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Herbal medicine clinic & education. Physiological, emotional and mental health and wellness. Rewilding & connecting with nature. Organic wild products.

14/03/2025

• Coltsfoot •

Are you are here again this year in a new spot I haven’t seen you at before. Below the fallen horse chestnut by the main road on a bank that gets muddy easily and rarely sees sunlight.

Your flowers have come up first and will soon be fine making way for the leaves.

I still have a slight cough from the bug I caught 6 weeks ago and now coltsfoot remind me to work with respiratory herbs that grow close to me.

As spring tries to peek up so too does the season of harvesting and much herbal work.

I won’t collect these, they are too few but I love coltsfoot. It is a widely used herb all over Europe for coughs. It is also one with alkaloids that we need to be aware of.

An older name for this little gem is coughwort - telling you all you need to know ❤️

12/03/2025

• Rest •

A flame for Claudia.

Learning of the passing of this incredible, strong, brave and committed woman, Claudia, has been hard.

May you rest in eternal peace and solidarity with all that you fought for and all whom you cared deeply for.

Claudia was up for helping, unafraid to speak up and moved with her heart. She wrote the last chapter of our book and had masses of writing waiting to be made into something that might change your life forever.

The journey together wasn’t always smooth but she was a formidable power and support to many many people, students and peers.

As a herbalist she went where others won’t in the name of anti-oppression.

She also adored plants ❤️🙏🏽

Blessings on your passing Claudia Manchanda. You live on in many.
RIEP.

05/03/2025

• Herbal Medicine •

And updated logo wordage and course info! What more could you want leaving up to equinox?

Well there is also my new substack - come find me there - same handle keeping it simple.

Be lovely to see you over there or on any of my courses ❤️

Currently there is one mentorship space left for Ostara 2025 and lots fantastic juicy herbalism courses for y’all.

wildapothecary.com/earth-medicine-foundation-in-herbalism

Hope you are all doing ok ❤️🙏🏽✨

23/02/2025

It may be that fb is locking my account. I guess someone objects to posts shared re genocide and Gaza. I object to genocide.

It’s time to leave FB and meta and start somewhere anew.

My website hasn’t changed so be in touch!

With love, Amaia ❤️

22/02/2025

• Renewal •

Whispers for wintry retreat and spring awakening.

Cleavers coming up in the lawn where last spring cleavers only came in the hedge. Tiny shoots of this plant kin greening the clover lawn.

As they grow a little more I’ll be cold infusing them for a spring lymphatic tonic.

Hydrangea holding on over winter as the body of this kin decays. Soon enough the wintryness will let go and mulch the soil beneath while the spring shoots start their business.

This is a time of renewal and rebirth, cycles of earth in motion.

25/01/2025

• Imbolc •

As Imbolc approaches we can feel the light diffusing the edges of the dusk and dawn as the winter nights begin to recede.

Tiny snowdrops are out and the energy of winter is changing.

A gentle reminder to light a candle in the still dark eves.

Also Earth Medicine - our year long foundation in herbal medicine has 5% off until Imbolc. This course will be held in Stroud and has a good group gathering and some special guest teachers too 😍

Blessings for you all.

18/01/2025

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16/01/2025

• Herb School •

Some snippets from teaching and sharing - I adore teaching. I have various courses at the moment, online, in person, by snail mail and more - what’s always a pleasure is witnessing the connections of students with our wonderful plant kin and their onward journeys with good medicine, spirit and community.

At the moment we are mid way in our beautiful Year Long Herbal Foundation and it’s always a pleasure to be in the Welsh landscape.

I also have Earth Medicine which is based in Stroud and starts in Sept this year. We dive into seasonal herbal medicine with energetics, ethics and earth care at the core. There is a discount available until Imbolc (Feb 1) 🩷

I have new mentorship spaces for spring 2025 - get in touch if this interests you - 1:1 work in any aspect of herbalism, grief tending, wild rites of passage or land connection. There is one ‘BIPOC’ bursary left.

Snail mail courses Tend Her Garden and Wild, Seasonal, Local are rolling throughout the year - you can join any time.

Pondering our gorgeous Cornish retreat again for Samhain - so beautiful!

The work I did is also being carried by baby herbalist and she is planning yet another year of wonder in this amazing place in the W Midlands.

If you want to study herbs and aren’t sure which course is for you - get in touch 🤍

26/12/2024

• Earth Medicine •

Beautiful new course in beginning September 2025!

This foundation level course is set up for anyone from beginners to baby herbalists to students and herbalists wanting to go deeper into understanding energetics in herbal medicine.

We have five weekends (non-residential) following the year’s elemental flow and seasonal changes where we get to know plant kin and herbal medicine in relation to sensory experiential connection.

We will explore embodiment of energetics both in the plants and us over the year and engage with herbal medicine in many ways from wild crafting to growing to medicine making to understanding how to work with herbs in the body.

This course will be hands on - walking, making, drawing, writing, sharing.

We will work with ceremony, elements and each other to create community, connection and care.

We will also have some fantastic teachers - more details soon 🤎✨

All details on my website including scholarships.

#2025

19/12/2024

• Winter •

Blessings from me to you all this winter’s midnight.

This weekend I’ll be on the long barrow in the darkness with lanterns and friends to guide in the light coming back. Manifesting what we’d like to bring about into the spring and summer. May you find what you need.

Details about my new Stroud based year long course will soon be out soon so keep an eye - Elements, Energetics & Ethics in herbalism with land connection, community and care at the core ❤️.

Also tmrw and Monday will be the last day of the year in the apothecary - if you need something let me know. I have:

Facial oils
Tea blends
Elixirs
Winter care packages
Wild Rose packages
Elderberry syrup
Tonics
Bath salts
Prints
A couple of totes and vests are still available.

May you find rest and wonder in the shadows and sludge of our deepest shame. May we together journey through the depths and find the golden beauty that glimmers within. Shine bright folks, shine bright.

With love, Amaia

25/11/2024

• Water •

A weekend of water, wild, winter and wood in Wales.

The second weekend in our year long Herbal Foundations.

This elements was wild this weekend with snow, hail, floods and puddles. The rivers were almost at capacity - their banks close to bursting.

We journeyed with softening soothing plant kin and learned about balance with fiery remedies and root nourishment.

We went into grief and emotion and the ways water touches us in life.

Always learning while we are teaching 🩵🙏🏽

23/11/2024

• Year Long Herbal Foundations •

Loving teaching this course to so many beautiful and engaged folk.

This weekend is all about water, wild and winter with plant kin woven throughout.

Flow, depth, reflection, grief, play, stillness, abundance, sacred, soothe. All watery elemental states.

Marshmallow, liquorice, turkey tail, horseradish and elecampane have graced us with their medicine. All so soothing and opening.

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