An 6-Week Immersion into Plant Wisdom + Collective Healing

There’s a kind of healing that happens when we remember we’re not alone in what we carry.

Community Herbalism is a space where personal care meets collective insight—a container for deep listening, pattern recognition, and medicinal plant-based support. Whether you’re navigating chronic stress, skin flare-ups, gut imbalance, fertility struggles or simply feeling called to reconnect with your body’s intelligence, these 6-week guided experience offers tools, practices, and support for your path.

Together, we’ll explore the stories our bodies are telling—and the herbs that want to help us listen.

Session 1: Female Reproductive Health

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Discussing Patterns and Solutions for:

Urinary Tract Infections
Candida Infections
PMS & PMDD
PCOS
Irregular or Absent Cycles
Endometriosis
Hormonal Shifts from Puberty to Menopause
Infertility and Navigating ART

My path through IVF and my evolving relationship with motherhood was a time of profound devastation — moments when I truly wanted to die. I felt scared, angry, disappointed. Resentful. Weak. Broken.

Since I first began bleeding at age 12, I struggled with irregular cycles, recurring infections, and a lack of answers. It’s what led me to herbalism in the first place — a deep desire to know, to heal, to be well.

I’m 44 now, and entering a new chapter. Changes are already stirring within me. But in the years between then and now, I’ve gathered a wealth of insight around fertility, hormonal health, and the rhythms of the female body.

Perhaps the deepest lesson of all was loneliness.

I felt like I had no one — not even a partner who could meet me with the care and attention I craved. And while I didn’t want to be alone, I also struggled to speak about it. Especially with other women.

In time, I made peace with the archetype of Chiron, the wounded healer. I realized my pain could become a bridge. I want others to understand how their bodies work. To recognize patterns. To find ways to bring balance and vitality back into their lives.

I don’t want anyone to feel alone in that process.

If you would like to read the whole blog: Being Mother

Listen to the podcast interview with Christine Raine on the Heroine’s Journey: The Rupture

How It Works

Each week, we gather live for 120 minutes in a supportive, confidential circle.
Our time together includes:

• Real-time case study learning
• Herbal, dietary, and lifestyle suggestions
• Deep dives into materia medica + formulas
• Community sharing, insight, and witnessing
• Access to a pre-recorded class about the Anatomy & Physiology of the system
• Optional follow-up consultations with discounted rates.

This space is for you if:

• You’re craving meaningful support for the Female Reproductive System
• You’re curious about how to support others through a community lens
• You’re longing to bring structure and skill to your herbal learning journey
• You thrive in shared spaces that honor both privacy and connection

What You’ll Receive

• 6 Live Weekly Classes (Zoom, camera optional)
• 5 Live Weekly Q&A sessions
• Intimate feedback from an experienced clinical and community herbalist
• Opportunity to learn clinical skills and learn beloved formulas
• A private community of peers walking the same path
• Discounted private sessions post-program (valid for up to 6 months)
• 1 meeting a month for three months to discuss progress and challenges

Meeting Flow
May 22 – June 26

• Session 1: Opening Circle: Intros, intentions, and agreements for how we’ll show up together. We’ll go over the syllabus and resource access.
• Sessions 2–5: Herb Talks + Case Exploration
  Each week we dive deep into live cases. You’ll witness others, learn from patterns, and have the opportunity to receive focused insight and herbal support. Themes rotate depending on the cohort’s needs.
• Session 6: Closing Circle: We’ll gather our learnings, reflect on our growth, and each create a 6-month action plan (1 herbal formula, 1 lifestyle shift, 1 dietary support). Integration starts here.

5 weekly 90 minute LIVE Q&A for general questions, comments, observations and sharing

Other Details

• No prerequisites. All levels welcome.
• Anonymous participation available—just let us know in advance.
• Case intake forms are kept confidential, with shared summaries for learning purposes only. Each student will submit a case history and Sarah will go through them to find the 4 that will be the best for the group learning experience. Each case is confidential if desired. Meaning the student whose case it is, can opt to leave their camera off and change their name during the intake. They are also welcome to share who they are, but it is not required.
• All identities, bodies, and experiences are honored here.

