For your own healing
You want to understand your patterns, make thoughtful choices, and work with plants while staying attentive to what your body is telling you.
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Herbal Medicine for the Soul®
You know something is off. You are ready to understand what is happening beneath the surface.
You may have been dismissed, handed another quick answer, or left sensing that the whole story has not been heard. Whether you are here to understand your own health, care for others more thoughtfully, or deepen the work you already do, I created this mentorship to teach you how to think with greater clarity and discernment.
You and I will have 30 minutes together. I will listen, answer your questions, and never push you toward a yes.
Your guide
Selima Iwilla Harleston Lust
Clinical herbalist, educator, and creator of the CALYPSO Healing Method®. I came to this work through my own healing, too.
The real problem is not a lack of information
Knowing more is not the same as knowing what to do.
You may already know a great deal. You may have read books, saved protocols, watched videos, or completed other training. But knowledge collected in pieces can still leave you uncertain when a real person, a changing body, and a complicated life are in front of you.
Lists and protocols can tell you what has been used. They cannot teach you which details matter here, how to weigh safety and context, or when care belongs in another set of hands.
You may know that ginger supports digestion. That is knowledge.
Knowing whether ginger makes sense for this person, in this body, at this moment—considering their symptoms, constitution, medications, and the larger picture—is discernment.
Knowing how to prepare it, how much to use, what to combine it with, what to watch for, and when to choose something else is skill.
Whole-person herbalism asks for all three.
Information gives you something to work with. Discernment helps you decide what matters. Skill helps you know what to do next. This mentorship is designed to develop all three.
Different doors. Different destinations. A shared foundation.
There is more than one reason to be here.
You may be here because you want to understand your own body. You may already be caring for people who trust you. Or you may be growing toward a new practice—or a deeper way of working within the profession you already have.
For your circle of care
Family, friends, or community members already turn to you. You want the knowledge and skill to support them thoughtfully, while recognizing the limits of what you know and when more care is needed.
For the work you do—or may grow into
You want to bring a whole-person approach into an existing profession, begin working with private clients, or follow a direction you can feel even if you cannot fully name it yet.
A shared foundation
Your destination does not have to look like anyone else's.
These are not stages you are required to move through. Learning for yourself is a complete outcome. So is becoming more capable in the care of family or community. And for some students, this education becomes part of a professional path.
Wherever you are headed, the foundation is the same: learn to observe carefully, think critically, choose thoughtfully, and practice with skill.
Why I teach this
I did not create this work from a textbook.
I know what it is to keep searching because the answers you have been given do not fully explain what you are living.
In my twenties, I was exhausted and inflamed. I was managing chronic pain, acne, digestive trouble, and periods that took me out. My body was falling apart, and the pain was stealing my joy.
At the same time, childhood trauma I had never processed came to the surface. I had gotten good at keeping it in a room with the door shut. Eventually, I could not pretend I was fine.
I am grateful for skilled doctors and for what medical care can do. I also learned how often the system leaves little room for the full story of a person's life. I needed care that could make room for the physical, emotional, spiritual, and relational parts of what I was living through.
I stopped refusing what my body was telling me. I said yes to herbalism, yoga, meditation, mentorship, and facing what I had been carrying instead of carrying it alone. It was not fast, and it was not tidy.
That journey, physical, emotional, and spiritual all at once, is where the CALYPSO Healing Method® came from.
It is why I do not teach herbs as a list of remedies for a list of symptoms. A symptom matters, but so does the person experiencing it: their constitution, history, environment, relationships, patterns, medications, resources, and the life they are living.
That is the foundation beneath everything I teach: thoughtful herbal care asks us to see the whole person, weigh what matters, and choose with care.
New to this approach? Begin with the free masterclass
How I teach
CALYPSO teaches you to consider the whole person without losing sight of the clinical picture.
I created the CALYPSO Healing Method® to bring clinical practice, emotional wellness, spiritual life, culture, and ancestral wisdom into conversation with one another.
Clinical practice
Learn practical assessment, herbal safety, formulation, and decision-making skills that help you move from what you notice to what you do next.
