About The School

The Wild Temple School of Yoga + Herbal Wisdom offers certification classes in 
Yoga, Tantric Herbalism and Flower Essence Therapy.

We offer virtual and in-person options for many of our courses.

 Utilizing both ancient and cutting-edge education, we offer the aspiring professional a place to advance + deepen their knowledge and skill base. Each program is geared towards the students receiving the guidance and practices - from the fundamentals to advanced studies - for their own self-transformation, empowerment, and reclaiming the sacred in earthly connections.

About Brooke

Founder, Director, Teacher

Brooke Sullivan BA, c-IAYT, e-RYT500 is a yoga therapist, tantric herbalist, writer, retreat leader, and educator of the Science and Philosophy of Sri Vidya Tantra. She is the director of The Wild Temple School of Yoga + Herbal Wisdom and the lead teacher of our Tantra Yoga Therapy program, a 500hr RYT (registered yoga/radical yoga teacher) training program, called The Sage Apprenticeship.

An initiate of the Himalayan Sages, her passion is to connect people to nature and ancient tantric wisdom for health, empowerment and the courage to live life fully. As a "dharma igniter," she helps people, families and organizations step into their highest, healthiest most powerful version of themselves.

Brooke’s dedication to yoga and the healing arts has been cultivated with over 20 years of experience in tantra, yoga, ayurveda, herbalism, vitalism, vibrational healing (flower essences, homeopathy, Tibetan energy healing) and holistic woman care as well as cultivating the art of self-care while traveling internationally. A grammy winning artist and lover of Nature, she has a deep and driving desire to understand and connect to the beauty and joy in all life. She currently lives and runs The Wild Temple in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, of the unceded lands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee. 

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Our Signature Programs

We have 3 main programs at The Wild Temple School. Although offered separately, each program is designed to create a beautiful tapestry of embodied tantric wisdom when woven together. In their cross-pollination, one becomes thoroughly educated and a strong practitioner of foundational to advanced Tantric Yoga + Herbal wisdom. Practitioners are then able to offer these services as professionals in their communities, specializing in the power, methodology and safety of health + wholeness in:

  • Tantra Yoga Therapy
  • Tantric Herbalism
  • Flower Essence Therapy

Sage Apprenticeship (a dharmic revolution)

Become a revolutionary force of healing and inspiration with advanced Tantric, Vedic, and Herbal Wisdom practices.

Experience 12 months of cohesive and professional training in therapeutic, scientific, and mystical teachings, to deepen your practice and activate Dharmic living.

In our time-tested Sage Apprenticeship we offer a powerful 12 month container to:


Develop grounded spiritual + therapeutic practices of yogasana, meditation + more through methodologies that have guided healing and transformation for over 1000 years.

Intelligently weave plants and flowers into your life and practice to support your body, craft recipes, ritualize your home, and elevate your consciousness.

Incorporate ancient mantras and time-tested techniques into your daily practices, enriching your connection with the Earth and your core Nature.

Activate your daily practices with the yoga of Ayurveda, a heightened understanding of Prana (energy) and Shakti (power), as well as yoga therapeutics.

Cultivate strong community connections to build a supportive network and foster collective growth and collaboration.

Understand and awaken to the nature of power and the power of Nature within your body and the body of the Earth.

Previous 200hr Yoga Teacher Training is required to join this program (certification not required).

Tantra Yoga Professional Certification

If you are interested in tantra yoga, yoga therapy, ayurveda + yoga psychology the Sage Apprenticeship covers these. Offered in two segments (foundational (200hr) and advanced (300hr)) this is a radical yoga training (RYT) that weaves Tantra with therapeutic approaches and nature wisdom. 

Registered with Yoga Alliance, the focus is on establishing personalized practices, cultivating strong home practices aligned with the seasons of nature, understanding power and energy, the alchemy of kundalini, wise sequencing, risks + benefits, safety and alignment. 

Our ayurvedic foundation also gifts a powerful attunement to Nature, while the Tantric component focuses on empowerment, power, soul purpose, subtle energy, conscious evolution and relational healing. The Yogic component focuses on the mind, neuroscience, trauma recovery, classical texts, psycho-emotional healing, and psychology. 

Tantric Herbalism

The Yogis Apothecary
For those interested in plants, yoga, tantric alchemy and deep nourishment through connection to nature, we offer our course, Yogi's Apothecary.

