KAJ Confident Herbalist Tribe SP

Let's face it--there's nothing more frustrating than learning the basics about using herbs for medicine, only to feel like there's just SO much more to learn! And there's nothing more disheartening than getting started making herbal recipes, and then trying to do it all alone without help or feedback.

You would love to have a working knowledge of the medicinal herbs that grow around you. Maybe you've even tried taking foraging courses or searching online... You know that it's time to finally learn about the plants in order to take your herbal studies farther...

And yet, it's not quite working.

There's just SO much information about the plants, and you're not sure who to trust. Maybe you're afraid that if you try to grow or forage your herbs you'll make a mistake. As far as herbs and essential oils go, you're still deathly afraid you might poison someone!

Wouldn't it be amazing to have a REAL herbal support system with actual herbalists and aromatherapists to answer your questions? A true community....an herbal village!

Others make learning herbalism look easy. But for you, it's been anything but easy! You thought that the hard part was going to be taking a simple course or reading a book or even learning from YouTube, but as it turns out, that was only just the beginning, plus YouTube has an awful lot of garbage information. And now you feel like you must be missing something.

Or, maybe you're just realizing you want to have an actual person, a MENTOR, you can talk with to support you in your ongoing learning.

You're not alone. Most beginning herbalists and early aromatherapists feel these same things.

The truth is that having real knowledge about how to use medicinal herbs and essential oils with confidence is a game changer, one that will improve your health (and your family's), save you a ton of money, and even make you more self-reliant and empowered in your health choices.

The problems?

Most herbal courses are super expensive and usually aren't enough to get you started with true confidence...

Most people don't understand your desire to be more independent with your health through turning to natural plant medicine, causing you to feel SO alone on your herbal path....

And the fear of harming a family member or yourself often makes learning herbalism and aromatherapy feel like it's more trouble than it's worth....

But what if there was a way to make sure you got it right and actually developed a working knowledge of the plants and why/how they work?

What if you had a way to learn how to work with plants, people, and situations with confidence?

What if you had a kind and supportive community with experienced herbalists and aromatherapists to support you and answer your questions?

What if you had a path for making the more advanced topics you want to learn about accessible for you?

I spent decades struggling through health issue after health issue, battling with doctors about drugs that didn't work and only made me feel sicker and had dangerous side-effects.... Then my high school son got an ulcer from taking ibuprofen for his painful knees for football at the team's doctor's suggestion.

That was the final straw for me!

I discovered herbalism around 20 years ago, and I began my herbal education in earnest. I grew my own medicinal herb gardens and owned an herbal products shop. But something was missing from my herbal education: Mentorship within an active and vibrant like-minded community.

I became a clinical herbalist and professional level aromatherapist. For the past 12 years I've been teaching others to enjoy their own version of health empowerment through plant medicine.

I created the Confident Herbalist Tribe five years ago to help support you in your herbal learning and provide herbalism students what I didn't have: mentorship and support. To have a place not only for high quality, heavily researched herbal education and resources, but to also enjoy REAL human interaction with me and others in our special community that's on our own private platform. (No distracting, icky social media.)

We help you speed up your herbal learning journey. Our teaching of herbalism and aromatherapy are based on our belief that God is the Creator of all and has gifted us with all these medicinal plants. Plant medicine is perfect medicine...As a collective, we simply need to re-learn how to work with these amazing gifts.

Join us on the journey!

Here's what that would look like....

Getting off of over-the-counter medications and possibly prescriptions like so many of our students have instead of being trapped in the medicine and side-effect cycle
Experiencing improved health instead of continue to suffer as you are now
Learning to handle your health holistically (mind, body, spirit, emotions) for TRUE healing and health instead of taking medicines only for symptom control and help others do the same
Gaining the confidence to REALLY learn how to use herbs and essential oils safely and effectively instead of wondering if you're going to poison someone you care about
Having experienced herbalists to turn to when you need some help formulating and decision-making
Perhaps even starting your own herbal business and doing something you're passionate about as many of our students have done
Having a support network whether you're working clinically, as a community herbalist, or as a family herbalist.
The Confident Herbalist Tribe radically speeds up your learning process in learning phytochemistry, formulation (and more), AND provides solid support and help.

