Become an Animal and Herbal Practitioner.
Learn How to Use Herbs for Animal Wellness
Without The Overwhelm & Confusion.
With The Innate Botanical Selections Diploma.
This is our immersive and intensive practitioner training programme.
This is for those who are fully committed to the herbal healing pathway for animals and wish to take the knowledge forward into practice, for their own animals or to incorporate into existing modalities.
If your not currently seeing the improvements in behaviour, structure, release and repair in yours and your clients animals, its likely because your missing the most important link.
Our training programme offers that solution.
We address every aspect of every animal within a structured seasonal framework, combining Innate Botanical Selections, Western Herbal Medicine & Seasonality.
Here is the breakdown
Module 1: The Innate Botanical Selections Pathway.
🌿 Learn the history and science of ethnobotany, exploring how animals have instinctively self-medicated for centuries, and consider how these behaviors may have influenced the discovery of herbal medicine practices in humans.
🌿Understand the use of herbs by wild animals and indigenous cultures and how this has translated to domesticated animals.
🌿Discover why an animal might choose a toxic substance and ways we can mitigate this.
🌿Become familiar with the specific terminology used in the medicinal and herbal fields.
🌿Train in recognizing and interpreting animal behaviour and body language with specific application to the use of herbs.
🌿Understand the pathways by which botanicals enter an animal's body and how this defines need.
Module 2. Rules, Guidelines, Your Herbal Kit
🌿 Learn the essential rules and guidelines for safely offering herbs, how we protect our animals and ourselves.
🌿Legal requirements in the UK, best practices and working within our legal framework. Five freedoms, Veterinary surgeons Act and more.
🌿A wonderful exploration of all the essential oils, dried herbs, hydrosols & herbal powders in your kit. A reveal of all their benefits and wonders.
🌿Understand the importance of taking thorough case notes to have a holistic understanding of an animal's well-being.
🌿Demonstration sessions with a variety of animals to assess the method used and key behaviours displayed.
Module 3. Essential Oils & Topical Applications
🌿Explore how topical applications can be applied in the Innate Selection process. Topical benefits, herbal actions and key products.
🌿Learn about the use, benefits and application of essential oils with horses and dogs.
🌿Start working with clients, setting expectations, guidance and what to expect from an Innate Selections session.
Module 4. Essences, Categorisation, Dysfunctions & Disorders
🌿Discover how to work with essences, their benefit to animals and making your own.
🌿Begin developing a structure in your herbal sessions through categorising, combining and building a robust frame work. All built around the animals individual needs.
🌿Gain expertise and understand the aetiology and symptoms of common dysfunctions and disorders in horses and dogs.
🌿Undertake and demonstrate your own ability to confidently conduct a simple Innate Botanical Selections session with horses and dogs.
🌿This module marks the beginning of your journey as a practitioner, where you will delve into your own case studies and apply your growing expertise to yours and your friends and families animals.
Module 5. Case Studies, Expectations and Summative Assignments
🌿You will learn to undertake consecutive sessions with animals, their importance and why repeat offering is imperative to the healing process.
🌿Cultivate the ability to communicate effectively with clients, ensuring their needs and the needs of the animals are understood and met.
🌿 Learn to conduct thorough research and develop Innate Botanical Selections plans to provide bespoke medicine to animals.
🌿Begin work on your significant homework projects, enhancing your writing and research skills for your comprehensive essay & presentation.
Module 6. 1-1 Mentoring Session
🌿An opportunity to iron out any wrinkles as you undertake a dedicated 1-1 mentoring sessions with Rachael or a certified practitioner.
🌿Develop your animal behaviour, herbal recommendations and skills as you plan, execute and develop your personalised sessions.
Our seasonal modules:
🌿Each lesson is packed full of everything you need, useful pdf downloads, work books and herbal monographs, live meetings, awards and badges where we recognise your achievements, development and efforts.
🌿Each season we define the herbal, seasonal and ecological impacts of those seasons on the animals in our care.
🌿In winter we find that undue pressure on the heart and cardiovascular system prevails and that mother nature in all her wisdom provided the very herbs that would benefit.
🌿In Spring we see the liver and gut as being compromised by the seasonal fluctuation, again mother nature provided the very herbs for elimination and detoxification.
🌿In Summer we find abundance in the herbs to mitigate the negative effects of the seasons on the lungs and central nervous system.
🌿While in autumn we see catabolism and breakdown, while the herbs benefit the urinary immune and metabolic systems.
