In Our Element
Five Element + Flower Medicine Intensive
Orientation
Sunday, November 2nd
12- 1:30pm ET
The Five Elements are more than a theory—they invite us into a living ceremony.
The Five Elements reveal the universal patterns flowing through nature, our personal lives, and our collective experiences. Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, and Metal each carry a unique wisdom, showing us how to align with change and live with greater vitality, clarity, and connection.
When we embody the Five Elements, we are truly In Our Element.
This course offers an embodied journey through Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, and Metal. Together, we’ll explore how to:
✨ Flow with change and embrace the unexpected
✨ Amplify your blessings and answer your heart’s calling
✨ Apply a nature-based psychology to our personal healing, professional practice, and community leadership
In small groups, you’ll integrate the teachings into your own life and work—whether in holistic wellness, education, spirituality, or activism.
In Our Element invites you to…
Tap into art, music, and nature as pathways to self-awareness and soul serenity
Work with flower essences—gentle, accessible plant remedies that support joy, ease, and emotional balance
Recognize and shift emotional stress patterns such as anxiety, overwhelm, heartbreak, or feeling stuck
Develop nourishing rituals that awaken your physical, emotional, and spiritual potential
Practice mindfulness and meditation with acupressure, essential oils, and yoga protocols designed to fit seamlessly into your life or clinical work
Support children, clients, families, and communities through change and transition with sensitivity and care
Experience the power of community as we heal, grow, and learn together during this time of profound collective transformation
You are not just one element—you are all of them.
This course is your invitation to bring each one alive within you.
Everything you touch, you change.
Everything you change, changes you.
The only lasting truth is change.
-Octavia Butler
Your Integration Facilitators
-
Cassandra Herbert
Cassandra Herbert is a holistic nurse, health and wellness coach, herbalist, breathwork facilitator, flower essence student, former psychotherapist, author, speaker, and creator of Zest and Harmony. She holds a vision of transforming the current healthcare system from a culture of sick “care” to one of true wellness. She empowers people to advocate for themselves and embrace medicines from the earth, along with lifestyle changes, to support their whole well-being.
Cassandra facilitates the small group discussions for those integrating flower essences and Five Element Theory into their personal healing.
-
Lindsay Fauntleroy
Lindsay Fauntleroy is the founding director of the Spirit Seed School.
Lindsay’s approach to soul medicine is grounded in over 15 years of clinical practice, her current doctoral studies, her sacred study with elders of the Ifa tradition, and her commitment to community wellness. She is a fierce advocate for reclaiming ancestral knowledge systems as tools for personal evolution and collective liberation.
Lindsay leads the small group discussions for those looking to integrate flower essences and Five Element Theory into their professional work in the healing arts.
-
Mia Herndon
Mia Herndon (she/her) is focused on the healing of people and systems as a licensed acupuncturist, somatic coach, facilitator, and worker in social movement organizations. Mia has 20+ years of experience in community-based, state, and national social justice and philanthropic organizations focused primarily on feminist praxis, reproductive justice, criminal injustice and youth organizing.
Mia facilitates the small group discussions for those looking to integrate flower essences and Five Element Theory into their work in community, education, or activism.
Course Overview
Each of the four course modules includes:
An Elementals flower essence remedy of your choice for each element to work with for the duration of the module,
Two 3-hour live zoom lectures (recorded)
An active online student community with practice exercises
One facilitated 90min integration group meeting to apply the course material to your personal healing, professional practice, or work as an educator, activist or community leader. Our cohorts for the 25-26 program year include:
💕 Flower Essences in Clinical Practice, facilitated by Lindsay Fauntleroy
✨ Personal + Family Healing, facilitated by Cassandra Herbert👊🏾Community Healing and Systemic Change, facilitated by Mia Herdon
Got questions? Join our Welcome Session on Sunday, November 2nd for enrolled and prospective students!
Autumn: Metal- Spirit
The Metal Element connects reminds us of the sacred preciousness of life. Offered in the Autumn season of reverence, release and ritual, this module covers flower essences and practices to connect to our enlightened ancestors and spiritual allies.
Metal Zoom Schedule:
Orientation- November 2nd, 12-1:30pm
November 9th, 12-3pm ET
December 14th, 12-3pm ET
Integration Sessions (Choose at least 1): Community Healing 11/22 @12pm, Clinical Practice 11/3 and 12/01 @7pm, Personal Healing 12/7 @ 12pm
Winter: Water- Depths
Through the Winter Solstice, the Water Element invites us into our inner worlds. This module explores flower essences and restorative practices to cultivate intuition, dreams, connection to our inner compass., and our capacity to navigate the unknown.
Water Zoom Schedule
December 21st*, 12-3pm ET Spirit Seed Solstice Gathering
January 11th, 12-3pm ET
Integration Sessions (Choose at least 1): Community Healing 1/03 + 1/31 @12pm, Clinical Practice 1/7 and 2/04 @7pm, Personal Healing 1/18 + 2/08 @ 12pm
Spring: Wood- Purpose
The Spring season awakens the life force and vitality of the natural world. This module explores flower essences and cultural practices to work with this rising energy as we affirm our right to life with agency, activism and a purposeful life.
