I was re-remembering and unearthing this concept of empowering others and myself to be a part of our healing journeys: something that has been forgotten and is missing in the western health care system. Here is where my journey home began: the journey of my own spiral healing and deeper connection to the plants, of remembering who I am and the inspiration and devotion of supporting others along their path. 

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In 2011, I completed a 2 year foundations and pre-clinic certification program at Self-Heal School of Herbal Studies. From there I traveled and participated in many herbal and farming internships including Crimson Sage Herbal Nursery internship and Herb Pharm’s Herbaculture program. During this time, I also found my love of herbal first aid, and started volunteering with the MASHH Collective, a grassroots organization dedicated to returning medicine to the hands of the people. The MASHH Collective provides herbal first aid and wellness clinics at gatherings throughout the West Coast. I fell in love with the concept of bringing herbal medicine out to the people in which safe spaces of curiosity and support are created.

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In 2014, I attended and completed The Hawthorn Institute's three year clinical program in Traditional Western Herbalism, Bioregional Ayurveda, Yoga and Field Studies.

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Here is where I learned that the foundation of all traditional systems of healing are grounded in the elements. And these elemental beings have become some of my most humbling teachers.

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At this time, I also apprenticed with Michelle Bienick, a local herbalist, naturopathic physician, farmer and earth activist, who taught me the interconnectedness of true holistic medicine.​

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From there, with a group of folks from the school, I helped to start The Hawthorn Collective: a nonprofit free herb clinic who serves communities in Southern Oregon.

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​In 2021, I completed Rachelle Seliga of Innate Traditions 9 month INNATE Postpartum Care - Certification Training: a holistic approach to postpartum physiology and psychology for birth and healthcare professionals worldwide, offering essential understandings into the necessary requirements for healthy Mothers and families – and thus the necessary requirements in the creation of a thriving human culture.

 

Remembering this ancient wisdom, through this lens, allowed me to begin supporting mamas with these postpartum traditions that are necessary to assure health and vitality through the childbearing continuum and beyond.

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In 2023, I joined the Reconnected community. Nervous System practices that have been helping me to create TRUE regulation connecting to the breath, present awareness, curiosity and a space to choose my response. To move through this life feeling safe and embodied and authentically and humbly showing up to meet the moment. 

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And the journey continues, as it’s a lifelong remembering, an everyday rewiring, an every moment re-orienting to who we truly are; our connection to our wombs and hearts and Mother Earth, to the innate intelligence of our bodies, the wisdom of our intuitions and the embodied safety of our nervous systems.