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Cultivating Resistance Herbals, E Trinity Avenue, Durham, NC (2026)

01/13/2026

There’s a lot of new year, new you hype. I was talking to my eight-year-old about it recently. We talked about how every day is a day to remake who you are and how you’ll be in the world. Every day is an opportunity to repair, rebuild, and grow. But this deep winter season is a special time for nourishing our roots—the depths of our heart and spirit that stabilize who we are at the core of who we are.
Physically, it means eating soft, warm, spiced foods rich with vibrant roots and winter vegetables. It means moving our bodies to promote heat and allow for rest. It means moisturizing—hydrating inside of our body with warm water and teas and oiling the outsides of our body, creating luscious skin and a barrier for protection.
Emotionally and spiritually, it means gathering our resources, spending deep time with loved ones, reading books and learning new skills to nourish our minds, and connecting to the sources of our power— whether that’s religious, natural, ancestral, or something else for you.
We are always changing. Winter is a time to stabilize who you are at the core of your being so you may both have roots and take flight.

01/09/2026

Reset Release Rebalance
Join me for a seasonal journey
Using ritual, somatic movement, herbal medicine, and breath work
We will cultivate deep nourishment
Bringing body mind and spirit back into connection

12/22/2025

The longest night of the year is an invitation for deep contemplation. Pause, descend into darkness. Sit with ambiguity, let your selves unravel.

The solstice refuses premature hope. Calls us inward toward shadow, contradiction, discomfort. It asks “what truth appears only when the lights are off?”

The solstice is not the return of light, but the moment when something begins to write itself inside the dark. Do not rush to light. Stay with what frightens us. Do not extract meaning prematurely. The solstice asks us for fidelity to the night.

12/19/2025

We’ve been out in the cold doing the unglamorous part of building an education garden: cutting back invasive bamboo and clearing what’s tangled, dense, and taking up too much space… so something new can breathe.

This is land stewardship: making room for the Ruth Martha Hayes Education Garden—a living classroom where kids can learn plants with their whole bodies: hands in soil, eyes on buds, nature treats to taste and smell, questions spilling out faster than we can answer.

Swipe through:
One wall of bamboo cleared
The clearing in action (yes… it’s a lot)
Little botanists reading together
Tiny treasures: cones, petals, gumballs
Coco showing us what wonder looks like in real time
Seed art looking like galaxies

This program started at Sarah P. Duke Gardens as a “Tot Botany” offering: multi-sensory, hands-on learning for young kids and their grownups (plant exploration, plant stories, plant time). And now it’s changing… because Duke Gardens is in the middle of major renovations. So we’re adapting—bringing Tot Botany on the road, popping up where we can, and building a longer-term home base in our own education garden.

Monica has been holding this work for TWO YEARS now—quietly building the rhythm, the relationships, and the care that makes a children’s program feel safe, joyful, and real.

And we’re grateful for the inspiration from Durham Parks & Rec’s “Muddy Boots” at West Point on the Eno: read a nature book, then go find the nature right outside your door… with shoes that can get a little dirty.

If you want to be part of the bamboo clearing days, the garden build, or future Tot Botany meet-ups, DM us or sign up through bulltanica.com.

   1.    Bamboo clearing — wide “before/after” feel
    2.    Bamboo clearing — action shot (the work)
    3.    Kids reading / “Tot Botany” moment
    4.    Nature treasures in hands (cones + flower)
    5.    Coco moment (joy + community)
    6.    Outdoor nature art (hands-on learning)

12/18/2025

We’ve been out in the cold doing the unglamorous part of building an education garden: cutting back invasive bamboo and clearing what’s tangled, dense, and taking up too much space… so something new can breathe.

This is land stewardship: making room for the Ruth Martha Hayes Education Garden—a living classroom where kids can learn plants with their whole bodies: hands in soil, eyes on buds, nature treats to taste and smell, questions spilling out faster than we can answer.

Swipe through:
One wall of bamboo cleared
The clearing in action (yes… it’s a lot)
Little botanists reading together
Tiny treasures: cones, petals, gumballs
Coco showing us what wonder looks like in real time
Seed art looking like galaxies

This program started at Sarah P. Duke Gardens as a “Tot Botany” offering: multi-sensory, hands-on learning for young kids and their grownups (plant exploration, plant stories, plant time). And now it’s changing… because Duke Gardens is in the middle of major renovations. So we’re adapting—bringing Tot Botany on the road, popping up where we can, and building a longer-term home base in our own education garden.

Monica has been holding this work for TWO YEARS now—quietly building the rhythm, the relationships, and the care that makes a children’s program feel safe, joyful, and real.

And we’re grateful for the inspiration from Durham Parks & Rec’s “Muddy Boots” at West Point on the Eno: read a nature book, then go find the nature right outside your door… with shoes that can get a little dirty.

