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Herbal Shamanic Apprenticeship

Rooted in the wisdom and knowledge of local wild plants, native trees, and traditional practices, our mission is helping you to reconnect with your own intuitive relationship with nature and yourself. At the same time you will be learning about botany, chemistry, wild plant nutrition, plant medicine preparations for health and more.​​​

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Course Includes:

Working with NZ Native Tree and Wild Plant Spiritual properties and teachings, Wildcrafting, Identification, Materia Medica, Medicine Making, Herbal Nutrition and Cuisine, Plant Essences, Nature awareness and Earth Connection.​ Link here

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Practical applications of Wild plants and NZ Native trees will be included such as: infusions, creams, tinctures, ointments, mineral extracts, pessaries, wild foods, shampoos, eye drops and more.

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We will be working with the moon cycles and start the course off with a ceremony.​​​

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Plant Medicine and Healing practices –

Deepen your knowledge on a shamanic and practical level with NZ Native trees and Wild plants.  

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The Apprenticeship is based on sensory development, botany, human anatomy, plant healing practices with the body, kinesiology, principles of homeopathy and herbalism, wild plant nutrition and herbal cuisine, parasite and heavy metal cleansing, mineral uptake, harvesting including seaweeds and mushrooms. The shamanic journeying includes sacred sound journeys, wolf medicine dance, and working with plant essences. 

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Shamanic Herbal Apprenticeship
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Dates: May 31st - June 5th

September 5th - 10th 2025

Location: Piha, West Coast Beach, Auckland
Registration Deposit: NZ $300*

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Online Goddess Course

Beginning May 2025

 

Furthering your journey and education on a shamanic Level with the Goddesses. The intention and structure is centred around being in close communion with a Divine Energy, a week at a time.  

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This Goddess course comprises of 6 weeks at a time.

We will intimately connect with the following 6 Divine Healers.

Isis, Mary Magdalene. Demeter, Durga, Kuan Yin and Hecate.

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https://divinemotherwellness.com

Online Goddess Program

Registration Deposit: NZ $300*

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Herbal Diploma in Biofield Therapies
Available on the completion of two courses and a thesis to be
handed in and presented during the second course.
​ Case Studies - 30 studies to be completed and handed in. Perfect for students who have completed the intensive / apprenticeship and online courseFeedback discussions and Foundations going forward with patients.

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Personal Experiences

"I still think doing your course was the best thing that could ever have happened to me. Putting me in touch with my soul again and the oneness with everything around us."

J., South Island.

"Tena koe Amy

I am happy to provide a course write up from my experiences at the apprenticeship course I attended in 2014.  My experience started through pain and suffering I had just had a bad week with  tooth ache and "tanked up" on antibiotics from the dentist, which were actually making me feel like......

 

My life excelled into another world  through the Intervention of the spirit and my Tupuna as they directed me to Paihia I questioned why I would want to go to Paihia that particular day, but hearing the quiet voice saying "go to Paihia!" It was to so strong.... I followed through.

 

Amy you were right there in the doorway of the Paihia hall Our brief conversation and consult not only healed me but opened a pathway to learn and experience the apprenticship course I learnt so much from the course Particularly this, that pain was in fact my allie.

 

Being able to learn in a beautiful environment with sweet and beautiful people  helped me gain confidence and appreciation of the taonga that papatuanuke provides for us all Communicating and connecting with the plants and trees was amazing, learning of their healing abilities and experiencing the group dynamics was fun I continue to make the tinctures and creams

 

If I could do this course again I would"

 

Nga mihi

Bella, Northland

"I found Amy's plant rhythm apprenticeship to be very nurturing and grounding.  Her facilitation enabled us to connect deeply to plants in a way I hadn't experienced before.  I really feel much more in tune now with our beautiful native plants and trees and this is what I was

wanting from the course.  Amy has a depth of knowledge and connection to the energy of plants and the earth that invited us all to enter those quiet places as well.

 

I think back to the time at Piha with great affection and remember the wonderful sisterhood we shared in the bush beside the ocean, the amazing food we prepared, all the infusions we drank and potions we created, the walks in the bush to meet and dialogue with the plants, trees, fungi, creepers, mosses, lichens and our friends the garden weeds, the songs we sang, the transformative sweat lodges we shared, and the caring we received.

 

It wasn't a typical learning environment with an emphasis on taking notes and doing heaps of assignments although we did have them and I wish I'd made more notes to help remember more of the incredible information we were offered.  It was very much an opportunity to drop into our bodies and spirits and to allow our essence to flow and breathe.

 

It was a very special apprenticeship and I would like to have more catchups. Thank you so much Amy for being you and creating this 

opportunity of being deeply immersed in nature and her gifts".

 

With much love from

J.S, Tauranga

"I decided to do Amy McCombs Plant Rhythms Apprenticeship after completing my Naturopathic Degree and it was the best investment I made for myself at the time. I felt that Amy’s course brought me back to my own intuition when working with plants and people and gave me valuable wisdom on how to work on an intuitive level that honors nature and brings a sense of harmony when working with plants.

 

Amy’s plant knowledge and wisdom when it comes to helping people is inspiring, It helped me to develop my knowledge of wild foods, using plants in my daily life, cooking with wild foods, and learning more about the native species which was an area that i was keen to develop, it was empowering, although I had already practiced some herbal medicine, I felt that Amy’s course made it a wonderful practice that really honored the earth, bringing ritual and ceremony to our work.

 

I feel that this course has been an important part of my journey on both a personal and professional level. I left my course at Plant Rhythms with not only more wisdom but an incredible sense of sisterhood with all the wonderful people that I met during my time. I would recommend this course to anyone that truly wants to learn about mother earth with a true medicine women”. 

 

LOVE and Gratitude ALWAYS

Fleur, Auckland

 

Course Promo codes:
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Where requested, please use the promo codes below to remove shipping costs from your purchase.

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PICKUP - Pick Up - New Zealand. For customers who are picking up their purchase (in New Zealand only)
COURSENZ - Course Deposit NZ.  Course Deposit - removes the postage and handling charge for NZ based students
COURSEINT - Course Deposit International.  Course deposit - removes the postage and handling charge for international students

 

Cancellation Policy

All course deposits and paid fees are non-refundable.  
In the event you are unable to attend a course, you may transfer your course deposit or paid fees to a future course.

* Full course payment must be in before the course begins. Thank you.

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