Become a practitioner
with our FULLY ONLINE
Foundation Certificate in Innate Botanical Selections.
Our Foundation Certificate is designed to fill the gap between our owner training Herbal Shenanigans and our group training Diploma. This offering enables you to heal animals on the physical, emotional, and spiritual levels using the power of botanicals in a simplistic framework. Making it suitable for those in full time work, those looking to add a modality to an existing business and those looking to step into an entirely new career.
Students can top up to the Diploma pathway at any point in their studies.
This training program a pathway to becoming a practitioner who can make a real difference.
By integrating botanical healing, you'll be equipped to address the needs of every animal holistically.
Our Foundation Certificate lays the groundwork for this journey, ensuring you have the knowledge and skills to harness the healing properties of botanicals effectively, safely and competently.
Whether you're looking to enhance your current practice or embark on a new career path, our program offers the foundational step to become an Innate Botanical Selections practitioner.
Empowering animals to instinctively choose their own herbal remedies is a profoundly effective method for restoring their health and equilibrium. This approach respects their natural inclinations and promotes well-being on their terms.
🍃 Start with the essentials: Our course combines the wisdom of Innate Self Medication for animals with our in-depth training in Medical Herbalism.
🐾 Master the art of safely providing herbs to animals within a supportive, structured environment. You learn the comprehensive world of botanicals with confidence and clarity.
🌼 Immediately apply your knowledge, offering botanical solutions to animals. Engage in hands-on learning with clear demonstrations and a dedicated 1-1 mentorship experience and a group monthly coaching calls.
🏅 Benefit from our accreditation by UK Rural Skills, ensuring the highest quality of education.
🌺 Explore the vast world of botanicals beyond essential oils. Learn the practical use of herbs, essences, powders, hydrosols, fresh and dried produce, teas, decoctions and more.
🛠️ Hone your craft in creating herbal products, from making hydrosols to making your own balms and fruit leathers, covering all bases of herbal preparation and application.
🌿 Gain invaluable insights into seasonal herbal forage, what to forage and how to utilise it effectively.
🌱🍂 Deepen your understanding of 38 essential oils and a huge array of native and non native herbs, enriching your herbal repertoire.
🐾 Enhance your animal behavior skills, learning to observe and respond to animals' herbal preferences guided by their instincts.
🎓 This one-year foundation certificate paves the way for you to become a skilled practitioner, with the option to top up to Diploma status at any time.
Here is the breakdown
Module 1: Science & Therories.
🌿 Explore the history and significance of animals self-medicating, the use of herbs by wild animals and indigenous cultures, and the scientific principles behind animals instinctively selecting medicinal plants.
🌿Familiarize yourself with the terminology used in the medicinal and herbal world.
🌿Gain insights into how animals select and use medicinal plants and understand the pathways by which these botanicals enter their bodies.
🌿Explore the specific applications and benefits of spring herbs in supporting animal well-being.
🌿Discover how to effectively store your produce and the best methods to do so.
Module 2. Guidelines and Methodology.
🌿 Learn the essential rules and guidelines for safely offering herbs, including legal requirements in the UK.
🌿 Discover how animals communicate their preferences and needs for specific botanicals through behaviors and body language.
🌿Understand the importance of taking thorough case notes to have a holistic understanding of their well-being.
🌿Interpreting behaviour cues to provide effective and personalized care through Innate Botanical Selections.
🌿Practice & demonstrations in interactive group session.
Module 3. Kit Discovery.
🌿You will explore various botanicals for supporting animal well-being.
🌿Learn about essential oils, dried herbs, nutrient and herbal powders, hydrosols, spiritous waters, and essences.
🌿Discover how these botanicals reveal animals' needs and their benefits.
🌿Take part in interactive demonstrations on providing these botanicals to horses and dogs.
🌿 Discover your Innate Botanical Selections kit to discover the significance and energetic qualities of a range of botanicals.
🌿 Learn several ways that botanicals can facilitate natural, intuitive animal healing.
Module 4. Practice & Demonstrations.
🌿Enhance your practical skills and deepen your understanding.
🌿Explore the actions, uses, and benefits of summer herbs for innate Botanical Selections.
🌿The advantages of wild crafting and how foraged plants can enhance the offering space.
🌿Learn 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 expertise to benefit your own animals.
Module 5. Structure & Framework.
🌿Focuses on the essential skills of joining, sequencing, and grouping botanicals to enhance your effectiveness as a practitioner.
🌿In this module, we look into seasonal disorders and dysfunctions. Understanding how different seasons can impact animals'
🌿 Learn to conduct thorough research and develop targeted treatment plans.
🌿Undertake interactive demonstrations and practical tasks.
Module 6. Recording your Sessions.
🌿Learn to understand and manage client expectations.
🌿Build strong relationships while delivering satisfactory outcomes.
🌿Develop skills to effectively communicate with clients and meet their needs.
🌿This module concludes with insights io to topical applications, consecutive sessions and further practical demonstrations.
