Infusions +
Herbal Formulation
Course
Learn how to formulate your own safe +
therapeutic herbal blends.
Imagine if whenever you were in need of a remedy, you could blend one for yourself. A remedy you knew would be deeply supportive.
To know your body and what it’s saying to you is so valuable. To know the herbs and how to use them safely is empowering. To feel safe when you’re unwell, and have remedies available to you, is life changing.
Infusions + Herbal Formulation
a 4 week online course where you’ll meet the herbs in a new way, and learn to blend beautiful and resonant blends.
This is not your average herbal medicine course.
Learning the actions and indications of a herb is important (eg. a herbal action is sedative, the herbal indication is for sleep). But what creates resonant and deeply therapeutic blends is going beyond ”this for that” blending, and understanding the deeper nature of a plant. To understand their gesture, their energetic qualities, their flavour tones, and how they will reach your individual constitution. You are unique, and even if you share exactly the same issue as the person sitting
beside you, the best herb for you will be different to the one best for them.
In this course you will meet the herbs from this deeper place, so you can make impactful blends that get to the heart of what you are blending for. You’ll learn how to blend with both your head and your intuition, to create safe and resonant blends whenever you need.
When you finish this course you will
know and have connected with 30 different herbs that will over time, become dear friends.
understand how to use herbs beyond their simple actions and indications.
be able to formulate therapeutic blends that are safe, nourishing, energetically balanced, + taste beautiful.
understand how to marry the energetic qualities in people with the energetic qualities in plants.
have so many ways to weave herbs easily into your day to day life, as tea and infusions.
$280
One Time Payment
AUD
$160
2 x monthly payments
AUD
places are limited
doors open soon
Tea is a way of reclaiming herbal medicine.
Herbalists used to have a rich array of ways to bring herbs to people, and centre stage in their dispensary was tea. Through tea you could share herbal wisdom and pass on recipes for healing, with seeds for planting. No need for anything other than herbs and water. In the last few decades, the commercialisation of herbal medicine has lead to a vast change in how we can access herbal medicine, herbal wisdom and there has been a vast change in the herbalists tool kit. Tinctures now sit as the central remedy used in our dispensaries, and are heavily marketed to us as the strongest and most effective way to use herbal
medicine. Though, gentle does not mean less effective. The herbalists before us had no trouble making restorative remedies, before tinctures. I would guess, the majority of the healing impact between herbs and humans across history, has been carried through water. Since the beginning, water has been used to bring through a herb’s nourishment and support.
Learning the herbs, learning how to blend therapeutic blends brings herbalism back into your hands, just as nature intended.
The Course
Materia Medica.
Meet 30 of the most essential herbs to have in your life, that cover and care for a vast array of needs through life.
Formulation.
Learn about the principles of herbal formulation, herbal energetics, flavour energetics and tones, plant part affinities and herbal synergies.
Blending.
Learn my ten step method of formulating and blending.
Herbal Safety.
Understand the herbal safety for each individual herb, and for herbal tea, especially in tender times of life like pregnancy, breastfeeding and childhood.
Remedy Taking.
Learn about sourcing herbs, wildcrafting, ways to brew, materials for brewing, and making, enjoying and caring for your blends.
Base Layer Blending.
Learn my base layer blending method for creating versatile blends.
$280
One Time Payment
AUD
$160
2 x monthly payments
AUD
places are limited
doors open July
Week One.
Materia Medica
Angelica
Calendula
Chamomile
Cinnamon
Cleavers
Dandelion
Echinacea
Elderflower
Elderberry
Fennel
Ginger
Holy Basil
Ladies Mantle
Lavender
Lemon Balm
Licorice
Week Two.
Materia Medica
Marshmallow
Nettle
Oatstraw
Passionflower
Peppermint
Raspberry Leaf
Rose
Rosehip
Sage
Siberian Ginseng
Skullcap
St Johns Wort
Thyme
Valerian
Yarrow
Herbal Safety
Herbal safety
Pregnancy
Breastfeeding
Children
Week Three.
Formulation
Key principles of formulation
Vitalism + herbal energetics
Balancing energetics
Energetic flavours
Flavour tones
Plant part affinities
Herbal synergies
The Method
10 Step Formulation Method
Week Four.
Remedy Taking
Sourcing herbs
Wildcrafting
Fresh + dry herbs
Five ways to brew
Materials for brewing
Making your blend
Enjoying your blend
Caring for your blend
Layer Blending
Base Layer Blending
Doors open
10th July.
Is this course for me?
If you are completely new to herbal medicine or you know a little about the herbs, you’re going to learn so much (and get the education us herbalists and naturopaths wish we got!).
If you’re a student herbalist or naturopath, or an experienced practitioner you will deepen how you tune into and understand the herbs, and really deepen how you formulate your blends, so they are resonant and clear. You’ll also learn how to bring teas back into your practice as a central and impactful remedy.
What do I get?
Video modules taught over 4 weeks
Materia Medica workbook including 31 full herbal profiles
Herbal Safety Chart
Formulation Workbook
Herbal Energetics Chart
Dose and Flavour Strength Chart
Ratio Patterns Chart
Herbal Flavour Wheel
Herbal Recipe Book
Q+A space. I will be present in the course daily to answer your questions and point you in the right direction. If there is a question many people share that needs deeper exploration, there’ll be additional video answers and sharing.
