Blue Otter School of Herbal Medicine
@blueotterschool.bsky.social
Karyn Sanders and Sarah Holmes
energetic herbalism education and consultations
Founder/Producers of The Herbal Highway 1997-2025
energetic herbalism education and consultations
Founder/Producers of The Herbal Highway 1997-2025
Energetic Herbalism Intensive: The Series!
There are a handful of spots left in the next one. Showing Up focuses on presence, boundaries, holding space, deepening awareness and plant meditations. In person in Tacoma, WA.
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
info and registration www.blueotterschool.com
There are a handful of spots left in the next one. Showing Up focuses on presence, boundaries, holding space, deepening awareness and plant meditations. In person in Tacoma, WA.
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
info and registration www.blueotterschool.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Energetic Herbalism Intensive: The Series!
There are a handful of spots left in the next one. Showing Up focuses on presence, boundaries, holding space, deepening awareness and plant meditations. In person in Tacoma, WA.
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
info and registration www.blueotterschool.com
There are a handful of spots left in the next one. Showing Up focuses on presence, boundaries, holding space, deepening awareness and plant meditations. In person in Tacoma, WA.
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
info and registration www.blueotterschool.com
May the balance that is the equinox, on this first day of fall, permeate our minds, bodies and spirits. May we let our home, this earth, these plants, this universe lead us.
September 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
May the balance that is the equinox, on this first day of fall, permeate our minds, bodies and spirits. May we let our home, this earth, these plants, this universe lead us.
Almost full! Energetic Herbalism Intensives. Support your practice and community. Add new skills, deepen existing ones. Choose one or all. In-person in Tacoma.
Foundations: Nov 7-9
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and register www.BlueOtterSchool.com
Foundations: Nov 7-9
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and register www.BlueOtterSchool.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Almost full! Energetic Herbalism Intensives. Support your practice and community. Add new skills, deepen existing ones. Choose one or all. In-person in Tacoma.
Foundations: Nov 7-9
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and register www.BlueOtterSchool.com
Foundations: Nov 7-9
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and register www.BlueOtterSchool.com
Remember to breathe. Follow your breath. Inhabit your body. Stay present.
September 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Remember to breathe. Follow your breath. Inhabit your body. Stay present.
Support your practice. Add new skills, deepen existing ones. Supportive space to feel into the nuance. Choose one or all. In-person in Tacoma, WA
Foundations: Nov 7-9
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
More info and registration www.BlueOtterSchool.com
Foundations: Nov 7-9
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
More info and registration www.BlueOtterSchool.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Support your practice. Add new skills, deepen existing ones. Supportive space to feel into the nuance. Choose one or all. In-person in Tacoma, WA
Foundations: Nov 7-9
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
More info and registration www.BlueOtterSchool.com
Foundations: Nov 7-9
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
More info and registration www.BlueOtterSchool.com
In the midst of all of the heartbreak, let us remember to nourish our hearts with the beauty around and within us. How are you nourishing your heart today? How are you nourishing the hearts of others?
September 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
In the midst of all of the heartbreak, let us remember to nourish our hearts with the beauty around and within us. How are you nourishing your heart today? How are you nourishing the hearts of others?
Energetic Herbalism Intensives. Register now!
In-person, small group learning. Take one or all. Foundations focuses on our perspective of energetic herbalism
Foundations: Nov 5-7
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and registration www.BlueOtterSchool.com
In-person, small group learning. Take one or all. Foundations focuses on our perspective of energetic herbalism
Foundations: Nov 5-7
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and registration www.BlueOtterSchool.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Energetic Herbalism Intensives. Register now!
In-person, small group learning. Take one or all. Foundations focuses on our perspective of energetic herbalism
Foundations: Nov 5-7
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and registration www.BlueOtterSchool.com
In-person, small group learning. Take one or all. Foundations focuses on our perspective of energetic herbalism
Foundations: Nov 5-7
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and registration www.BlueOtterSchool.com
Energetic Herbalism Intensive: Integrating
Take a deep dive on herbal formulations, long term work with people, case studies. Specific to herbalists.
