For college students.
These internships are geared towards students currently earning alternative wellness degrees and seeking methods for deeper spiritual process in working with the plant world. Through Spiritual Ecology and Green Witchery we will go deep into the plant world, formulating medicinals and healing products through communing with the plants.
In this internship you will obtain philosophy and practices of communicating with plants, what it means to be a green witch and herbalist, ethically working with plants, harvesting and processing herbs, making herbal infusions and medicinals, energy medicine such as flower essences, reiki infusions, crystal healing, plant meditations, emotional healing through working with plants, plus all the details of running a small business focused on healing, herbalism, and education.
You will leave with a newfound understanding on what it means to work and heal through the plant world as well as new mindset tools on how to stand in your purpose with confidence and strength. In exchange students are required to support Mountain Hollow with maintaining the gardens, processing herbs, supporting in new creative projects and ideas, cleaning and organizing the apothecary, completing all assignments and sharing their findings with Diana in weekly meetings in person or via zoom. This internship is best during the fall semester but accommodations can be made for spring semester.
Assignments and projects vary and include the following:
Meditations with plants and journaling findings
Practices to expand your intuition
Using pendulums to deepen your plant communication
Making flower essences and learning how to use them
Listening to the plants, ethically working with them and proper harvest
Creating complete plant profiles
Creating herbal body oils
Making tea blends through various methods
and so much more.
“Interning with Diana has broadened my perspective on what it means to be well and to be a healer. Her knowledge and experience that she has imparted on me concerning herbs, crystals, flower essences, energy work, and running a small business has helped me greatly in my education and starting my career. My time at Mountain Hollow Medicinals has been transformative, and I am very grateful for the experience.”
For folks wanting to learn more.
For those who simply wish to work with Diana in her gardens and apothecary for the purposes of advancing their knowledge in herbalism, green witchery, strengthening intuition, medicine making, building an apothecary, running a small business from home, and just working and learning in the gardens, we welcome all the help we can get.
Typically this would look like someone who would help Diana with daily projects such as gardening, planting, weeding, watering, harvesting, drying, processing, bottling, creating tinctures, herbal infused body oils, creating labels, cleaning, sanitizing, and organizing the apothecary, updating inventory, meditating with plants, and enjoying the land and spaces for healing. In exchange for learning how to practice and do all of these things from Diana. An extra bonus would be a partial exchange for healing and/or craniosacral sessions as well.
The months between May and September are when we need help the most. We have goals to expand the herbal gardens and spaces for workshops and retreats so we always have things we are working on to complete those goals. Diana also has a wealth of knowledge on all things marketing and design for creating your own business, so this is another part of what you can learn from working with her.
Some qualities we hope for in folks who want to work with us:
Understands and respects the sacredness of healing spaces
Respects the land and walks lightly among the plants
Is highly motivated to create a deeper connection to nature
Is willing to support Mountain Hollow in holding safe space
Might like to sing and/or converse with plants
Enjoys weeding, turning soil, and keeping a tidy garden
Wants to learn more in person about medicinal plants
Wants to obtain greater knowledge on self healing
Wants to learn how to make your own medicine
Wants to build ethical practices on working with the green world
Is curious about running a small business on their own
Ok working in the heat and getting dirty
Some heavy lifting, frequent bending and squatting
Willing to engage is covid precautions if needed
Clear communicator and reliable with in commitment to show up
Works hard and completes daily tasks allotted
Some extra things you may receive in exchange:
Fresh or dried plants to take home and begin building your own apothecary
Samples of herbal products to take home
Herbal education identification, making plant medicine, and safety protocols
Learning how to grow process and dry herbs
Free time to study in the apothecary library
Personal one-on-one time for questions and support
Joyful and restorative time with the plants and lots of healing
Partial exchange for healing and/or craniosacral sessions
Medicine Making
Here at Mountain Hollow we formulate and infuse herbal body oils, glycerites, tinctures, salves, and luscious body butters all from our plants grown right here in our gardens. From seeding, to planting and tending, to the ethical and loving harvest we create our healing medicines from seed to products. Our home is solar powered and all packaging is recyclable or compostable, including labels.
Garden
Our herbal garden grows larger every year. We have been building a large medicinal herb bed that weaves into our vegetable garden with the intention of sharing the knowledge of the plants with our clients, building healthy soils to grow healthier plants, and giving others the opportunity to spend time with the plants in person for healing and educational purposes.
Apothecary
Our growing apothecary sits on the second floor of our 1850s farmhouse which is used to dry, process, and store all of our herbs. This is also the place where we make out medicine, our salves, and our herbal oils. We have a beautiful and large library of book on medical herbalism and healing herbs for furthering education. We sell all of our products here and online.
