Receive profound insights, practices and teachings for connecting more deeply to the natural world and harnessing the power of plants for your health, wellbeing and spiritual transformation.

Have you long suspected there is much more to understand about plants, spirituality and your connection to the natural world?

Have you been fascinated about systems of natural medicine like Ayurveda, Chinese wisdom and working with herbs?

Are you curious about how essential oils and herbs affect your moods and shift your consciousness?

Questions like these lead us toward a profound new understanding of medicinal plants, one that links our biology, our ecology, the growth of our consciousness and our felt sense of connection with all of life.

Scientific evidence now shows that plants are sentient beings that are connected in profound, complex and mysterious ways to the health of our bodies and minds.

We generally think of plants as sources of food, and sometimes we recognize their healing powers when they help us cure an illness, but we may not be aware of many crucial functions they perform continually inside us.

Becoming aware of these activities through simple methods of mindfulness and contemplative study opens our eyes to our deep biological unity and intimate interconnectedness with life.

Through the photosynthetic actions of plants we are directly connected to the sun: we can learn to feel this unity in the metabolic warmth of the body.

We breathe together with plants: every breath can become an opportunity to feel our kinship with other living beings that nourish us.

Plants, therefore, offer essential keys to spiritual evolution, if we know how to commune with them to discover the expressions of their life-giving intelligence.

We’ve been trained to relate to the plant kingdom in a mechanistic way, cutting us off from the benefits of a real relationship with the natural world, which affects our relationship with people as well.

Becoming sensitized to our deeper biological interconnectedness is a kind of spirituality that deconstructs our false notions and identities. Feeling yourself connected to the sunlight moves you into realizing everyone is, quite literally, made out of sunlight.

As we create a different kind of relationship with plants, the path opens to a kind of spiritual awakening that is grounded, earthy and sustainable, one where we become intimately interconnected with the intelligence of nature in a very tangible way.

The links between medicinal plants and our spiritual evolution has been deeply studied in ancient systems of natural healing such as botanical medicine, Ayurveda and Chinese medicine.

When you connect with the deep sentience, wisdom and healing power within the plant kingdom, your eyes are opened to new realms of knowledge, and you come home to your body and life in a different way.

As you begin to experience your biological unity with the plant kingdom, you embark on an exciting voyage in consciousness that can open you up to a new understanding of medicinal herbs, aromatherapy, meditation and spirituality. This manifests in many ways, from the kind of herb gardens you grow to how you use essential oils in your practice.

For instance, when we smell an essential oil such as lavender, we can begin to perceive that it conveys elements of the earth, and moonlight and sunlight directly into our consciousness. So lavender is relaxing but what we’re looking at is why because it’s conveying something from the outer environment into our internal environment.

By understanding plants in a more multi-dimensional way, we open up a deeper cosmological view and a more dynamic relationship with the life force around us. We cultivate more prana or chi. We harmonize our bodily systems. We heal old traumas.

You can envision this new relationship with the plant kingdom by thinking of it in terms of growing new and deeper roots for embodied living. This strengthened root system in your consciousness allows you to weather metaphorical storms, droughts and other life challenges.

This increase in groundedness applies not just at the personal level but the collective one. If we’re trying to grow a healthy new culture, we need to deepen our roots by connecting to the biological realities that allow us to grow in a way that is sustainable.

Put simply, by reconnecting with plants, we re-establish a relationship with the ground of being.

Our planet is in ecological crisis at least partially because we have grown to see ourselves as separate and “above” nature in a way that leads us to be destructive, wasteful and neglectful, not to mention unhealthy and unhappy.

The Value of a Master Guide

There is perhaps no better guide for the journey into a new paradigm of relating to the plant kingdom than Floracopeia founder David Crow L.Ac., who unifies wisdom from many streams of healing practices into a coherent understanding.

For more than 30 years he’s pioneered a path that’s about harnessing the power of plants to infuse more intelligence in your body, mind and soul – giving you a more organic wisdom and sustainable connection with life.

David will show you how to relate more deeply with medicinal plants for rejuvenation, awakening and health.

He’ll draw from strands as diverse as Ayurveda, Chinese medicine and essential oils to shift the foundation of how you relate to plants – from seeing them as mechanistic objects to wise, sentient allies.

You’ll receive a profound understanding for working with medicinal plants, food plants, flowers, aromatic ceremonial plants and essential oils as a doorway into understanding spiritual realities about the interconnectedness of life.

In every class, you’ll gain important practical information about medicinal plants that can be applied for several health imbalances. However, the primary focus of this course is to develop a greater sensitivity to learning how to receive the many benefits of herbal medicine and understand the deep and ancient intelligence that plants have carried long before humans appeared.

Recognizing this intelligence, the power it has to heal us individually and collectively and our biological inseparability from it, is the beginning of reverence for plants – which really is the beginning of a sacred relationship with nature. This program offers a gateway to ecological spirituality – the antidote for the destruction and suffering we are causing ourselves and all life on Earth.

This program is appropriate for professionals in any discipline who work with herbs, plants, oils or energy, as well as any person who is intrigued by the healing and personal evolutionary benefits of botanical medicine.

This course will draw from David’s more than 30 years of studying the healing powers of plants in various cultures with many gifted teachers, from the shamanic traditions of the Amazon to the alchemical mysteries of the Himalayas and the ancient wisdom of Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine. It is a unique offering of knowledge, information and insights that we are sure you will find deeply enriching as well as practical.

What Graduates of David’s Courses are Saying...

