Question 1

What are your workshop policies?

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By registering for a paid workshop or class, you agree to:
1. Fees are due at time of registration.

2. Payment alone secures your place: in person or online. Extended classes (multiple days) can have a payment arrangement in good standing to secure your place.

3. When you cannot attend a one-night class/workshop after registration: A refund or credit towards a class/merchandise/consultation will be given with 48 hours notice. No credit or refund will be issued for cancellations within 48 hours of class time. Please be certain that your schedule has room for all classes for which you registered. A student is allowed to find a substitute for their seat without penalty at any time. Please contact Lily in advance to give the name(s) of your subs.

4. Low enrollment cancellations by Lily: Students will be notified 48 hours before class & issued a refund/credit, good for classes/merchandise/consultations.

5. Cancellations due to unforeseen circumstances (weather, illness): you will be notified as soon as possible & that class will be rescheduled. If you cannot attend the rescheduled class, you can apply your payment to another class.

6. Class fees or deposits will not be refunded for any reason other than stated above.

7. Only registered students may sit in on class, this includes children/ guardians.

8. Age restrictions are at discretion of teacher.

9. No shows. If you do not come to your class and you do not make arrangements to cancel 48 hours in advance, we do not issue refunds or credits. Instructor time is valuable, and you may have taken a spot from someone on a wait list.

Question 2

Online Class Information

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All Lily's online classes are available either with a small monthly fee or a one-time payment that is discounted. All classes are self-paced, no deadlines or pressure. All class content is yours to keep, forever.

Currently, Lily offers:
Foundations of Western Herbalism Online (anatomy, physiology, materia medica, medicine making, field trips, plant ID, cultivation, harvesting, processing, and wildcrafting)

Essential Oil Safety (all about how to safely use essential oils and what they are good for without all the MLM sales hype and pressure)

People's Medicine Course (learn lay herbalism a plant each month through guided lessons. This is perfect for people only wanted the knowldge for themselves and their family.)

Future courses being worked upon:Maiden Voyage and Mench (sex, relationship, and body education for adolescents that is consent driven, feminist, and secular)

Plant Allies: Magic and Folkloric use of Plants (multiple relsigious, cultural, and spiritua traditions worldwide to create a comprehensive picture as plants as more than food and medicine.

Medicine Makers Series well filmed and edited video series on every kind of herbal medicine and the techniques involved.
 
and quite a few more!

Question 3

Foundations of Western Herbalism Questions

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Currently, Lily offers an in-person version and an online version of this course.

The online version is self paced, deadline free, and you keep the content forever. It is designed for busy working adults who want to treat friends and family from a well-trained place. You can see online class policies at the link above.

The in-person class is for people wanting to work as an herbalist in some capacity one day and advanced training is available for successful students in clinical and apothecary work.

Both classes use the same textbook: Medical Herbalism by David Hoffman.In-person class policies and set up:
This is an in-person, 18 module class that meets monthly with plenty of independent work in-between. It is taught by Lily Kunning, a trained, practicing herbalist. The class is designed to be half lecture, half ads-on activities.

Each month, we do indoor activities (medicine making) or outdoor activities (cultivation, plant identification, wildcrafting, harvesting, processing)- depending on the season. In this class, you will learn anatomy, physiology, materia medica, medicine making, and much more. It is an "undergrad" course- giving you a foundational understanding of western herbalism and showing you the possibilities of incorporating herbalism into your life and possible practice. You can see the current syllabus here.

There are advanced apprentice-model studies available for successful students- in both clinical applications and apothecary applications. Current list of compentencies for that apprenticeship are here.

The next cohort starts May 2020 on third Wednesdays of the month for 18 months.Payment options:
$1600 payment in full
7 payments of $251.42 (10% financing)
10 payments of $184 (15% financing)

Because class size is limited and my costs for teaching remain even if you drop out, tuition is non-refundable. This includes people on payment plans. Payment plans must be completed whether you remain in class or not, as the cost for the program (rent, materials) is budgeted based on the total enrollments.If you have more questions, please email Lily. If you would like to secure your place (seats are limited), you must start a payment plan and stay in good standing, make a deposit, or pay in full.

Lily can allow access to future classes for your original tuition and payment in good standing. (In other words, if you need to drop out for now, you still pay your tuition and can join a subsequent class. Just let Lily know which class you wish to enter.

Question 4

Advanced Apprenticeship Questions

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Lily offers advanced placement (in clinical and apothecary) for people that have had an "undergrad" education in western herbalism. The class taken should have been in-person (not online) and submission of curricula and affidavit of completion should be submitted for admission to the cohort.

Successful completion of Lily's Foundation of Western Herbalism, her Herbal Certifiate course at GAFEE, or another herbalist-taught class (of at least 43 classroom hours, 15 hours of field trips, and 41 hours of independent work) qualifies for entrance to the cohort.

Apprentices meet once a month for two hours as a cohort (Second Thursdays, 7 PM), do one-on-one work at least two hours a month with Lily, and do independent work in the list of competencies.

Question 5

Maiden Voyage Questions

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Maiden Voyage is a feminist, consent-oriented, coming-of-age class for self-identified girls and AFAB non-binary folks that covers sex, bodies, and relationships in a way quite unlike any other classes out there. Click for curriculum.

It was created to fill the gaps in state mandated curriculum nationwide.  It is science-based and gives girls all the knowledge they need to make informed choices in the adult lives.

Lily was trained as a sex educator in two places: at Good Vibrations, a formerly worker-owned cooperative company that sold sex toys, videos, and books (and indeed made their own under Down There press). She was trained to educate adults about sex without stigma or shame and to empower those seeking resources. She was also trained in OWL- Our Whole Lives, a curriculum developed and offered to Unitarian Universalist and United Church of Christ congregations) and found it good (it is commonly seens as some of the best the country has to offer), but lacking comprehensive updates in areas involving gender, the internet, pornography, and other items very pressing to kids coming of age these days.

Lily is doing an in-person beta test workshop the first quarter of 2020 and using feedbackand questions to develop an online version later this year. 
 
Soon, a partner class, Mensch (for boys and AMAB non-binary folks), will also exist.

Question 6

How does Wellness in Weeks work?

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Wellness in Weeks is a group wellness coaching program. It features live webinars for 6 weeks in a row- each week focusing on a different area of wellness: diet and nutrition, movement and exercise, sleep hygiene, stress management, removing toxins in your life, and finding your passion.

It is a holistic approach to wellness, run by me- an herbalist, educator, and welness coach. It is different from any other offering of wellness coaching that I have seen. No matter where a student starts in their wellness journey, there is content (and enough customization) that will offer positive changes to all who enroll.

The class has a live webinar each week (which is recorded in case someone has to miss one) that offers time for interactive Q & A. After the webinar, a followup email is sent with resources, a lifestyle log, and assignments for you to use the newly found information to make positive changes in your life.

All that's needed to participate is a computer or smartphone with internet access and an email address. No technical knowledge required!

Education and Activism;
People's Medicine; Just Livelihood

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