ENROLLMENT OPTIONS
IN PERSON
In person trainings are tangible experiences where you met + learn at the studio space. They are designed for those who prefer to learn in person and can get to the space for class. In person provides access to all of the essential oils + tools associated with the trainings.
ONLINE
Online trainings are offered live via zoom and ideal for those who prefer to learn from the comfort of their own home or on the go. Trainings can also be done in a hybrid fashion both online + in person. Essential oils will be mailed to you so you can interact with them. Please note the Certified Distiller + Facilitator Certification does require in person hours as you will need to distill oils using the still.
CERTIFIED AROMATHERAPIST PROGRAM
The Certified Aromatherapist Program will allow you to gain a solid foundation of aromatherapy. You will interact with over 50 essential oils hearing their stories and seeing how they speak to you as teachers. We will meditate with the plants and understand how they serve us. The course discusses safety and plant medicine, self responsibility and wisdom with plant use, how aromatherapy is made and used, various application methods and the understanding of the plant systems and body systems.
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CURRICULUM
The course asks you to tap into the subtle energy of the plants and explore the effects of plant medicine on your mind, body and soul. From this place, you will be able to become friends with the plants and trees and co-exist with them through wisdom to use them for your own healing. As the coursework progresses, you will not simply understand how to use aromatherapy for your own healing: you will become deeply connected to the sacredness that is plant medicine and develop a respectful, safe and meaningful relationship with the plants and trees to help expand yourself and others. In this program you will gain a solid foundation of aromatherapy and be prepared to prepare aromatherapy treatments for yourself and others. Curriculum includes 45 hours of coursework plus a 5 hour practicum to practice exposing and instructing students and clients on how to use essential oils for their own well being.
PREREQUISITE
Nature speaks to those who listen. You need not take both levels. This course is open to those looking to listen. There is no prerequisite for this training. There is no minimum or maximum age requirement or experience needed. No experience needed.
TECHNIQUES, TRAINING + PRACTICE:
30 HOURS
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interaction with approximately 50 essential oils
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understanding the benefits and uses of the oils
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safety and plant medicine, self responsibility and wisdom with plant use
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how aromatherapy is made
PREPARATION + CHOOSING PLANTS
10 HOURS
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understanding various application methods
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choosing essential oils for yourself + others
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proper use and "prescribing" of the plants
ANATOMY + PHYSIOLOGY
5 HOURS
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the understanding of the plant systems and body systems and how they work together and affect each other
CERTIFIED MASTER AROMATHERAPIST PROGRAM
In this course we build on the foundation that was built in the Certified Medical Aromatherapist Program and go deeper with the consciousness of plants. Here you will engage with the essential oils you hae been working with but go deeper and also work with different oils: those that are rare and not commonly heard of through the general public. These are not the aromatherapy bottles you can purchase at a grocery store. The course will also cover the chakras and using essential oils for chakra health. You will tap deeper into making aromatherapy medicines, sacred anointing, pendulum testing and tapping into the energy of plants for others. You will further your knowledge of applicational methods and how plants work in comparison to man-made medicines. We will cover common ailments like depression, anxiety, weight loss, immune disorders, and respiratory health along with tapping into using essential oils for beauty and emotional health. We will meditate and work with them to hear their messages. We will go deep with the frequency of the plants. These are sacred plants and trees that speak to the depths of our makeup.
CURRICULUM
The course asks you to tap into the subtle energy of the plants and explore the effects of plant medicine on your mind, body and soul. From this place, you will be able to become friends with the plants and trees and co-exist with them through wisdom to use them for your own healing. As the coursework progresses, you will not simply understand how to use aromatherapy for your own healing: you will become deeply connected to the sacredness that is plant medicine and develop a respectful, safe and meaningful relationship with the plants and trees to help expand yourself and others. We will meditate and work with them to hear their messages. We will go deep with the frequency of the plants. These are sacred plants and trees that speak to the depths of our makeup. Curriculum includes 45 hours of coursework plus a 5 hour practicum to practice exposing and instructing students and clients on how to use essential oils for their own well being.
