The Mentorship

Each year I offer mentorship for a few folk at a time. The mentorship I provide is an intimate and sustained way to connect gently with plants, herbalism, wild and self.

I was mentored as a baby herbalist and it was invaluable to the way I practise now.  I would walk with my mentor along the canals of London looking at the tiny plants and talking about energetics, dreams, fairies and art. He would tell me about his life as a student and how he looked at the world as he strode through it pausing to admire a flower or slender leaf. As I journeyed along the path of plant kin and wonder, I learned many a thing from walks and talks with herbalists, Land carers, gardeners, growers, activists, grief tenders, artists, nurses and more. 

Mentorship consists of weekly 1 hour check-ins online or on the phone and in person may be possible by mutual agreement. We will have breaks for holidays. You will get at least 40 hour long sessions over the year, 1:1 with me - on occasion we run over this amount and some students like to help in the apothecary.

The mentorship will unfold  as the seasons blow in and out.  A year will see you through the cycles of the seasons and celebrations and 4 seasons is the minimum journey though some folk like to double up over spring and summer – these kinds of journeys need arranging.

We might look at:
Plant kin for you – you’ll choose a small number of plants to work with 

Your life, desires, needs, challenges

Your wellbeing, herbalism, land care, rewilding and self-tending 

Elements and seasonal shifts

Energetics and Astrology

Ceremony in relation to an ecocentric understanding of our lives

Medicine making for you

Introduction to or deepening of herbalism to suit your needs

Making an apothecary (the size of it will depend on how long your mentorship is for)

Making a plant kin journal – depending on how long you choose to be mentored for (some students do more than one year)

We will also let a path unfold to see what it is you need

If you would like to be mentored in this way, get in touch with me and we can chat more.

Investment: £1888 (this is a non-refundable payment)

Minimum of 40 x hourly sessions – more can be arranged by each student.

2 scholarships available each year @ 50% and 25% discount – please ask especially if you are ‘POC’ or from a marginalised community (4 Dec 2023 - we have one left @25% discount - please get in touch if you would like it) 

We usually begin at Imbolc but for 2024 it will be in March. If you would like to step into this journey contact me. It would be my honour to guide you through this in whichever way unfolds for you.

With love, Amaia