| The Ohlone Center of Herbal Studies is an earth-centered, herbal medicine school. The mission of the herbal classes is to keep Western Herbal knowledge available by teaching the medicinal benefit of plants to people, thereby enhancing a person's ability to heal through plant use. A variety of herbal classes are offered, from herb walks to a formal clinical herbalist training program. All herbal classes are interactive, flexible, and tailored to meet the needs of the students.
What makes the Ohlone Center's program unique is its focus on experiential learning. Information about herbal medicine is often conflicting and an approach to navigating this web of misinformation and debate is by directly experiencing plants in the environment and in the body. Students are educated on the usefulness of each plant and how they apply to physical, mental, and spiritual healing. Our program is designed to fully enhance the student's understanding in plant medicine. Programs are carefully designed to be exciting, intellectually stimulating, and fun. Each classroom lecture is limited to 90 minutes in length and followed by an activity that is designed to keep students alert and allow for the maximum retention of information.
The Ohlone Herbal Center is a California non-profit corporation and has applied for a 501 (c) (3) status. The Center has been educating clinical herbalists since 1995. We are committed to educating healers for successful careers as herbalists and/or herbal educators. The school offers a clinical herbalist training program in two different formats. The first option is a 3-year program consisting of two 10-month, Apprenticeship and Therapeutic courses, followed by a one-year Clinical Internship. The second option is a two-year program designed for the full-time student and has two courses: an 8 month Intensive and a one-year Clinical Internship. The entire program takes between 24 and 36 months to complete and consists of over 1,000 hours of direct teacher contact. Students who complete the Clinical Program graduate with a profound understanding of how to create, promote, and manage a successful herbal practice.
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Ohlone Herbal Center
Pam Fischer, Director
(510) 540-8010 |