Embody Chinese medicine

In the Wild
Registration is now open for Fall 2026

Early Bird Ends September 1st

Learn Chinese & herbal medicine in the wild, 
cultivate nature-based body wisdom, 
& heal in community.

A Four-Month Embody Chinese Medicine Field Series

Reserve Your Spot 
In this four-month Embody Chinese Medicine field series, you will:

  • Learn plant medicines of West Marin through presence & listening

  • Track and interpret your body’s terrain in nature with the elements

  • Learn ancient Daoist earth-based anatomy

  • Learn a qi gong/yoga movement practice for daily home practice

  • Receive personalized recommendations and health coaching

  • Become part of a tight-knight cohort of fellow self-healers

I draw from modern and classical knowledge, scientific research, herbal monographs & ancient folklore; 6+ years of clinical experience and 20+ years of study & personal practice. Each week is guided by whatever we find on the trail, in the skies, or within ourselves. Learn more about me here.
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Explore Herbology, Chinese medicine & Seasonal Qi Nodes

  • Medicinal properties of North American, European and Chinese herbs and formulas

  • Qi dynamics of herbs, body systems, seasons & environment

  • Basic Chinese medical anatomy like organ systems, meridians, Qi, Blood, Yin, Yang


  • Pulse and tongue, and reading the wise messages offered by our signs and symptoms

  • Track the subtle changes of Spring week by week through the Calendrical Qi Nodes

Cultivate Practices to Listen Inwardly

  • Walk and connect with the land and sit with living plant medicines

  • Practice yogic breathing and movements to move Qi & calm the Spirit

  • Learn the terrain-oriented, nature-based language of Chinese medicine


Share & Receive Reflection About Our Health Journeys

  • Receive individual focus and Chinese medical guidance each week

  • Receive diagnostic perspectives, custom prescriptions and recommendations

  • Be loved up as you are, nourished by a close-knit and supportive cohort

Alison's Self Healing Counsel is a sweet, nurturing space to connect and learn. I deeply appreciate the gentle way she introduces a new plant each week and the container she provides for my curious nature. This counsel has quickly become one of my favorite places to explore. I feel more grounded and peaceful after our time together. More of this, please!

—C.E.

Details

13 Weekly 2-Hour Sessions, Dates TBA, in Person in Point Reyes Station

Early Bird Registration Ends September 1st

Sessions will include field walks & sitting together indoors, where we will:

  • Identify living plant medicines on the trail, tasting and learning as we walk

  • Attune to the Chinese calendrical Qi odes & the seasonal energy of the land and ourselves

  • Practice a yogic breathing and movement sequence

  • Share about our health and receive my feedback and guidance from a Chinese medicine perspective, + tongue diagnosis & I Ching divination

You will receive:

  • A deep-dive into a plant medicine out on the land - learn to feel which herbs are for you by tasting and meditating with herbs in our region, and then learn the details about its properties

  • A simple yogic self-care practice to tend your own Qi at home so you can use movement and breath to rebalance your body’s energy, any time, for free

  • Companionship in sharing health check-ins, gaining comfort, strength and inspiration from knowing you’re not on the journey alone

  • Personalized expert health guidance from me based on Chinese medicine and whatever is showing up. Receive a 15 minute consult + tongue diagnosis ~every other week

  • Practice listening inwardly to track your subtlest signs and symptoms, so you can know in any moment what you need to feel great and gain fluency in your body’s messages

  • A custom crash-course in Chinese medicine so you can use earth-based wisdom to understand your unique patterns and how to balance them

  • In-person meetings to keep your self-care momentum & inspiration

Plus:

  • Herbal monograph of our featured herb

  • 20% off herbal remedies while enrolled in the class

  • 10% off acupuncture treatments and consultations while enrolled in the class

  • Access to remedies, resources and practices that I don’t share anywhere else

Curriculum draws from:

  • The seasonal dynamics of Point Reyes National Seashore and Tamales Bay, Inverness & Lagunitas watersheds

  • Herbal traditions - Chinese, Western folk, indigenous, plant spirit, eclectic and modern scientific research - plus my clinical and personal experience

  • Daoist seasonal calendrical nodes and what they tell us about ourselves

  • Qi dynamics of herbs, body systems, seasons & environment

  • Basic Chinese medical anatomy like organs, 5 elements, Qi, Yin/Yang

  • Common “Evils” (Wind, Damp, etc) & how to deal with them

  • Chinese medical pulse & tongue diagnosis

  • Classical Hatha yoga practices

  • Other medicine practices drawing from Ayurveda, sound healing, plant medicine

  • Ceremony, sweat lodge, ancestor work, divination, medical qigong

  • Seasons, environment, and what is alive for everyone each week

Contribution for 4-Month Series :: $1300
Early Bird Rate :: $1100*
Alumni Rate :: $900

Payment Plans Available, Save 5% if You Pay in Cash

*Early bird rate ends September 1st

Book a Free exploratory consult

VENMO @ALISON-WOOD-8

Or pay by cash or card at Abalone Apothecary & Clinic in Pt Reyes Station

Coming back to our group healing sessions each week was the next step I needed in my personal healing process. Not only did I learn various movement and breath techniques by repetition over time, I also gained perspective and camaraderie. I appreciated having a teacher such as Alison who has so much wisdom and also is open to sharing her own journey.

—A.T.

I’m Alison Wood, MSOM, LAc

I’m an acupuncturist licensed to provide primary care as a Chinese Medicine practitioner in California. More importantly, I am a mother, herbalist, yogini, nature devoteé, writer, keen observer, and alchemist. When I began my clinical practice, I discovered that I could combine my studies of Chinese Medicine :: with my deep personal experience of my own energetic pathways through yoga :: with my study of fluid physics and the ancient energy body of the Earth as an undergrad at MIT :: with my longest study - my deep, holy and blissful apprenticeship with nature.

Read more about me here.

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