The Medicine Makers Journey
Journey through folk wisdom, plant spirit, and the craft of medicine making
~ 10 months ~
September 2026 ~ June 2027
COHORT TWO:: REGISTRATION OPENS MAY 15 2026
with an expanded curriculum, supplies and offerings
A 10-Month Immersion into the Art, Spirit, and Craft of Herbal Medicine.
The first sunday of every month September 2026~ June 2027
Registration Open!
REGISTER HERE
~ limited space ~
The Medicine Maker’s Journey is a 10-month online immersive herbalism course for plant people, medicine folks, and curious hearts ready to deepen their relationship with plants while learning clear, repeatable medicine-making skills.
Together we’ll explore a wide range of herbal preparations, from teas, tinctures, oils, and oxymels to flower essences and smoke medicine, alongside plant energetics, body systems, seasonal practice, history, folklore, and ancestral threads. This course weaves the practical and the intuitive, supporting students in creating potent, accessible medicine for home, community, or business.
The journey includes monthly live classes held on Zoom, nearly all materials shipped to your door, 10 “Plant of the Month” deep dives, two Ancestor Semesters, small-group Medicine Pods with mentorship circles, a private group chat and a library of pre-recorded teachings, PDFs, and reference materials — all held within a supportive learning community designed to help you root more fully into your herbal path.
This course is designed to help you step fully into the roll of Medicine Maker.
What’s Included
60 hours of live teaching via zoom,
Nearly all materials (1000$+ value), 3 Private Medicine Pod Mentorship Calls, Dozens of pre recorded Mini Medicine Sessions and so much more.
Limited Space For Intimacy
(24 students max)
~ Monthly Live Classes~
Held the first Sunday of each month (Sept–June) // Zoom.
Replay up to a year from final class
3-4 hour hands-on classes blending folk wisdom, structured techniques, plant communication, and earth-based practices
~4 Live Decanting, Salve Making, and Review Classes~
3-4 hours of Casual, communal sessions to finish and bottle our medicines together
Review what we’ve learned.
~1 Live Mid-Summer Reunion Class/ Follow-Up Q&A calls ~
Reconnect after the course to ask questions, share stories, and integrate your learnings
~3 x Medicine Pod Mentorship Circle ~
With your Medicine Pod (no more than 5 other students in your general region that you will move with through out the year.) you will meet with Callie for a private mentorship call for up to two hours each. A time to connect, deepen, and ask questions.
~Pre Recorded Mini Medicine Sessions
Dozens of pre recorded short videos with demonstrations of all the medicines we will make. As well as harvesting, gathering, communing with plants, herbal safety, dosing and much more.
~In depth work book, dozens of full color PDF handouts and class notes~
harvesting+ gathering, body systems, herbal actions, dosing, detailed class notes and much more
~Most Supplies Shipped to You~
$1000+ dollars worth of supplies.
A beautiful curated box with key ingredients and materials shipped to you twice throughout the course.
All wild, garden or organic herbs , plus medicine making supplies like scale, beaker, funnels, straining bags, journal, bottles, organic menstruums, ritual items and much more.
(you’ll only need to gather a few simple items locally)
~ Small Cohort & Private Group Chat PLUS “Medicine Pod”~
Class size is limited to keep intimacy.
Private group chat help on Signal.
.Stay connected and supported between classes. Q+A. Community sharing & support.
You will be assigned to “medicine pod” based on your bio region with 4-5 other students max. This small group will meet during every class privately to connect and deepen. You will also meet with your medicine pod for a private mentorship circle with Callie three times throughout the year.
~20+ Herbal Medicines/Items Made~
From tinctures to teas, flower essences to oxymels, oils to incense — by the end, your apothecary will be FULL with plenty of extra to share with friends, family and community!
~Plant Of The Month~
Deepen with 10 different plants, through a self guided monthly tea ritual. First meeting the plant through energetics and taste, before revealing their identity. A tea and guided work book for each plant is provided. Each plant is one we work with over this course and will be discussed in class as a group. At the end of the course, a booklet will made for each student to take home which will have an in depth overview of each plant we studied.
~Ancestor Semesters ~
Over eight months you will be shipped dozens of prompts based on a monthly theme around ancestral connection. This self paced journey will help you deepen in with your ancestors, the plants they honored and used, and much more.
~ Branding, Packaging & Sharing Your Medicine~
Learn about sustainable sourcing of bottles, menstruums, herbs, simple graphic design tools, and how to bring your offerings to the world.
~Beautiful Certificate of Hours & Course Completion ~
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Investment
$3,333
Price includes $1000+ worth of supplies, shipped to your door twice throughout the year.
