of their family, friends and community.
For those who have been called to explore and honor the gifts of the earth.
For those who have been learning herbal medicine and want to expand their knowledge, but wish for a strong foundational base to build the structure of information.
For those who garden or forage and wish to have a deeper relationship with the virtues of the plants in their environment.
For those who are interested in the craft and skill of herbal medicine making.
For those who wish to find like minded individuals to build bonds and community through lessons and class.
For those who would like to see the wild places of our area with new eyes by knowing more intimately the “trees from the forest,” and finding plant allies along the paths which we share.
For those who are courageous enough to see things as they truly are even if they stand against long held beliefs; there is no lie in nature.
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About the instructor:
Hi, my name is Kyle Denton. You may know me as a community herbalist and the co-owner of Tippecanoe Herbs and Apothecary. I have a deep appreciation for the Creator’s creation, nature, where there is no lie. The philosophy that I study and practice is what I would call Bio-Terrain Vitalism. I accept that the subtle informs the gross, the unseen influences the seen, spirit begets material. I teach that health and disease are influenced from the inputs of spirit, emotional/mental and finally the physical. All three of these pieces can affect each other in this model. I use the term “Bio-terrian Vitalist” as I see a holistic picture with many facets that can affect the vital terrain of a living being, including living men and women. Nature is constantly affirming the proof of over-unity, abundance, coherence and the self ordering and self organizing principle. I see all dis-ease as deficiency, separation, dissonance from this principle of coherence. This is how I work with plant medicine; to encourage coherence in one’s bio-field. In my view the plants are not the savior, they are not doing the work or healing, they are helpers to remind us of our innate design for health and vitality and encourage us to take the responsibility of our health, dismantling the victim narratives that separate us from our power and unity with the All.
In my role as a community herbalist I manage our neighborhood apothecary that manufactures the medicine that we stock in our beautiful herb shop and various other locations, I consult often with clients and customers (sometimes in a more formal clinical setting, but not always), I forage and collect the plants we use, I sell the various medicines at farmers market stands and in our shop of course, and I teach about plant medicine. Maybe you’ve been to one of my classes or herb walks.
I was a student of Ayurvedic medicine which is translated as the “Science of life.” In this multifaceted discipline I found the calling of the plants to be my path. I adapted my studies to include various types of Western Herbalism, learned more about medicine making from local and wild harvested plants and began making custom formulas for my clients. Next, I started a stand at a farmer’s market and really enjoyed the hustle and bustle of many people. This interest pulled me away from clinical work and focused more on serving as many local people as possible, finally opening a brick and mortar retail store and apothecary. I’ve had many wonderful teachers and some difficult lessons, but in all of this journey there have been no greater teachers to me than the plants and the people who come to share their healing journey through plant medicine. It is my intention to share the deepest lessons that I have received along my own plant path with the students of this course, that they may be connected to the living world of healing found in nature, and my intention that the student may awaken their own unique understanding of herbalism, and teach the tools of discernment for the path may open for each of them.