The Confident Herbalist Tribe is a motivating and complete herbal education community and group of herbal masterclasses with LIVE access to me weekly on Zoom. It's designed to help you learn deeply about medicinal herbs in all ways, so that you can formulate, create, grow, harvest, forage, preserve and prepare your own herbal and aromatic products for your family, yourself, and your friends...and maybe even start your own business!

I originally created the Confident Herbalist Tribe to help people seeking better health and independence from Big Pharma achieve the ability to use medicinal plants with confidence, safety, and effectiveness because I've seen first-hand in myself and others the life changing results from using medicinal plants.

After four years of added content, students who started out as beginners and are now practicing experts, we have content and activities for all levels from beginner to advanced. We're a village of herbalists who support and love each other.

If you are a person who is into self-reliance or natural living, or if you are sick and tired of having to use over-the-counter and prescription medications, this is an opportunity that I promise you will not want to miss.

The fact is, when people begin learning to use medicinal herbs, they're usually overwhelmed. And truthfully, there aren't a lot of places where you can reach out and ask a REAL herbalist a question and get an answer you can trust. Also, most good herbalism courses are expensive.

Here in the Confident Herbalist Tribe, student members choose their path. They can LEARN in community with others or by themselves in self study....OR BOTH. It's a completely individualized experience. You'll become a confident herbalist by joining the Tribe regardless of how you choose to study.

The second you join us, our helpful and buzzing community of other herbal people and our expert coaches welcome you in. This rockstar group of herbalists, aromatherapists, and natural living women will empower you to remain motivated and learn quickly so you can start helping yourself and your own community with medicinal plants.

But the amazing community, which is worth the cost all by itself, is just the tip of the iceberg! With an incredibly researched massive amount of herbal content (texts and hundreds of videos), workshops, plant talks, and recorded (and live) Question and Answer sessions multiple times a month, you'll enjoy not just information, but also my uncensored thoughts about using medicinal herbs for health, life, mindset, philosophy, and more.

You can become an herbalist in the margins of your life, on YOUR terms, and in the time you have. I did it. And I've taught others to do it.

It's time to become a Confident Herbalist and enjoy greater health sovereignty!

You'll take a short and fun quiz to determine exactly where you are in your journey to becoming an herbalist and aromatherapist!

Knowing where you're starting from gives you a point to begin. And, recognizing this baseline helps you acknowledge later on how much you've grown. This gives you confidence!

The herbal path is a winding one for many, so having a guide can really help speed up and enhance the learning process.

Find out where you are in your herbal learning, then develop your personalized path!

We all learn differently. Step two is deciding how you want to approach your herbal learning. We honor individual learning modalities.

Masterclasses are organized in three ways: 1) by body system; 2) seasonally; and 3) alphabetically.

Enjoy:

1) Live chats where you can interact if you choose

2) Lots of researched text materials

3) Videos to watch!

4) Ability to search for key words and learn what you need to learn

5) Audible aspects

6) Quizzes for accountability

7) Tracking your hours if you like

8) and MORE

Workshops! Additional fun workshops are rotated in and out each quarter!

Decide how YOU want to approach your herbalism path, and then take action!

Learning happens best when there's experimentation and interaction among like-minded people.

Inside the student community you'll have access to experienced herbalists and aromatherapists every day, as you need.

From live, scheduled weekly Q&A chats and plant deep dives to our active and engaged student community, you're never alone. Surround yourself with like-minded friends all learning together!

The live chats are recorded and available on replay, too....hundreds of them! (And they're searchable)

You have all the support you need in the Confident Herbalist Tribe!

If I don't have what I need, I can go into the group and find a recipe or get some help!

