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Earth Spirit Medicine Landing
The Northern Star College offers a variety of online Programs, including: Earth Spirit Medicine, Herbology, Flower Essences and the Practical Potions, Aromatherapy Program,
Intro
Welcome to Northern Star College’s Earth Spirit Medicine Program, where ancient wisdom meets modern self-directed learning. Building on over thirty-five years of in-person instruction, our comprehensive curriculum has evolved into a fully self-guided online format.
Our program is crafted to deepen your understanding of plant properties and holistic healing techniques, enrich your self-care practices, and enhance your professional toolkit. Use the plants around you to address minor first aid and learn natural preventative practices.
With pre-recorded audio lectures and Zoom lessons, we’ve transitioned our legacy in-person Herbal and Flower Essence classes into a format you can repeatedly review at a much-reduced cost.
Our Flower Essences and Herbology courses feature audio and video recordings from previous classes. This new format has reduced the cost of both courses while maintaining the depth of information that has benefited students for decades.
Whether you are a first-time learner or an experienced practitioner, we welcome you to join these “as is” historic sessions. Although Robert Rogers has greatly reduced his teaching commitments and now focuses mainly on writing and guest lecturing, these courses highlight his invaluable expertise. Laurie continues to revise legacy courses and create new programs.
Practical Potions: Aromatherapy is a revised, fully certified online experience and has remained at the same price.
Our Earth Spirit Medicine Program offers interconnected courses, allowing you to either focus on a single area or explore the full spectrum of our offerings:
Herbology
Immerse yourself in the wisdom of Western Canada’s native plants with Robert Rogers.
This comprehensive, “as is” pre-recorded online Herbology course includes audio lectures and Zoom video sessions led by master herbalist Robert Rogers.
Robert will discuss various local plants’ medicinal, healing, folkloric, and spiritual applications. Discover herbs, their components, and energetics while relating the information to body systems such as the heart, kidneys, and liver.
Robert will share his extensive knowledge of botany and clinical herbalism, which he has accumulated over 50 years, and his passion for local flora. He will discuss the remarkable plants native to Western Canada and explore their healing properties.
To complement the course, students must obtain a series of books on regional plants and body systems from Rogers’ School of Herbal Medicine, specifically designed for this program to enhance their studies. https://selfhealdistributing.com/product/rogers-school-of-herbal-medicine-bundle-volumes-one-fifteen/
Dedicated learners may also create “condition cards” for each plant they study.
This course bridges traditional botanical knowledge with modern science, giving you an in-depth understanding of the plants around you and how they can help with everything from digestion to wound healing.
Click here to see the course outline- Table of Contents Herbology
Are you looking for hands-on experience? You can sign up for in-person plant walks to improve your practical skills in identifying plants and mushrooms and making medicine.
Wildcrafting, Plant Walks, and Medicine Making – Link to Catherine- Northern Star College
Starts: TBA 14 Hours, Camrose
Instructor: Robert Rogers
Learn to identify, harvest, and wildcraft plant materials. Dress appropriately for walking in nature. Prepare tinctures, salves, and other herbal remedies.
Plant Walks- 3 walks, 3 Hours Each
Camrose- Mirror Lake, Valley View,
Link to Self Heal- Where Robert posts walks.
Starts: 3- 3 hour events.
Instructor: Robert Rogers
Discover local plants and mushrooms. Learn about their folkloric and medicinal uses. Be sure to dress properly for an outdoor event..
Flower Essences
Flower Essences- Subtle Elixirs for Deep Yearnings
45 hours Online
Start Date: TBA
Instructors: Robert Rogers and Laurie Szott-Rogers
Link to Flower Essences on northern star courses
Most of us suffer from the pain caused when our deepest longings remain unheard. Our bodies and emotions may repeatedly manifest illness until the true message of our distress or yearning is understood and addressed.
Dr. Bach, an English physician from the 1920s, developed flower therapy to help his patients with recurring health issues. He felt the root cause of their suffering was not listening to their more profound “dis-ease”, and not living their true purpose. Dr. Bach revealed flower essences that shed light on the emotional and soul issues not addressed in conventional settings. He developed these vibrational elixirs to open stuck patterns and unheard emotional and spiritual centers.
What You Will Learn:
A new way to view and address client issues.
The properties and use of English, Healing Herb essences, some of the Californian Flower Essence Societies, flower remedies, the Canadian Prairie Deva and Mushroom essences.
Interview skills to understand what is causing discomfort and “disease” in yourself and your clients.
How your yearnings and pain are messages indicating which flowers may benefit you.
How flower essences fill in gaps other healing practices do not address.
Develop Skills-
Assignments focus on personal growth, including experiencing the flower essences, interviewing class partners, writing up your insights and transformations, working with clients, and sharing your journey and insights through a class presentation.