It seems so rare to find individuals like you who are truly trying to solve difficult problems of sustainability around the world. It is great how the focus of your business plan is on education and awareness. It is crazy when I think about what you are teaching to me because the concept is so simple and already in my head, but I am so disconnected right now that I was never aware of it. For example, the symbiotic nature you speak of about humans and plants is so fundamental, yet I forgot about it and even worse didn’t think it to be important enough to remember. Not only that, but there is also so much for me to learn.
– DI

Your understanding of plants, planets and people and the way we all interact is wonderful to listen to. Your words help open my understanding too – Thank you.
– LN

Elementary enough for someone like me who has a ravenous interest in Ayurveda yet greatly educational & informative to be a very strong foundation to build upon! I will be very disappointed if this opportunity doesn’t continue so please keep teaching us. You have a great gift of sharing your knowledge so that it is understood & meaningful. Thank you so very much.
– DO

Finally! Someone talking about essential oils that seems to know what they are talking about. I am a few months new to essential oils & have been trying to learn more about them. I have very little time to read or surf the net, so when I am driving, I play YouTube videos to learn more. Up until I listened to your video, I kept scratching my head every time I listened to some else because they just didn’t seem to know what they were talking about. As if they were just regurgitating information that was more geared towards marketing than teaching. Sooo glad I discovered you and your wealth of information! The bonus to the information is the way it was presented...beautiful scenic background, calm verbal delivery, speaking in a way I can understand & a speed that allowed me to take it all in as it was presented. I am looking forward to learning so much more from you. Thank you.
– DW

As usual your articulate and wise commentaries on all the topics I have heard you speak about are valuable and I am grateful for this.
– RB

Thank you. Very well done, content clear and deep, balances beginning info and contraindications with detailed and theoretical info medicinal practitioners can use.
– JC

Here’s What You’ll Receive

An Unprecedented Opportunity to Join The Medicinal Plants and Spiritual Evolution Virtual Training

We, at The Shift Network, feel deeply honored that David Crow has chosen to partner with us on this exclusive online training. As you may know, this is a rare opportunity to learn directly from one of the world’s foremost experts and leading speakers in the field of botanical medicine and grassroots healthcare whose powerful insights and pioneering work are helping us heal and awaken ourselves – and our world.

Through this powerful online format, you’ll not only save time and money on workshop costs (plus travel, accommodations and meals – which would cost thousands of dollars). But you’ll be able to benefit from David’s incredible teachings and exercises from the comfort of your home – at your own pace!

If you are serious about understanding the deeper internal dimensions that are inside the plants and all around us to heal and transform, then you owe it to yourself, your loved ones – and our world – to take this one-of-a-kind training.

If you’re ready to take the next step in evolving yourself, click the register button below to reserve your space now.

About David Crow. . .

David Crow, L.Ac., is an acupuncturist and herbalist with over thirty years of clinical experience. He is the author of In Search of the Medicine Buddha, a book about his studies of Tibetan and Ayurvedic medicine in the Himalayas, Sacred Smoke, about his studies of Palo Santo in Ecuador, and Plants That Heal, a collection of essays on botanical medicine. He is the founder of Floracopeia, a company that supports ecologically sustainable agriculture through the production of essential oils, and co-founder of The Learning Garden, one of the country’s oldest and most successful school gardens.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What is a virtual course?

"I have never participated before in an on-line course. The packaging, presentation, inclusion, and facebook postings created a wonderful safe cocoon to participate. I haven’t seen a course so well put together ever – not in all the years of taking college classes – and I had my doubts about doing an on-line course. The wealth of organization and ease of learning materials and support made this fun as well.”
- Claudia F., Medford

A: It’s a great way to engage teachings and each other from the comfort of your home! All you need is a phone line (or an equivalent voice service). If there is more than one person in your household taking the course, you will each need your own line. We use MaestroConference to make it just like an in-person event, where you can ask questions, participate in groups, and deepen your exploration of the course themes.

Please note that dialing MaestroConference from your phone is a regular toll call to California, and your telephone service provider will charge you according to your existing long-distance calling plan. You can also use Skype credit/subscription or Google Voice to dial in to MaestroConference, and you’ll need to use your virtual keypad to enter your PIN and to indicate that you want to ask a question. Other options include calling cards and discount long-distance carriers, and we also have a webcast which is free to use from anywhere in the world.

Q: Can I get benefit from the course if I miss the live classes?
A: Absolutely! You can download the recordings and transcripts of all course sessions from our online media archive, so you never need to worry about missing live calls. You can also engage the full community and leaders on our private community website.

Q: Can you tell me about the Private Course Group?
A: We will have a private community group for all course participants on Facebook that will support you in making connections with others, sharing insights, engaging in discussions, completing homework assignments and exchanging information about events and other activities that can supplement your transformational journey. You’ll have the ability to share your experiences, projects, and growth throughout the Course.

Q: Are there scholarships available for this Training?
A: Yes, we always make a certain percentage of spaces available for partial scholarships, giving preference to those in developing countries or doing important but underpaid work to which they can apply the training material immediately. If you would like to apply for a scholarship, please review our guidelines, which include a link to our online application form.

Q: What is your refund policy?
A: Your satisfaction with The Shift Network and this course is our highest priority! We offer a satisfaction guarantee so that you can sample the course risk-free. The deadline to receive a full refund is May 5, 2015. To request a refund, please click on this refund request form and submit your request. Your refund will be processed within five business days and we'll send you an email confirming your refund. However, we'd love to have a chance to address and resolve your concerns first. If there is something we can assist you with, please email us at support@theshiftnetwork.com, and we'll be happy to help! (No refund requests accepted after the above date or with scholarship awards.)

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A: Please visit our Customer Support Center, where you should be able to find the answer to your question or the solution to a problem. And if you can’t, you can submit an online request form and we’ll get right back to you.