"When Heidi offered the monthly classes in the Tribe I jumped on it, her rates were SO affordable compared to all the others, she's a walking encyclopedia, and she is a kind, warm, humble human being that is easy to listen to and watch! When I started doing all this my kids were sure I'd flipped my lid, now they're calling me, "Hey mom, ya got any kinda voodoo concoction for this...." If I don't, all I have to do is get into the student group and I can find a recipe or get some help!"

OVER 55+ HERBAL AND AROMATIC MASTERCLASSES, WITH MORE BEING ADDED ALL THE TIME...

MASTERCLASSES! The Tribe currently contains nearly 60 complete masterclasses. These are deep dives into specific herbs and essential oils PLUS herbal foundations courses, specific needs courses, and more. Each of these include videos and printable books that are between 30 and 80 pages of researched information, recipes, materia medica, phytochemistry, foraging, identification, growing information, and more.

You'll get to choose the masterclasses that YOU need for your herbal journey. All of us are different and we need different places to begin. The Tribe provides this for you with three different organizations of the masterclasses. You can choose to start with body systems (perfect if you want to improve your health), take a seasonal approach (which is great if you're a gardener), or just take the masterclasses in alphabetical order or as they arrive each month in the course materials.

You're never "behind" in the Tribe. You can go through the masterclasses on your own schedule. It's easy to learn herbalism in the margins of your life. Most herbal preparations take literally moments to make, and by using your little spots of time in your life, you can quickly create herbal remedies to use for yourself and family.

BONUS: A HIGHLY ACTIVE AND ENGAGED STUDENT COMMUNITY

Honestly, our community is priceless. It's like none you've ever experienced before.

I realized how special our village is when another herbalist actually reached out to me for answers and help with a client....because she couldn't get an answer in her own student group! She said the group was dead....

I've been in groups like this myself, and there's nothing more frustrating than needing a little help and guidance and getting nothing.

BUT NOT THE CONFIDENT HERBALIST TRIBE....

If you have a question as you grow in herbal knowledge (and you will), this is where you can get answers, ideas, suggestions, and options from other herbalists and aromatherapists. It's truly an amazing addition to your learning and will dramatically shorten your learning curve!

Having access to the student community will alleviate any fears you have of poisoning yourself or family with herbs (which is pretty impossible to do anyway) or making a costly mistake.

BONUS: LIVE LEARNING SESSIONS EACH WEEK!

On top of the amazing student group, you have personal access to me each week in our LIVE Question and Answer Chats and also inside our active student group that's JUST for Tribe members. **Yes, these are recorded, so if you have a question you want me to answer directly, I'll answer you on video in our weekly meetings, and you can always catch the replays. There are hundreds of these for your viewing pleasure, AND they're about to become searchable by the end of the year.

My hourly rate with clients is a minimum of $150 an hour. These chats alone are worth joining the Tribe, even if the masterclasses weren't included!

BONUS:

Each month, we take a very deep scientific dive into one plant where you'll learn about the phytochemistry (why it does what it does), enjoy fully researched in-depth content, the history of the plant's use, folklore, and new recipes and remedies.

There are around 50 plant masterclasses now. Each contains a full text (30 to 80 pages long), additional recipes and remedies, AND videos to enjoy. These will deepen your herbalism knowledge as you walk with me through some fun how-to's.

You'll also have access to all replays and slide decks used. Truly, there's nothing like the Confident Herbalist Tribe.

BONUS: DISCOUNTS FOR MEMBERS

Members of the Confident Herbalist Tribe get special discounts and pricing on other courses in our school. In fact, quite often, members have access for free to additional courses for sale in the school. Members also get a great discount on St. John's wort fresh herb when we harvest it during its short harvest window each summer!

Students of Healing Harvest Homestead School of Botanical Arts & Sciences also get treated to discounts from several bulk herb companies and reputable essential oil companies including Foster Farms Botanicals, Reverie Farm, Amrita Aromatherapy, and others!