(add 100$ for international to help with shipping)
a percentage of every registration is donated to herbal mutual aid efforts & sponsorship
🌼 Payment plans available (2,3, 6, 9, 12 months) :: at NO additional cost to the overall price
~see FAQ for trade/barter ~
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS HERE
~accessible access for deaf and hard-of-hearing available, see FAQ~
First class September 6th 2026
LIMITED SPACE
REGISTRATION OPEN!
sign up here
The Medicines You Will Make
~ Elderberry + Rosehip Elixir
~ Usnea Double Extraction Tincture
~ Citrus + Dandelion Bitters
~ Elecampane Herbal Cough Syrup
~ Fir Tip + Rosehip Honey Pills
~ Cacao, Marshmallow + Mint Electuary
~ Fire Cider (oxymel)
~ Herbal Salt
~ Oregano, Calendula, + Paprika Culinary Oil
~ Tulsi, Lavender + Calendula Body Oil
~ Rose Facial Serum
~Rosemary Scalp Oil
~ Horsetail + Rosemary Hair Vinegar
~ Comfrey + Arnica Liniment
~ Personal Flower Essence
~ Flower Essence Mist
~ Smoke Wands
~ Rolled and Stick Incense
~ Custom Tea Blends (several)
~Rosemary Lavender Hydrosol
~Plantain Calendula Salve
~Mugwort + Lavender Dream Pillow
~Mini Drying Rack
No words really seem like enough to describe how grateful I am to have been on the Medicine Maker's Journey.
The personal growth I've experienced alongside the wealth of practical knowledge feels too big to describe. I am still absorbing everything Callie taught us in this class. It is packed full of so much information I didn't know I needed. But more than the recipes, the practical how-to, and the absolute abundance of both written and plant materials she provides, she taught us how to begin to listen to the plants themselves as our teachers. To learn about our individual ancestral lineages and incorporate the plant knowledge that has been there for centuries.
This course was exactly what I needed to tune into the herbs and plants growing wild on my property, to my ancestral line, and most of all to my own intuition. I cannot recommend this course enough to anyone looking to begin herbalism, or for an experienced practitioner looking to deepen their practice. As a beginner, I was able to keep up with the class pace, despite there being such a wealth of information that was all new to me.
A heartfelt thanks to Callie for sharing her knowledge. I'm so happy I was able to learn from her!
Many, many thanks for sharing your gifts so generously with us 💕
~Brieanna Lyda Chesser, The Medicine Makers Journey 2025-2026
“This course has been absolutely incredible, it was quite literally an answer to many of my prayers as I had made several attempts at herbal medicine making, and quickly gave up because it was all far too overwhelming.
The way Callie explains everything is very captivating and easy to follow, and I love how easy it feels to integrate these things into my life when they seemed so complicated before. I've been inspired in so many ways to pursue things I don't believe I would have had the confidence to dive into earlier on.
The tea making class definitely activated the biggest fire in me, and i've been really enjoying experimenting with different herb combos and gifting tea blends to my friends and coworkers, it's become a love language in itself! It's been helping me start to break out of my shell in a myriad of ways that I definitely think I need, as I'm naturally very quiet and introverted, and I've found myself reaching out and making more connections with people in my everyday life in ways that I believe are beneficial for everyone.
These classes are quite literally the highlight of my month, you can really feel the love, time and energy Callie has put into creating this course, and none of those details have gone unnoticed. I'm endlessly grateful for this opportunity to learn from her, and so excited for what's still to come.
Infinite blessings”
~ Emma Jade, Current Medicine Makers Journey Student class of 2026
2026 - 2027 Journey
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We begin where all true medicine making begins: in relationship with the plants and the land. This foundational class focuses on ethical harvesting, seasonal timing, plant identification, and conscious gathering practices—whether from garden, forest, or apothecary sources. We’ll explore how to read a plant’s readiness, how to harvest in ways that support regeneration, and how to work with both wild and cultivated herbs.
You’ll learn practical drying methods, troubleshooting mold and moisture, and best practices for storing herbs to maintain potency, color, aroma, and vitality over time. This class sets the tone for the entire journey, grounding your practice in care, reverence, and skill.
Project:
~ Build a simple herbal drying rack
~ Mugwort + Lavender Dream Pillow -
Tea is often our first relationship with herbal medicine, and also one of the most nuanced. In this class, we explore tea blending as both a sensory art and a therapeutic practice. You’ll learn how to create balanced blends using base, bridge, and accent herbs, while understanding how taste and energetics influence how herbs interact with the body.
