at 2714 NE Alberta St, Portland , 97211
Holistic Clinical Herbalism from traditional and modern approaches plus nutrition, and mind-body medicine for whole person healing.
Vital Ways Holistic Herbal School, formerly The School of Traditional Western Herbalism is a 1-3 year Holistic Herbalist Certificate School, Herbal Education Center, Herb Store, Apothecary and Clinic in Portland Oregon. We offer Holistic Clinical Herbalist Certificate Programs plus short term classes for everyone from beginners to advanced students and practitioners of herbalism, mind-body medicine and nutrition. Vital Ways Holistic Herb School was born out of the need that manifested in the early days of our Free Herbal Clinic. Our experience, and later what we heard from other herbalists, was that traditional and modern herbalism was giving great results for people with complex conditions but we saw that to achieve deep and lasting healing in body, mind and spirit, people did remarkably better when we went beyond simply using herbs, to use all of nature’s healing wisdom together synergistically, including Nutrition, Mental Emotional Health, and Healthy Lifestyle. This holistic approach has contributed to amazing results that we have seen in our school, apothecary and Free Clinic. At Vital Ways, we believe that health is the presence of Vitality not just the absence of disease and with the correct knowledge and guidance, everyone who wants to can take steps to become healthier and more vibrant with the proper guidance and support. We believe that health care is a right, and we seek to empower those people who feel called, to serve as educators and practitioners to lead the way in ensuring access to trustworthy, experience based holistic herbalism and natural healing. The mission of Vital Ways is to empower others to attain deep and lasting health in body, mind and spirit through herbalism, nutrition, mind-body medicine and natural lifestyle. We believe that everyone has the innate ability to be more vibrantly healthy, and we train students to help others on this path.
bus and bike friendly
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