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2025 herbal immersion program is in-depth, personal and experience based with the goal of providing enough practical, hands on training in the field and in the apothecary to allow you to begin or advance your herbal practice. This immersion is based on the traditional herbal apprenticeship model and is not a series of power points and classroom learning. We study in the field, in forests, wetlands, beaches, and river beds to become fluent in plant identification, taxonomy, anatomy and physiology and, most importantly, medicine making excellence and confidence in application. Studying through three seasons allows you to view the plants in the Spring through Fall and learn how the cycles create different medicines and different applications depending on the plant and the season.
Students who enroll receive training in somatic herbalism, the use of drop dosing in practice following a working knowledge of herbs and herbal medicine.
Erin’s unique approach makes this training open to all- from beginner to advanced. Her insights, harvest protocols and deep relationship with plants brings something new to the table no matter where you are in your herbal journey.
Outdoor excursion training is held near Rockport/Darrington, WA. For full details, see the website www.erinvanhee.com
This is a one weekend per month training that includes three seasons of plant identification- We begin in March and complete the training in October 2025.
Your Instructor:
Erin Vanhee has been teaching plant medicine and somatic herbalism since 1993 in Whidbey Island and Skagit County, WA. Her connection with plants as healing began when she was adopted into the Tlingit tribe in southeast Alaska and has continued to deepen with each layer of training.
She is an advanced practitioner of herbal medicine in the Wise Woman tradition. She specializes in herbs for pain, Somatics, and Lomi Lomi. As a medicinal plant specialist, Erin has taught groups of apprentices since 1993, and has been a speaker at Bastyr University, Pacific Women’s Herbal Conference, Three Rivers Herbal Gathering, the Northwest Herb Fair, AHG WA Chapter Green Gathering, and Planthealer’s Good Medicine Confluence. Erin was the first certified organic grower of herbs in Washington State.
Erin’s teaching style is relaxed yet fast paced and often filled with story. Her students say she has an encyclopedic knowledge of herbs and healing traditions and rather enjoy when she goes off on a tangent about ethics and earth conservation. Erin is in private practice in Burlington, WA.
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Rockport, WA, Conway, United States
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