Events

Equinox Ecstatic Dance


The Pharm. Ventura, CA │ Mar. 17, 2023

Dance your way into spring! We will begin with an opening circle and warm-up, expand into freeform movement with a Five Elements (五行) inspired DJ set, then conclude with a closing circle. (Learn more about ecstatic dance here. This is a substance-free open movement event with NO prior dance experience necessary, welcome to ALL ages and abilities.)

Nourishing Life: Embodying the 5 Phases of Chinese Medicine


Esalen Institute. Big Sur, CA │ April 3 - 7, 2023

Embody the Five Phases (五行) through yoga asana, intuitive movement, creative expression, and nature connection. Personalize your Nourishing Life (yang sheng 養生) practices, adapt to changing seasonal rhythms, and come home to the wild beauty of your inner radiance.

Free Herbalism Project


Mountain Rose Herbs. Eugene, OR │ May 7, 2023

Celebrate plants with world-class entertainment and botanical expertise!

Seasonal Rhythms: Five Elements Lifestyle Medicine


Wintergreen Botanicals. Online │ May 18, 2023

Explore lifestyle medicine to support thriving health throughout the wheel of the year with the Five Phases (五行) of Chinese medicine and their correlating seasons, flavors, and body systems. Learn practices to rest, move, connect, nourish, and create through the seasons. Develop perspectives to optimize seasonal rhythms with kitchen herbs, foundational recipes, nature connection, creative expression, and elemental movements.

International Herb Symposium


Norton, MA │ June 9 - 11, 2023

Come together to honor plants with respect & reciprocity. Create local & global communities dedicated to healing and caretaking the Earth and all beings. Jiling will be sharing “Seasonal Rhythms: Five Elements Lifestyle Medicine,” “Writing from the Roots: Journaling Practices for Herbalists,” and “BIPOC Tea Talks.”

Nourishing Life: Embodying the 5 Phases of Chinese Medicine


Omega Institute. Rhinebeck, NY │ Sept. 11 - 15, 2023

Embody the Five Phases (五行) through yoga asana, intuitive movement, creative expression, and nature connection. Personalize your Nourishing Life (yang sheng 養生) practices, adapt to changing seasonal rhythms, and come home to the wild beauty of your inner radiance. Registration opens soon!

The Five Elements of Yoga & Chinese Medicine


Esalen Institute. Big Sur, CA │ Oct. 9 - 13, 2023

Reconnect with the Five Elements within and around you through yoga, nature, art, and ritual. Presence the beauty of your inner and outer wilderness, resourcing abundant wild, creative, infinite potential to fully thrive. Registration opens soon!

Ojai Herbal Symposium


Ojai, CA │ Nov. 11 - 12, 2023

Ventura and Santa Barbara herbalists, come join us for the only herbal conference in our area! Meet other herbalists, get CEUs for acupuncturists, and enjoy gorgeous Ojai views.

Elemental Creativity: Movement, Meditation & Drawing


Green Gulch. Sausalito, CA │ Nov. 29 - Dec. 3, 2023

Connect with the Five Elements of Chinese Medicine within and around you through embodied movement, meditation, and drawing. Deepen your understanding of the principles of mindfulness and apply them, through the lens of the Elements, to channel your creativity.


Ongoing Classes

Herbal Apprenticeship


A 150-hour hands-on hybrid program. Learn the basics of herbalism & holistic healing in 5 modules: herbs for the body, medicine-making for beginners, holistic nutrition, intro to case studies, and intro to plant ID.

Community Herbalist Program


A 300-hour hands-on hybrid program to prepare intermediate herbalists for community clinical work with 6 modules: acute pathologies & protocols, advanced medicine-making, five flavors of phytochemistry, intro to clinic, California plant families, and Jepson-manual plant ID.

WildYoga Teacher Training


Balanced Rock Foundation │ Online & in-person

WildYoga's unique combination of Yoga Alliance approved 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training & spiritual ecology will invigorate your yoga practice through powerful tools for living in alignment with nature. Get $200 off with discount-code: jilingwildyoga

HerbRally SchoolHouse


HerbRally │ Online

Awesome herbal resources from diverse herbalists! Try your first 30 days for free with discount-code JILING30