Emotional wellness
Learn to explore the emotional patterns, experiences, and unresolved stories that can find expression through the body, and how they can inform the way you understand and approach care.
Ancestral and spiritual wisdom
Explore lineage, relationship, self-inquiry, and meaning as dimensions of whole-person care, without separating them from the practical work of caring for yourself or another person.
CALYPSO teaches you to look beyond the presenting symptom—to consider physiology alongside emotional experience, personal history, relationships, culture, and spiritual life as you learn to understand the whole person.
I will be as clear about the limits of this work as I am about its possibilities. CALYPSO can help you notice patterns, ask better questions, weigh what matters, and make thoughtful choices. It is not a cure or a replacement for diagnosis and care from a licensed healthcare provider.
I had taken programs that focused more on the body and the physical, and I always felt like something was missing. Finding Herbal Medicine for the Soul was a breath of fresh air. It helped me gain confidence as an herbalist and build deeper relationships with myself and the plants.
What you are really building
The goal is not to know every herb. It is to trust how you think.
I want you to be able to meet what is in front of you—your own body, someone you care for, or a person in your professional practice—with honesty, sound judgment, and a grounded sense of what to notice, what to question, and what to do next. That kind of confidence is practiced, questioned, and strengthened over time. You do not have to perform it.
Choose plants with discernment
Together, we will match herbs to the person, their constitution, the situation, and the intended purpose instead of relying on one-size-fits-all lists.
Prepare and formulate responsibly
I will teach you the practical details of preparations, dosage, contraindications, herb-drug interactions, and thoughtful formulation.
Support the whole person
Learn to consider clinical observations alongside emotional experience, spiritual life, culture, and ancestral wisdom, then integrate what you are seeing into holistic herbal protocols tailored to the individual.
Practice with clear boundaries
I will help you recognize what belongs in personal or community herbal care and when qualified medical support is the right next step.
Student experiences
See what students have done with what they learned.
Herbal Medicine for the Soul® meets students at different points in their lives and work. Here are a few of the ways they have put their learning into practice.
For your own healingThis course came at a time when my thoughts and emotions were all over the place. I learned how to find peace from the static and receive much-needed clarity about the why and the how.
For your circle of careI am really connecting with the plants and understanding their history. I am so excited—I already have people in mind for the infusions I am making.
For work you may grow intoI started a business called Herbal Harmony Roots, and I really stepped into what I feel like I am supposed to be doing. It has been scary and exciting at the same time. It is so rewarding to see changes in people's lives.
For the work you already doI'm an emergency medicine physician. Over time, I realized there is so much more to medicine. It is not just giving someone a prescription. It is really understanding the mind-body connection. I use it in my practice, and I love it.
How I will guide you
We build the knowledge first, then practice how to use it.
Across 26 weeks, you will move from herbal foundations and medicine making into whole-person assessment, formulation, and integration. Each phase gives you something to learn, something to practice, and a place to bring your questions.
01
Weeks 1–8
Build your herbal foundation
Learn herbal actions and energetics, emotional wellness, ethical practice, and the principles behind making water, alcohol, oil, and topical preparations. You will begin developing relationships with individual plants while learning how and why different preparations are used.
02
Weeks 9–19
Learn to assess, choose, and formulate
Study major body systems, tissue states, constitutional patterns, dosage, and safety while learning to recognize patterns and make more discerning herbal choices. You will begin bringing what you know together into individualized, whole-person herbal protocols.
03
Weeks 20–25
Add medical astrology as another lens
Explore planets, houses, signs, aspects, and lunar nodes as a reflective framework for constitution, patterns, timing, and self-understanding—and learn how this lens fits within the larger CALYPSO approach.
04
Week 26 + beyond
Bring the pieces together
Integrate what you have learned across the program and present your work. Your learning continues beyond Week 26 through lifetime access to lessons and replays, community, and new trainings as they are added.
