Taking care of our health can often feel like another full-time job—which is why I’m here to make it feel less overwhelming.
My credentials
After earning a BS in Elementary Education from Virginia Tech and a Master’s in Educational Leadership from the University of Virginia, I went on to complete a family herbalist certificate from Clayton College of Natural Health, and a three-year clinical herbal certificate from Sacred Plant Traditions School of Herbal Studies in Charlottesville. In 2008 I opened my clinical herbal practice in Charlottesville. In 2012 I was awarded professional membership in the American Herbalist Guild and hold in the highest regard my main teachers Kat Maier, Phyllis Light, Matthew Wood, and Leslie Tierra. I have spent hundreds of hours studying traditional western herbalism with a focus on Vitalism/Energetic Herbalism as well as Asian and Ayurvedic paradigms of health and healing. Most recently in 2017, I sought additional training in bio-energetics, also known as vibrational energy healing, and added the Qest4 computerized bio-feedback system to my practice.
My philosophy
My practice is a distillation of Western Herbalism, Traditional Asian Medicine, Ayurveda, and orthomolecular science combined with the bio-energetic technology afforded by the Qest4. I have found this weaving of traditional and modern healing modalities to be an extremely potent combination that helps clients make real progress and assists me in identifying patterns of disharmony so clients achieve their desired health goals safely, accurately, and efficiently. Since the body innately knows how to heal, our task becomes guiding and enhancing the process, providing support and addressing root causes safely, holistically, and with nontoxic technologies. In this way, the healing path unfolds naturally.
My clients' experience
Clients bring me both acute and chronic concerns involving digestive and metabolic disturbances, hormone imbalances, fatigue, immune issues, inflammatory disorders, allergies, difficulties with focus or mood instability. I have even helped couples struggling with fertility to successfully conceive.
Working with me goes beyond resolution or management of symptoms. I listen to the parts of you that have gone unheard for too long, reacquainting you with the map of your mind-body-spirit to help your energy flow — you can more easily find balance, equanimity, joy, and once again have access to your vitality!
“[Plants] guide us to be who we came here to be, both individually and as a species, and to share our gifts of beauty freely, for the benefit of all, as they do.” —Robin Rose Bennett
My own path as an herbalist began after a powerful experience with Calendula.
Planting, nurturing, and harvesting this flower and then turning it into medicine awakened my curiosity and my passion for the ancient and green ways of being.
I’m here to welcome you back to this green world and support you in reclaiming your health so that:
your well-being feels less like a burden and more like your birthright.
you can become more at home in your body without feeling intimidated or betrayed by it.
the plants feel less like strangers you should invite into your home, and more like supportive friends you want to.