Sage L. Maurer is an independent practitioner and teacher of herbal healing, plant spirit medicine, shamanism, deep ecology, and ethnobotany. In 2001, Sage founded The Gaia School of Healing in Boston, Massachusettes where she taught workshops and apprenticeships in herbal healing throughout the year. Sage has trained over 90 apprentices in the past 10 years in New England, Austin, and Hawaii.
Sage was formally trained and certified in herbal medicine at The Blazing Star Herbal School and at The Boston School of Herbal Energetics, and has studied with many herbalists including Rosemary Gladstar, Susan Weed, Anne McIntyre, Rosita Arvigo, Pam Montgomery, Deb Soule, and others. Sage has been practicing herbal healing and plant spirit medicine for the past 15 years, though felt through many lifetimes. Through personal journeying and plant spirit work Sage has developed strong relationships with the plants she uses in medicine to aid her in life, teaching, and healing work.
Trained in The Wise Woman Tradition of herbal healing, anthropology and ethnobotany, she seeks to help reawaken our ancient memory of healing with plants, and renew our connection to the earth. Sage is devoted to changing the way natural and alternative health care is provided, and reawaken the earth-honoring traditions of the past.
In late 2004 Sage moved to Oahu, Hawaii to study anthropology, ethnobotany, and Hawaiian herbal healing. During her time in Hawaii, she experienced the healing power of Pele and Hawaii's native plants, while journeying through the medicine and spirit of the island's rainforests. Sage is currently teaching in Southern Vermont and Boston, Massachusetts, where she will be offering apprenticeships and workshops throughout the year.
Sage holds a degree in anthropology with a concentration in ethnobotany from The University of Hawaii, and currently is finishing a masters degree from Antioch New England in environmental education. She continues to study ethnobotany, deep ecology, and sustainability (both cultural and environmental), as well as explore the different healing traditions of the world. Currently working on a book devoted to the native and medicinal plants of the Northeast, Sage hopes to renew interest in protecting the endangered plants of her home.
Sage spends the rest of her time following her bliss in Vermont. When she is not teaching, you'll find her hiking the woods, planting green beings, traveling across seas, gathering around fires, drinking tea, doing yoga, dancing in praise of the body, eating good food, creating ritual, sacred space, and being present with the people and plants she loves.
To contact Sage you can email her at thegaiaschool@hotmail.com or by phone at (617) 838 -8094. Please allow a few days for her to get back to you.