It is a one-of-a-kind, progressive program that gives a foundation for kundalini awakening and more advanced tantric alchemy, with a focus on the plants and Mother Nature.

Offered as a self-study course, this is a unique approach to a living body of tantric herbalism. It sets the tone + foundation for deep nourishment, which the Tantrics call Pushti. Through kitchen alchemy, recipes + key plant allies this embodiment program leads one through personal healing and deep nature connection.

Flower Essence Certification

Plants Drop Wisdom
This course in Flower Essence Therapy dives into subtle energy, yoga psychology, healing mind + emotions + habits while accessing your soul purpose.

A signature program that (due to the love and demand!) we have been offering now for almost a decade, it weaves the power of the flowers with Tantra and Yoga Psychology to train professionals in helping heal psycho-spiritual and emotional imbalances. A great adjunct to healing trauma and many of society's emotional + habitual dysfunctions, this Flower essence certification trains one to learn 100 flowers of North America (FES) and the British Isles (Bach) via 8 weeks of live mentorship online with optional in-person retreats.  

The Wild Temple School is perfect for:

Spiritual Seekers
If depth and a systematic, yet spiral path leading you to your spiritual destination is what you've been searching for, you have found it. 

We don’t blast dogma. We teach you practices that unleash the dormant potential from within and all around you- spiritual potency-with embodied experience. This path is for you if you are ready to claim your spiritual mastery.

Yogis + Meditators
Tantra is considered the Mother of yoga and ayurveda, and it offers a full spectrum of practices and techniques based on what one’s desire is-as well as destiny. So if you are seeking to understand what authentic Yoga and classical Tantra are really all about, we have you covered.  Exploring a myriad of techniques (Asana, Pranayama, Kriya, Bandha, Nidra, Meditation, Mantra, Spiritual Herbalism), you will learn step-by-step methodologies to bring that deep wisdom into your own personal or professional yoga/spiritual practice.

Community Healers
These folks are seeking the stability and grace to be a force of clarity, strength, peace and support for others. In the wild temple community we begin with self-care, laced with the intention of loving self transformation. This is our foundation and starting point. When we heal ourselves, we heal outside of ourselves and when we glow with health, we inspire others to seek the same. In our time together we employ a myriad of tools and techniques from the tantric yogis apothecary. This will enable you to shine like the badass healer your community needs.

Leaders + Visionaries
Whether dormant or active, the results of moving through the Wild Temple School is more clarity around purpose, the courage to step into one’s power, the capacity to think outside of the box and the strength of heart to lead the way for others. One of the definitions of Tantra is “to expand beyond one’s limitations.” If you have a leader or visionary inside of you needing support or needing to be birthed, you have found the right place.

The Wish Fulfilling Tree

The Wild Temple School of Yoga finds inspiration in the ancient Kalpavriksha. This mystical "tree," which is said by the Sages to be found in between the heart and solar plexus, holds the knowledge of who we are and who or what we are meant to become. It is essentially a microcosmic version of the universal macrocosmic Tree of Life, which is the source of all of the knowledge and love of the universe. Accessing this part of ourselves is an arduous journey, however when we reach it, we are able to understand and become the highest version of ourselves. On one's journey to this goal, they not only find the power, courage, and alignment with Nature necessary to live their life's soul purpose, but their deepest soul desires are fulfilled.

Every course is a methodology dedicated towards the journey to and unveiling of one's Kalpavriksha- soul purpose and deepest soul desires.

Connection to Nature + Retreats


A unique aspect of our school is that since 2009 we have been offering most of our classes + programs “in the field” of Nature. We meet in beautiful locations and if on retreat, in highly charged areas of the world. Tantra yoga aims to bring a deep connection to nature and all of its mysteries. As descendants of these 'forest yogis,' we aim as best as we can to be outdoors. For example:

  • Yoga Classes:  If the weather is beautiful, we often take the lecture or practicum portion of our yoga programs to comfortable places in nature, such as in groves, flower farms, or along the river...to inspire freedom and connection to the elements while studying.

  • Herbal + Flower Essence Classes:  Our herbal and flower essence programs often include getting out into nature for sensory connection, unless it is a course that meets online. In this case, we encourage as much nature connection as possible and may stream from under our lovely office assistant, a gigantic Spruce tree.

