Our educational courses may be taken individually and when any five courses are completed, you will earn Certification as a Holistic Health Practitioner (HHP). 

AFFORDABILITY

It is HAI’s mission to provide comprehensive, yet affordable, distance learning holistic health courses and programs for adult learners with a true desire to discover and explore the dimension of wholeness—body, mind, and spirit—within themselves.  

Create Your Own

HHP Program!

Become a Holistic Health Practitioner

from the comfort of your own home: 

Holistic Health Practitioner (HHP)Certificate Program

Tuition:  $195.00

Prerequisites:  None

In the HAI Herbal Arts and Practice Course, you will reach to the heart and spirit of herbalism and capture the essence of this great tradition of healing.  You will learn that throughout human history, people in all parts of the world have used the healing properties of plants to promote and maintain good health, and to alleviate pain or illness.  You will cover the many practical aspects of herbalism, including:  growing, drying, and preparing medicinal herbs; learning to listen to clients and recommend holistic treatments for healing and continued wellness; licensing, marketing, and other legal and business issues facing modern herbalists; herbal workshops, conferences, and education centers; and comprehensive resources and suggestions for building your herbal library.  Additionally, you will address the issues of being a family or community herbalist and of practicing herbal medicine in the modern world. 

Upon completion of the Herbal Arts and Practice Course, you will be able to: 

• Provide a brief history of herbalism. 
• Describe the various titles used for herbalists. 
• Describe the role of the herbalist as a practitioner. 
• Describe the role of the herbalist as a grower. 
• Describe the role of the herbalist as a medicine maker. 
• Describe the role of the herbalist as a teacher. 
• Explain the concept of plant spirit medicine. 
• Explain the concept of plant allies. 
• Explain how personal experience is the best teacher. 
• Explain how the process of self-care is a sacrament. 
• Explain how an herbalist may best serve their community. 
• Explain various ways that an herbalist may make a living. 
• Explain how to establish an herbal practice. 
• Describe various assessment skills. 
• Explain the significance of individual health profiles. 
• Explain the importance of understanding body systems. 
• Explain the importance of an herbal repertory. 
• Describe different methods of propagating herbs. 
• Describe sound herb farming practices. 
• Describe ethical wildcrafting practices. 
• Describe various avenues for marketing herbs. 
• Describe the neighborhood apothecary. 
• Describe the art of herbal formulation. 
• Describe proper herbal product labeling. 
• Explain how to develop a teaching garden. 
• Explain how to develop herbal workshops. 
• Explain the significance of community health. 
• Explain the significance of eco-herbalism. 
• Apply herbal arts in your daily life. 
• Apply herbal arts in your holistic practice. 

With this course, you will receive one text book and an HAI developed course workbook.  When all academic and financial requirements have been met, you will receive a personalized Certificate of Completion with our gold embossed seal for the Herbal Arts and Practice Course. 

Tuition:  $195.00