Our Professional Program
ArborVitae offers a three year program of study for those interested in gaining and applying professional and clinical skills in traditional herbal medicine. The program starts with the foundational year described below. Students who have studied in other programs may apply to place out of the first or second year. The Second and Third year clinical programs also run from September to May, and each year offers an additional 343 hours of instruction.
Moving to the Hudson Valley summer 2022!
Professional Program
Find out more about our herbalism program
The ArborVitae School of Traditional Herbalism incorporates a number of traditional energetic approaches, including Traditional Western Herbalism, Vitalism, Ayurveda, and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Expert instructors come with a well-developed philosophy and practice, offering a range of perspectives that contribute to a diverse and exceptional herbal education.
The 2022-23 school year's classes will be a hybrid of in-person and live online instruction. A minimum of half the classes will be held in-person, primarily at our new Hudson Valley location.
For practicing herbalists, ArborVitae will begin offering advanced and topical herbal intensives
held both online and in-person.
New to
Herbalism?
Are you fairly new to herbalism?
Take a look at our first year program entry.
Furthering your
Education?
Do you already have a strong foundation in herbalism through education and/or practice? – Check out our second year program.
Working with
Clients?
Looking for clinical supervision working with clients? Our third year program, open to graduates of our second year program as well as practitioners, offers just that!
Now Accepting
Applications
Holistic Traditional Training for a
New Generation of Practicing Herbalists. Now accepting applications for the 2022-2023 school year that starts in September 2022 at our new location in the Hudson Valley.
