Your Medicine Path is calling…Will you answer?
Join us for a journey of healing, growth and transformation.
Life as Medicine Way is a nine month online and in person intensive initiation. It is a guided journey into the sacred teachings of our ancestral inheritances, lived experiences, our relations, plant teachers and our Pachamama. Life as Medicine Way is an alchemy of the mind, heart and soul.
Weaving Andean-Amazonian cosmology, plant spirit medicine, folk herbalism, shamanic practice, ancestral healing and other contemporary earth-based wisdom modalities; Life As Medicine Way is a course on embracing lifestyle as the conduit for ceremony and medicine.
By providing a safe space to explore, participants are supported and held accountable to harness the skills and tools to step into the role as the healer of their own lives. Through this offering we learn the art of communing with plants as our teachers and wisdom stewards, and we nourish a practice of deep connection with our spiritual and ancestral resources.
What People Are Saying
“This lovely program supported me delve deeper into my connection and love of plants, elements, animals, this Beautiful Earth/Pachamama. My heart feels full and supported from the connections made with other attendees, and for the wise and loving council of Francisca. Offering one's medicine to our own life and community is a profound growth and joy.”
— Mariefrance Cote, class of 2023
“I am so appreciative for this space and teachings through Life As Medicine Way. The consecutiveness of this series provided me with the accountability to really refine and sharpen the tools I have, learn and expand in my personal journey and offerings, dive deeper into diets and my relationships with my spirit council. I look forward to experiencing this new birth of self, as well as with all that is interwoven in this journey.”
— GXD, class of 2023
“Life as Medicine Way truly transformed me, this medicine container ushered in countless rebirths, stepping closer and closer to my truth with every month. I feel that I have re-membered so much about my spirit, and feel deeply supported by my ancestors, council, and guides. I feel that I am a more aligned earth steward, friend, lover, ceremonialist, and space-holder with the tools and healing that I have received during our time together. My spirit has truly been shaken in necessary ways, rupturing my heart open over and over again. So much gratitude for Francisca's tenderness and wisdom, this medicine container and all of my fellow cohort will hold a special place in my spirit”
— Jo, class of 2023
This program is for you if:
You are ready to heal yourself and your relations, and take the lead in living a lifestyle guided and informed by self and earth based wisdom, intuition and harmony
You are ready to lay to rest old and expired narratives of disempowerment, and step into living your Sacred Purpose
You long to reclaim your belonging and connect with and nourish your roots, honoring your ancestral inheritances and updating your living agreements
You are called to commune with, learn from and establish lasting relationships with our plant kin
You’re ready to reclaim your lineage’s own traditional medicines and wisdom for living in health and harmony
You are willing to embrace the fire of transformation to render needed changes in habits, limiting beliefs and stories.
You are willing to commit to participate in this journey with full engagement and be in the practice of nurturing right relationship through sacred reciprocity
You are ready to face the discomforts of growth and transformation with courage, radical self love, compassion and curiosity
You’ve been longing to be part of a thriving community with like minded/hearted souls
This journey includes:
Lessons on living the good and beautiful way as per traditional wisdom from the Andes and Amazon
Reconnection with pre-colonial wisdom
Retrieval and renegotiation of original sacred agreements
Initiation in your own life as a medicine carrier/steward
Reclaiming purpose and heal belonging
Practices for embodying the living wisdom of the plants to integrate health and harmony, including cleanses, dieting, and tonifying
Lessons on facilitating ritual space
Integrating the wisdom of the elements into everyday rhythms for balance
Learning about South American folk medicine practices
Re*membering ancestral healing through soul-retrieval
Creating your own medicine kit with folk knowledge and formulations
Embracing mystical dream work
Social justice herbalism for personal and collective healing and liberation
Herbal womb wellness and fertility awareness
Lessons on sacred repair
Sacred death and dying
2024 Schedule
Online Class Sessions
Thursday evenings 6pm- 9pm
February 8nd to October 17th
except weeks when we meet in person
(NO CLASS ON 4/11, 7/25, 8/15, 10/26)
Support Sessions
Tuesday evenings 6-7pm
February 13th to October 22nd
except weeks when we meet in person
In Person
Day long garden gatherings:
April 13th, July 27th, Aug 17th, Oct 26th
Overnight garden retreat:
June 15th- 16th
Mid Journey Break
May 31st to June 15th
Meet your Instructors
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Francisca Santibanez
FOUNDER AND LEAD INSTRUCTOR
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Kimi Mojica
ASSOCIATE LEAD INSTRUCTOR, TEACHES SACRED REPAIR
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Miah McClinton
TEACHES SOCIAL JUSTICE HERBALISM
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Adam Elmaghraby
TEACHES MYSTICAL DREAM WORK
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Terry Hwang
TEACHES INTIMACY WITH NATURE AND NATURAL PERFUMERY
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Toni Mandara
TEACHES SACRED TRANSITIONS
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Asha Kholi
TEACHES SACRED DANCE RITUALS
“This course went above and beyond my expectations and intentions! This course ruptured me open in ways that I didn't realize I needed, but my spirit celebrated this rebirth and sacred re-membering”
Throughout our 9 month journey you’ll receive:
30 online sessions
29 weekly support sessions
4 day long in person workshops
1 overnight weekend camping retreat
123 hours of instruction
access to recordings of all online classes
connection to community with a class group through slack app
Exchange
Exchange is a sliding scale tuition of $6,950- $8,500
* A $1,500 deposit is required for all applications to be reviewed and to be accepted to the course (deposit is fully refundable if not accepted into the program)
* Once accepted, you may submit remaining balance in one payment or through our payment plan options (3, 6 or 9 months).
In fulfillment to our mission to support systemically marginalized groups within our community, we prioritize providing a limited number of need based scholarships to BIPOC, queer, trans, and persons with disabilities.
* A portion of all of our class proceeds go towards our community projects supporting cultural preservation and generational continuity.