We’ll dive into plant energetics and herbal materia medica, learning how to study herbs beyond memorization and begin forming lived relationships with them. This class also introduces personal constitutional patterns, helping students recognize how their own bodies respond to herbs and why certain plants feel supportive while others do not.
Project:
~ Craft multiple custom tea blends using eight different herbs -
NOTE: this class is held on the second Sunday)
This class focuses on drawing medicine into relationship through alcohol- and glycerin-based preparations. We’ll explore how different menstruums partner with plants to carry their medicine, and how to choose the right method depending on the herb, the body system, and the intended use.
We’ll work in depth with weight-to-volume methods as well folk methods, so students understand how, whyand when to use each. This class includes foundational teaching on dosing medicinal herbs, herbal safety, understanding strength and potency, and beginning to formulate remedies intentionally rather than randomly. We’ll also touch on early principles of herbal formulation, layering herbs thoughtfully rather than stacking indiscriminately.
Projects:
~ Elderberry + Rosehip Elixir
~ Usnea Double Extraction Tincture
~Citrus Dandelion Bitters -
A deeply nourishing winter class centered on sweetness as a medicine. We’ll explore syrups, herbal honeys, and electuaries as traditional preparations for immune support, respiratory health, and daily nourishment. This class is about warmth, preservation, and making remedies that are both effective and beloved.
You’ll learn proper preparation techniques, storage considerations, and how to adapt recipes for children, elders, and sensitive systems.
Projects:
~ Elecampane Herbal cough syrup
~ Cacao Marshmallow Mint Honey pills
~ Fir Tip + Rosehip Herbal Electuary -
Infused oils form the backbone of topical herbal medicine and offer a powerful doorway into working with the body’s internal rhythms. In this class, we’ll explore multiple oil infusion methods (Alcohol Intermediary being the primary focus), while grounding the practice in an understanding of the nervous system and lymphatic system — two key pathways for healing, regulation, and flow.
You’ll learn how herbs interact with the skin, nerves, and lymph, and how oils can support relaxation, repair, circulation, and detoxification. We’ll discuss oil selection, energetics, shelf life, and formulation, with a focus on creating remedies that support both resilience and rest.
Projects:
~ Tulsi, Calendula, and Lavender Body oil
~Rose Facial serum
~Rosemary Scalp and hair oil -
Decanting Tinctures +review +much more
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This class explores vinegar-based medicine and mineral-rich preparations that bridge food and remedy. We’ll work with oxymels and herbal vinegars as daily tonics—supportive for digestion, immunity, and overall vitality.
You’ll learn how to balance sour and sweet, select appropriate herbs, and incorporate these preparations into daily life in simple, sustainable ways.
Project:
~ Fire cider oxymel or vinegar
~Horsetail and Rosemary hair rinse -
Salve & Cream Making + Review + Much more
Project: Plantain + Calendula Salve
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This class steps into the realm of smoke, prayer, and transformation. We’ll explore herbs as smoke medicine, used historically and cross-culturally for clearing, protection, ceremony, and connection. Emphasis will be placed on respectful use, intention, and understanding smoke as a subtle yet powerful form of plant medicine.
Students will learn how to prepare herbs for burning, blend resins and plants, and work with smoke in both ceremonial and practical ways. A history of Scottish / Irish Saining practices.
Projects:
~ Smoke wands
~ Incense (loose or formed) -
~ March 14, 2027 (Bonus)
Decanting Vinegar + Review and Much More -
This class introduces the subtle, energetic layer of plant medicine. We’ll explore flower essences as allies for emotional, spiritual, and energetic support, while grounding the work in clarity, consent, and integrity.
You’ll learn how to prepare flower essences, work with intention, and integrate vibrational medicine alongside physical herbal remedies.
Projects:
~ Personal flower essence
~ Flower essence mist -
Focused on topical remedies for pain, inflammation, circulation, and nervous system support, this class brings together the medicine you’ve already made into applied use. We’ll explore liniments and other external preparations, discussing when to apply heat vs. cold, stimulation vs. soothing.
This class emphasizes practical, home-use remedies that support bodies in everyday life.
Projects:
~ Herbal liniment
~Facial Mist -
~ May 16, 2027 (bonus)
Hydrosol Crafting + graphic design +Much MoreProject: Rosemary + Lavender Hydrosol
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This class brings herbalism fully into the kitchen, where medicine becomes part of daily nourishment. We’ll explore culinary herbs as both food and remedy, learning how to infuse intention, flavor, and medicinal benefit into everyday meals.
You’ll leave with simple, repeatable practices for weaving plant medicine into your home life.
