Update: After quite a few years of holding this course through the winters I have decided to take a sabbatical from holding it for a couple of years while I focus my energy on transcribing the material into a book. When I am ready to offer it again I will announce registration through my newsletter […]

This program will be held again beginning in November 2025 – dates and details will be announced at summer solstice 2025 – sign up for my newsletter or send me an email at jilliantwisla@gmail.com to receive details as they are announced. This year-long commitment is meant to serve as a practical and well-held container within […]

Update: I am re-designing this course to include more collaborators, more hands on activities and more optional time together for fun, by scheduling full weekends rather than two separate days per month. I am really excited about the shape that is taking form and the brilliant minds and hearts that are leaning in to add […]

Update: Suzanne and I have decided to take a year off from offering this weekend intensive to focus on holding the longer, 9 month version of this course. We’d love for you to consider joining us for this 9 month deep dive! We loosely expect to hold the weekend intensive version again in 2026! You […]

This is something that I offered for the first time in 2018 at the request of a previous course participant who wanted to go deeper in her study with my support. I really enjoyed supporting her in this way and found that the one-on-one mentoring experience offered several positive aspects that aren’t really possible in […]

I’ve always been deeply interested in the unloved ones, in those who are cast aside. Those who are not valued by the society of any given moment in time and find themselves on the outs… Given that I’m generally not into most of the beliefs and implications of “the society of any given moment”, those […]

I have been teaching year round with the Earthwalk School of Herbal Traditions in Rockport, ME since they opened, for over 6 years now! Melanie Scofield and Steve Byers are excellent herbalists and teachers of heart and I have loved working with them to support Mel’s vision of an herbal school here in the Midcoast. […]