PREREQUISITE
Nature speaks to those who listen. This is the second of a two part program. You must have completed the first program to enroll into this second program or be Certified Medicinal Aromatherapist through an accredited institution
Like an onion, each of the 2 Levels of the course work peel back the layers of the divine simplicity yet power of plants as medicine. In the same, the coursework peels back layers of your soul and entire being as you work with these sacred teachers.
TECHNIQUES, TRAINING + PRACTICE:
30 HOURS
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interaction with a variety of unique and rare essential oils
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understanding the benefits and uses of the oils
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connecting with the consciousness of the plant
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experiencing the art of making plant medicine with essential oils
PREPARATION + CHOOSING PLANTS
10 HOURS
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meditation with the plants
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working with plant frequency understanding various application methods
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tapping into the energy of plants / pendulum use for plant prescriptions
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sacred anointing + ritual with the plants
ANATOMY + PHYSIOLOGY
5 HOURS
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the energy of the plant + the body: the chakras + essential
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advanced application methods
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specialized use for common aliments like depression, anxiety, weight loss, immune disorders, and respiratory health along
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emotional health + essential oils
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beauty + essential oils (facials, hair care, skin care)
CERTIFIED DISTILLING + ESSENTIAL OIL FACILITATOR
This course focuses on using essential oils in the classroom along with distilling oils + creating your own essential oil line. Learn the sacred power of using essential oils to hold space for others in a ritualistic way. This course provides the opportunity to learn how to give (receive) “plant baths” and offer plant medicine aromatherapy mediation classes using different essential oils. You will first gain a ritual practice yourself, engage in plant baths with others + then be guided to lead others. The course focuses on various safe plants used to help the body, mind and soul and connecting with them through the form of essential oils. Learn how to distill oil, make freshly distilled oil through a professional distillation system, make labels + bottle your own, sell oils through a retail + wholesale + even start your own brand.
CURRICULUM
This program teaches a sacred way to connect, understand, work with, distill, sell, heal and improve your health with + guide others. It is done through understanding how to distill essential oils + make your own; create a brand, product, or wholesale account to get medicinal and mindful oils out to the public and generate supportive income for yourself; and lead essential oil plant baths and classes to educate and provide people with a sacred experience of using essential oils. . Curriculum includes 45 hours of coursework plus a 15 hour practicum.
PREREQUISITE
A prerequisite is not necessary but it is strongly encouraged that you have background the basics of essential oils + know how to use them as this information will not be taught in the course.
TECHNIQUES, TRAINING + PRACTICE:
25 HOURS
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understanding how to use specific essential oils + their benefits in terms of using them for healing + ritual
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engaging in a regular meditative + contemplative practice with essential oils
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understanding how to lead + receive plant medicine "baths" with essential oils
ETHICS + BUSINESS
15 HOURS
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respecting the plants + learning how to source plants properly to be used for distribution
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exploring the possibility of creating your own essential oil, brand, and/or line and making additional income through mindfully + respectfully selling essential oils
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knowing the difference between medicinal grade oils + the others
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Wildcarfting or growing + distilling your own oils in a mindful + respectful way
DISTILLING + DISTRIBUTING
15 HOURS
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attending plant baths
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leading plant baths
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learning how to do these things both virtually + in person.
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distilling essential oils at our distillery Okahurst, CA (outside of Yosemite)
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bottling + labeling
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creating your own label or brand
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selling oils for profit
A Curriculum That Goes Beyond The Classroom
This comprehensive program takes you on an explorative journey into the deeper layers of aromatherapy + essential oils. It is empowering. awakening teaching showing you various levels of understanding of essential oils to how they work and how to use them to providing healing sessions + "prescriptions" for others making your brand and distilling your own oils. The training offers a blend academic study and practical, hands-on learning. Whichever training you take, you will interact in way with the plants you have not before.