Foundations: Nov 7-9
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and register www.BlueOtterSchool.com
Take a deep dive on herbal formulations, long term work with people, case studies. Specific to herbalists.
Foundations: Nov 7-9
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and register www.BlueOtterSchool.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Energetic Herbalism Intensive: Integrating
Take a deep dive on herbal formulations, long term work with people, case studies. Specific to herbalists.
Foundations: Nov 7-9
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and register www.BlueOtterSchool.com
Take a deep dive on herbal formulations, long term work with people, case studies. Specific to herbalists.
Foundations: Nov 7-9
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and register www.BlueOtterSchool.com
Energetic Herbalism Intensive: Gathering
We will focus on deep listening, interviewing skills and working with trauma. For practitioners in related fields as well.
Foundations: Nov 7-9
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and register www.BlueOtterSchool.com
We will focus on deep listening, interviewing skills and working with trauma. For practitioners in related fields as well.
Foundations: Nov 7-9
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and register www.BlueOtterSchool.com
August 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Energetic Herbalism Intensive: Gathering
We will focus on deep listening, interviewing skills and working with trauma. For practitioners in related fields as well.
Foundations: Nov 7-9
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and register www.BlueOtterSchool.com
We will focus on deep listening, interviewing skills and working with trauma. For practitioners in related fields as well.
Foundations: Nov 7-9
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and register www.BlueOtterSchool.com
Energetic Herbalism Intensive: Showing Up : setting and holding space, boundaries, presence, confidentiality. For practitioners in related fields as well.
Foundations: Nov 7-9
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and register www.BlueOtterSchool.com
Foundations: Nov 7-9
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and register www.BlueOtterSchool.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Energetic Herbalism Intensive: Showing Up : setting and holding space, boundaries, presence, confidentiality. For practitioners in related fields as well.
Foundations: Nov 7-9
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and register www.BlueOtterSchool.com
Foundations: Nov 7-9
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and register www.BlueOtterSchool.com
Energetic Herbalism Intensives:
In-person, small group learning in Tacoma. Take one or all. Foundations focuses on our perspective of energetic herbalism
Foundations: Nov 5-7
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and registration www.BlueOtterSchool.com
In-person, small group learning in Tacoma. Take one or all. Foundations focuses on our perspective of energetic herbalism
Foundations: Nov 5-7
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and registration www.BlueOtterSchool.com
August 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Energetic Herbalism Intensives:
In-person, small group learning in Tacoma. Take one or all. Foundations focuses on our perspective of energetic herbalism
Foundations: Nov 5-7
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and registration www.BlueOtterSchool.com
In-person, small group learning in Tacoma. Take one or all. Foundations focuses on our perspective of energetic herbalism
Foundations: Nov 5-7
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
Info and registration www.BlueOtterSchool.com
Support your practice. Add new skills, deepen existing ones. Supportive space to feel into the nuance. Choose one or some or all. In-person.
Foundations: Nov 5-7
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
More info and registration www.BlueOtterSchool.com
Foundations: Nov 5-7
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
More info and registration www.BlueOtterSchool.com
August 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Support your practice. Add new skills, deepen existing ones. Supportive space to feel into the nuance. Choose one or some or all. In-person.
Foundations: Nov 5-7
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
More info and registration www.BlueOtterSchool.com
Foundations: Nov 5-7
Showing Up: Jan 30-Feb 1
Gathering: March 27-29
Integrating: June 5-7
More info and registration www.BlueOtterSchool.com
Free herbal medicine resources. Missing The Herbal Highway? Go to KPFA.org to access all of the archives. Consider in these times: herbal care after protests, stress and trauma, hope and resilience. Check out Planting Medicine. Our work remains available to you. Take care of yourself and each other.
