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I decided to name my small apothecary of herbal offerings after “Stoneroot” (Collinsonia canadensis), sometimes also known as Richweed, Horsebalm, and many other names I have yet to learn. I will always remember the day I first met them, smelled their musky lemony scent, listened to the nearby babbling creek, and took in the rising sun emanating rainbow rays. They are very dear to me and keep my spark of joy alive. May the medicines I make also keep the vital fires and waters of life well-tended.
My Approach
I honor the personhood of plants and the unique ways they work with the patterns of our physical, emotional, energetic, and spiritual bodies. I closely observe where plants grow and the nuances of their “way” of being. Medicines I make are crafted with respect and reciprocal relationship with the plants at the foundation. I weave a web between the scientific understandings of phytochemistry and physiology with the many, many other ways of knowing. Because of my practice as a somatic movement coach and therapeutic facilitator, I closely observe and understand patterns of movement, energy flow/obstruction, anatomy, gesture, and emotion in human bodies; this gives me a unique window into matchmaking humans with plants that are most likely to bring balance back into the overall system. I believe it empowers communities to remember deeper relationships with plants and that herbal practices help people have more agency in regards to their own health and healing processes. Plants shine especially for preventative care, but can also assist with acute and emergency situations.
My Lineage
After studying on my own for almost a decade (diving into many books, conversations, and embodied experiments) and taking shorter-duration workshops/classes with herbal teachers such as Kat Maier, Alyssa Schimmel, Lyrra Magda, 7song, and Kelly McCarthy, I decided to complete the full Community Herbalist program with Now and Then Herb School, taught by Sam Roberts and Renée Camila. The overall training was rooted in Energetic Herbalism and was contextualized in a collective liberatory framework of community care and creating alternatives to capitalist power structures. I deeply value the cohort I learned with and the meaningful conversations and idea-swapping we shared alongside the structured curriculum. I also value the ethic of do-no-harm and rigorous approach to safety protocols.
Through the foundation of energetic herbalism, I try to honor nuance and complexity — especially the complexity of focusing on bioregional plant connections in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, working to understand the deep-rooted history of people-plant relationships and traditions of this place while still weaving in the European “Materia Medica” as appropriate. Like most healing practices, I think herbalism is inherently syncretic; at the same time, I try to view separate lineages with integrity and avoid appropriating practices that I have no tangible experience working in/no teachers who taught me/no permission to be propagating those techniques.
My lineage with plant practices also includes gardening, farming, eco-landscaping, and growing native plants from seed. Among other vocations, some of my ancestors were/are farmers and horticulturalists. I am always in a process of deepening knowledge of ancestral roots and perspectives; I often research Slavic/Polish, Germanic, and Irish lore/pre-Christian spirituality and medicinal plant practices to inform my current relationship with plants and reciprocal relationship-building.
While I focus mostly on integrating herbal education and support into my existing affiliations/offerings in group settings, if you are working with me as a client for somatic support, we can also integrate plant medicine into our sessions.
Herbal Formulas for Sale
Medicines are seasonal and in limited quantities. Inquire for availability, prices, or with other questions. Open to trade/barter.
Currently in Stock:
Sweet Birch & Juniper Salve (Sweet Birch twigs and buds, Juniper berries and leaves; coconut oil, sunflower oil, olive oil; “spirit doses” of Lobelia inflata and Passionflower; beeswax)
- For sore bodies, muscle aches, stiffness/tightness, pains, overworked bodies, tension (both physical and emotional!) etc. A softer salve.
- Also crafted as liniment or massage oil, depending on your needs
Passionflower Tincture or Dried Herb
Beebalm Tincture or Dried Herb (Monarda fistulosa)
Digestive Bitters Blend (Non-Alcoholic)
Burnout Recovery Blend: Milky Oats Tincture, Lemon Balm Glycerite, Rose Petal Glycerite
Dried Reishi mushroom slices (requires long decoction time for tea)
Protection Spray (for strengthened boundaries & energetic/spiritual cleansing and protection): Hydrosol blend of Yarrow, Mugwort, Juniper, and Stoneroot
Wound Care Hydrosol (for minor cuts scrapes etc): Yarrow and Lavender
Solomon’s Seal infused oil
“Love Your Lymph” Liniment Kit – includes a tincture of violet/chickweed/cleavers and a violet herbal oil
Bug Boundary! Herbal Insect Repellent
Itch Relief Spray – AKA my best friend in summer – a potent decoction of 8-10 fresh plants and hydrosols that provides relief for bug bites, poison ivy, and other itchy situations. Best kept in the fridge if possible.
Occasionally In Stock:
Nettle (dried looseleaf herb)
Elderberry Syrup
Goldenrod (Solidago odora and other Solidago species) (dried looseleaf herb)
Rabbit Tobacco (Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium) (dried looseleaf herb)
Juniper incense
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