“The Sacredness of Trees” Plant Spirit Apprenticeship Winter/Spring 2026 Information meeting

Information meeting about the winter apprenticeship on September 15th.

All trees are sacred in their own way. This winter season we will work with the sacredness of trees that are recognized in modern culture and with trees that may not be as well known but yearn to know us. Frankincense will be one of the central trees we work with, as well as a few others that show up in modern culture but don’t grow in North America.

Then there are others, that we live amongst but may have been overlooked by us, especially when we think of sacred trees, like Dogwood. 

There are many ways we already interact with trees in everyday life, and in modern ritual. Burning resins and wood; eating seeds, leaves and sap; writing with tree based inks and charcoal; and making teas and medicines from trees. We will explore many ways of connecting in the physical realm as well as in the mediumship space.

There is an optional artistic element to the Apprenticeship the season. Drawing and sketching is always encouraged, but even more so this season! Get a grimoire, sketchbook or notebook. I’m not talented in the drawing arts, but find great value in giving it go for myself, as the sketches I make can mean more to me than the words I write when I look back on them. 

This offering is BIG. It is immersive. It is for those select few that are ready.

Relationships with plant spirit are those that are held dear, and have taken significant amounts of time to develop and are rarely written about in-depth. People who do this work tend to be out of the spotlight, in remote places, in deep relationship with the land. You may be able to study with them, but they cannot reveal the deep secrets of the plant. You must study with the plant for them to be revealed to you.]

This is Initiatory Work that Few Have Done

This is an experiential knowing, that is so far beyond our human vocabulary, it cannot be communicated properly to someone who hasn’t apprenticed with the plant themselves. It is a deep knowing of the energy and spirit of this plant being. Many plants demand your attention, intention and respect to reveal the deepest part of themselves and their relationships. They are really no different than we are right? We hold our deep knowings dear too. Revealed only to those we know and trust.

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There is an etiquette to working with plant spirit. Each plant is very different to work with and this work requires trusted guides. There will be several guides we work with in developing relationship. 

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Why work with plant spirit?

This is not the same as working with plant medicine, constituent medicine. Working with teas and tinctures for health is usually very far removed from working with plant spirit. You are using a plant, not working with a plant.

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When the plants know and trust you, they will do incredible things. One plant will help you to move through a place unnoticed, another helps you find your way home. One offers protection from certain difficult spirits, another plant reveals what is hidden. Plants that can open up our senses and psyche, while we are in relationship with them, can do incredible healing work. This relational work is not about ingesting constituents of plants/trees, it requires something more of us.

​Full info here: https://www.nativamedica.com/plant-spirit-apprenticeship