Unique from most trainings, this training also includes opportunities for real-world application through internship and mentorship practicums. These experiences allow you to embody and practice the concepts
discussed in the coursework, preparing you to use your certification(s) in an effective and purposeful way.
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
24 HOURS
This training supports + encourages you to bring what we discuss out into the world. This educational internship experience will have you teaching distributing + facilitating the use of essential oils to others by applying the lessons learned directly to students in real life.
Commitment is 24 credit hours and you will have the opportunity to do one or more of the following:
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intern at a successful yoga studio leading your own plant bath classes
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intern at successful yoga studio offering one-on-one plant consults as an official Master Aromatherapist + Essential Oil Facilitator
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create + lead workshops, and/or retreats that implement the studies and wisdom gathered in the training
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create a real life opportunity to speak about the concepts you are learning and help your students embody them further advancing their practice
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experiment with bringing yoga out there in "new ways"
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raise funds for yoga teacher or student scholarships
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bring yoga experience bigger than you have in the past
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collaborate with successful holistic health businesses to add aromatherapy to their offerings
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build an essential oil brand
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sell essential oils for profit through creating and implementing a successful marketing plan
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wildcraft or grow and then distill your own essential oil for resale and use
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ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Yoga With Shawna (The Holistic Health School of San Diego) is a 5 star rated accredited institution offering various programs + certifications in the science ofholistic health. The school was founded in 2012 and has certified thousands of
students locally, nationally and internationally. The institution provides accreditation internationally recognized through the Yoga Alliance + board certifications through The American Association of Natural Wellness Practitioners (AANWP) + Board
Certification by the AADP (American Association of Drugless Practitioners)accreditation through the International Association of Reiki Professional (IARP).
You will be learning directly from the founder, writer, and creator of the curriculum, Shawna Schenk. While many other schools hire others to teach programs they have created, Shawna, the founder, both writes + teaches the programs. Aside from
having thousands of hours + certifications + diplomas in various holistic health modules, has a BA in Education, BA in Sociology + MA in Rhetoric + Curriculum Development. Shawna has been an educator since 2006. Prior to opening her own school, community center, and yoga studio, she was a post secondary professor at 10 different colleges in universities online + on the east + west coast for 7 years.
Shawna has experience in understanding teaching pedagogy and understanding learning styles and human interactions to teach all levels of students. She has certified students with various learning disorders, physical disabilities and PTSD along with certifying students as young at 12 and "old" as 76. She is a published author of over 12 books, workbooks + manuals.
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ACCREDITATION
This is an official, multi-accredited certification.
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Internationally Accredited through the Yoga Alliance
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Board Certificated through The American Association of Natural Wellness Practitioners (AANWP)
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Board Certification by the AADP (American Association of Drugless Practitioners)
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Course led by founder of Yoga With Shawna, Yosemite Yoga + Wellness, Desert Dimension, San Diego Yoga Festival + The Holistic Health Institute of San Diego, Shawna Schenk who has over 20 years of teaching experience, two Bachelor Degrees, one Master's Degree + over 25,000 hours of holistic health teaching experiences + certifications
What you will gain from joining one of the Certified Aromatherapy Programs
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3 different certificate opportunities so you can do all three or just pick and choose what topics you want to study and learn
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Discounts on essential oils for your own use or for resale
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Wholesale opportunities to build your own essential oil company and make income through resale
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the rare opportunity to distill our own oil and learn how to do so with a professional system
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Healing from the plants themselves
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Internship + job opportunities
INVESTMENT
$1999 or
6 payments of $366 or
12 payments of $190
*Per certification, each certification costs the same
“The investment in this training is so little compared to what you get. My business has doubled in income, my practice has doubled in spirituality + commitment + my happiness + well being has more than doubled. I am forever grateful.”
- Graduate 2023