Unearth the Path to Rejuvenative Health
Imagine a retreat that brings you into a rich tapestry of plant wisdom, where herbal medicine meets the cosmos. This rare opportunity with Sajah Popham blends clinical Western herbalism, spagyric alchemy, and astrological medicine in a dynamic, hands-on experience. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned practitioner, you’ll learn to harness the healing potential of plants to transform physical well-being, awaken spiritual insight, and realign with nature’s rhythm. Join us on this evolutionary path and reconnect with the soul of herbalism.
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Retreat Benefits
Integrated Herbalism
Cultivate a holistic practice that unites the science and spirit of herbalism for transformative healing.
Personal Balance
Learn your unique constitutional pattern to create personalized herbal protocols for healing and rejuvenation
Spagyric Pharmacy
Learn to extract the chemical, energetic and spiritual properties of plants through the tradition of spagyric alchemy.
Ancient Knowledge
Apply the universal principles of nature, herbalism, and natural healing to your everyday life for physical health and spiritual rejuvenation.
Nature Awareness
Learn to connect with the intelligence of plants for a deeper understanding of their medicinal virtues.
Archetypal Medicine
Explore how the archetypal forces of nature shape the relationship between plants and people to support the healing journey
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Are you ready to embark on a journey that will revolutionize your understanding of herbal medicine and your role as a healer?
Harness the Transformational Power of Plants
Immerse yourself in a transformative approach to herbal medicine that nurtures both physical health and soul evolution. This retreat delves into the evolutionary model of herbalism, integrating clinical herbalism, Ayurveda, medical astrology, and spagyric alchemy. Deepen your connection with nature, recognize archetypal patterns in people and plants, and apply herbs for profound healing.
You will progress through the Five Pillars of Evolutionary Herbalism:
1. Natura Sophia
Explore the importance of your connection to Nature and capacity to learn about the plants from the plants themselves by balancing your intellect and intuitive faculties.
2. Energetic Architecture
Explore nature’s root patterns that unify traditional medicine. Reconnect with herbalism’s cosmological foundations through the Seven Planets, Five Elements, and Three Principles.
3. Universal Herbalism
Apply the energetic architecture model to traditions of herbalism across the world, from TCM and Ayurveda, to Eclecticism and Physiomedicalism, for a truly holistic approach.
4. Transformational Medicine
Integrate the art of spagyric alchemy and medical astrology with clinical herbalism for a system that heals the whole person with the whole plant.
5. Know Thyself
Gain insight into your constitutional and astrological patterns, personal transformation cycles, and how to work with plants for collective evolutionary healing.
You’ll walk away with a transformed approach to herbal medicine, profound insights into yourself and those you serve, and a deeper reverence for the healing power of alchemically prepared plants. Now more than ever, the world needs the transformative medicine of plants—but they need a bridge to bring their wisdom forth. Are you ready to step onto the plant path?
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Transforming Lives
Program FAQ
This workshop is totally open to brand new herbalists with little to no understanding of herbal concepts or traditions.
The Evolutionary Herbalism approach is highly unique in its synergistic and integrative approach, including astrological medicine and alchemy. It will offer new insights, perspectives, strategies, and practices for the advanced herbal practitioner, while still being accessible to newbies.
This is the first opportunity for a long-form live workshop with Sajah in over 6 years. This workshop is core Evolutionary Herbalism philosophy, which benefits all students at the school regardless of program enrollment and is highly recommended for any SEH student.
Sajah Popham has a BS in Herbal Sciences from Bastyr University, has been practicing in the lab and clinic for over 15 years, and has learned from some of the top herbalists of the modern day, including Matthew Wood, David Winston, Margi Flint, Paul Bergner, Robert Bartlett, and Judith Hill. His unique synergy of practical clinical herbalism with spagyric alchemy and astrological medicine is highly specialized and not to be found anywhere else.
No, this is not a therapeutically designed formula and will not be a “use this herb for that symptom” type of workshop. It is rather focused on the big picture philosophical and practical approach to holistic herbal medicine.
Certainly! Anyone that has an interest in these subjects will find the workshop materials highly engaging and inspiring. Whether you want to start a clinical practice, use herbs for yourself and family, or are just philosophically interested in alchemy, astrology and herbalism, you will find great benefit in the materials.
Presenter
Sajah Popham
Sajah Popham, author of Evolutionary Herbalism and Natura Sophia Spagyrics, is the founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. He trains herbalists in a holistic system of plant medicine that integrates clinical Western herbalism, medical astrology, Ayurveda, and spagyric alchemy.
His approach emphasizes balancing the science and spirituality of plant medicine to heal the body, clear the mind, open the heart, and nurture the soul’s growth. …
The Path of Evolutionary Herbalism
This experiential retreat offers a well-balanced schedule that combines structured educational sessions with flexible time blocks – ensuring you have ample opportunity to engage in learning while also allowing personal time to explore the retreat center, participate in activities, and enjoy moments of reflection and relaxation.
Check-in Begins
4:00 pm
Dinner
6:00–7:00 pm
Orientation
7:00–7:20 pm
Session 1
7:30–9:00 pm
Breakfast
7:30–9:30 am
Session 2
9:30 am–12:30 pm
Lunch
12:30–1:30 pm
Session 3
2:00–4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00–6:00 pm
Dinner
6:00–7:30 pm
Session 4
7:30–9:00 pm
Breakfast
7:30–9:30 am
Session 5
9:30 am–12:30 pm
Lunch
12:30–1:30 pm
Session 6
2:00–4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00–6:00 pm
Dinner
6:00–7:30 pm
Session 7
7:30–9:00 pm
Breakfast
7:30–9:30 am
Session 8
9:30–11:30 am
Room Checkout
11:00 am
Luggage may be held at Reception.
Lunch
12:00–1:30 pm
Breakfast 7:30–9:30 am • Lunch: 12:00–1:30 pm • Dinner: 6:00–7:30 pm
Optional activities include
Yoga • Meditation • Kirtan • Bonfire • Labyrinth • Nature Trails
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Extend your Stay and Don't Miss a Thing
Add a day to enjoy R&R activities!
Free activities include
Interactive Nature Hikes
Cooking Demos
Meditation & Movement Classes
Wellness Workshops
Paid activities include
Pottery Classes
Ayurvedic Wellness & Healing Arts Treatments
Nourish Your Body
Take your rejuvenation to another level with a soothing Ayurvedic treatment.
Call to check availability during Shankara business hours:
Wednesday 11:00 am–8:00 pm
Thursday–Saturday 9:00 am–6:00 pm
Sunday 8:00 am–2:00 pm
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