In Chiron's Footsteps
Classes in Greece
with Julia Graves
April 28 - May 7, 2026 - Pelion and Delphi
A breathtaking experience awaits you in a remote peninsula at the foot of Mount Pelion. It is the place where the mythical Centaur Chiron, father of all healers, brought herbal healing to mankind. Following his footsteps and the ancient European herbal tradition, this course teaches hands-on plant knowledge handed down through the millennia. Taking the olive groves and native habitats as our classroom, we will befriend myrtle, spike lavender, citrus, olive, mastic and pine.
The Outdoors is the Classroom
Come to learn from a renowned master herbalist and healer Julia Graves with over 40 years of clinical experience! Known as a lively and inspiring teacher, Julia guides us through the plant kingdom in this place of the planet’s highest biodiversity
Set in the picturesque traditional Greek village of Milina directly by the sea, we will spend every day in a different part of the peninsula in Nature, getting acquainted with the local healing plants, learning how to use them to heal ourselves and our loved ones. Local elders will come in and teach about the traditional use of the plants. Be prepared for a total immersion into the world of plant healing!
Spring in the Mediterranean
Experience spring in Greece when Nature in the Mediterranean is at its most vibrant and the sea invites you for a refreshing bath! This is a life-transforming trip. Places are restricted to ten people, so sign up soon!
Milina is said to have the most beautiful sunset of Greece. Sit at the boardwalk sipping your drink while watching the splendour of colours unfold! Our day trips include the Aegean Sea, the cave of Chiron, the mountaintop chapel of St. Michael, the local farmer’s market and Dimini Neolithic archeological site.
Pilgrimage to Delphi
The ten day course ends with a pilgrimage to Delphi, a visit to the sacred site that was home to the famous oracle. At the temple to the Wisdom of the Earth, the predictions of its priestesses ruled the ancient world for 3 millennia.
Join one of today’s cutting edge healers for a journey to the heart of plant medicine. A unique opportunity to train with Julia Graves. Including principals of all major energetic herbal traditions, the course teaches planetary plant healing. Modelled on a traditional herbal apprenticeship, we let ourselves be transformed by the plants. Nestled into the green hills, this is the ideal place to immerse ourselves into Nature. Mountains, rivers and ocean offer an incredibly rich and varied outdoor classroom.
Wisdom of the Earth
This class revives the tradition of the herbal apprenticeships of days gone by, in which the learning was one of direct transmission of experience from master to student. It is limited to a small number of people to preserve the intimate rapport and allow for individual coaching. We learn to understand healing as a changing flow of energetic manifestations. Most importantly, this course focuses on the spiritual dimension of healing, of achieving wholeness within the universe.
Email juliagraves@lilycircle.com
for further questions.
Who is Julia Graves?
Julia Graves, master herbalist, classical homeopath, Gestalt psychotherapist, bodyworker, and flower essence specialist.
Lodging
Set a few steps from Milina beach, our classroom is at lovely Spiti Persephone guesthouse. Rooms can hold between 1 and 3 people at affordable prices (from 18 to 40 Euros per night). We will help you find a room mate for the shared rooms. Please contact Clara for the booking of the room. The course provides a light welcome meal at the night of arrival and breakfast the next morning. After that, participants can organise their own breakfasts in the two course kitchens.
Email Clara at claarverheyen@hotmail.com to book your room.
Food and Lunch
Participants can make their own meals in the guesthouse kitchens. Lunch (veg / non-veg / vegan) can also be booked at an excellent nearby restaurant which provides a course buffet with delicious healthy food and vegetarian or vegan choices. It costs about 12 Euros per person (we will know the exact price once the restaurant re-opens for the season) plus drinks. Milina has small supermarkets, bakeries, and the seaside is lined with restaurants offering a large variety of foods..
Arrival, Group Email and
Travel Arrangements
Participants should arrive in the afternoon of April 27. We provide a free welcome meal. We recommend for students to fly into Athens. Every participant is invited to a course email group, so participants can arrange to meet at the airport, rent cars and travel to the course location together. While there are some flights into Volos which is closer, please note that car rental prices in Volos are double to those in Athens. Participation is at the student’s own risk and we strongly recommend everyone to have their own travel insurance. The course ends in the late afternoon of May 7 in Delphi.
Participants must book their own room in Delphi. Attention, cheapest AirB&B rooms in Greece are often really bad quality, in others words not considered a standard that could be rented out in other countries. Check the photos well to see if the place is reasonably modern and clean.