Contact Information
7Song, Director
P.O. Box 6626
Ithaca, NY 14851
607-539-7172
7Songsevensong@gmail.com
New to the Website
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The Syllabus for the 2013 Community Herbalism Intensive is now up
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A video about the uses of Eye cups and Eye washes in Herbal First Aid
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The 2013 Syllabus for the Weekend Herbalism Program is now posted
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Herbal Apprenticeship Program
Apprenticeship 2009-Josh, Luna, Jocelyn, (7Song)
Apprenticeship Program
The Northeast School of Botanical Medicine offers three positions for herbal apprentices. This is not a casual work/study program, but rather a demanding apprenticeship where you will be working closely with 7Song. The time commitment varies though it is at least from March through December.
The herbal apprenticeship is for students interested in training as clinical herbalists and wanting to delve deeply into the world of plants. Since we will be working closely together for many months, each applicant will be interviewed in person. While some of the tasks are directly related to plants, such as gardening, wildcrafting and medicine making, other aspects include preparing the classroom, filling and labeling tincture bottles, computer work and fixing whatever needs to be fixed.
Apprentices are also students of the Community Herbalism Intensive (450-hour program).
Apprentices accompany me to the Ithaca Free Clinic, and sit in while I work with patients. Because of this, I am looking for people who are clinically oriented and plan to treat people as their skills grow. This is does not necessarily mean they will have an office, but as there are few opportunities for herbal students to work in a clinic, I want folks who will take these skills forward.
There is no tuition cost for apprentices, though they must provide their own housing, books, tools, etc. Please do not apply for the apprenticeship only to save money on the other programs.
An Important Note; Before applying for the apprenticeship, please also consider being a student, as there are only 3 spaces for the apprenticeship and they often fill fast. Also, if you look at the below schedule, you can see that there is little time to have a job, so apprentices must be financially capable for their time here.
Apprenticeship-Approximate hours. Please note that from Monday-Wednesday the time includes the Community Herbalism Intensive.
Monday 10:00-8:30
Tuesday10:00-5:00
Wednesday 11:00-8:30
Thursday 3:45-8:15. These are the hours I work at the Ithaca Free Clinic. Two apprentices accompany me each week
Friday 10:00-4:00
Saturday-Do not meet
Sunday-12:00-5:00
If you call, one of your (and mine) biggest considerations is ‘do I want to be working with this person daily for nearly a year?’ One of the main things I have learned from offering this apprenticeship for over 16 years, is that this is a key consideration. The time commitment can be demanding as well.
Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Bryan Bowen (Apprentice 2007) cutting up
Ceanothus americanus root
and Missy Hacker (foreground-feather on head)
Apprentices 2004
