The Gaia School of Healing’s sacred plant medicine courses from home!
A Year of Gaia
with Sage Maurer & Gaia School teachers
12 months of Sacred Plant Medicine Online
Based on Gaia’s Year One Sacred Plant Medicine Apprenticeship
Every month around the full moon we will send you lessons corresponding with each session of The Year One Sacred Plant Medicine Apprenticeship. This online course is an abridged version of our in person apprenticeship. Lessons will include simple rituals, plant medicine lectures, guided meditations, recipes, and plant walks that make up the roots of our practice at The Gaia School.
A Year of Gaia ~ April 2021 ~ Revised & Expanded!
Registration will reopen January 1st, 2021.
Course content will be accessed through A Year of Gaia website. You will receive 5 - 10 videos every month (with closed caption), audio lectures, guided meditations, handouts, live zoom sessions, and written content. After 12 months you'll receive lifetime access to all course content. Our courses combine plant spirit medicine, traditional herbalism, ethnobotany, holistic medicine, earth based ceremony, and meditations with the healing spirits of Gaia.
Throughout this course you will receive Sage's mentorship through videos, recordings, and written content each month, as well as an online community of others journeying with the plants. There is no coursework required to complete A Year of Gaia, but we are offering a certificate option for those interested. This course will have suggested readings and home practice for every monthly module.
Go at your own pace! - All modules will be released on the 7th and 14th of each month. You are welcome to join us anytime after the course begins in April, and move through the modules in your own flow... If you register after the course begins, you will have immediate access to all previously released lessons. This course includes lifetime access to all content.
A Year of Gaia Application ~ Join us for a full year’s cycle!
We price our courses lower than most so that more people can afford to join us. We believe in keeping herbalism education affordable and accessible to everyone!
TUITION FOR 2020 ~
One discounted single payment of $480 for 12 months of lessons. Lifetime access to course content! No refunds will be issued, so if you are unsure about joining us, you can try the course for just one month if you like!
SUBSCRIPTION OPTION FOR 2020 ~
Payment plan option of $45 a month via PayPal. Lifetime access to course content after 12 months.
Come join us for a year of magick!
A Year of Gaia
Online Course Includes ~ 16 Sessions
Beginning April 7th of 2021
Course Syllabus
Nourishing Roots - April
Session One ~ Welcome ceremony, and guided meditations. Offerings to the Earth & Spirits. The Wise Wo/man Tradition (Tradition of the Elders). Plant allies. Nourishing medicinal herbs. Restorative herbalism. Nettles, Oatstraw, Chickweed, Burdock, Dandelion, Violet. Making fresh herbal juices. Daily nourishing self care. Harvesting & preparing spring edible plants.
Ritual & Offerings - May
Session Two ~ Offerings & Creating sacred space with earth spirits. Blessings herbs: Spruce & Pine Resins, Mugwort, Juniper, Sage, Cedar, Sweetgrass, Frankincense, Copal, Dragon’s Blood, Myrrh and others. Sacred Plant Conservation & Cultural Appropriation. Traditions of our Ancestors & Sacred smoke offerings. Grounding, blessing, and cleansing the body/spirit. Cleansing, clearing, protecting, and banishing herbs. Consciousness Shifting Herbs ~ Mugwort, Passionflower, Blue Lotus, Kava kava, Damiana, and Blue Vervain. Beltane & Spring Rituals. Meditation, brain waves & altered states of consciousness.
Harvesting & Wildcrafting - June
Session Three - Ceremony & Practice of Plant Harvesting & Wildcrafting. Plant Communication & Offerings. Harvesting herbs in an ethical, respectful, and sacred way. Wild foods and edible plants of the spring and early summer. Plant Walks and Talks. Endangered Native plant protection & care. Litha & Summer Solstice rituals.
Sacred Medicine Making - July
Session Four - Ceremony & Practice of Medicine Making. Hands-on folk herbal preparations. How to make tinctures, teas, infusions, and salves. Medicine making with the moon phases, incorporating blessings and prayers. Herbal constituents, extracts, and methods. Herbal energetics explored. Herb safety levels, dosages, & tastes. Yin/Yang, Four Element Theory.
Immune System & Root Chakra - August
Session Six ~ The Root Chakra journey. Rebuilding, nourishing, & strengthening. Honouring our lineages & Ancestors. The Immune system overview, protection and boundaries. Herbs for healing and strengthening the immune system. Adaptogens, Deep-immune tonics, Immune stimulating herbs - Astragalus, Reishi, Siberian Ginseng (Eleuthero), Schizandra, Holy basil, Ashwagandha, Elderberry, and Maca. Lamas/Midsummer Rituals.
