Year 2: Apprenticeship

• Format: In-person

• Focus: The apprenticeship program enhances community herbalism and ancestral practices by teaching participants to create herbal monographs, understand and apply remedies for various health issues, and promote wellness through integrating herbal practices with knowledge of body systems. Additionally, the program includes Herbal Business 101 training, empowering apprentices to develop, market, and sustain their own herbal products. This holistic approach preserves traditional knowledge while fostering sustainable herbal practices and enhancing community wellness.

• Advanced Herbal Medicine Making, Formulating and Ancestral Practices: Continue building on the foundations with advanced teachings in Curanderismo, ancestral healing ceremonies, and the development of personal practice and offerings.

• Community Herbalism: Further explore the application of herbal medicine and ancestral rituals within community clinic settings.

• Co- Facilitating a Community Event or Healing Circle

• Shadowing Herbal Consultations: Engaging in hands-on clinical practice to refine skills and understanding.

• Shadowing and assisting in ancestral healing ceremonies

• Community Engagement: Engage with the community through 8 service hours in Tierra Rituals' healing clinics or events, gaining hands on practice and community experience.

• Camping Trip and Herb Walks: Participate in a camping trip and two herb walks for plant identification and experiential learning.

• Herbal Business 101 :Develop, market, and sustain your own herbal products.

• Bi- Weekly Online Sessions:

  • Frequency: Twice a month

  • Purpose: Deepen understanding of body systems, herbal allies, and engage in discussions around self-determination and community care.

  • Format: Group discussions, focused teachings, guided meditations, and peer-sharing.

  • Focus: Each session will explore specific body systems (e.g., digestive, nervous, respiratory) and their herbal allies, alongside frameworks for supporting self-determination and collective care, and reviewing monthly teachings.

  • Location: On Zoom.

• Bi-Monthly 1:1 Sessions:

  • Purpose: Personalized support and guidance for each mentee.

  • Format: 1:1 zoom sessions (30 mins)

  • Focus: Tailored support on herbal practice, personal growth, and integrating knowledge of body systems.

Certificate of Completion for Year 2:

Upon completing the full two-year program, participants will receive a Community Healer & Herbalist certificate of completion from Tierra Rituals. This certification honors your dedication and the skills you've developed throughout the program, including conducting limpias, herbal wellness consultations, applying ancestral rituals and ceremonies, advance herbal medicine making.

Important Note on Certification

Please Note: Herbalism is not a legally regulated or certified profession in the United States at the federal level. The certificates provided by Tierra Rituals are not legally recognized certifications but are intended to honor your personal journey, education, and commitment to ancestral healing practices. While organizations like the American Herbalists Guild (AHG) offer voluntary certifications, there is no federal or state licensure for herbalists in the U.S.

Our certificates are a reflection of your dedication to learning and practicing herbalism within a framework of ancestral wisdom and community care. They symbolize the knowledge and skills you have gained through this program but do not grant legal authority to diagnose, treat, or prescribe for medical conditions. We encourage all participants to practice herbalism ethically and to continue learning and growing in their practice.