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Level One
PLANT SPIRIT MEDICINE

Growing Awareness of Nature

PRICING OPTIONS
$147
ONE-TIME
PAYMENT

Start a transformative relationship with nature now!

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Start now. Lifetime Access.
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100% ONLINE
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12 WEEKS
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2-3 hours/week

Course 2 Coming in 2024

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Overview

The introductory course will give you a direct experience of the aliveness of nature and our ancestral relationship with nature. The introductory course touches upon the importance of nature’s influence in our lives and the amazing ability of plants to guide and heal. It will inspire you to relate to plants as living beings and recognize their generous source of help to live a fulfilled life. Seeing plants as living beings allows us to recognize that we are part of them, and they of us – we are not separate. We are family. Through an introduction to the worldview of the five phases, you will learn a language for communicating with plants, listening and learning from them.

In these modern times, we are not taught to see the plants and trees as sacred or as having wisdom. In this void, many are expressing a desire to connect with nature, ancestral wisdom, and the land. This course supports that journey back to connection with the natural world. We will explore our relationship with the plants that live around you: the common plants that grow in your yard or surrounding area, the weeds that find their way through the cracks in the cement on the sidewalk, the trees that grace your streets and forests. With whatever types of plants and trees live near you, you will be able to perceive them with different eyes; through a new worldview.  

Whether you want to deepen your relationship with nature, learn how to communicate with plants, enrich the quality of your life, or become a Plant Spirit Medicine healer, the Plant Spirit Medicine: Growing Awareness of Nature course will guide you toward that goal. The memory of connection with all living beings is calling us and now is the time to answer.

Who is this course for?

Throughout the years, Plant Spirit Medicine has attracted a broad and international audience with different learning interests and needs.

Level 1, Plant Spirit Medicine: Growing Awareness of Nature, is for you if you are curious about plants, want to deepen your connection and relationship with nature, learn more about your connection to plants, live in closer harmony and balance with nature, or become a Plant Spirit Medicine healer. Whatever calls you, Plant Spirit Medicine: Growing Awareness of Nature course will guide you toward that goal.

During this OnDemand course, you will have direct experience with nature, and in the process, deepen your connection to all of life, becoming more aligned with the natural rhythm of nature.

Learning outcomes

  • Explore how plant consciousness is a fundamental experience in all ancient healing traditions
  • Learn about the influences of body, mind, and spirit on our lives
  • Learn about the world as an expression and movement of energy
  • Understand the principles of reciprocity and engagement with plants
  • Explore the language of plants through the seasonal worldview and learn how those phases live within each of us and influence our lives
  • Explore the worldview and fundamentals of the shamanic way of life
  • Learn and practice dream journeying with drumming
  • Learn a language for communicating with the plants
  • Build a relationship with plants and the natural world based on respect, exchange, and deep sensory engagement.

Homework

The Plant Spirit Medicine: Growing Awareness of Nature course is designed to be an experiential course. At the end of each module, we will provide assignments that are crafted to reinforce the material presented. This course is meant to give you a new way of seeing the world so you can incorporate that learning into your everyday life. In order to receive the full experience, we encourage you to complete all of the assignments so you can truly immerse yourself into a sensory relationship with the world.

Syllabus

Module 1
Nature is alive
Module 2
Plant consciousness
Module 3
What is Plant Spirit Medicine?
Module 4
Accessing the Unseen World through “Household Shamanism”
Module 5
A new worldview: Five phases
Module 6
Fire
Module 7
Earth
Module 8
Metal
Module 9
Water
Module 10
Wood
Module 11
Dream Journeying to your Teacher
Module 12
Communicating with the Spirit of Plants

Start Dates

Start now. This is an on-demand course, you can sign up for at any time and complete from home at your own pace.

Requirements

This course is for anyone around the world and no requirements or previous knowledge is needed. You only need to sign-up for the course and start learning from your computer and favorite location.

Course Presenters

Plant Spirit Medicine healer and teacher, Alison Gayek.

Alison Gayek

Plant Spirit Medicine Healer and Teacher

Alison brings a wealth of knowledge to her healing and teaching practices with over twenty-five years of experience. She trained under Eliot Cowan, and began her clinical practice in the late 1990s. In 2002, Eliot Cowan invited her to begin teaching with him and in the ensuing years became a fully trained teacher of Plant Spirit Medicine.

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Patrick Hanaway

Mara’akame and Teacher

For over 20 years, Patrick has served as a functional medicine family physician. As an initiated Mara’akame (healer in the Huichol tradition) and Firekeeper, he leads ceremonies and offers healing sessions to promote balance in people’s lives. At his core, Patrick is a healer and teacher.

Course Presenters

Alison Gayek

Plant Spirit Medicine Healer and Teacher

Alison brings a wealth of knowledge to her healing and teaching practices with over twenty-five years of experience. She trained under Eliot Cowan, and began her clinical practice in the late 1990s. In 2002, Eliot Cowan invited her to begin teaching with him and in the ensuing years became a fully trained teacher of Plant Spirit Medicine.

Patrick Hanaway

Mara’akame and Teacher

For over 20 years, Patrick has served as a functional medicine family physician. As an initiated Mara’akame (healer in the Huichol tradition) and Firekeeper, he leads ceremonies and offers healing sessions to promote balance in people’s lives. At his core, Patrick is a healer and teacher.

Guest Speakers

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Graphic illustration of a singing black-capped chickadee songbird.