There are many ways of working with the remarkable healing powers of  plant spirits. All the plant spirit practitioners listed in the Directory of this site are  qualified healers  trained by plant spirit medicine teacher Eliot Cowan.  We employ our skills and knowledge in  two ancient healing traditions: Classical Chinese Medicine and shamanism.

Using shamanic journeying and meditation techniques the practitioner establishes and cultivates alliances with the plant spirits, while, through Five Element diagnosis, the practitioner looks to the underlying factor that is the source of a patient’s dis-ease as well as their wholeness. The basis of this diagnostic  approach was developed by generations of sages and physicians of ancient China. The Five Elements are primal energetic forces behind all natural phenomena  including human beings, the seasons and the web of relationships that sustain life. The plant spirit practitioner addresses any lack of balance and harmony within and between the patient’s five elements by calling on their plant spirit allies. By restoring balance and harmony health is restored.

Modern lifestyles tend to to lead to a state of disconnection from oneself and nature. Through plant spirit treatment, we are reconnected with a natural state of wholeness, the birthright of every living being.

To learn more about the reality of the transformational but gentle healing gifts of plant spirits, we recommend the book Plant Spirit Medicine by Eliot Cowan (1995, Swan Raven & Co).