$280
One Time Payment
AUD
$160
2 x Monthly Payments
AUD
places are limited
doors open July 10th
What isn’t included?
In this course we are focussing on tea blending and infusions as our remedy. This course doesn’t cover herbal tincture formulating, though the formulating principles and method you will learn can be applied to any herbal remedy making; tinctures, syrups, steams and balms.
Herbs for blending aren’t included, though a limited number of custom made Tea Bundles will be available when you sign up for the course, from within your Course Home. The Tea Bundle includes 31 organic and Australian grown sample packs of the herbs that will accompany you through the course.
Alternatively, I suggest sourcing organic dry herbs locally to you, at a bulk foods store or an online herb supplier for example. You will have time before the course begins to gather what you need. You can travel the course without the herbs, but having them with you will give you a richer learning process and experience connecting with them.
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Associate Degree of Clinical Science, Advanced Diploma of Naturopathy
About your teacher
Sarah is a fully qualified, Australian Naturopath trained in Herbal Medicine, Nutrition and Homeopathy. She began her education as a teenager at university, and was lucky enough to have a medicinal plant garden and grass roots herbalists as her first teachers. Sarah studied for 10 years, and still felt as though there was a missing part in her understanding of the plants and healing.
She found her way to Anthroposophic Medicine, and completed post graduate training in Germany and Switzerland. It was there she felt she met the herbs truly for the first time, learnt Goethean science, patterns of growth, healing and illness, that deepened her understanding and connection with the plants a thousand fold. She continues to study Anthroposophic Medicine and the plants, and works with the herbs and people in her clinic daily.
Need more details?
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Doors close on Friday the 15th of July, at midnight (AEST).
We have a week to gather ourselves and the herbs, then we begin the course on Monday the 25th of July, with the first week’s resources available from 6am (AEST). We’re working with AEST, and you can check your timezone here. -
A lifetime! The course will be available to you for a lifetime. I will be present in the course for Q+A in our 4 initial teaching weeks together, and the Q+A space will be available to read answer threads for 3 months after the course begins.
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Between 1-2 hours a week, and around this as much time as you want to blend, ask questions and explore everything you’re learning. The learning is self paced through each week.
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Yes! When you enrol you have lifetime access to the course. You are welcome to start when it suits you. Over the 4 weeks, new materials will be available at the beginning of each week and remain available from there. If you want my present support, join in for the 4 weeks when I will be in the course answering questions and supporting. You can revisit answers in the Q+A space for 3 months after the course begins.
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It can be scary jumping into a course that sounds really great, but you’re not sure until you get there. If after the first 2 weeks of the course you decide it isn’t for you, be in touch to let me know and I will give you a full refund of the course fee, or the partial payments you’ve made. I’ll also ask for your feedback, so I keep listening and sharing great resources. After the close of the first 2 weeks there are no refunds , so be sure to decide and let me know before the close of week two (before week three’s resources become available) if you’ve decided the course is not for you.
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Yep yep yep! I’d love to see you there.
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To access this course you will need the internet. This course is spoken and written in English. At the moment, subtitles aren’t available on the videos. I’m aiming to have this available when we are next open for enrolments. Scholarship places will be available the next time we take enrolments also. Please watch this space for updates. Everyone should be welcome and able to access this course, and I’d like to continue to make it more and more accessible.
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You pay online by card when you join. Prices and payments are in AUD. I won’t have access to your card details, they are kept securely by Stripe. If you’re paying in fortnightly instalments, you’ll be asked for permission to have the payment automatically collected from your card fortnightly until you’re all paid. If your card is declined at the time, it will automatically try again and if this payment fails you’ll loose access to the course. Be in touch with me if you have any payment issues. I’m happy to help you.
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All the PDF resources are printable, and they are also able to be digitally completed so you can write notes from your computer if you’d prefer not to print. If you’re a pen and paper person we’ve designed the worksheets to go easy on the ink and still be beautiful.
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A pen or pencils for the workbooks if you’re working pen to paper. For the Materia Medica part of the course you’ll need cups, something to cover the cups and a thermos or tea pot for hot water (take care!) for taste testing and meeting the herbs. For blending, you need a simple bowl and Tablespoon measure. I think that is everything!
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No, it won’t. What you will be able to do is make safe + beautiful blends for yourself, and for friends and family, just as you would bake them a cake or make a healing slow cooked meal when they’re in need. If you want to practice as a practitioner, seek out a 3-4 year certified course or apprenticeship.
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This depends on the legislation around creating commercial herbal tea blends in your country or area. This course will absolutely give you a rich foundation of connection with herbs and understanding, to go on and create beautiful + resonant blends.
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Yes! Yay for young herbalists. I would say kids ages 10 and above would love this course, and be able to engage with the practices and concepts. Learning is unique, and you know your child best so it may suit your child at an earlier age, or be better for them when they’re older. If within two weeks of the course you decide it’s not for them, you can get in touch with me and I’ll organise a full refund for you. After 2 weeks of the course there are no refunds, so be sure to be in touch before the close of the second week.
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