This is more than a class. It’s a return to relationship—with plants, with your body, with each other.

If you’re ready to reclaim your health in community, you are so welcome here.

Future Sessions:

• Personal Resilience: Nervous System Health & Stress Response

Stress isn’t the enemy—it’s part of how we adapt and grow. But when it becomes chronic, it can burn us out from the inside out. In this session, we’ll explore plants, mushrooms, and lifestyle strategies that help regulate our stress response and rebuild our resilience—from neurotransmitters to adrenal health and beyond.

• Radiant Within & Without: Herbal Support for Skin, Hair, and Nails

Outer glow begins with inner balance. We’ll tend to the organs of elimination, hormones, and nutrient flow that make our skin feel vibrant and our hair feel alive. Think personalized routines, herbal rituals, and food-as-medicine approaches to help you feel more at home in your body.

• Gut Feelings: Digestive Patterns & Herbal Allies

The gut is more than just a place of digestion—it’s where we process life. Stress, trauma, toxins, and food can all throw it off track. In this module, we’ll map the patterns of imbalance and explore gentle, effective herbal strategies to bring harmony back to the belly.

Your Facilitator

Sarah Wu is a passionate educational curator, facilitator and mentor dedicated to adult learners of all backgrounds. A representative for Mother Nature as a writer and teacher of Deep Ecology, Therapeutic Spiritual Ecology and Whole Systems Design shared through the lens of Herbalism and Permaculture. Sarah Wu has 24 years studying and practicing the science, art and craft of Regenerative Herbal Medicine. Her foundation is in eclectic energetic and Western Wise Woman Traditions, actively practicing clinical herbalism in the Neo-Tropics for 15 years. With 30 and counting, 75+hour Permaculture Design Courses (PDC) in her portfolio, which encompasses earth sciences, regenerative strategies for human settlement design, community development and alternative social structuring. She can teach all aspects of herbal medicine from Materia Medica, ethnobotany, medicine making, formulation and anatomy/physiology. Sarah teaches workshops to young women, 10 – 16 years old about their physical and spiritual bodies in correspondence with lunar and planetary rhythms. Sarah attended the Tyler School of Art, where she immersed herself in the Fine Arts and Art History, Mythology, Symbolism and Philosophy. She is well versed, teaching archetypal symbolism and storytelling for personal reflection via Tarot and Modern Astrology.

What is Included?

• 6 LIVE Classes with presentations, recorded for later viewing
• 5 Weekly LIVE Q&A Sessions

Space is limited to 30 people.

I ask that you fill out the intake form prior to commencement.
While your case may not be chosen, I am still available to support you.

I will be offering discounted 1:1 for those who participate in this course over the six months after the course closes.

We work really hard to make sure the tuition is fair and that teachers are honored for their life of service to the plants and earth.

Payment Program:

1. $550 one time payment

2. $300, two installments

In the spirit of financial transparency:

70% of your tuition goes to the facilitator

20% of your tuition pays course platform and bank transfer fees

10% of your tuition supports an organization that is in line with the Community Herbalism Session theme.
– Female Reproduction Health will donate toward stopping violence against women in Guatemala through Mujeres AFEDES (Asociación Feminina para el Desarrollo de Sacatepéquez).
– Digestive Health will support ending child hunger
– Neuroendocrine will support an mental health advocacy initiative
– Skin health will support those who suffer from acts of violence that have left them disfigured.

I also have special prices for those with economic limitations and ask that you reach out directly to enquire. Please be mindful that as herbalists, farmers and teachers our income is also very limited, as most of us work below the median income standards for the country we live in and very much below the standards of the Global North. We work independently and out of capitalistic systems that cause extractive harm.

Cancellation Policy: All Deposits are NON-REFUNDABLE and NON-TRANSFERABLE. Thank you for understanding.