TWO PATHS, ONE ROOT

Where clinical rigor meets
root-cause healing

Lotus Institute trains practitioners and supports patients
navigating complex, emerging conditions — mold-related illness, mast cell
activation syndrome, electromagnetic field sensitivity, and more.

For patients & families

Understand what’s happening in your body

Plain-language courses on emerging chronic conditions, taught by doctors who’ve treated thousands of cases like yours — and often lived through one themselves.

For practitioners

Bring root-cause protocols into your practice

Training in the diagnostic and treatment frameworks physicians are using right now for the conditions conventional medicine still struggles to name.

PRACTITIONER PATH

Training built from clinical practice and peer-reviewed evidence

Every course is taught by physicians actively treating these conditions.

Mold Illness Mastery

CE · 30 HRS

Diagnostic workup and treatment sequencing for mold-related illness. Overview of mechanisms such as chronic inflammation (CIRS, cell danger response), mycotoxin toxicity, mast cell activation (MCAS), limbic/vagal dysfunction, and nasosinus/GI colonization. Explores the strengths and limitations of popular protocols including those from Dr Shoemaker, Dr Neil Nathan and Dr Andrew Campbell.

Bonus history of mold illness research, mold inspection and remediation.

Cohort-based

Live + recorded

Cohort 3

1st Dec (US/Can/UK)
2nd Dec (Aus/NZ)

Instructors

Dr Sandeep Gupta

Dr Sandeep Gupta, MBBS (MD)

Dr Amy Derksen

Dr Amy Derksen, ND

PATIENT PATH

Start with your symptoms, not a course catalog

Not sure where to begin? Most people arrive here after months or years of unclear answers. Choose what sounds closest to your experience.

Mold & biotoxin illness

Current or previous exposure to damp buildings, unrelenting fatigue, cognitive fog that won’t lift, migraines, coughs or received a diagnosis of ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia or Long COVID.

Mast cell activation

Reactions to foods, scents, medications and supplements that keep multiplying. Itch, rashes, elevated heart rate, headaches and fatigue when exposed to moldy, high EMF/chemical environments or after eating or drinking.

Sensitivity to Wi-Fi, smartphones, phone towers

Symptoms such as headaches, brain fog, nerve pain and insomnia that shift with your surroundings, especially when close to electromagnetic fields (EMFs).

Environmental inspection and remediation

Just want to learn about mold inspection, mold remediation and maintaining a healthy home? Try Mold Illness Made Simple mini-course, a subset of the full course.

TAUGHT BY CLINICIANS, NOT CONTENT CREATORS

Meet your instructors

Dr Sandeep Gupta

Dr Sandeep Gupta

MBBS (MD) · Lotus Founder

Treats complex chronic illness and trains physicians in root-cause protocols.

Dr Amy Derksen

Dr Amy Derksen

Naturopathic Physician

Treats tick-borne disease/Lyme and mold illness in children and adults.

Dr Olivia Lesslar

Dr Olivia Lesslar

MBBS, BIR

Medical Sherlock Holmes for complex-condition medicine including MCAS.

Chris Henderson

Chris Henderson

FDN-P

Health coach and specialist in electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and light.

IN THEIR WORDS

Two audiences, one outcome

PRACTITIONER COURSES

This course is detailed, informative and relevant to any integrative GP. I thoroughly enjoyed it, learned many clinical pearls and highly recommend it to the discerning, inquisitive integrative practitioner.

Dr Ashley Berry, Australian Chronic Infectious & Inflammatory Disease Society

This has been hands down, the most amazing insightful course I have ever done. Thank you so much for sharing all the incredible content and pearls of information. It feels like you have covered everything and more. I also love how the course has been presented it as well (definitely my way of learning 🙂 )

Jacqui Judd, Gut Health Clinic

The Mold Illness Mastery course is the most thorough education I’ve received on mold and mycotoxin illness thus far, and I have taken several other practitioner-level trainings. I loved that this one covered all of the relevant approaches to this illness and I also loved that the teachers had enough experience in this field to be able to share was has and has not worked for them out of these various approaches, as well as how to combine them for the optimal outcome for the patient.

I asked some tough questions of them on just about every live call and they graciously answered with truly helpful information. I wouldn’t hesitate to take this training every year, and recommend every practitioner that’s treating mold illness take this training!

Dr Karen CuretonDr Karen Cureton, ND, Dr Karen Cureton

Excellent course! I’m a naturopath and have been working with mould affected patients for some years so I went in thinking it would mostly be a refresher. It wasn’t! Dr Amy & Dr Sandeep bring real clinical depth, and there were many clinical gems I’ve already applied to my more complex cases which has been very helpful! Highly recommended for practitioners at any stage

Steph GadsenSteph Gadsen, Merge Health

Overall, the course was EXCELLENT! HUGE value for the investment of time and money. Every practitioner working with mold needs to take this course.

Scott Forsgren, FDN-P, BetterHealthGuy

This is an in depth course on mold diagnosis and treatment. Both Dr Derksen and Dr Gupta are excellent presenters. The information is put together very well. After the course, I am feeling much more confident in treating mold toxic patients.

Dr David Calderwood, MDDr David Calderwood, MD, Sparrow Health & Peformance

Very relevant to my own clinic and very up-to-date. All topics were covered in great detail.

Luke SzaboLuke Szabo, Little Earth Health

PATIENT / PUBLIC COURSES

Excellent course – I completed the course very quickly as I had just been diagnosed with CIRS and was like a sponge, soaking up any information!

KHKim Miller Hosteler

Well explained and simply navigated through a complex terrain. Helped my approach for such unwell patients. Thanks!

VGVan Gustavo

I had already studied quite a bit of this information before Mold Illness Made Simple put this course out … but I have to tell you, this course is outstanding! There is SO much information in this course. This course answered quite a few random questions that I’ve had over the years pertaining to this information.

Yes, if you are a beginner, you will learn and not be overwhelmed. But if you are looking for advanced information, it is still in this course! I could glean something new all the way through. It’s not stated as obviously, but this information can help answer so many of your more advanced questions. 

LRLori Roop

Such an amazing course. This course gives such a clear path to healing. Thank you for this fantastic guide through such a complex topic

SPShawna Pulver
This course is so comprehensive.It literally teaches you everything you need to know about remediating your home and your body. I like that it gives you all the options too.It doesn’t just give you one protocol. It was so hard out there to figure out how to heal from mold but this course gives you all you need to know all in one place. Highly recommend.
JLJanice Low, Janice Low Physio

Whichever path brought you here, you
don’t have to figure it out alone