Homework
🌿Throughout the duration of the course students attend and and carry out several demonstrations and practical homework tasks.
🌿Students undertake 4 x case studies per species one of which can also 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 make and present and short presentation and must write an essay.
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 show how herbal medicines deep into the physical, spiritual and emotional bodies, so 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 and herbal medicine provide a structured and natural way to better health.
🌳 Herbs and natural medicines have fewer side effects, meaning you have a greater sense of control over animal health. They can also be provided alongside medications.
🌳By using an Innate Botanical Selection method we empower you. Our animals gain a greater sense of purpose, freedom and empowerment themselves.
🌳We provide you with a structured way to profound healing for you, your owners and your clients animals.
🌳This path offers continuous learning and development opportunities, both personally and professionally, empowering you to make a significant impact on animal well-being.
🌳As the preference for natural and holistic care grows among pet owners and animal lovers, the demand for experts in herbal animal care is on the rise.
🌳By incorporating herbalism into animal care, you embrace a holistic health model that treats the underlying causes of health issues, not just the symptoms, ensuring more comprehensive care.
Testimonials
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"Your passion for the herbs & animals really shines through"
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A career where you make profound heath changes to animals.
The biggest mistake I see with people trying to treat animals with herbs.
Overwhelm! There is just too much information with a lack of guidance and clarity.
When Innate Botanical Selections is used those mistakes are eliminated and you discover the structure and framework that facilitates animal health.
Emotional
Physical
Spiritual
All systems are positively impacted by herbs and with our method and guidance you will no longer be left looking for answers.
This is your chance to learn the skills to be able to heal in the most profound way you will ever experience.
Our Foundation Certificate offers the most direct route to practitioner status.
We provide a pay in Full and SAVE option and pay in installment option.
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Your Guarantee, Refund, And Return Policies
We understand that circumstances may change, and we want to ensure your satisfaction with our courses. Therefore, we offer a 7-day refund policy. If you are not completely satisfied with your purchase within the first 7 days of your course start date, simply reach out to our customer support team, and we will be happy to assist you with a refund. Your satisfaction is our top priority, and we are here to help make your learning experience with Animal Botanical a positive one.
Enhance your expertise in both herbal remedies and animal care to maximize your impact on animal well-being. This is the reason we've added these special bonuses for you.
#Bonus 1 Making Lesson. (Value £300)
🌿 Learn how to make a variety of herbal products from balms and essences, fruit leathers to teas and decoctions.
🌿Learn the practical application of products to animals with lessons on poulticing and topical applications.
#Bonus 2. Exclusive Discounts (11% Off in store)
🌿Gain exclusive discounts in our Animal Botanical apothecary online store. The perfect place to restore your stocks with a consistent membership discount.
🌿 Gain early bird access 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.
#Bonus 3. Free Access to our Private WhatsApp group and Inner Circle Facebook groups. (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 individuals. There to help lift you to become the best practitioner out there.
Animal Friends,
This is Rachael & this is one of her dogs,Tiz
Rachael Maxwell is a holistic therapist, Zoopharmacognosy practitioner, horticulturist & Medical Herbalist, MNIMH. Rachael also has qualification in equine chiropractic, massage and has undertaken a host of continuing professional development in the manual therapy fields too.
Rachael co wrote: Animal Botanical, A Field Guide To Common Plants & Hedgerow Herbs Found Throughout The UK.
She has written articles for Your Health Hub and has received glowing reviews from The Herb Society.
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 Foundation Certificate
This course is designed for individuals who are passionate about facilitating healing for animals using a herbal method that prioritizes the animals' well-being. If you are just starting out in working with animals, considering a career change, or already a therapist looking to further support animals naturally.
We specialise in providing herbal products to horses and dogs however consideration towards other species is given and covered.
A Discovery of Interconnectedness.
We created our Foundation Certificate to provide a simple and clearly structured way for individuals to reach practitioner status.
Our course is fully online and self led giving students the time and space needed to commit.
Students receive a personalised 1-1 mentoring session at the start of their studies.
Students must purchase a full Innate Botanical Selections kit at the commencement of the course which enables them to start offering herbs straight away. (Cost £380)
Students must purchase our Field guide to common plants and hedgerow herbs at commencement of the course. This makes a handy additional resource for forage and homework. (Cost £15.99)
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Innate Botanical Selections
Innate Botanical Selections Kits
At the start of the Foundation Certificate you must purchase your Innate Botanical Selections starter kits enabling you to start offering herbs to your animals straight away. Our kist contain 38 essential oils and a host of dried herbs, powders and hydrosols.
Field Guide
At the start of the Foundation Certificate you must purchase our Field Guide to common plants and hedgerow herbs. This will assist you in learning all the forage herbs required.
Certifications
Upon completion of the courses students receive a formal 'Animal Botanical - Innate Botanical Selections' & a UKRS Accredited Foundation Certificate.
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