In Our Element
Five Element + Flower Essence Year Long Intensive
Everything you touch, you change.
Everything you change, changes you.
The only lasting truth is change.
-Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler
The Five Elements are a guide, and a system for organizing that we experience as the manifestation of a greater universal pattern. We find the signatures of Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, and Metal in nature, in our personal lives, and in our collective experience. When we come into alignment with these currents of change, we feel more alive, capable, vibrant, energized, and connected.
In other words, We are In Our Element.
Each of the five elements lives and breathes within us, showing up in different junction points and inviting us to step fully into our power. You are not any one element—you are all of the elements!
This course will take you on an embodied journey through Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, and Metal. Learn how to use the Five Elements to flow with change, embrace the unexpected, amplify your blessings, and answer your heart's calling. In small groups, you’ll work with colleagues to apply the theories of this course you personal healing or your professional work in the fields of holistic wellness, education, spirituality and activism.
In Our Element offers support and guidance as you:
Tap into art, music and nature for deeper self-awareness and soul serenity
Work with flower essences: safe, easily accessible, over-the-counter plant medicinals that support ease, joy and emotional well-being
Recognize and manage emotional stress patterns in yourself, friends, family, clients or community- including feeling depressed, anxious, overwhelmed, heartbroken or stuck
Develop wellness rituals that awaken your physical, emotional, and spiritual potential
Practice mindfulness and meditation with acupressure, essential oils, and yoga protocols that fit easily into your busy schedule or clinical practice
Support your friends, family, clients or community with tools to navigate change and transition, including special considerations for working with children
Experience a deep sense of community as we come together to heal, learn, grow, and teach one another during a critical time of collective transformation
Course Overview
Each module includes a flower essence remedy of your choice to work with for the duration of the module, 2 live zoom lectures, and a vibrant student discussion forum with weekly practice exercises. In addition, each module offers affinity group meetings to apply the course material to your personal healing, professional practice, or work as an educator, activist or community leader.
Live Zoom sessions meet select Sundays, from 12-3pm EST, on the first and last dates of each module. Experiential break out date and times will be determined based on student schedule preferences.
Late Summer: Earth- Solidarity
September 14th- October 19th, 2025
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 also establishes a foundation for understanding the nature- based philosophies of Indigenous and African Diasporic cultures.
Autumn: Metal- Spirit
November 19th- December 14th, 2025
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.
Winter: Water- Depths
December 21, 2025 - February 15, 2026
Through the Winter Solstice, the Water Element invites us in to 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.
Spring: Wood- Purpose
March 8th- April 12th, 2026
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.
Summer: Fire- Love
May 3rd- June 14th, 2026
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.
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
Tuition Details
Each seasonal module stands alone as a complete course, can be registered for independently. However, most will benefit from the community and personal development that emerges from participating in the year-long intensive. Students can opt to register for the full immersive course, or each module one season at a time.
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DISCOUNT!
Available until May 15th!
One payment: $2000 (regularly $2525) or
Extended payment plan: $50 deposit to reserve space in class + 13 monthly payments of $150 beginning in May 2025
Seasonal Registration: $475 per module*
(The Water Element is $575 due to additional length and sessions)
At this time, discounts and scholarships can only be applied to full course registration.
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