Projects:
~ Herbal salt
~ Infused herbal culinary oil -
Our final gathering is a spacious closing circle to reflect, integrate, and celebrate the journey. We’ll review key teachings, answer lingering questions, troubleshoot ongoing projects, and reflect on how each student’s relationship with plants has evolved.
This class is about weaving the medicine forward, into homes, families, communities, and future paths.
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Included in this course is 3 x 2-hour mentorship calls with Callie and your Medicine Pod (no more than 5 people in your bio-region that you will move through the year with).
These calls will explore where you are in your journey, offer a space to be witnessed, ask questions, receive personalized guidance, and deepen into your path as a medicine maker.
The dates for all class calls are as follows, and you will be assigned a specific date after registration and pod assignments and schedule preference in your intake.
August :: Arrival + Rooting
~ Saturday, August 22, 2026
~ Sunday, August 23, 2026
~ Sunday, August 30, 2026January :: Deepening + Recalibration
~ Saturday, January 23, 2027
~ Saturday, January 30, 2027
~ Saturday, February 6, 2027May :: Integration + Emergence
~ Saturday, May 22, 2027
~ Saturday, May 29, 2027
~ Saturday, June 5, 2027
Who is this class for?
This course is for herbalists, homesteaders, healers, caregivers, and creatives…anyone ready to deepen their connection to plant medicine and build the confidence to make and share it.
Whether you’re brand new or returning to the craft, this journey will meet you where you are.
“Simply put, this class has expanded and changed my life in ways I was not expecting and in ways I didn’t even know I needed. Callie is an extraordinarily gifted teacher. She somehow manages to meet each of us exactly where we are in our medicine making journey and in life. Her caring and support are unmatched in any other class I have ever taken.
Before class began, I received the most incredible ,stunning and carefully curated box of supplies . I could feel the love emanating from the box before I even removed the supplies. She has literally thought of everything we might need on this journey.
Callie joyfully shares all of her wisdom of plant knowledge and medicine making in a way that allows beginners and more experienced herbalists to learn something new in every single class. My home apothecary is growing by the day and the results of making and using this medicine speak for themselves. The journaling prompts and class homework allow you the opportunity to dive as deep into any topic as you feel called to do.
Access to class recordings, pdfs, links and class notes make it easy to go back and review the material again. My cohort is the most amazing group of women from across the globe and I have made life long friends bound by this very sacred journey we are on together. If you are feeling called to this class, I promise it will deliver beyond your wildest dreams.”
Suzie Boeyer ~ Medicine Makers Journey 2025-2026
The Medicine Maker’s Journey is for those who feel the specific call of the crafting : the artists, folk healers, wildcrafters, gardeners, parents, and plant lovers who want to:
~Craft potent herbal medicine in their own kitchens
~Learn time-tested folk and clinical methods alongside ritual and intuition
~Develop personal relationships with plants as teachers and allies
~Create a seasonal apothecary to support their homes, families, and communities
~Explore the magic, storytelling, and beauty of medicine making
~Weave history, energetics, and ancestral wisdom into their preparations
~Deepen with individual plants through intuitive practices
~ Uncover their own personal “ medicine” and what gifts they bring to the world.
~Connect with a circle of like mind folks walking the plant path.
~ Deepen into herbalism through the lens of crafting
~ Receive group mentorship from a seasoned herbalist
~Find connection with your ancestral plant lineage
This is a hands-on, heart-led course for people who want to make medicine.
If you’re looking to root into your role as a kitchen herbalist, earth witch, medicine crafter, or wise home healer — you’re in the right place. This is also a very welcome space for clinicians who want to sharpen their medicine making skills.
Meet your Instructor
Callie Blue Heron North
I am an island raised daughter of the land, a mother of two, partner to a woodsman, and overall life enthusiast. I live off grid in the forest, where my days are spent gathering plants and making medicines.
I consider myself a folk herbalist, though I have also studied clinical methods throughout my herbal path. I have been working with plants for more than 15 years and have run a brick-and-mortar apothecary on Lopez Island for the past decade. I have been teaching in-person classes for nearly 15 years, and brought my work online for the first time last year. It has been deeply rewarding to connect with students from many different corners of the Earth via the inter webs.
It took me many years to realize that my greatest joy in the world of herbalism is making medicine. I find it to be extremely rewarding, spiritual, and ultimately, deeply fun. I want to share this joy with you and help support you along your plant path, whether you are new to the craft or looking to deepen the knowledge you already carry.
The Medicine Maker’s Journey was born out of the absolute excitement and joy I take in making herbal medicines. I am confident you will leave this course deeply inspired and connected to a whole new way of relating with the world of plants.
