Sajah Popham is the instructor for all of our courses. To read Sajah’s bio and learn more about his mission, experience and credentials, please see our about us page.

We are a 100% online learning community based out of the US. Sajah and Whitney are from Northwest Washington state which is where they live and work. Our team is made up of a small group of herbalists working remotely primarily throughout the US and Canada. You can learn more about us and our team here.

All of our programs are online. We no longer offer in-person classes for our programs. However, from time to time Sajah and Whitney teach in person and online through herbal conferences & events throughout the US. See our events page for updates on any upcoming in-person or online events & conferences we’re involved in.

We currently do not take work traders or interns as we don’t have the infrastructure to manage and oversee helpers at this time.

Our courses are 100% online and self paced so if you decide to enroll you can take the classes that work at a time that is best for you. Sajah hosts live quarterly Q&A webinars for students in all Evolutionary Herbalism programs which you can join live, but all of the main program content is pre-recorded and available once you register for the program.

Our programs are set up for beginners and advanced herbalists alike. We cover some of the important basics in the foundational modules of our courses to ensure beginners have a strong start to their herbal studies. At the same time we also focus on providing advanced herbal education to support our students in growing their understanding and experience of using herbs therapeutically. 

Our most beginner-friendly courses are: Materia Medica Monthly, Botanical Constellations and Elemental Herbalism.

Our Materia Medica Monthly subscription program is a great place to start to learn about herbs and has a never ending library of information. Botanical Constellations and Elemental Herbalism are smaller courses that give you an opportunity to delve into some of the unique aspects of herbalism we cover in our larger courses.

We’ve had many advanced herbalists, practitioners of all kinds and even naturopathic doctors take our programs and they have grown even further in their understanding & experience of herbalism. Though we do our best to make our programs accessible to beginners, we don’t offer superficial level herbal education – even our most basic programs go into a lot of depth and advanced herbalists still get a ton of new information from these programs. Our Vitalist Herbal Practitioner Program in particular is our most advanced level course which is an in-depth training giving students the clinical skills they need to use herbs holistically and therapeutically. We also have practitioners and doctors enrolled in our Materia Medica Monthly subscription program who say this course is an invaluable resource they use as a reference in their clinical practice regularly.

One of the key distinctions of our courses is that we focus on giving you the foundational universal tools that will empower you to understand how herbs work wherever you are. Our courses aren’t about memorizing what specific herbs are “good for” –  they’re about teaching you to see the patterns in medicinal actions of herbs, which will enable you to apply this knowledge base to help you understand the herbs in your local area.

Most of the herbs referenced in our courses are commonly used in Western herbalism coming from our European lineage, but we also may refer to some Ayurvedic or Chinese herbs or some of the wild herbs we’ve worked with in our local bioregion in North America. Though you’ll learn about the herbs covered in our courses, you’ll still be able to apply the patterns for studying medicinal herbs in your own bioregion.

Our Materia Medica Monthly subscription program is one of our most popular courses and is available to sign up for at any point throughout the year. It is beginner friendly and yet also goes into enough depth that advanced herbalists get a great deal of value from it as well. Materia Medica Monthly is also our most accessible herbal program with a minimal time and financial commitment of only $27/month. We highly recommend starting with Materia Medica Monthly if you’re unsure which of our programs is right for you. It’s a great place to start and you can cancel your subscription at any time, so it’s not a big commitment to join.

Choosing from our other herbal programs depends on your specific interests and the depth you want to go in your herbal education. Some of our courses are more clinically focused (such as the Vitalist Herbal Practitioner Program) and others dive into more esoteric and spiritual traditions of herbalism, alchemy & medical astrology (in our programs Alchemical Herbalism, Astro-Herbalism and Botanical Constellations). Depending on your interests, that can narrow down which type of herbal course you’re more interested in. 

We have smaller courses, such as Materia Medica Monthly, Botanical Constellations and Elemental Herbalism or we have our large herbal programs that go into a great level of depth such as the Vitalist Herbal Practitioner Program and Alchemical Herbalism. For a detailed breakdown of our courses and the differences between them, see our programs page for more information. Our courses are only open for enrollment for specific time periods throughout the year, so they’re usually not open for enrollment at any time which may also be a determining factor for which course you want to sign up for.

Yes absolutely! We have students from all around the world living in all kinds of environments from the city to the country. Wherever you are, you’ll still get in-depth quality education on herbalism which can apply to your life wherever you live.

We do recommend finding ways to connect with plants however you can to integrate the learning into an experiential level rather than just having an intellectual understanding of the herbs. Some ways to do this are to find green spaces like parks or urban community gardens to spend time around growing plants, or even paying attention to which herbs are growing through the cracks in the sidewalk – you’d be surprised how many medicinal plants may actually be around you! You can also connect with herbs through taking tinctures, flower essences, teas or using herbal oils and baths to build an experiential relationship with the plants you’re learning about.

Currently Sajah only offers specialized training in making Spagyrics, a traditional method of preparing herbal medicines from the European Alchemical tradition which is covered in our Alchemical Herbalism Program. Sajah also covers formulation principles (for creating your own tincture blends)  in the Vitalist Herbal Practitioner Program and Materia Medica Monthly, along with a bit of harvesting information for specific herbs. 

While our courses don’t currently cover basic herbal medicine making modalities, such as making an infused oil, salve, tincture, poultice, etc. we are planning on offering this material in the future possibly as a new program or as an additional module to some of our existing courses.

We recommend the book, “The Herbal Medicine Maker’s Handbook” by James Green to our students as a resource for learning medicine making techniques. This is a fabulous in-depth book that covers the  foundations in making many different types of herbal medicine.