When I joined the Confident Herbalist Tribe what I found was an active and vibrant family of herbalists led by an excellent teacher.

"At the time Mrs V started the tribe I was half way through another course from a different herbal school. I was struggling with the format of the course and was disappointed with my progress and support there. After I became involved with the Tribe I never went back to finish that course because what I found was not a school curriculum, but an active and vibrant family of herbalists led by an excellent teacher that takes each student under her wing and takes a personal interest in each one.

I have progressed in my herbal studies under her by leaps and bounds. Thank you Mrs V for the passion and love you show us.

Over 55 masterclasses currently. New masterclasses are added on average every month, although sometimes more than one are added, and sometimes we'll skip a month.
Membership in the private school community. My student community is OFF social media on a completely private platform. You don't have to worry about prying eyes, and you can feel comfortable asking questions.
Live WEEKLY Question and Answer Chats...
PLUS these are recorded so you can watch the replays anytime you want.
BONUS courses!
Occasional access to other courses in the school.
Discounts on physical books and occasionally new courses I release.
PRICELESS: Access to a real herbalist and aromatherapist where you can get your questions answered.

NOTE: This is a completely digital product and group of masterclasses. Certain books are available as a physical book for an additional cost that's steeply discounted for Tribe members.

You have a lot of choices about how you want to invest in your herbal learning with The Confident Herbalist Tribe!

Option One: Subscription plans...

A subscription plan is charged monthly, quarterly, or yearly on an ongoing basis. These are generally less expensive in the short-term and they help people get started affordably.

Option Two: Purchase the Tribe as a Course...

When you purchase the Tribe as you would other online courses, you pay one fee and are never charged again.

Learning herbalism and aromatherapy is an investment in your future. I hope you'll join us!

Because of the massive value of the content inside the Confident Herbalist Tribe and the fact that it's all digital, you have one day to look over the materials and join the student group to see if it's a place for you. If you decide that it's not for you, please reach out for a full refund within that first 24 hours.

If you're on a subscription plan, please NOTE: Your access to the materials and the student group will be cancelled immediately upon cancellation of your payments regardless of the payment date of your subscription.

In these difficult times, we all want physical resources in our homes. Because I've found that students become overwhelmed with the massive amount of content available inside the Confident Herbalist Tribe, materials are downloadable for students in good standing on a quarterly basis. However ALL materials are available for viewing online at any time. There are also physical books compiled of the herbal masterclasses available for an additional cost.

**If you choose the "own the Tribe as a course" option, and you'd like a copy of any of the PDF's outside the quarter it's available, just reach out to me, and we'll take care of that for you via email.

The bottom line is you'll be losing out by just downloading materials and not using the massive resources in the Tribe. You can just go buy a few books if you'd like to do that.

I'm an introvert too, so I get you. When I take online courses, I usually don't engage in those groups on Facebook at all, no thank you.

However, as a career school teacher for decades, I know the power of engagement and human interaction in the learning process. I also know the mistakes other schools make in facilitating their student groups. I know how to avoid those mistakes.

I'm an expert facilitator, our community stands upon values of learning and respect, and it's a safe space for you to ask questions and learn.

Finally, our student village is OFF social media, completely. I care so much for our students that we've paid for, built, and created our village on a private platform where you won't experience the "creepiness" of Facebook.

You do NOT have to be involved in the student community if you don't want to. You can still enjoy all the videos and texts and the replays of previous chats on your own.

However, I encourage you to join the student area and take advantage of the incredible support and love there is inside!