View all 26 weekly themes
- 1. Foundations of Herbal Practice
- 2. Alignment & Water-Based Extraction
- 3. Understanding the Roots of Illness
- 4. Healing Through Reciprocity
- 5. The Mind-Body Connection
- 6. Health of Spirit, Part 1
- 7. Health of Spirit, Part 2
- 8. Tissue States
- 9. Musculoskeletal System & Structural Health
- 10. Reproductive & Endocrine Systems
- 11. Renal & Urinary Systems
- 12. Digestive Health & Dosage Foundations
- 13. Liver, Gallbladder & Detoxification
- 14. Circulatory System & Fourth Chakra
- 15. Respiratory Health & Fifth Chakra
- 16. Nervous System & Sixth Chakra
- 17. Lymphatic & Immune Systems
- 18. Diagnosis Across Traditions
- 19. Constitutional Assessment & Dosha Imbalances
- 20. Medical Astrology: Planets
- 21. Medical Astrology: Houses
- 22. Medical Astrology: Signs
- 23. Medical Astrology: Aspects & Transits
- 24. Medical Astrology: Lunar Nodes
- 25. Astro-Medical Case Studies
- 26. Integration & Next Steps
26 weeks
of guided, whole-person study
Lifetime
access to revisit the work
Live support
for questions, cases, and practice
30 minutes
with me before you decide
Designed for your real life
You do not have to put your life on hold to learn this.
Herbal Medicine for the Soul® was designed as a virtual program from the beginning, with room for work, family, caregiving, and everything else your life may ask of you. Learn through the lessons on your own schedule, then use our live calls and community to ask questions, practice, and deepen what you are learning.
And if consistency is what worries you, know this: falling behind does not mean you have failed. If life pulls you away for a week—or a season—you can come back.
Learn on your schedule
Move through the three weekly lesson formats at a pace that works for you.
Practice in community
Bring your questions to regular live virtual calls and practice working through cases with others.
Return for life
Revisit lessons, replays, protocols, and updates whenever you need them.
The best part is there's no shaming. I fell off for a year, and when I returned I was welcomed back into Thursday sessions with open arms. It's a community that meets you where you are. Selima is knowledgeable, honest about what she doesn't know, and makes room for different approaches.
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Herbal Medicine for the Soul Student
What I have prepared for you
A learning library you can use now and return to years from now.
video lessons, labs, demonstrations, monographs, and workshops
clinical-holistic protocols for real-life learning and reference
of clinical-holistic case studies exploring 100+ health conditions that strengthen your assessment, protocol development, and decision-making skills
studied through detailed profiles and materia medica
from beginner foundations to advanced medicine making
access to lessons, downloads, transcripts, and future updates
Mentorship and support
I will not leave you alone with a library of videos.
I built guided practice, real cases, conversation, and places to ask for help around the self-paced lessons.
- Regular live virtual mentorship, case-study, and community calls
- A private student and graduate community
- Recorded calls and closed-captioned video lessons
- Downloadable transcripts and printable study materials
- Guided quizzes and integration practices throughout the curriculum
- A certificate of completion with documented training hours
- Plant monographs and downloadable materia medica
I'm so glad Selima shares her journey with us. It helps me feel grounded and empowered to listen to my own voice, not the fears of others.
15+ years
of clinical herbal experience
When you book a clarity call
You will talk with me.
I set aside 30 minutes to hear what brought you here, answer your questions, and help you determine whether Herbal Medicine for the Soul® supports where you want to go.
This is not a hard sales call. I have told people when this mentorship was not the right fit—or not the right time. The point of our conversation is clarity, not convincing you to say yes.
A little about me
I'm Selima Iwilla Harleston Lust, a clinical herbalist, author, co-founder of Iwilla Remedy, and creator of the CALYPSO Healing Method®. I teach African American Herbalism at Spelman College, where I created the course, and serve as a Lead Herbalist Educator at Herbal Academy.
I will not ask you to become an encyclopedia of herbs. I will teach you how to think, practice, and care with knowledge, discernment, skill, and integrity.
Enrollment
If this feels like a yes, choose the way you want to begin.
At checkout, you can choose pay in full or a payment plan. Whichever you choose, you receive the complete program and six course bonuses. If you pay in full, I also include an herb kit and two private sessions.
Included with either payment choice
Six bonuses, however you pay
I want you to choose the payment structure that works for you. These learning resources come with both options.