June 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Free herbal medicine resources. Missing The Herbal Highway? Go to KPFA.org to access all of the archives. Consider in these times: herbal care after protests, stress and trauma, hope and resilience. Check out Planting Medicine. Our work remains available to you. Take care of yourself and each other.
spending time with the waters, listening, preparing; tending to self and others. envisioning a series of in person intensives starting late fall. stay connected with yourself, with other humans, the animals, plants, elements and spirits. Remember you are an integral part of the web of this life.
May 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
spending time with the waters, listening, preparing; tending to self and others. envisioning a series of in person intensives starting late fall. stay connected with yourself, with other humans, the animals, plants, elements and spirits. Remember you are an integral part of the web of this life.
Registration closes Saturday morning!
There are many ways to fight against the injustices and create the world we want to be a part of. One important way is to deepen our connections, all of them.
offering Deepening Relationship with Plants
Registration and further info www.blueotterschool.com
There are many ways to fight against the injustices and create the world we want to be a part of. One important way is to deepen our connections, all of them.
offering Deepening Relationship with Plants
Registration and further info www.blueotterschool.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Registration closes Saturday morning!
There are many ways to fight against the injustices and create the world we want to be a part of. One important way is to deepen our connections, all of them.
offering Deepening Relationship with Plants
Registration and further info www.blueotterschool.com
There are many ways to fight against the injustices and create the world we want to be a part of. One important way is to deepen our connections, all of them.
offering Deepening Relationship with Plants
Registration and further info www.blueotterschool.com
Deepening our connections is one of many ways to fight against injustice and create the world we want to be a part of. Yes, we know this offering is online and still, it is a chance to take the time and learn some skills.
Starts next week! Registration and further info www.blueotterschool.com
Starts next week! Registration and further info www.blueotterschool.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Deepening our connections is one of many ways to fight against injustice and create the world we want to be a part of. Yes, we know this offering is online and still, it is a chance to take the time and learn some skills.
Starts next week! Registration and further info www.blueotterschool.com
Starts next week! Registration and further info www.blueotterschool.com
Starts next week! The Prevention Workshop is structured to give you a foundation to work with plants, includes: interrelationships between: mind, body and spirit; body systems; trauma and stress and tonic plants. Register www.blueotterschool.com
March 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Starts next week! The Prevention Workshop is structured to give you a foundation to work with plants, includes: interrelationships between: mind, body and spirit; body systems; trauma and stress and tonic plants. Register www.blueotterschool.com
Want to deepen your connection to self? Plants? Consider a class to get you going. Our spring online classes are starting in April.
Prevention Workshop
starts April 3rd
Deepening your Relationship to Plants
starts April 15
more info and registration www.blueotterschool.com
Prevention Workshop
starts April 3rd
Deepening your Relationship to Plants
starts April 15
more info and registration www.blueotterschool.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Want to deepen your connection to self? Plants? Consider a class to get you going. Our spring online classes are starting in April.
Prevention Workshop
starts April 3rd
Deepening your Relationship to Plants
starts April 15
more info and registration www.blueotterschool.com
Prevention Workshop
starts April 3rd
Deepening your Relationship to Plants
starts April 15
more info and registration www.blueotterschool.com
Welcome to Spring! May the unfolding beauty and potential of spring nourish your spirit.
March 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Welcome to Spring! May the unfolding beauty and potential of spring nourish your spirit.
Need some support? Wondering about plants in your life? Consider a class to get you going. Our spring online classes are starting in April. Check out:
Prevention Workshop, April 3rd
Deepening Relationship with Plants, April 15th
further info and registration at www.blueotterschool.com
Prevention Workshop, April 3rd
Deepening Relationship with Plants, April 15th
further info and registration at www.blueotterschool.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Need some support? Wondering about plants in your life? Consider a class to get you going. Our spring online classes are starting in April. Check out:
Prevention Workshop, April 3rd
Deepening Relationship with Plants, April 15th
further info and registration at www.blueotterschool.com
Prevention Workshop, April 3rd
Deepening Relationship with Plants, April 15th
further info and registration at www.blueotterschool.com
Still have questions? LMK what you want to know. Space is limited. For students, practitioners and all plant lovers. No experience necessary.