The Tribe isn't for everyone. You're NOT a good match for the Confident Herbalist Tribe if you're:

looking for a free or cheap option for learning herbalism and aromatherapy. Learning anything worthwhile is an investment in your time and money.
a person who wants to use the Tribe to sell their own products or spam the group with YouTube videos
not truly interested in learning about herbs and essential oils
already someone who has a vast knowledge of herbs and essential oils
someone who doesn't really care about their health or the health of their family

The Tribe IS for a person who:

understands that learning herbalism is a valuable skill that you have for life!
realizes the power of plant medicine and wants to learn
is interested in leaving a valuable legacy to their children and grandchildren
likes to learn alone
likes to learn in community
wants a safe place and person to ask questions of and get answers!
wants a more affordable herbal education without losing quality
enjoys sharing their experiences with herbs and asking questions

There are TWO options for joining the Tribe:

The FIRST option is to join on a subscription basis. This means you have access to the materials for as long as you pay your monthly or annual payment. If you stop your payments, your membership ends immediately, and you lose access to the student group and all course materials.

Some people want to have access to the materials and student group without having a subscription, so if this is you, there's another option.

The SECOND option is to own the content like you would an online course. This means that you'll make one full payment or take advantage of the payment plan if you like....once you've paid in full, you now can access the Tribe content and the student group at any time with no more payments at all. You'll own the Tribe for the lifetime of the course/membership.

There are two main aspects of the Confident Herbalist Tribe:

1) The course materials are housed inside the school

2) The student community is housed on a private platform OFF social media where you're safe.

You're in charge of how you want to approach your herbal studies inside the Tribe. Masterclasses are organized in these ways:

1) Herbal Foundations courses are available for those who need the basics.

2) The deep-dives into specific plants and essential oils are organized three different ways:

**by body systems (great for those with health issues they want to work on)

**by seasons (great for gardeners and foragers)

**alphabetically (great for those who want a very ABC approach

PLUS, take advantage of our weekly live learning sessions, which are recorded so you can watch the replays.

YOU get to choose how to learn! And if you want ideas, the members in the student group can help get you going, or you can ask in one of the live weekly chats!

The Confident Herbalist Tribe is an ever-growing, and therefore, ever-changing membership opportunity and gets better each year. We reserve the right to make changes to the organization, frequency, and format of any additional materials according to the needs of my students or to streamline materials if I feel this is more helpful for members.

As of now, new masterclasses are added on an approximate monthly basis, and also includes most or all of the school's short courses and workshops! Live learning sessions with replays for those who can't attend are also an important part of the Tribe.

Replays of all past live sessions (around 100 at this time) are also included, and these are searchable---with transcripts.

**NOTE: To protect students, I also reserve the right to remove students from the student group aspect of the Tribe if rules are broken or for any reason we deem necessary to retain the integrity of the Tribe. If this happens (and so far it's only happened twice) then the student will still have access to the course materials but not the student community. There will be no refunds in this event.

WE WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY.....

Because it's a digital product with a massive amount of content, you have one day to look it over and decide if the Tribe is right for you. If it's not for you, just request a refund. In addition, those members who choose the subscription option rather than the lifetime course option pay a very small monthly or annual fee for access and can cancel their subscription at any time.

NOTE #1: At the time the subscription is cancelled, students will no longer have access to the course materials or the student community.

NOTE #2: A student who has downloaded more than a typical monthly amount of content (one masterclass text book, videos for that class, and replay transcripts per month) will not be eligible for a refund.

The Tribe is extremely valuable in its entirety. Please respect our hard work and don't steal.

Read our Terms of Service.

Deepen (or begin) your herbal, aromatherapy, and natural living practice!

Quality herbal education and an active, vibrant village of like-minded people.

The Confident Herbalist Tribe is the BEST place to grow your herbalism practice, empower your health choices, and enjoy support in making customized herbal remedies for those you love and clients you serve.

–Annie L., Confident Herbalist

"I'm in the Confident Herbalist Tribe for life, and I've completed the Family Herbalist Certification program too. Two of the best decisions I've ever made. I love both groups!"

–Sandra Pfeuffer, Confident Herbalist

DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?

You're ready to dive more deeply into learning herbalism, and now your biggest question is:

WHERE do you find REAL mentorship?

