Heart of Plant Medicine Course
begins January 2027
Join us for a 6 month course to learn from the heart with local California plants: their medicinal uses and related spiritual tools. Learn heart based skills to connect with any kind of plant medicine.
Each monthly class meets for 2 hours and focuses on a particular Plant Teacher, its medicinal uses and related heart medicine.
California Poppy, a beautiful medicine to gather inner light and open to vision
Class Schedule:
Sundays, 10am- 12pm, in Oakland, CA
1/24/27 Heart as Foundation~ REISHI
2/28/27 Heart of the Body~ WARRIOR’S PLUME
3/21/27 Heart of Place~ REDWOOD
4/18/27 Visionary Heart~ CALIFORNIA POPPY
5/23/27 Sacred Heart~ ROSE
6/13/27 One Heart: Allyship ~ TBD
Class offerings include guided plant meditations, nature walks, qi gong and energy awareness, sound healing, plant baths, shamanic journeying, and more….
Cost: $350 for the 6 month series, limited to 15 participants.
Redwood, a wise teacher of upright qi, right relationship, and the power of place
All plants are medicine, and the foundation of plant medicine is loving partnership with local plants. Connection with the plants around us is what makes us human- it goes back for millenia and it’s a part of who we all are. Everyone can communicate with plants when we get out of our heads and into our hearts. And, the local plants growing right outside our front doors can be our best teachers, when we remember how to listen.
The same fundamental tools apply whenever we choose to work with any plant conciousness. It doesn’t matter if its chamomile, cacao, or enchanter’s nightshade. When we cultivate heart connection with plants, magic happens! When we deepen our essential skillsets with plants like grounding, protection, energy awareness and shamanic journeying, our relationships with healing plants become more powerful, and we can more easily integrate our experiences into daily life. The best part: anyone can learn!
Join us for a 6 month journey into the Heart of Plant Medicine!
Warrior’s Plume harvest, 2022
About the Instructor~ Athene Eisenhardt has followed the plants in one way or another her entire life. Professional work as a Field Botanist for Yosemite National Park led her to begin wildcrafting herbs and studying the Taoist 5 Elements in nature. This led to formal study of Taoist Herbal Medicine, Western Herbalism, and Ayurveda. Athene also spent 2 years living and training in the indigenous plant spirit healing traditions of the Amazon, and has continued to train rigorously in the Shipibo Amazon lineage since 2009. An active teacher, Athene regularly offers Community Herb Walks in the East Bay, and is a Professor of Herbology at Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine College in Berkeley, CA.
This course and all course materials copyright 2026 by Dr. Athene Eisenhardt, L.Ac, all rights reserved.