Reproductive System & The Sacral Chakra - September
Session Seven ~ Sacral Chakra & Plant allies for the reproductive system. Endocrine system & Hormone balancing with phytosterols. Herbs for balancing androgens and estrogens. Herbal support for menstruation, fertility, pregnancy, and menopause. Genitourinary herbal medicine, prostate health and andropause. Transgender herbal health care & support. Herbal Aphrodisiacs & Pleasure plants. Red raspberry, White peony, Red clover, Vitex, Motherwort, Angelica, Cacao, Vanilla, and Hibiscus.
Mabon / Fall equinox rituals.
Solar Plexus & Digestive System - October
Session Eight ~ The Solar Plexus - Healing plants for the solar plexus. Solar plexus prayers, rituals, and healing practices. The Digestive System overview – Holistic & Herbal Healing. Healing digestive issues with plants. Sacred Plant Medicine for self-care and self love. Ginger, Turmeric, Lemon balm, Sweet & Bitter Orange, Marshmallow, and Dandelion. Samhain Rituals.
Heart Chakra & Circulatory System - November
Session Nine ~ The Heart Chakra ~ Healing & strengthening. Plant allies for the heart and circulatory system. Heart chakra prayers, rituals, and healing practices. Heart & Circulatory system therapies. Herbs for grief, love, and compassion - Linden, Rose, Motherwort, Hawthorn, Wild Cherry, Rhodiola, Gingko, Cinnamon, and Amla.
Respiratory System & Throat Chakra - December
Session Ten ~ The Throat Chakra ~ Holistic therapies to restore health. Throat chakra prayers, rituals, and healing practices. Herbal medicine the respiratory system. Strengthening plant allies for the lungs. Sacred plants for channeling, expression, & breath - Mint family, Sage, Elecampane, Mullein, Angelica, Calamus, Pine, and Evergreens. Yule / Winter Solstice rituals.
Nervous System & Third Eye - January
Session Eleven ~ Third eye chakra ~ Awakening the dreaming mind. Herbal medicine for nourishing and supporting the nervous system. Holistic healing for stress, depression, and anxiety. Adaptogens, nervines, herbal pain relief & muscle relaxants. Brain tonics for memory and cognition. Supporting left & right brain communication. Oatstraw, Skullcap, Peach, Blue vervain, Heather, Sage, Butterfly pea, Gotu kola, Valerian, and St. John’s Wort.
Plant Spirit Medicine & Consciousness Shifting - February
Session Five - Plant Spirit Medicine. Communicating and journeying with plant allies. Guided journeys & Meditations. Working with spirit guides and ancestors. Third eye opening, dreamwork, & dream herbs. Spirit/dream journeying and communicating with earth spirits. Crown Chakra & Crown Chakra plants ~ Holy basil, Elder flower, Egyptian blue lotus, Rose, Sage, Jasmine, Valerian flower, Meadowsweet, and blessing herbs (Copal, Frankincense, Sweetgrass, Juniper, Cedar, etc.). Imbolc rituals.
The Sacred Wheel & The Medicine Path - March
Session Twelve ~ Guided journeys & meditation with our plant allies. Offerings & thanks to our plant teachers. The Sacred Wheel / Medicine Circle in healing and magic. The four elements and directions - Earth/North/Winter, East/Air/Spring, South/Fire/Summer, West/Water/Fall. Journeying with the spirits of the wheel, gathering medicine and connecting with allies. Journeying with our elders and continuing the self care journey.
Bonus Lessons ~
Bonus lessons will be released through the summer and fall!
Flower Essences & Learning Botany
Bonus Session ~ Plant Identification & botany. Using a plant key. Learning Plant Families. Meditations & Healing with Flowers. Flower walk & Flower essence making. Communication with flowers. Flower ID & Plants for pollinators. Doctrine of Signatures.
Spellcraft & Magical Herbalism
Bonus Lession ~ Spellcrafting & Magical herbalism. Sacred Plants of the Witch. Ritual & magic for healing & transformation. Working with the spirits of plants & earth. History of Witchcraft & Magical herbalism around the world. Poisonous plants for protection & banishing.
Tree Medicine & Magic
Bonus Lesson ~ Communicating with Tree Spirits. Guided meditations & meeting tree allies. Medicinal uses & lore of trees. Wildcrafting and medicine making from trees. Outdoor Tree Walk and ID. Black birch, White pine, Spruce, Cherry, Peach, Willow, Elder, Hawthorn, Gingko, Linden.
Fall Roots & Seeds
Bonus Lesson ~ Harvesting roots & root medicine making. Eating, preserving, processing root medicine and food. Harvesting medicinal herb seeds & Seeds saving. Fall plant harvests & gathering our apothecary from the year’s harvests. Root harvesting of Yellow dock, Burdock, Elecampane, Dandelion, Valerian, Echinacea, Marshmallow and others.