Wood Zoom Schedule
March 8th, 12-3pm ET
April 12th, 12-3pm ET
Integration Sessions (Choose at least 1): Community Healing 3/14 @12pm, Clinical Practice 3/4 and 4/1 @7pm, Personal Healing 3/29 @ 12pm
Summer: Fire- Connection
The Summer is an expression of the natural eros- a force that attracts and holds us together. This module season invites of exploration of who and how we love, with flower essences and soulful practices to support vulnerabiltity, trust, and emotional intimacy in our most important relationships.
Fire Zoom Schedule
May 3rd, 12-3pm ET
June 14th, 12-3pm ET
Integration Sessions (Choose at least 1): Community Healing 5/9 @12pm, Clinical Practice 5/4 and 6/3 @7pm, Personal Healing 6/07 @ 12pm
Bonus Material: Earth- Community
The Earth Element offers a deep dive into flower essences and grounding practices that support a healthy relationship with the natural world and our human family. This module is offered as a series of videos and learning guides to enjoy at your own pace.
Payment Options
In Our Element course tuition: $1850
One payment: $1650 ($200 Discount!)
Spirit Seed Payment Plan: (Interest-Free) $100 non-refundable deposit to reserve space in class + 9 payments of $195; October 2025- June 2026
NEW! Credit-Based Payment Plan: options as low as $60 per month with Affirm/Klarna/AfterPay
Sliding Scale/ Scholarship Rate: $50 non-refundable deposit to reserve place in class + 9 payments of $105, October 2025- June 2026 (requires scholarship application)
What students are saying…
“Lindsay’s teaching is soul medicine. She engages your ancestral knowing and rhythms, intellectual rigor, curiosity, and creativity to a course of study that is as healing for you as it is for the people you will touch because of it. I love being her classes and can’t recommend her work highly enough.”
— Mia Herndon, Licensed Acupcunturist
“Lindsay brings her skills as an educator and as a holistic practitioner together to build an environment where knowledge and growth are not just handed to you as information, but are created together as embodied and shared experiences. I highly recommend her offerings.”
— Sebene Selassie, Author of You Belong: A Call for Connection
“The training feels like a way better version of ‘Hogwarts’! It’s magical and it’s fun- I have learned so much about best practices and how to hold space for clients as a certified wellness professional. This medicine is so beautiful and deep, and reconnects us with nature. It’s been a wonderful experience.”
— Stephanie Wattley, 2021 certification graduate
Pictured: Yang Water Meridian
Readings and reflection assignments draw from and/or are inspired by these texts, as well as additional articles that will be provided to you through the course’s online private forum.
In Our Element: Using the Five Elements as Soul Medicine to Unleash your Personal Power by Lindsay Fauntleroy (Llewellyn 2022)
The Alchemy of Inner Work by Lorie Eve Dechar and Benjamin Fox (Weiser Books 2021)
Elemental Healing: A 5-Element Path for Ancestor Connection, Balanced Energy, and an Aligned Life by Camellia Lee (Sterling Ethos 2023)
Self-Healing Power and Therapy: Old Teachings from Africa by Kimbwandende Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau (African Tree Press, 2014)
Flower Essence Repertory: A Comprehensive Guide to the Flower Essences researched by Dr. Edward Bach and the Flower Essence Society by Richard Katz and Patricia Kaminski
The Earth has a Soul: C.G. Jung on Nature, Technology & Modern Life (2002) Meredith Sabini
Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown (AK Press 2017)
Kigo by Lorie Eve Dechar (Singing Dragon 2020)
Flower Essence Services Affirm-a-Flower Deck by Richard Katz and Patricia Kaminski
Acupuncture Points Handbook: A Patient's Guide to the Locations and Functions of over 400 Acupuncture Points by Deborah Bleecker
We are in this TOGETHER.
In Our Element portfolio projects take the form of embodied and experiential research, personal reflection, music art, and personal ritual. We learn from each other as we co-create a neo-ancient medicine for the soul.
Check out some of the work created by students as they explored how the Elements are manifesting in their personal experience. You’ll see that though ancient, the Five Elements are alive and well!
“Our changing moods, the creative and destructive forces within the human being, as well as our adaptability and sense of community are also reflected in nature”.
- The Loss of Human Connection to Nature: Revitalizing Selfhood and Meaning in Life through the Ideas of Rollo May
“The growth, maturation, and transformation of nature is an important teacher about the processes of spiritual transformation that we cannot see, but guide our spiritual progress in a similar fashion”. '
-Na’im Akbar, Know ThySelf
“Each of the elements is a real but also a symbolic expression of how the life force moves and manifests on our planet and in our psyches… their imagery and poetry begin to heal us at unconscious levels long before we have any conscious understanding of the theories themselves.”
-Lorie Eve Dechar, The Five Spirits