Plant Spirit Medicine

Growing Awareness of Nature online course

An introductory, on-demand course designed to give you a direct experience with the aliveness of nature and nature’s ancestral relationship with humans. This self-study course touches on the importance of nature’s influence in our lives and the amazing ability of plants to guide and heal. It inspires us to relate to plants as living beings and recognize their generous source of help in order to live a fulfilled life. 

How will you benefit?

1. A new perspective on the natural world

2. A more balanced relationship with the world around you

3. Insights into humans' ancestral connection with nature

4. Guidance to deepen your connection with plants

5. Be more attuned with the seasons and their elements

6. Live a much deeper and richer experience of your own life

The memory of connection to all living beings is calling us and now is the time to answer.

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This course is for you if:

1. You've read the book Plant Spirit Medicine

2. You’re interested in nature and would like to deepen your relationship with nature

3. You’d like to learn how to communicate with plants

4. You’re a Plant Spirit Medicine Healer, acupuncturist, herbalist, or an alternative/holistic practitioner

5. You’d like to receive 17 continuing education credits from the NCCAOM (National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine).

What is Plant Spirit Medicine?
 
Plant Spirit Medicine is a form of healing that calls upon the plant spirits to heal. Through the opening of their senses, healers learn to listen to the root of a person’s illness, listen to the medicine of the plants, and call upon the healing power of the plants for the benefit of that person. Our ancestors lived in this way, where nature was alive and there was no illusion of separation from nature. They had a relationship with the spirits of nature and would call upon them for healing and wisdom. This ancient practice, long forgotten in the modern world, was remembered, revitalized, and reintroduced by Blue Deer’s Founder, the late teacher and healer, Eliot Cowan, and has proven to be as effective in today’s world as in past times.
 
 
Plant Spirit Medicine differs from many forms of herbalism in the importance it places on the relationship with the spirit of the plant. Using the common everyday plants, like the ones you might find outside your home, including the trees, the weeds, the plants growing between the cracks in the cement, or the plants growing in the wild, plants have much to offer us in the form of healing and wisdom. And, luckily for us, they are willing to share with us.  Living in this type of relationship with the living nature of the plants gives us a deeper and richer experience of life. Whether we need healing in our bodies, minds, or spirits, the plants can offer help.
 
Plant Spirit Medicine course content offered by the Blue Deer Center does not include the use of sacred plant medicine (i.e. psychedelic/ psycho-active), such as ayahuasca, peyote, datura, San Pedro, mushrooms, and other mind-altering substances. To learn more about this perspective, click here.
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Why is Plant Spirit Medicine important today?

We live in a modern world with many amenities that enable us to live comfortably and with expediency. We move at a fast pace and can arrive anywhere in the world within hours. Despite many modern conveniences, many live with a sense of isolation. Without seeing the natural world as sacred or having wisdom, we feel we are separate from nature. In this age of individuality, physical and mental illness has reached unprecedented levels, yet medical science has not been as effective in relieving the despair experienced by many. By far, most afflictions today are rooted in spirit, and we need a spiritual medicine to address this spiritual crisis we are in. Plant Spirit Medicine offers such a medicine, reaching into the deepest recesses of our being to bring healing to our most troubling ailments.