  • Workshops: We offer workshop immersions in places such as Mt. Shasta & Yosemite National Parks to give students access to these powerful sites while practicing and studying teachings that parallel the activation of these sites’ deep + profound healing.

  • Retreats: For years we have been bringing people to India, Ireland and Mount Shasta, to harness the depth only a retreat can bring. These have always been profoundly rich and delectable, led by Brooke who has wonderful hosts abroad and is also a seasoned travel agent for groups. 

Unique to our school, we also receive private tours of Terra Flora Gardens, the home of the Flower Essence Society and its founders. Here students of The Wild Temple get an insider’s peek into the magic of the Flower Essence Repertoire’s authors Patricia Kaminski and Richard Katz.
 

A sample of our Current Offerings...

Nurture Our Nature: About Tantric Herbalism

For wellness professionals, yoga + ayurveda practitioners, spirit-led change makers and aspiring leaders interested in how to weave tantra, yoga and the plants together for a potent alchemy. This is your window:)

The Yogi's Apothecary: Module 1

The Yogi's Apothecary is a modern day 'medicine kit' of ancient Tantric wisdom that is designed to support plant lovers, herbalists + yogins on their spiritual and life paths. Module 1: Luminous Belly is a self-paced, self-study online course offered in video + audio format. It provides a solid foundation for budding spiritual herbalists and herbal practitioners interested in the yogic, ayurvedic or tantric path.

Guest Teachers of our Tantra Yoga Teacher Trainings

Nicole Taylor

Nicole Taylor is the author of A Joyful Pause: 52 Ways to Love Life and the host of A Joyful Pause Podcast. Using a blend of meditation, yoga, mind/body awareness, and Ayurvedic principles, Nicole facilitates transformative offerings on self-care.

Nicole is a 500-hour certified yoga teacher, a Big Leap Coach, and an Ayurvedic Health Counselor. She has facilitated wellness instruction for organizations such as the Foundation for Conscious Living, Fairmount Park Conservancy, and the Billions Institute.

Anatomy & Phisiology

Ramesh Tarun

A 3000 hour trained massage therapist, Ramesh has been instructing yoga since 2004. Empowering people towards wholeness through education, his intention is to help clients feel more at home in their body. 
Currently a second year student at the Canadian College of Osteopathy in Vancouver, Ramesh facilitates lessons and trainings internationally. 

Ramesh's website: http://rameshtarun.com

Denise A Alston, Ph.D. RYT-500

As a life coach, Denise serves as a catalyst for her clients to discover and lead a life they love by using her skills, knowledge, and wisdom informed by yoga philosophy, psychology, ontological exploration, and Eastern spirituality.

She is currently examining the links between individual enlightenment and collective evolution.

Jillian Glikbarg

Jillian has been teaching yoga, tantra, meditation and yoga nidra in the San Francisco Bay Area & beyond for well over a decade. She is an E-RYT 500 certified yoga teacher and director of the Bindu Yoga Teacher Training School. She is the co-founder of Her Festival, a bi-annual gathering for womyn of all ages and backgrounds to share in the feminine side of collection, collaboration, and celebration.

Jillian brings truth and humor to her blogs and writings. She was featured on Recovering Yogi, has led global meditations through OMNES, and has written for (several other publications). She is an initiate in the Sri Vidya lineage of the Himalayan Sages.

Jillian's website: https://www.yogajill.com/

Suzanne Martin

Suzanne is a lifelong seeker, artist, and dedicated practitioner of Yoga and Ayurveda. Her spiritual journey has taken her from temples in Korea and Japan to ashrams and yoga centers across the U.S., earning certifications and initiations in Christianity, Shambhala Buddhism, Tantra, and more.

Through these teachings, Suzanne has healed from chronic pain, autoimmune conditions, and PTSD. Now, she shares her knowledge to help others reduce inflammation, strengthen their immune systems, and find peace of mind.

She has studied with renowned teachers, including Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, Shiva Rudra Balayogi, Dr. Vasant Lad, and her spiritual mentors, Ram Lev and Jenness Perlmutter of the American Meditation Institute, where she serves as faculty and board member.

Suzanne co-authored The Perfect Chaturanga, a global resource for yoga teacher trainings, and founded The Holistic Youth Project, bringing yoga to teens in urban schools. She is grateful for the wisdom she has received and looks forward to sharing it with the Wild Temple community.

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