🌿In our final weeks of each season we come together to reward yours and your fellow cohort's efforts and achievements. Embracing the opportunity to let off a little steam at our end of season celebrations.
Module 7. Winter Stasis: 9 Weeks.
🌿Dive deep into the blood, heart and the cardiovascular system. Why these systems are impacted and the effects of the season on the plant and animal physiology.
🌿Gain in depth knowledge of 11 essential heart and cardiovascular herbs, including their defining features where to find them, their actions, historical and modern uses, constituents, energetic principles and natural lore.
🌿You explore 2 different herbs through guided tastings and meditation sessions, arming you with an experiential understanding to take with you into your own practice.
🌿Learn an in depth case study of Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS), and a system by system exploration of its effects, symptoms, causes and herbal approaches to aid in prevention and recovery. Discovering how winter can effect its manifestation and healing.
🌿Phytochemistry: gain the knowledge and understanding of the building blocks of life and how herbal constituents will enhance your herbal journey.
🌿Sit with our guest speaker as they take you through the difficult subject of grief and trauma, a subject where botanicals can actively support on the physical, emotional and spiritual planes.
🌿Learn how to craft your own rubefacient rub as we begin a journey of herbal preparation and product making. A warming balm for those cold conditions.
Module 8. Spring Detoxification: 12 Weeks.
🌿Gain an in depth understanding of the liver, gut and the rolls they play in the season's process of elimination & detoxification.
🌿Acquire knowledge of over 22 herbs, including their appearance, where to find them, their actions, historical and modern uses, constituents, energetic principles and natural lore.
🌿You will undertake 2 different herbal guided tastings and meditation sessions. Discovering the energetics and physical impressions these herbs have on your and your animals senses.
🌿Our in depth case study into liver disease offers a system by system exploration of its effects, symptoms, causes and herbal approaches to aid in prevention and recovery.
🌿Sit with our spring season's guest speaker as they teach you informative, practical and potentially life saving skills in the field and application of canine first aid.
🌿Learn how to make, apply and effectively use herbal hydrosols and apple cider infusions for both topical and internal ingestion.
🌿Develop your topical herbal applications further with topical applications 2. Including the best seasonal herbs to use, so if your making at home or finding an immediate need in the field, we have you covered.
Module 9 . Summer Abundance: 12 Weeks.
🌿Gain in depth understanding of the Central nervous, respiratory and muscular and skeletal systems, and why they play such a vital roll in the summer season of abundance. Summer is all about the nervinces and anxiolytics and we use these to great advantage to assist those systems.
🌿Acquire in depth knowledge of 31 essential summer herbs, including their appearance, where to find them, their actions, historical and modern uses, constituents, energetic principles and natural lore.
🌿You will explore 2 different herbs through guided tastings and meditation sessions. Continually developing your abilities to connect, develop and enhance your organoleptic skills.
🌿Sit with our 2 guest speakers through the summer season. Learn about the vital roll wild flower meadows played in the UK's agricultural past, how they have shaped our landscape, their tragic and sudden decline and what we can do to preserve this wonderful medicinal habitat. Also embrace a theoretical and practical knowledge and understanding of herbal support for kennel cough.
🌿Learn the applicable skills and knowledge of how to make, apply and store oil macerates and flower essences adding to your growing herbal materia medica.
Module 10. Autumn Catabolism: 12 Weeks.
🌿Gain in depth understanding of the immune, metabolic and urinary systems. Discover how they intrinsically linked to the natural autumn world and the herbs we can use to assist these systems rebalance and heal.
🌿Acquire in depth knowledge of 20 autumn herbs, including their appearance, where to find them, their actions, historical and modern uses, constituents, energetic principles and natural lore.
🌿You will explore 2 different herbs through guided tastings and meditation sessions, developing your skills on how specific herbs impact specific systems, including the physical, spiritual and emotional planes.
🌿Learn a thorough case study looking at canine Immune-mediated polyarthritis, discover a system by system exploration of its effects, symptoms, causes and herbal approaches to aid in healing and supporting animals with this condition.
🌿Sit with 2 of our autumn guest speakers and learn how the sciences of iridology and muscle testing can serve as a potent tool in assessing and working out herbal support for specific dysfunctions and disorders.
🌿Develop skills and learn botanical support for animals during fireworks and loud noises with our Fear of Fireworks 3 step plan.