Course Details-
Flower Essences is an online, self-learning experience. The course is pre-recorded on Zoom and offered, “as is” at a reduced cost.
The course also examines various essences from the California Flower Essence Society and local Prairie Deva and Mushroom essences.
Click Here for the Flower Essences Course Outline–Table of Contents Flower Essences
Here is what some former students say about flower essences–
“Flower essences are the closest I have ever come to being able to wield true magick. I can’t imagine what it would have been like to go through a whole life without the gifts and insights of this deeply powerful kind of spirit medicine. My experiences have illuminated me, and I believe I can only encourage light in the most elegant, graceful way possible by sharing this gift.” Jenn L
“I believe emotions, thoughts, feelings, are the foundation of our dis-ease, which can manifest as illness. Flower Essences can bring awareness to the roots of those states so we can work through them and grow. By changing our perceptions of our past experiences, we have the potential to bring about profound changes and growth.” Christine R.
“By taking the purest, highest vibration of a positive quality, anything lesser must surface and be released. In this way, the deepest healing occurs through an alchemical transformation process. The lead in our lives, thoughts, hearts, and ourselves is transfigured into gold- our true essence.” Connie S.
Discover the subtle magic of vibrational healing. Interpret your deepest yearnings, and use this vibrational technique to clarify and manifest your intentions.
Aromatherapy Intro
Practical Potions: Introductory Apprentice Ship Adventure
Instructors: Robert Rogers & Laurie Szott Rogers.
Launching in Spring 2025.
Infuse your environment with the purifying benefits of essential oils. This 70-hour, entirely online, self-paced course teaches you how to create everyday remedies—like toothpaste, foot rubs, and room blends—that boost creativity and promote holistic well-being.
You will discover the properties of essential oils and develop expertise in creating personal products. You will have access to detailed write-ups, videos, exercises, and an online journal to support your journey. Completing the entire course, projects, and assignments will result in certification in introductory aromatherapy.
This revised course, tailored for those ready to develop expertise, empowers you to integrate essential oils into your daily self-care practice and provides expertise in safely knowing and using essential oils.
Click Here for the Practical Potions, Introductory Course, Table of Contents – Table of Contents Practical Potions 1
To learn more, go to our Practical Potions Program Page. https://www.northernstarcourses.com/
Try before you buy- Take the “Free Cruise“- https://www.northernstarcourses.com/lesson/a-start-your-aromatic-adventure/
Aromatherapy Advanced
Practical Potions, Advanced, Apprentice Ship Adventure
Instructors: Robert Rogers & Laurie Szott Rogers
Launching in Spring 2025, our certified, self-study, fully online diploma program.
– Link to Practical Potions Advanced Course on northernstarcourses
Elevate your aromatherapy practice with our advanced diploma program. Building on the introductory course, you’ll master advanced blending techniques and develop professional-level formulas for hair, skin, beauty and perfumery. Explore more psycho aromatherapy, healing remedies, cleaning and plant care.
This 77-hour, college-equivalent course features comprehensive write-ups, videos, exercises, a detailed journal, and the opportunity to connect with like-minded enthusiasts in our exclusive Facebook group. Some graduates even turn their creations into an extra source of income!
Click Here for the Practical Potions, Advanced Course Outline – Table of Contents Advanced Aroma
Sacred Circle
Date: TBA 3.5 hours
Instructor: Laurie Szott-Rogers
Discover how to create a safe and supportive environment for sharing, whether on a personal level or with groups and clients. Engage in an egalitarian circle where power is shared, allowing everyone to speak and be heard. Cultivate the superpower of gentle listening.
Journaling
Date: TBA 3.5 hours
Instructor: Laurie Szott-Rogers
Write to enhance your self-awareness. This age-old practice allows you to articulate and record your emotions and perceptions. Journaling can serve as a heartfelt letter to yourself and a way to uncover your truth.
Why Choose Our Online Courses?
• Flexible Self-Study: All courses are structured for self-directed learning, allowing you to engage with the material at your own pace. Choose either one course or stack them together for synergistic learning.
• Authentic, Comprehensive Curriculum: Uncover insights from time-honoured wisdom merged with modern techniques—whether you’re exploring local herbs, transformative flower essences or practical uses of aromatherapy.
• Regional and Holistic Focus: Our Herbology course highlights the diverse plant life of Western Canada, while our Flower Essences course provides a pathway for personal and professional growth.
• Expert Instructors: Gain knowledge from seasoned instructors with decades of teaching experience and practical expertise in all subjects.
Join us at Northern Star College to explore how nature’s wisdom can enrich your healing journey. Whether you’re an experienced herbalist, aromatherapist, or just starting, our courses offer a rich and immersive learning experience that connects traditional knowledge with modern practices.