Wild Beauty

Beauty is Medicine

Yoga~Ayurveda~Massage~Herbalism

'We are the Beauty we've been

seeking all our lives'

~Jack Kornfield

Beauty invites us to have an intimate relationship with Nature.

Beauty awakens our hearts and divine senses.

Beauty opens portals within us to touch, taste, sense, and feel the world around us. Beauty is Medicine.

'Each time a flower is smelled, bliss is a real-time experience.'

~Acharya Shunya

Ayurveda invites us to sync our nature with Mother Nature.

Ayurveda awakens a memory in our hearts on how to do this.

Ayurveda guides us on how to nourish and safeguard our divine senses so they can serve as powerful portals to know the world.

Wild Beauty Ayurveda

Living in Rhythm, Ritual & Routine

Beauty is Medicine

Ayurvedic Massage & Herbal Foot Bath

Ayurvedic Massages are 90 minutes in length and include warm herbal oils best suited for your constitution and the season along with warm stones and essential oils. Also, included is a warm herbal foot bath and a cup of tea.

It is recommend to give yourself plenty of space, and carve out 2 hours of your time to sip, savor, receive, and be nourished.

$150

Ayurvedic Massage Link:

https://wildbeautyayurveda.as.me/?appointmentType=55762033

Ayurvedic Consultations & Herbal Foot Bath

Ayurvedic Consultations are 90 minutes in length, including an herbal foot bath, tea, tongue & pulse diagnosis, and an exploration into discovering one's unique constitution/prakruti and any current imbalances that may be present.

It is recommend to give yourself plenty of space, and carve out 2 hours of your time to sip, savor, receive, and be nourished.

Consults can also be done on zoom and will be recorded.

$150

Ayurvedic Consultation Link:

https://wildbeautyayurveda.as.me/?appointmentType=55762470

The Family Herbalist

Online Seasonal Class Series

Blending Ayurvedic Wisdom, Herbalism & Seasonal Living

The Family Herbalist: Autumn Season

Sent out: 8/21, 9/18 & 10/16

Pre-Recorded

$45 per class

$100 for all 3

The Family Herbalist is an online 2 hour class recorded weaving in Ayurvedic Wisdom, Seasonal Living and the Heart of Herbalism.

The Family Herbalist Autumn Series:

Class 1: Seasonal Living & the Art of Tea

Topic: Why living in Rhythm with Mother Nature and honoring Seasonal shifts can have

incredible value and impact on our mental health and wellbeing. Understanding the nervous system through and Ayurvedic perspective, the vata dosha and the Art of Tea Making.

As we begin to transition from Summer into Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere we have a rich opportunity to understand the medicine of that each season brings along with food, herbal remedies and daily rhythms to live by.

This month we will focus on The Art of Tea, Infusions & Decoction Making for Nervous System Regulation.

Tea recipe will be given for calming and soothing the nervous system for everyone in the family.

Bring your note pad, questions and make yourself a cup of tea.

https://wildbeautyayurveda.as.me/?appointmentType=66696155

The Family Herbalist Autumn Series:

Class 2: The Art of Herbal Body Oiling, Skin Health, and the Healing power of our own two Hands.

Topic: The Art of Herbal Body Oiling, the healing power of our own loving hands, the wisdom of the skin and why crafting daily rhythms also known as dinahcarya is so important.

This month will focus on nervous system health through oil, touch, the skin and how to make an herbal body oil.

https://wildbeautyayurveda.as.me/?appointmentType=66697698

The Family Herbalist Autumn Series:

Class 3: The Art of Sleep & Circadian Medicine

Topic: The Art of sleep/Nidra, and how deep rest is vital for our mental, emotional & physical health.

We will weave in Ayurvedic Wisdom and Circadian Medicine and how syncing with the Sun can support a good nights sleep and a life filled with more flow and synchronicity.

A bedtime ritual and herbal recipes for sleep will be given.

https://wildbeautyayurveda.as.me/?appointmentType=66698171

https://wildbeautyayurveda.as.me/?appointmentType=66698220

4 Week Winter Yin Yoga Series

Wednesdays January 8th-29th

A 4 week Nourishing Winter Yin Yoga Series

6-7:30pm @ Crows End in SLO.