🌿Learn the fun and useful skills on how to make, create and store fruit leathers and autumn balms, adding to your growing herbal proficiency and abilities.
Homework
Throughout the duration of the course students attend and and carry out several demonstrations and practical homework tasks.
🌿Students undertake 3 x case studies per species with an additional 1 x case to be used for their final assessment.
🌿Students produce business consent forms & case study analysis sheets enabling them to launch direct their business upon completion of the course.
🌿Students are required to demonstrate their abilities in plant identification, including the physical & energetic uses for which they may be selected by animals. Students produce either video footage, powerpoint or pdf presentations to show this.
🌿Students demonstrate their knowledge in herbal product making. Producing fruit leathers, powders, essences, hydrosols & poultices.
🌿Students learn and demonstrate animal behaviour and body language ques, applying this knowledge in group settings throughout the course.
🌿Students present a short 5 minute presentation, write a short essay and attend one to one coaching sessions.
Our Diploma delivers an unmatched, all-encompassing learning experience.
You Will...
🌿 Elevate your understanding: We have intricately woven the art and practice of Innate Selections with our immersive, energetic & academic training in Medical Herbalism.
🌿 Embrace a holistic curriculum: We blend the seasonal, energetic, and physiological training for the betterment of all animals.
🌿 Master the art: Safely provide herbs to animals within a nurturing, structured, and supportive learning environment.
🌿 Start immediately: With hands-on practice, clear demonstrations, and expert mentorship.
🌿Provide herbs for topical application: Discover a vast array of medicine and how to apply them topically to animals.
🌿 Explore the vast world of botanicals: Go beyond essential oils, utilize herbs, essences, herbal powders, macerates, forage and non native herbs. Train in the use of over 100 herbs and over 38 essential oils.
🌿 Enhance your craft: Create teas, essences, balms, poultices, fruit leathers and more, covering all aspects of preparation.
🌿 Acquire crucial skills: Identify, produce, and utilizing natural forage, with lessons on herbal actions and applications.
🌿 Gain in-depth knowledge of common disorders and diseases in horses and dogs. Dive into every system of the body so that you can confidently understand a range of symptoms and signs.
🌿 Develop animal behavior skills: Provide herbs based on key animal behaviour and body language ques, working with the overt and subtle to guide you.
🌿 The curriculum includes anatomy and physiology, herbal pathways for treating specific conditions, specific disease oriented case studies and practical skills.
🌿 The programme includes over 360 hours of training, all yours to keep. The platform remains yours for the life of the programme including all updates and additions
🌿 Our training includes webinars, Q&A sessions, biweekly live meet-ups & a blended learning environment.
🌿 Our programme transforms practitioners into knowledgeable and skilled professionals, capable of integrating Innate Botanical Selections and Western Herbal ideals into their practice to achieve remarkable improvements in animal health.
🌿 Our program is accredited by UK Rural Skills, ensuring the highest standard of education and equipping you with essential knowledge.
🌿 Our flexible course structure allows you to adapt the learning to your personal and professional commitments.
Why You Can No Longer Ignore The Call To Work With Herbs & Animals
🌳 If your stuck in a rut and your not getting the results you would like to see from your animals, this course is for you.
🌳 We allow the herbal medicines to reach deep into the physical, spiritual and emotional bodies, so your animals can finally rebalance, realign and repair, even the most stubborn behaviours and illnesses.
🌳 If your clients are stuck on allopathic medication and your struggling to offer suggestions and find ways out. Innate Botanical Selections our seasonal and herbal medicine programme will provide the structured plan to whole health.
🌳 Herbs and natural medicines have fewer side effects, meaning you and they have a greater sense of empowerment over their health. They can also be provided alongside medications.
🌳By using our Innate Botanical Selection method our animals gain a greater sense of purpose, freedom and vitality for themselves.
🌳We provide you with a robustly structured way to profound healing for animals.
Testimonials
Clare Butler
It's been an amazing journey so far and I can't wait to continue. My thirst for all things herbal has certainly been ignited. I just want to say a massive thank you to you, for your knowledge and inspiration and all your hard work getting us all this far. I have honestly loved every second of it".
A career where you make profound heath changes to animals.
The biggest mistake I see people doing, is in trying to treat animals with the allopathic oriented approach. Symptom relief equals cure.
People find there's just too much information in using herbs and going DIY just isn't feasible.
It is time we took into account our animals needs within the healing journey.
The animals must have the option, trust and choice to be able to make informed decisions regarding their own health.
