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500-HOUR INTEGRATIVE LEARNING

Integrative Herbal Medicine

Earth, Alchemy, and Embodied Plant Medicine

HYBRID OPTIONS

10 MODULES (500 HOUR)

July 14, 2026

Early access · preferred tuition · application invitation first

There was a time when medicine was not a system to master -

but a relationship to tend.

This Integrative Herbal Medicine program is a 500-hour journey designed to restore that way of learning—one that honors scientific rigor while inviting deep listening, presence, and reciprocity with the living world.

This program is intentionally slow and immersive. While it is rich in information—anatomy, physiology, energetics, alchemy, and ecology—the deeper aim is not memorization, but integration.

You will be invited to move at a pace that allows real relationship to form: with plants, with the body, and with your own way of knowing. Medicine here is not extracted or rushed. It is cultivated.

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A Slow, Relational Path into Herbal Medicine

This Integrative Herbal Medicine program is a deliberately paced, immersive training blending botanical science, alchemical wisdom, and hands-on practice—so learning becomes embodied, ethical, and deeply relational.

Program Overview

Through this process, students develop the capacity to practice herbal medicine with confidence, ethics, and discernment—grounded in both scientific understanding and embodied experience.

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MODULE 1

The Threshold

Begin your herbal journey by stepping into deep relationship with the plant world. Learn presence, reciprocity, and the foundational ethics that root all true herbal practice.

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MODULE 3

Learning Their Language

Explore the art of herbal preparations: teas, tinctures, oils, salves, syrups, and steams. Discover how each method reveals a different aspect of a plant’s medicine and voice.

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MODULE 5

The Energy of Spring: Liver & Lymph

Work with liver, lymph, and skin to support gentle cleansing and seasonal renewal. Learn alteratives, bitters, and practices that clear stagnation and invite fresh energy.

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MODULE 7

Gather & Ground: Autumn

Nourish the nervous system and replenish minerals as the season turns inward. Explore nervines, adaptogens, and grounding practices that restore balance and resilience.

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MODULE 9

Formulating

Master the art and science of creating personalized herbal formulas. Learn roles within a formula, energetic matching, structure, synergy, and intuitive formulation.

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MODULE 2

Listening

Awaken your sensory intelligence and learn to feel plant energetics directly in your body. This module teaches embodied listening—the heart of herbal intuition and awareness.

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MODULE 4

Reading the Body's Signals

Learn to assess tissue states, observe patterns, and understand what the body is communicating. Build the essential skill of matching plant energetics to human needs.

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MODULE 6

The Energy of Summer: Heart & Breath

Strengthen immune, respiratory, and cardiovascular health during the season of peak energy. Learn herbal tools for vitality, cooling inflammation, and protecting the heart.

Herbs and Plants

MODULE 8

The Deep Nourishment of Winter

Rebuild hormonal, reproductive, and energetic reserves through rest-based medicine. Learn the power of adaptogens, warming nourishment, and deep seasonal restoration.

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MODULE 10

Becoming One with the Medicine

Integrate everything you’ve learned into an embodied herbal practice. Clarify your philosophy, strengthen your ethics, and step confidently into your role as a healer.

Through this program, students develop the capacity to practice herbal medicine with confidence, ethics, and discernment—grounded in both scientific understanding and embodied experience.

Why Slow Medicine?

In a culture shaped by speed, efficiency, and extraction, it can be tempting to approach herbal medicine the same way—learning protocols quickly, collecting information, and moving on.

This program takes a different stance.

We believe that true herbal medicine arises through time, attention, and relationship. Slowness allows perception to sharpen. Presence allows the body to speak. Relationship allows plants to reveal their medicine beyond theory.

By slowing the pace, this training creates space for discernment, integration, and ethical practice—so what is learned is not just known, but embodied.

​It is through the alchemy of herbs that we not only heal our bodies, but also nourish our souls.
~ Rosalee de la Foret

The Investment

This journey asks something of you — not just resources, but readiness. Choose the rhythm that honors both your commitment and your circumstances.

Pay In Full

$1250

A One Time Investment

12-Month Plan

$105

Per month for 12 months

24-Month Plan

$65

Per month for 24 months

​Journey begins immediately upon enrollment

Make NESBEM Your Home Base for Coherence

The New England School of Bioenergetic Medicine isn't just a place to take courses. It's a community — and membership is how you make it your home. Explore at your own pace, go deeper with guided cohorts, or personalize your work with specialized faculty in a mentorship circle. This is our best option if you are interested in more than one course or program. 

The Field

$44/mo

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Content, community, monthly live calls, one free short course per year. Discounts.

The Edge

$175/mo

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Guided cohort experiences, live sessions, peer pods, 500-hour programs

The Forge

$555-777/mo

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Personalized mentorship including quarterly farm immersions

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