- Interpreting Blood Work seminar
- Seven-week Becoming an Herbal Entrepreneur series
- Fertility, Birth & Postpartum class series taught by an experienced midwife
- Seven-Day Fast & Energetic Cleanse breakdown
- Master Medicine Maker’s equipment guide
- Trigger Calm Down workshop
Three additional pay-in-full extras
The herb kit and two private sessions
When you pay in full, I include these three high-touch additions. If the payment plan fits you better, you still receive every bonus above. After you enroll, you may also purchase the herb kit or book a one-on-one session with me separately.
- One 60-minute private CALYPSO coaching session
- One 60-minute private astrology reading
- A 44-plant herb kit mailed to your door
At checkout, you will choose the option that works for you before you complete enrollment.
Both payment choices include:
- Full 26-week curriculum
- Lifetime learning library
- Live mentorship and community
- Certificate of completion
Thirty minutes, directly with me
Book your 30-minute clarity call
Let's listen for the right next step.
Bring what is happening in your body, what you hope to learn, and what you are unsure about. I will listen, answer your questions, and help you find alignment within the Iwilla Remedy curriculum. There is no hard sales script.
Herb kits are non-refundable once shipped. Please review the full terms and conditions.
You may be in the right place if
You want depth, practice, and a whole-person approach.
- You are curious about herbal medicine, whether you are beginning or bringing experience with you.
- You want to develop skills you can use for yourself, people you care for, or professional practice.
- You are open to exploring the emotional, spiritual, cultural, and ancestral dimensions of health alongside the physical.
- You want structure, mentorship, community, and the flexibility to learn at your own pace.
- You are willing to study, practice, reflect, ask questions, and apply what you learn.
This may not be your program if
You are looking for a quick fix or a purely physical approach.
This is not a program of symptom-to-herb lists, promises of cures, or shortcuts around the work of learning and healing. Herbal Medicine for the Soul® asks you to study the body and the plants while also exploring emotional experience, spiritual life, culture, ancestry, and relationship.
Medical astrology is also part of the curriculum. You will study it as a reflective lens for constitution, patterns, timing, and self-understanding. If you are not open to engaging with that part of the work, I want you to know that before you enroll.
You do not need to arrive already believing everything I teach. You do need to be willing to explore it with openness and curiosity.
Frequently asked questions
Take the time you need to choose well.
If I have not answered your question here, email my team at help@iwillaremedy.com. A real person from my team will answer.
Or book a free clarity callWhat happens on the clarity call?
You will spend 30 minutes directly with me. I will listen to what brought you here, answer your questions, and help you see where the Iwilla Remedy curriculum may support your goals. It is not a hard sales call. I have told people when Herbal Medicine for the Soul® was not the right fit, or not the right fit yet.
I am new to herbs. Will I feel out of place?
No. I have taught many students who began without formal herbal training. I built the first phase to give you the foundation step by step, and lifetime access means you can revisit anything that needs more time.
Do I have to become a professional herbalist?
No. Some students come for their own healing or to support family and community. Others carry this work into careers they already have or begin serving private clients. Students have used what they learned in emergency medicine, therapy sessions, coaching, private practice, and new businesses. I designed the program to support personal and professional application while teaching clear scope, safety, and referral boundaries. I cannot promise a job or income outcome.
How much time should I plan for each week?
I recommend reserving about two hours each week for lessons and medicine-making assignments. You can move at your own pace. You are never behind.
What happens if I cannot attend a live call?
I record the live calls and add them to your library. You can watch the replay when your schedule allows and return to it later with your lifetime access.
How is medical astrology used?
I teach medical astrology as a reflective tool for understanding constitution, seasons, inner patterns, and personal gifts, not as a predictive practice. I weave it into the curriculum, so this program is best for people who are open to studying it. You are not required to use astrology in your own future practice.
Does the program replace medical care?
No. Herbal Medicine for the Soul® is an educational program. I will teach you to recognize contraindications, understand your scope, and know when licensed medical evaluation is the right next step.
What is the refund policy?
We offer a 30-day money-back guarantee, minus card processing fees. Herb kits are non-refundable once shipped. I ask you to review the full terms and choose a payment option that respects your financial reality before enrolling.