Many owners also do not take into account that ill health often stems from emotional imbalances, the cascade effect on the body is immeasurable.
This is your chance to learn the skills to heal in the most profound way you will ever experience.
You can master the skill and develop all the knowledge needed in just 12 installments of £197 or (Pay in Full and SAVE)
Interviewing now for January 2025 start.
Develop your herbalism skills so that we can help as many animals as possible. That's why we have included these bonuses
#Bonus 1. Access to our Continual Professional Development platform for 1/2 the standard price! (Value £600 Yearly)
🌿 FREE additional 'Case studies' and Herbal Approaches To', new webinars are released seasonally.
🌿 Access to all historical and all new guest speakers, one joins us every 3 months.
🌿 Access to all historical plant tastings with 2 x new plant tastings every season with new organoleptic experiences occurring every 6 weeks.
🌿 8 hours of NEW & FREE additional CPD every season.
#Bonus 2. Exclusive Discounts (Savings Everyday)
🌿Gain exclusive discounts to our Animal Botanical online store. The perfect place to restore your stocks with a great loyalty membership discount.
🌿 Gain early bird access, at a fraction of the cost, to a host of our additional resources, online course and one off webinars.
🌿 Receive the biggest discounts to our in person workshops, retreats and in person herbal learning events.
🌿 Receive a 10% discount with Red Light Scotland - a herbal and light healing company, aligned with our ethos.
#Bonus 3. Free Access to our Private Facebook Group & WhatsApp Group. (Value, Priceless)
🌿Personal contact with a host of practitioners and owners, all supporting their animals naturally and holistically.
🌿Group support and friendship from trusted and heartfelt individually. There to help lift you to become the best practitioner or owner out there.
Animal Friends,
This is Rachael & this is one of her dogs,Tiz
Rachael Maxwell is a holistic therapist, energetic and equine Chiropractic practitioner, Horticulturist & Medical Herbalist, (MNIMH).
Rachael co wrote: Animal Botanical, A Field Guide To Common Plants & Hedgerow Herbs Found Throughout The UK.
She has published, The essential guide to herbal water buffets, and has a vast array of ebooks and booklets available.
She has written articles for Your Health Hub and has received glowing reviews from The Herb Society.
One of Rachaels main focuses is on stress and trauma work and understanding how the body can release both physical and emotional tension.
Rachael is an incredible teacher and has a wealth of knowledge and expertise that is shared via various platforms
Animal Herbal Health
Innate Botanical Selections.
This course is designed for individuals who are passionate about facilitating healing for animals using a herbal method that prioritizes the animals' well-being.
We specialise in providing herbal products to horses and dogs however consideration towards other species is given and covered.
Previous students have often been left 'blown away' by the connections that draw botanicals, animals and the seasons together.
12 Monthly Payments
£197/m
Payment In Full and SAVE
£2372
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Innate Botanical Selections
Innate Botanical Selections Kits
At the start of the Innate Botanical Selections course you will receive your herbal and essential oils starter kits enabling you to start offering herbs to your animals straight away.
Lesson Timings
Innate Botanical Selections lives lessons are held on weekends, with occasional evening sessions. All sessions can be accessed on-demand and caught up however attendance to the live sessions is mandatory.
You attend 7 Live interactive sessions spaced between January and October.
Certifications
Upon completion of the courses students receive a formal 'Animal Botanical - Innate Botanical Selections' & a UKRS Accredited certificates. Certification for completion of Herbal Shenanigans is also awarded.
What we do...
Our course is bespoke and designed to show you how to provide medicinal herbs to animals. We emphasize the true hero's, the botanicals, their unique energies, qualities and benefits. You even learn how to produce and grow your own.
Herbs for your animals on tap.
We develop hands on herbalism for animals. Touching & foraging, tasting & experiencing. Its the only way we can fully understand why our animals are selecting them.
Because herbs are so much more than their actions and uses, animals know this intuitively.
Our case studies are based around real animals, they cover conditions that animals might experience every day. That's why we teach animal disorders and dysfunctions too. From the seasonal itch to the ulcers, you will learn where to start helping animals straight away.
Animal behaviour is a key aspect of intuitive selections. We constantly reference showing you big and subtle behaviours to learn.
YES I WANT THIS>>>Herbal health and wellness for all animals
Apply today to unlock the incredible world of Innate Botanical Selections
12 Monthly Payments
£197/m
Payment In Full and SAVE
£2372
