Everyone deserves care.

We believe herbalism and good health should be accessible to everyone, and we want to help make that a reality. 

There is an aspect of community service that is inherent in the herbal traditions in the US: it is the "people's medicine". 

But providing care to everyone is challenging, and involves a lot of creativity and skill to find the right resources and get them to the right people - and to do it all without burning out.

Nobody is just born with these skills - but over time we've developed lots of strategies that can help you to help others! Let us share them with you!


The goals of this course are to:

🌿 Teach you strategies to work around resource constraints, without compromising quality or efficacy

🌿 Address the realities of time and energy involved in the most common money-saving suggestions about herbalism and nutrition

🌿 Gain skills for finding funding, improving access to care, and building community support networks


This is not a course about settling for less. 

Instead, we are working to strengthen your skill and creativity in finding effective, potent strategies that work for each person, regardless of their resource constraints.


Course curriculum

    1. Welcome to Accessible Herbalism!

    2. Live Q&A sessions twice a week!

    3. How to use this platform

    4. How to use Closed-Captioning

    5. The "What's New" button on your dashboard

    6. How to use the Discussions feature

    7. Meet our Friends!

    8. Chatting in the Community Space

    9. Use of Course Material (Intellectual Property)

    10. Every Body is Different

    11. In this course...

    1. Many Aspects of Accessibility

    2. Welcome Note

    3. Welcome note [audio]

    4. Introduction

    5. Introduction [audio]

    6. Creativity in Solving Problems: resource constraints don't always look the same

    7. Creativity in Solving Problems: resource constraints don't always look the same [audio]

    8. Many Kinds of Constraints

    9. Feeling Flexible when Unexpected Constraints Come Up

    10. Feeling Flexible when Unexpected Constraints Come Up [audio]

    11. Collaborating with Other Groups

    12. Collaborating with Other Groups [audio]

    13. Health Equity resources

    14. You Can't Do It Alone...

    15. You Don't Have to Do What You Can't Do

    16. Herbalism & the Law: an Example of State Regulations

    17. Safe Harbor Laws

    18. Legal Grey Areas

    1. Working with Financial Constraints

    2. Working with Financial Constraints [audio]

    3. Harnessing the Power of COMMUNITY

    4. Grocery Store Herbs

    5. Grocery Store Herbs [audio]

    6. Herbs in the Produce Section

    7. Cranberry Recipes

    8. Herbs in the Spice Section

    9. Herbs in Other Aisles

    10. Other Items You'll Find at the Grocery Store

    11. Inexpensive Tools & Equipment

    12. Herbs with EBT (SNAP, foodstamps)

    13. Herbs with EBT (SNAP, foodstamps) [audio]

    14. 💡Exercise: Local Inventory

    15. 💡Exercise: Live the Protocol

    16. 💡Exercise: Study Your Cases!

    1. Adapting Protocols - High Cholesterol Example [printable]

    2. Adapting your Protocols

    3. Adapting your Protocols [audio]

    4. Adapting Protocols - Allergies Example

    5. Making Herbs More Affordable

    6. Making Herbs More Affordable [audio]

    7. The Mountain Rose Price List

    8. Affordable Analogs

    9. Affordable Analogs [audio]

    10. Affordable Analogs for Expensive Herbs

    11. Polycrest Herbs

    12. Polycrest Herbs [audio]

    13. Finding Your Own Polycrest Herbs

    14. Super Simples

    15. Super Simples [audio]

    16. 💡 Exercise: Make Your Own Lists!

    17. 💡Exercise: Study Your Cases, Again!

    1. Realistic Wildcrafting

    2. Realistic Wildcrafting [audio]

    3. Plants That are Easier to Wildcraft

    4. Plants That are Easier to Wildcraft [audio]

    5. Realistic Gardening

    6. Realistic Gardening [audio]

    1. Doing More With Less

    2. Doing More With Less [audio]

    3. Efficient Protocols

    4. Efficient Protocols [audio]

    5. Links from the video

    6. Dosage Considerations

    7. Dosage Considerations [audio]

    8. Cost per Dose: Teas

    9. Cost per Dose: Teas [audio]

    10. Cost per Dose: Tinctures

    11. Cost per Dose: Tinctures [audio]

    12. Cost per Dose Wrapup

    13. Cost per Dose Wrapup [audio]

    14. All the Math on Making Cost-Effective Tinctures

    15. All the Math on Making Cost-Effective Tinctures [audio]

    16. Working with Powders

    17. Working with Powders [audio]

    18. Working with Oils (and salves, and lotions!)

    19. Working with Oils (and salves, and lotions!) [audio]

    20. Help with Medicinal Preparations

    21. GMP resources

    22. The Actual Guidelines & Continuing Education

    23. 💡Exercise: Figuring Out What Works for You

About this course

  • $150.00
  • 158 lessons
  • 16 hours of video content

Sliding Scale Pricing

We want this course to be accessible to everyone. 

