Name: Energetic Herbalism 101
Start: 2025-09-08T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Wilmington, NC

Join Emily Kuchlbauer of Sunday Herbal and Kathryn Waple of the Seagate School of Holistic Herbalism for an immersive six-week course on the foundational aspects of Energetic Herbalism. Rooted in practices of Western Herbalism and informed by intuitive, body-based learning, this course offers the tools to build lasting relationships with plants. This course is suited for complete beginners to experienced herbalists who are moving away from this-for-that herbalism and moving towards a relational model of herbal practice.
Each week of this program blends practical learning with experiential connection. From taste-based identifications to materia medica and hands-on exploration of herbal extraction methods. Together we'll cover:
Introductions to herbal energetics, herbal tastes, and how to safely practice learning about plants using your senses.
Tissue states and constitutional awareness.
How herbal tastes reveals a plant's action.
Foundational herbal actions like astringents, nervines, adaptogens, and more.
Building a materia medica based on lived experience and the teachers who came before.
How to choose herbs in a holistic way.
How to make your own herbal extracts at home via Folk Methods and Scientific Methods including tinctures, water extracts, infused oils, salves, liniments, and vinegars.
After this course, students will have developed a framework for understanding how tastes and energetics inform plants' actions in the body, leading to a more holistic understanding of herbal practice. Whether you’re brand new to herbalism or seeking a grounded return to the basics, this course will help you develop your herbal instincts and deepen your connection to the healing therapies of plants.
Class Dates
Weekly starting September 8 to October 13th from 6-8 PM.
Registration and Tuition
Regular Tuition: $450*
Registration is open until the class is full or the start date.
Sliding Scale Tuition
Tier 1 Tuition: $425
Tier 2 Tuition: $400
We are pleased to offer Sliding Scale tuition rates for this class series. If you are interested in learning more about Sliding Scale as a tool for Economic Justice, please check out this article by Alexis J. Cunningfolk. The descriptions of the different tiers are pulled from her article.
Full Price Tuition represents the true value for the workshop series. "If you have access to financial security, own property or have personal savings, you would not traditionally qualify for sliding scale services."
Tier 1 is referred to as The Middle Costs and "reflects the practitioner's acknowledgement that paying the full cost would prevent some folks from being able to attend, but who do not honestly find themselves reflected in either descriptions for the highest cost or the lowest."
Tier 2 is referred to as the Bottom Cost and "represents an honest acknowledgment by the teacher and practitioner that there are folks whose economic circumstances would prevent them from being a part of classes if there was not a deliberate opportunity made for them to access services at a cost that is reflective of their economic realities."
We do not offer refunds, but you may gift or transfer your registration to another person.
About Emily Kuchlbauer of Sunday Herbal:

Emily Kuchlbauer is a community herbalist living in the Cape Fear region of North Carolina, ancestral territory of the Waccamaw, Catawba, and Cape Fear People. Emily’s herbal practice is a collaboration. A dialogue between plants, people, and the landscapes they inhabit. The foundation behind Sunday Herbal is rooted in half a decade of studies in botany, ecology, vitalism, anatomy and physiology, nutrition fundamentals, western herbalism and advanced herbal formulation. Through this foundation, Emily crafts bespoke herbal remedies and supports individuals seeking greater balance in their emotional wellness, energy levels, digestion, sleep, and overall vitality — with an approach that emphasizes simplicity, agency, and the profound connection between place-based seasonal cycles and human health.Emily supports individuals of all genders in cultivating curiosity, embodiment, and self-trust, believing that sustainable well-being begins with practices that are both joyful and deeply personal. Through collaboratively mapping out enjoyable holistic herbal protocols, Emily’s offerings are less about seeking perfection and more about tending to the unfolding of vitality. Inspired by her upbringing on farmland in the Great Lakes State and her Bavarian ancestry, Emily’s practice through Sunday Herbal is infused with a deep reverence for the cycles of life and the intuitive wisdom of nature. Whether crafting an herbal protocol or creating small-batch, seasonal herbal products, her work gently reminds us: health is not a permanent destination but a daily journey of tending, noticing, and taking care.