Distance Healing | Dream Journeying | Tree Spirit Medicine | Living Earth School of Herbalism | Workshops & Events
For information about Traditional Nahua Healing, please go to the main page.
Distance Healing
Working in the realm of spirit, unbounded by the limitations of time and space, Distance Healing is shamanic spiritual healing for any physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual concerns you may be experiencing as well as insight into your path and purpose.
As a Distance Healer, I work in humble relationship with the healing forces of nature and the innate healing capacity of your body~mind~spirit for deep healing and restoration to all levels of your being. Distance Healing can prevent conditions from manifesting physically, effect healing for those that have, provide insight and understanding, and a way forward.
Sessions:
Distance Healing can be done for anyone in the world. Sessions begin with a Zoom or telephone conversation to ascertain your needs and concerns, followed by the healing treatment and follow-up conversation to discuss the session. Sessions are typically 1 to 1 1/2 hours long. Please see the info page for fees and hours.
Dream Journeying: Connecting to the Plant & Tree Spirits
I offer dream journeying workshops throughout the year. I also offer private sessions/workshops for individuals and groups, including private sessions on your land to help you to connect and communicate with the plants and trees that grow there. Private sessions can be done in person or remotely via phone or Zoom for anyone, anywhere in the world. Please contact me to arrange a private session.
Tree Spirit Medicine
Tree Spirit Medicine provides a clear, accessible, soul-nourishing pathway through which we can receive deep healing and intimate connection with the Divine Natural World through the generous, wise, and loving medicine of the Tree People.
Since 2016, the trees have been giving me their spirit medicine. I am then able to transmit their medicine to others so that they may have direct experience of the profound healing, wisdom, guidance, and generosity of the Tree People. Please see the Tree Spirit Medicine page for the list of the medicine trees so far.
Throughout the year, I teach a series of Tree Spirit Medicine workshops. In the workshops, participants receive the transmission of a Tree’s spirit medicine so that they may have a direct, tangible experience of its medicine and how to work with it in their lives. Please refer to the “Workshops” page for my upcoming tree workshops.
I also offer private sessions/workshops for individuals and groups, including private sessions on your land to help you to connect and communicate with the trees that grow there. Private sessions can be done in person or remotely via phone or Zoom for anyone, anywhere in the world. Transmissions run between 1 1/2 to 2 hours long. Please see the info page for fees.
Every Tree Spirit Medicine transmission is a deeply rich, life-altering experience that will continue to reveal insights to you over many years. Once you receive the Tree Spirit Medicine of a Tree, it will be with you always whenever you need its medicine, guidance and support.
Living Earth School of Herbalism
Living Earth School of Herbalism provides quality education in Western herbalism and related subjects for those who wish to learn for their own personal benefit and/or who .
Living Earth offers workshops and online courses for the general public as well as professional training for herbalists, other practitioners, and employees of the herbal and natural health products industry.
Our courses and programs were developed by herbalist Michael Vertolli, the director and primary instructor of Living Earth School of Herbalism. Michael has practiced, taught, and conducted empirical research in Western herbalism since 1986.
Living Earth courses and programs are recognized by the Ontario Herbalists Association (OHA). The OHA standards are recognized throughout North America. Graduates of the Traditional Herbalist program are eligible for professional membership in the OHA and to use the Registered Herbalist (RH) designation.
Our Philosophy
Courses and programs offered by Living Earth are based on the philosophy and practice of traditional Western herbalism. The curriculum consists of a modern synthesis of traditional European and North American traditions, incorporating current advances in physiology and other elements of modern medical science. We recognize that there is an incredible wealth of valuable information that has become available through these disciplines. Some of this information is relevant to the practice of traditional herbalism, but much of it is not as it is based on a fundamentally different understanding of the nature of health and the healing process than that of holistic healing traditions.
At Living Earth, we do not subscribe to the reductionistic and materialistic bias of the modern medicine. Advances in medical science that are important to the practice of herbalism are incorporated into a traditional, holistic paradigm rather than attempting to incorporate herbalism into a reductionistic medical paradigm.
Our philosophy is holistic and organismic, recognizing the importance of all levels of human functioning and experience (biochemical, physiological, emotional, mental, social, spiritual, etc.). The focus is on helping people to achieve a greater level of health and well-being, not just the elimination of symptoms at the physiological level. Within the holistic paradigm, people are the focus, not diseases. This philosophy is the cornerstone of all courses and programs offered by Living Earth.
For more information and programs, please go here.
Workshops & Events
I offer several workshops throughout the year on a variety of topics such as Dream Journeying, Tree Spirit Medicine, herbal medicine, plant walks, and more.
Workshops and events through Living Earth School of Herbalism and those outside the program will be posted in this section of the website. Visit often to see what workshops I have coming up!
Below are the my upcoming 2026 workshops, please click on a workshop for more information and to register:
Upcoming Events & Workshops:
- Making Medicinal Creams Workshop (April 26)
- Making Natural Suncare Products (May 24)
- The Tree Spirit Medicine of Sugar Maple – “Faith” (June 7th)
- Dream Journeying to the Plant People (June 28)
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