2025 was a year of incredible growth, lessons, blessings, and transformation, both personally and professionally.

A lot of accomplishments happened, all which set the tone for all that is to come with the NEW IAM (and Anuuma Apothecary) this year.

This past year, in 2025, we made one of the biggest decisions we’ve had to make in a long time.

We decided to sunset our most popular, beloved program, the Ancestral Medicine Woman Certification Program.

This was a program that I worked on, poured into, and loved for over 4 years.

It held many students and facilitated many incredible transformations.

However, Spirit made it incredibly clear that it was time for me to take a sabbatical, so that I could get clear on what the new, and next version of IAM was supposed to look like.

Because apparently my mission was much bigger than I knew at the time (more on that soon).

So, naturally, I did.

I closed the doors to IAM, and took a much-needed sabbatical while I focused on family, making medicine, and making educational content that exploded our Instagram growth incredibly fast.

We grew our 4 Instagram accounts, collectively, to over 238,761 people in just a few months.

Not only did we hit our goal of making an incredible impact…

Later in 2025, we released 2 self-study accessible courses (LTSG – Gut Healing Protocol + PPP – Parasite Purge Protocol) that enrolled hundreds of students, and brought about incredible results and testimonials.

By the time my sabbatical came to a close, I knew exactly what I was being called to do.

I had birthed the curriculum for 4+ new programs, downloaded a clear student path for what IAM was called to be, and was ready to fully focus on the path I was being called to:

Birthing the Ivy-League Standard of Schools of BIWOC & Holistic Healing.

That brings me to 2026.

In 2026, IAM will be focused on one thing – helping as many BIWOC students as possible achieve life-changing transformations through our first program, the Ancestral Herbalist Certification Program.

We’ll host live events and retreats, and prioritize making Ancestral Education accessible to the community via our new YouTube Channel.

Over the past 5 years, I’ve written many textbooks for my students, and started working on my next book, that may or may not be released this year.

I’m going to spend some time this year refining these sacred texts and re-releasing them so that our new students will have the privilege of passing these teachings down to their children.

For me, 2026 is all about increasing and expanding our impact at IAM, and continuing to fulfill our mission of:

Breaking Generational Curses

Eradicating Generational Diseases

Building Generational Wealth

I’m so incredibly grateful for all of the people we were able to touch, and look forward to all of the people we’ll help this year, both directly and indirectly, through our students’ success and businesses.

Personally, you’ll see me writing more, a practice I love but took a break from last year.

You’ll see more free education from me, an offering from me to the community.

If you made it this far – thank you.

Thank you for being a part of this community.

Thank you for letting me contribute to your journey.

Thank you for allowing me to fulfill this mission by helping you along your journey.

2026 is going to be our greatest year yet, impact-wise, and I’m so incredibly excited to share it all with you as we grow.

I love you,

Anuuma Earth

Founder and Head Professor

Institute of Ancestral Medicine

P.S. When I mentioned that my mission and calling were much bigger than I knew… I mean that. I got VERY clear instructions from God on what the next level of IAM looks like, and although I can’t tell you everything just yet, just know that we are going to change the world with Ancestral Medicine. I hope you’re a part of it. I love you so very much! Blessings to your journey.

If you’re a BIWOC interested in mastering the skill of Ancestral Medicine via Apprenticeship, and want to learn how to turn that skill into a spirit-led, recession-proof wellness business, you can apply to join the Ancestral Herbalist Certification Program HERE. The Doors for the next semester will be opening shortly, and spaces are limited.