We try to set all of our courses prices to be as fair as possible, targeting $10 or less per hour of video instruction. That's significantly lower than other schools, and often people ask us why we do this: it's because we want all of our courses to be as accessible as possible, so we set our baseline at the minimum that we need to have "enough" instead of setting our baseline for profits. Even though our current culture is always pushing people to "raise your prices" and "charge what you're worth!", we prefer to charge what allows us to get by and what makes it easier for students to afford.

Of course, in addition to the videos, you also get printable and audio materials, live Q&A options twice a week, access to our private student community, support for your questions usually within 24 hours, and lifetime access - including all future updates to the material!

The pricing options for this course are $150, $100, and $50. Just select the one that works for your budget and click the purple button. 

If you are unfamiliar with the concept of a sliding scale, the best resource i've ever found on the topic is here: Worts & Cunning by Alexis Cunningfolk. She created this sharable graphic to help people understand where they fall in the scale:

This graphic does not necessarily correspond directly to the sliding scale pricing that we offer for this course - there may be other factors that you consider. But it can give you an idea of how a sliding scale should work. 

We do not ask you to provide any information about your resources, just give it a thought and pick what's right for you.

Scholarships & Discounts

You can find complete information about our scholarships and discounts here.

Zero-Risk Return Policy

Teaching isn't just about conveying information - there's also an aspect of being someone's "cup of tea".

So we want you to take the first 14 days to really decide if you love it or not. If for any reason you feel like this program isn’t right for you - if we're just not your cup of tea - we’ll give you a full refund. You don't even need a reason - just please let us know within 14 days of purchase.

But wait, there's more! 🙂

In addition to the videos, we provide features to accommodate all the different ways people like to learn, so you can internalize the information easily!

  • Lifetime access - so you can review the content as many times as you like, forever!

  • Weekly live Q&A sessions with Katja and Ryn - to ask your questions directly, live and in person! (They're even archived, in case you miss one!) This course has 1 year live Q&A support.

  • Ask questions anytime - we're always just a click away: you can ask any questions in the integrated discussion forum, and we're committed to personally answering your questions, usually within 24 hours.

  • Printable PDF materials - if you like to follow the videos along on paper, or keep them handy for a quick reference.

  • Downloadable MP3 files - so you can review the content while you commute, workout, garden, ... anytime!

  • Access to our Private Student Community - so you can chat with other students, brainstorm, make friends, and even swap herbs and supplies.

Certificate Information

You will receive a certificate for the successful completion of this course. 

This course has 64 credit hours.

This represents the actual time of video instruction and live Q&A, as well as the time allocated for your capstone assignment, quizzes, and other assignments & activities required for completion of the course.


It is reasonable to plan about twice that much time to complete the work: this is because most students like to watch the videos more than once, review their notes, and many students complete more than the required activities. You might also enjoy joining a study group in our Student Community, and you might choose to work on extra activities together as a group to help you internalize all that you've learned. 


Regardless of how long it takes you, there is never any pressure! You have access to this material for life, and in fact, when we add updates and new materials, you receive it all for free, automatically!


If new material is added after you have received your certificate, we are happy to send you a new updated certificate to document the additional time when you complete the new material.

Your Teachers

Two heads are better than one!


Katja & Ryn
Katja & Ryn

Katja & Ryn almost always teach together. They each have particular talents and areas of interest, and their perspectives on certain issues are quite different! Together, they convey a fuller picture of the realities of herbal theory & practice than either one could do alone.

Katja is an herbalist and teacher working to help people rebuild their relationships with their bodies and their own ability to heal. She’s been in practice for nearly 25 years, but it all began with a desire to make her own “fancy tea” at home instead of paying high prices for imported blends at specialty stores. She’s kept that do-it-yourself ethic close to her heart.

Ryn has been a practicing herbalist since 2010. He came to herbalism by way of martial arts, where his first experiences with herbs were focused on getting back into the game and becoming more flexible, adaptable, and resilient. Passing that experience on to others is what keeps him motivated every day.

Together, Katja and Ryn teach everyone from children to elders, as well as pharmacy students from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Northeastern University School of Pharmacy, where they both serve as associate faculty. Ryn and Katja are also the creators of the weekly Holistic Herbalism Podcast.