If you want to be part of the bamboo clearing days, the garden build, or future Tot Botany meet-ups, DM us or sign up through bulltanica.com.

11/30/2025

Come visit me on Tuesday at Bulltánica, 800 N Mangum St, between noon-6pm. I’m offering free mini herb consultations as part of the Bull City No Cost Business Crawl—RSVP at fortheculturenc.org hosted by

Check out the other business hosting freebies on Tuesday and

11/10/2025

Tea all day helps me stay hydrated and helps me integrate warming, stimulating herbs into my diet throughout the day.

Dates and nuts are nutrient dense, grounding and moistening snacks. They build ojas—the body’s vitality—and rasa—the Ayurvedic system of the body related to lymph and immune function that gives strength, resilience, radiance, and power.

Oil in everything. Fall is windy, cooling, dry, crackling—full of movement and releasing energy. In Ayurveda, opposites balance opposites. In fall, I put more oil in my food, on my hair and skin, in my bath water, and even into the air I breathe. Oil is the opposite of fall. Oil is snigda: unctious, smooth, lubricating, heavy, slow. It nourishes the body for the coming winter. It softens the skin and joints, making the body pliable and luscious. It protects against disease and stress.

10/28/2025

Recapping a few of the things I shared at the Iranti Èjè Conference

🌿 Sage • Fennel • Plum Oxymel
🌿Hawthorn • Hibiscus • Rose • Orange Elixir
🌿Violet & Poke Salve for breast health

Herbal simples to explore — Oats, D**g Quai, Black Cohosh, Shatavari, Ashwagandha, Tulsi, Fennel, Fenugreek, and White Peony Root

And yes… every drop of my tinctures disappeared!
Menopause Ease, Deep Sleep, and Got the Juice — all gone before the weekend was over. So much gratitude to everyone who came by, tasted, and connected through plant medicine.

10/25/2025

Join me for Restoring Flow—a four class series exploring practices for moving stuck memories and emotions through our bodies. In each class we’ll use an elemental theme to guide us through somatic work to connect with our physical body, pranayama to connect with our energetic body, deep connection with plant allies through meditative work to connect with our emotional and intellectual body, and Ayurvedic self-care practices to connect with our bliss body.

Each level of awareness moves us through the layers of what we hold. We decide what we keep in our body and what we release to the elements.

Let wind carry it away.
Let fire transform it to something new.
Let water wash it clean.
Put it the earth to hold it for you.

10/22/2025

As fall sweeps deeply in, I’m savoring the pleasure of cooler mornings and nights. Wind that rushes through inviting us to move expand release and fly.

In summer, my body has everything it needs: the moisture in the air, the warmth of the sun, the sweet nectar of flowers, and the lusciousness that comes from the Earth.

In fall, my body needs tending—
hot tea each morning
smooth oil on skin
breathing with purpose
—preparing my body for the coming winter retreat.

A friend asked recently what herbs I’ve been leaning on for my heart, my spirit, and my body in all its glorious transitions. Motherwort, rosemary, lemon balm, calamus, and d**g quai have been calling. My mornings start with chai simmering long and slow, with extra fennel and sweet cinnamon steeped in cold. I’ve been harvesting greens, roots, and nuts. Tucking in trees and perennials with compost and mulch. Dreaming spring gardens into being.

What is fall calling you to do?

08/12/2025

Unwind your mind, soothe your soul, and awaken your senses — all in one sip. 💫

This carefully crafted blend of tulsi (holy basil), cinnamon, cardamom, rose, and cocoa isn’t just a drink — it’s your new nightly ritual for:
Deep, restful sleep
Calming anxiety and letting stress melt away
Gentle, natural aphrodisiac energy

Sip it slow, feel the magic, and let your body and mind slip into the perfect balance of relaxation and desire.

Because self-care should feel as good as it works.

08/06/2025

Herbs & Menopause: A Conversation for Healing & Empowerment
Join me for a special class with the amazing Omisade Burney-Scott, creator of Black Girls’ Guide to Surviving Menopause.

Menopause is not a problem to be solved—it’s a powerful portal of transformation. Through conversation, storytelling, and practical herbal wisdom, this workshop will cover:
🌱Herbs for hot flashes, mood shifts, sleep, and libido, headaches, incontinence, joint pain, and dryness
🌱Ancestral traditions and cultural knowledge around the menopausal transition
🌱Creating daily rituals for hormone balance, joy, and self-connection
🌱How to reclaim menopause as a rite of passage, not a medical crisis

This will be an open, affirming space to share, learn, and connect. All gender expressions welcome.

Date: Wednesday 8/13
Time: 5-7pm
Register: link in bio

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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
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