HEY THERE! I'M HEIDI VILLEGAS!

And I want to support you in becoming skillful and confident in your use of herbs and oils.

YOU WERE NEVER MEANT TO DO THIS ALONE.

Health-minded moms, self-sufficient folks, survivalists who want to make their own plant medicine, and those of a certain age tackling health issues just like YOU are raising their hand and getting the help they need to make their dream of becoming an herbalist come true.

Here's what that would look like....

"Joining the Tribe has been a life-changer for me...and my husband. It is the BEST decision I could have ever made. Being able to take our health into our own hands has been liberating to say the least!!"

–Sandy Judy, Confident Herbalist

INTRODUCING THE CONFIDENT HERBALIST TRIBE

The herbal community and materials you need to finally grow in your herbal experience, learn higher level herbalism and aroma skills, and get your questions answered by REAL herbalists to support you.

"Fascinating information! Thank you for sharing, Heidi! I think the scientific explanations are part of what sets your Confident Herbalist Tribe apart from other herb schools. The herbs and oils work absolutely, but also here's why and how you can expand upon it in your journey... 😊"

–Carrie O., Student Herbalist

"It dawned on me today that I am now able to navigate the "pharmacy" section of natural food stores. I'm also able to make most of the things on the shelves at home, and I can formulate them myself! Thank you, Heidi!

–Heather Savage, Confident Herbalist

WHAT MAKES THE CONFIDENT HERBALIST TRIBE SO MUCH BETTER AND DIFFERENT?

More than just a course or a few plant monographs, the Tribe is an active community of support for you; AND it's a massive group of herbal masterclasses, workshops, and bonuses available at your fingertips...

- P I L L A R O N E -

Identify

- P I L L A R T W O -

Learn

- P I L L A R T H R E E -

Your Village

REAL RESULTS THAT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES....

Be a confident, skilled herbalist & aromatherapist in a vibrant community loaded with herbal knowledge, fun, support, and more. Beginners to advanced.

–Nicole Hanna, Confident Herbalist

"The Tribe has been a game-changer! I was just experimenting on my own last year, but now that I joined the Confident Herbal Tribe I feel like I'm truly getting an education!"

–Christina P., Confident Herbalist

HERE'S WHAT'S INCLUDED...

Get all the tools you need to become a truly confident herbalist.

"Be ready for life-changing results!"

–Matt Wiedyk-- Confident Herbalist, Aromatherapist, and Dad

"I love that the Tribe has it all!"

"I love that the Confident Herbalist Tribe has it all. Masterclasses, live Q&A chats, and even deeper study. What I like the best is the community and the freedom to choose how I want to study."

–Bernadette Walker, Student and Herbalist

Don't miss this very special opportunity to join the Confident Herbalist Tribe!

$4,000 Starting at $57

$4,000 $215

–Cliff Bennett, Preparedness Expert and Herbalist

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS....

Is the Confident Herbalist Tribe Right For Me?

WHAT'S INCLUDED WITH THE TRIBE?

HOW SOON AFTER PURCHASING WILL I RECEIVE MY PRODUCT?

WHAT IS THE INVESTMENT?

WHAT IS YOUR RETURN POLICY?

CAN I DOWNLOAD ALL THE MATERIALS?

I'M AN INTROVERT. DO I HAVE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE STUDENT COMMUNITY?

HOW DO I KNOW WHETHER THE CONFIDENT HERBALIST TRIBE IS RIGHT FOR ME?

WHAT IF I DON'T HAVE TIME?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO "OWN" THE TRIBE AS A COURSE?

HOW DOES THE CONFIDENT HERBALIST TRIBE WORK?

WILL THE TRIBE EVER CHANGE? ONCE I'M IN, AM I IN FOREVER?

DON'T WAIT! Join us now before prices increase again as the value continues to increase.

The Tribe has breathed so much life and confidence into my use of herbs at home!

–Anna Merhalski, Herbalist and Writer at Salt in My Coffee