Doors open early @ 5:30 for Tea.

Open to 10 participants, must pre-register.

Exchange $100

Directions given upon registration.

Winter Yin is FULL! Thank you everyone!

A Spring Session will be announced soon.

Enrollment for

Way of the Herbalist 2025-26

Will be open 3/21/25

Open to 12 Women

Way of the Herbalist is an 8 month journey into the heart of Ayurveda, folk herbalism, and living a sacred & seasonal life.

Way of the Herbalist will meet one weekend a month for 8 months beginning in September and ending in April.

Enrollment is open to 12 students, and enrollment is filling up.

Tuition $2,800

Deposit $500 to hold your space

Payment plans available

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The Dates Are:

September 27-28

October 18-19

November 15-16

December 20-21

January 17-18

February 21-22

March 21-22

April 18-19

Way of the Herbalist
Enrollment is open for 2024-25 Herbal Year

If you are reading this the plants have been speaking to you and you are listening.

Walking the plant path is a rich, deep, Beautiful, heartfelt way of living, and being in the world.

I believe we need more herbalists in the world.

Herbalists are people living close to the Heart of the Mother.

Herbalists are people that love learning about plants, seasonal living, cooking wild foods, medicine making, ancestral skills, gardening, foraging, wildcrafting & being stewards of the land.

Way is defined as a path, portal, gateway, course of action and being capable of creating a Way to do so. Every woman has her own unique inherent way of being and expressing herself.

Every woman has her own unique inherent way of being an herbalist, and loving the plants.

Way of the Herbalist honors, respects, supports and appreciates every woman's unique path, unique way of loving the plants and loving the earth. There is no one 'right' way to be an Herbalist. Some people will hold the knowledge quietly in their hearts, and some people will be called to to teach, educate and bring it into the world. There are so many ways to be an herbalist.

In the Summer of 2005 and 2006 I was called to study with Rosemary Gladstar. I traveled to Vermont to start my herbal studies @ Sage Mountain Herbal Sanctuary with Rosemary and 30 other women. We gathered for 9 days each Summer singing songs, making magical herbal medicine, cooking healing foods, taking plant walks, visiting and meeting other herbalists at their farms, laughing, loving, learning the importance of ceremony, sisterhood, and a seed was planted in my heart that maybe I too could one day share this magic medicine with my community.

In the Autumn of 2020 Way of the Herbalist was born out of the necessity of women desiring to know the wild plants, simple home remedies and ways to care for themselves, their families and community during the covid pandemic. The time had come to share what I knew with my beloved community of the Central Coast I have now called home for the past 30 years.

I am now preparing to enter into my 5th year of Way of the Herbalist or Herb School as it has come to be called.

Herb School is a magical 8 month journey where we gather one weekend a month, build community, learn herbal preparations, Ayurvedic Wisdom, do seasonal cleanses, take field trips, learn about reciprocal relations and sacred harvesting, and how to live the Beauty Way.

We will be weaving together the teachings from Rosemary Gladstar and folk herbalism, Ayurvedic Wisdom, and Nature Connection. There is written curriculum, an online school platform, a monthly community call live and recorded and a WhatsApp thread to share resources, links, articles, pictures and ask questions.

The Dates are:

September 27-29 @ Crows End Retreat Center

Friday @ 6pm-9pm, Saturday 10am-6pm & Sunday 10am-6pm

Opening weekend, Nourishing the Nervous System, Herbal Nervines, Traditional Tea Ceremony, Intro. to Ayurveda, Autumn Ayurvedic Cleanse, Sun Tea, Moon Tea, Infusions, Decoctions, Herbal Bathing, Foot Baths, Facial Steams, Hydrosols, and more...

Guest Speakers:

Saturday: Kathleen Lockyer is an Author, Occupational Therapist & Nature Led Founder. She will be leading us on how to listen to the landscape, the value of a 'sits spot', and grow our connection to nature.

Sunday: Jen de Treglode is a Tea Somelier and will be leading us in a traditional Tea Ceremony.

October 19-20 @ Crows End Retreat Center