Heartstone Apprenticeship Online Anatomy & Physiology
An Herbalists Guide to the Human Body
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How will an understanding of anatomy & physiology transform your healing work?
Here's an engaging, fun, and applicable curriculum – you can follow it at your own pace, and keep as a reference – and it is especially tailored to herbalists and massage therapists.
When you enroll in the course, you get instant access to the lectures, notes, and recorded live Q&A sessions forever. See the curriculum and sample lessons below.
The result is a comprehensive understanding of HOW and WHY the body works through a holistic, yet still obsessively accurate lens.
(24 CEUs Available)
"Tammi is the best kind of teacher ~ Enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and impassioned. Whether she's teaching about plants or the body, she infuses everything with energy and passion."
- Rosemary Gladstar, Sage Mountain
Learn the major systems of the body
This curriculum is designed to move through the body, from the outside in. You can switch between self-study or participating in the live, 8 week guided program which includes live Q&A discussions.
We start on the “outside” (skin, lining of the respiratory and digestive systems are actually considered outside) and work our way inside (into the blood or lymph), like your food, your medicine or foreign pathogens.
Once inside, we’ll look at how your body defends itself through the Immune and Lymphatic Systems. We’ll look at how the Muscle system and Skeletal system work together to allow for movement of the body.
Then we look at the 3 ways your body communicates within itself; electrically through the Nervous system, chemically through the Endocrine system, and mechanically through the connective tissue.
We will round out the course with two weeks of learning how the men and women’s reproductive systems work, and how are body rids itself of wastes through the Urinary system.
Check out the curriculum, and sample lesson on the physiology of pain to learn more.
"...even the things I already know from years of self-study are made clearer & more applicable to my work by Tammi's fine teaching.
For me this online course is time and money well spent!"
- Robin Rose Bennett, Instructor & Author, Wise Woman Healing Ways
Course Curriculum
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StartNotes: Chemistry, Molecules of Life & Cells
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StartVideo: Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology and Chemistry (42:10)
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StartVideo: The Cell and Tissues (46:33)
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StartNotes: Integumentary system & Wound Healing
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StartVideo: Integumentary system and Wound Healing (45:48)
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StartReview Questions: Week 1
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StartAnswers: Review Question Week 1
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StartRecap & Quiz
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StartDiscussion and Recorded Q&A Calls
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StartNotes: Nervous system
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StartVideo: The Nervous System Overview (88:10)
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StartNotes: Endocrine system
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StartVideo: The Endocrine System (64:49)
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StartReview Questions: Nervous & Endocrine systems
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StartAnswers: Review Questions Nervous & Endocrine Systems
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StartNervous & Endocrine Recap & Quiz
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StartQ & A call
Your Instructor
Tammi Sweet loves to teach. It’s her superpower. She has a magical ability to connect with almost anyone when teaching and help them understand complex material.
For over 30 years, Tammi has shared her gift of teaching at various colleges, massage schools and herbal schools throughout the country. Her background in physiology makes her an invaluable resource to developing herbalists, massage therapists and anyone wanting to care for their bodies alike, who want to deepen their foundational knowledge of the body.
In addition to her physiology expertise, Tammi is also a practitioner and teacher of herbal medicine. She is deeply influenced by her studies with accomplished herbalists, including Rosemary Gladstar, Pam Montgomery, Brooke Medicine Eagle,Tom Brown, Jr. and especially Stephen Buhner’s pioneering work on the heart as an organ of perception.
In 2007, Tammi set out to “combine all the things I love into one curriculum and teach whatever I wanted in ways that made sense--on my own terms.” So she and her partner Kris Miller launched the Heartstone Center for Earth Essentials.
At Heartstone, Tammi and Kris run two residential programs, an Herbal Apprenticeship and Journey of the Heart. They also offer online courses that integrate physiology and plant medicine with Tammi’s love of teaching, such as her signature course Anatomy & Physiology for Herbalists.
Tammi’s vision is for Heartstone to co-create a space with the land, where people can come "home," take refuge and find the sacred both on the land and within themselves and facilitate healing. When not teaching, Tammi loves to spend time alone and ‘recharge’ by exploring the land, writing, and hiking.