Energetic Herbalism Intensive March 27-30 in Tacoma, WA
with Sarah Holmes
Also online this April:
Prevention Workshop
Deepening Relationship with Plants
Energetic Herbalism Intensive March 27-30 in Tacoma, WA
with Sarah Holmes
Also online this April:
Prevention Workshop
Deepening Relationship with Plants
February 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Still have questions? LMK what you want to know. Space is limited. For students, practitioners and all plant lovers. No experience necessary.
Energetic Herbalism Intensive March 27-30 in Tacoma, WA
with Sarah Holmes
Also online this April:
Prevention Workshop
Deepening Relationship with Plants
Energetic Herbalism Intensive March 27-30 in Tacoma, WA
with Sarah Holmes
Also online this April:
Prevention Workshop
Deepening Relationship with Plants
Deepening Relationship with Plants
This class combines instruction, guided exercises and homework to support your relationship to the plant world.
April 15, 22, 29; 5-7pm. PST
Also offered this spring:
Energetic Herbalism Intensive (in person in Tacoma, WA)
Prevention Workshop (online)
This class combines instruction, guided exercises and homework to support your relationship to the plant world.
April 15, 22, 29; 5-7pm. PST
Also offered this spring:
Energetic Herbalism Intensive (in person in Tacoma, WA)
Prevention Workshop (online)
February 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Deepening Relationship with Plants
This class combines instruction, guided exercises and homework to support your relationship to the plant world.
April 15, 22, 29; 5-7pm. PST
Also offered this spring:
Energetic Herbalism Intensive (in person in Tacoma, WA)
Prevention Workshop (online)
This class combines instruction, guided exercises and homework to support your relationship to the plant world.
April 15, 22, 29; 5-7pm. PST
Also offered this spring:
Energetic Herbalism Intensive (in person in Tacoma, WA)
Prevention Workshop (online)
The Prevention Workshop is structured to give you a foundation to work with plants, includes: interrelationships between: mind, body and spirit; body systems; trauma and stress and tonic plants. Also this spring: Energetic Herbalism Intensive in person and Deepening Relationship with Plants online.
February 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The Prevention Workshop is structured to give you a foundation to work with plants, includes: interrelationships between: mind, body and spirit; body systems; trauma and stress and tonic plants. Also this spring: Energetic Herbalism Intensive in person and Deepening Relationship with Plants online.
Our only in person offering this spring is our Energetic Herbalism Intensive, in March. I love leading this experiential time together.
also this April online:
Prevention Workshop
Deepening Relationship with Plants
website and newsletter
www.blueotterschool.com
also this April online:
Prevention Workshop
Deepening Relationship with Plants
website and newsletter
www.blueotterschool.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Our only in person offering this spring is our Energetic Herbalism Intensive, in March. I love leading this experiential time together.
also this April online:
Prevention Workshop
Deepening Relationship with Plants
website and newsletter
www.blueotterschool.com
also this April online:
Prevention Workshop
Deepening Relationship with Plants
website and newsletter
www.blueotterschool.com
Hi All! Making this social media transition along with all of the transitions in life. We look forward to sharing and learning in this new space. You can find us at www.blueotterschool.com
Registration/info for our spring offerings, online and in person, is up on our website.
Registration/info for our spring offerings, online and in person, is up on our website.
January 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Hi All! Making this social media transition along with all of the transitions in life. We look forward to sharing and learning in this new space. You can find us at www.blueotterschool.com
Registration/info for our spring offerings, online and in person, is up on our website.
Registration/info for our spring offerings, online and in person, is up on our website.