“Callie is an exceptional teacher. She applies her knowledge base in a well curated approach that is not only organized, it is approachable. The applications and techniques she covers is useful to the new herbalist as well as the well seasoned. Everyone will come away from her course nourished and well versed on good medicine making.
Included in the cost of tuition is not only her expertise and desire to help her students learn, she provides the bulk of the materials you will need. She provides quality materials that is obvious she puts a lot of thought into her decisions and she packages them up so you have access to what you need, when you need it. You are also provided with the knowledge of how and what to do with the supplies.
Even though this series of classes were online with zoom, you feel like you are there in the room with her and the other students. Friendships are forged in this series. You cannot help it. The environment is nurturing and conducive to expansion and exploring what plants have to offer us.
I highly recommend her series of classes, I certainly came away with a stronger sense of how to make good medicine along with the confidence needed to accomplish this.”
Lori Antilla ~ Medicine Makers Journey Student 2025-2026
Questions answered
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All people, all ages, all expressions of the self! this is an inclusive space. This course is for anyone feeling called to deepen their relationship with plant medicine — whether you’re an herbalist, homesteader, healer, caregiver, creative, or simply the one your community already turns to. Whether you’re looking to enhance your herbal business or become the medicine maker in your home, this journey meets you where you are — beginner or seasoned — and empowers you to craft confidently and consistently.
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Yes. All live classes will be recorded and available to rewatch for up to one year after the final class in your student portal on the website
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Yes, we offer flexible 2, 3, 6, 9, 12 month payment plans at NO additional cost to the over all price.
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Because of the intimate nature of this course, I won’t be taking drop ins. Sorry!
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Yes!
I am deeply committed to making my classes accessible to all learners . For deaf and hard-of-hearing students, I will provide upon request:~Live ASL interpretation during Zoom sessions
~Closed captioning enabled for all live classes and replays
~Transcriptions of each class
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you’ll be asked to gather:
– (Organic) raw apple cider vinegar
– Raw, local honey
– (Organic), cold-pressed olive oil
-Mason Ball Jars (pint and quart sizes)I will also request everyone source a coffee grinder for their herbs
If you are unable to source these, you are still welcome to join — just know you may be sitting out on some of the hands-on portions.
Expect to spend around $100 total over the course for these items. All other materials are shipped to your door.
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Yes! I offer tuition assistance and scholarships!
If you’d like to be considered, please email me at AquariusBloom8888@gmail.com and share a little about yourself and why this course is calling to you at this time in your life.
Note: I will not ask for financial records, this is faith based.Need is very high at this time so I ask that you only apply if you absolutely cannot make any of the payment plans or barter options. Thank you!
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Absolutely! We welcome students from all over the world. There is a $85 international shipping fee, due at the time of registration, to cover the cost of shipping your monthly supply kits outside the U.S.
International packages are shipped Fedex express.
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Yes.
Refunds are available up to 4 weeks before the first class, minus a $120 administration fee. (This covers credit card fees which are not returned to the seller)
After 4 weeks :: no refunds are offered due the nature of supply gathering and shipments. If you need to cancel and are outside the cancellation window, your tuition may be applied to any future course I offer and/or Apothecary store credit.
If supplies have already shipped you will be responsible in covering return shipment costs.
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I love to barter. check out my current list of barter desires here
more testimonials from current MMJ students ::
“Callie is a phenomenal teacher.
I've participated in both a 6-week and a year-long course. What has stood out to me is how much Callie gives to us. We get everything listed, and everything intended, and we get so much more information, detail, and real care from her as a teacher. It's amazing.
I am a beginner, and the courses are welcoming to me and also are crafted for the more advanced learner.
What Callie creates is special.”
Ann Marie SB ~ Medicine Makers Journey 2025-2026
“I am loving this herbal journey that I’m on with Callie. I’ve been growing and making things with herbs for years, but this course is really deepening my knowledge in both ways I expected and also in ways that are so much more than I imagined.
It’s so expansive. We’re learning about making things with plants, but we’re also learning about astrology, consciousness, self-care, personal rituals, connection with others, natural cycles, herstory, and generosity toward oneself and others.
I mean really… what is this course not about?”
Maggie Taylor ~ Medicine Makers Journey 2025-2026
“The attention and care Callie puts in to the course is undeniable. Between the theoretical frameworks, the generous amounts of actual plant medicine and materials we receive, and the community, the class offers and incredible value and a meaningful way to begin and also continue engaging with plant medicine. It's the perfect blend of science and woo woo.
I can't recommend enough.”
Hannah Long @sofrehstudios ~ Medicine Makers Journey 2025-2026
