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Keeper of the Old Ways: Folk Medicinals, Healing Arts, & More

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Keeper of the Old Ways: Folk Medicinals, Healing Arts, & More

Integrative Wellness Practitioner • USUI (CMRM) Reiki Master/Teacher • Artist/Musician • Coach

Folk Medicinals, Energy Healing, and more to meet your holistic, health care needs.

09/17/2025

Hey 🐦‍⬛ Corvid 🐦‍⬛Cousins!!! Exciting news!!!
of.the.old.ways Apothecary is now the designated vendor for the School Ritual Oils.

This exciting announcement comes right as Rook: Intermediate Blackfeather training starts tomorrow - so if you’ve been on the fence about joining in person or online - this might just be your sign to fly right over and join us (yessss of course I’m signed up for Rook - I loved Magpie so much) can’t wait for what & are going to be sharing with us!!!

Message me if you have questions or need coconut oil free carrier - link is in the bio as well highlights!

09/15/2025

What a special way to celebrate such a lovely couple and their coming bundle of joy!!!

So honored to have been invited to lead a restorative yoga and sound immersion for some of yoga regulars and their loved ones in celebration of all the wonderful things on their lives.

I created a small correspondences and mindfulness kit for the attendees and a special Mum-to-Be Care Kit with herbal tea including the latest from .of.the.old.ways apothecary - Sacred Soother: Freya’s Blessing, crystals, and a small candle they can light to raise energy when baby Athena Rose 🌹joins us in a few months.

So grateful to the talented Brittney Kreit - who came to assist and lend their many talents to the event as well!

Reach out if you are interested in hosting a ritual for your special day.

09/11/2025

With the current events unfolding in our country and worldwide this week, I felt it was an appropriate moment to check the podcast archive to see if the sermon I delivered on July 20th of this year had been archived and shared publically.

As I sat with my coffee this morning, listening to my own words, I found myself in tears.

Holding the Resonance of Peace in a Time of Dissonance is something that must be practiced daily—no, moment by moment. This is a lesson I have learned thoroughly throughout my life. Have I always had the regulation or the tools to achieve this? NO!

In fact, I composed this sermon shortly after navigating some of the darkest periods of my life. My deepest gratitude goes to my dear friend and fellow pagan clergy member, , for inviting me to share my research and personal experiences on this subject.

Dropping the 🔗 below 👇
May this bring you some form of grounding as we traverse such troubling times - do all things from the heart center ✨💚✨blessed be!
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09/10/2025

✨BIG NEWS✨the Tulsi Rose Calm + Mood Lifting Tea Blend from .of.the.old.ways is making its official debut this month at Frederick Pagan Pride! ✨

This blend became part of my evening ritual throughout Autumn and Winter last year - to support myself while traversing some very stressful situations in my life - made even more tender because I was serving as a death doula for a dear friend.

This little potion of rose petals and calming herbs held me in such a caring way, helping me relax, regulate my nervous system, and find a softer rhythm. 💗

The best part? Not a single chamomile flower in sight! As requested by all my folks looking for a relaxing tea without the allergians present in chamomile.

Now it’s ready to share with you—a gentle “chill pill” in a cup. 🌹🌿

But here’s the thing… this lovely blend needs a proper name!
What shall we name this tea blend???
🌸 Chill Pill
🌸 Rose Colored Glasses
🌸 Freya’s Calm Blend (I’m leaning towards this or some variation)
🌸 …or something YOU dream up?

Drop your vote (or a new idea!) in the comments and help an herbalist out—my brain is still a little foggy from all the travel + a stubborn bout of bronchitis I’ve been trying to chase away all Summer. 😅

Can’t wait to share this tea (and so much more from the apothecary) with you at Pagan Pride! 🐦‍⬛✨

09/07/2025

September in Maryland is always my favorite! Add backyard band rehearsal and it’s a recipe for a good Sunday afternoon.

Back from Iceland and preparing for Frederick Pagan Pride Day - September 27 (rain day Oct 4)

You’ll find the .of.the.old.ways apothecary set up all day with everyone’s favorites and be sure to hang around until 3 pm when I play with on the festival stage.

08/18/2025

Excited to be returning to Iceland after 7 years for a much longer trip with guides from Glasse Witch Cottage.

My creative work was greatly impacted by my previous trip in 2018 and I’m excited to see how it informs my future work - especially through the lens of ancestral veneration, animism, and Norse Paganism - which I’ve researched so much about over the past few years as I’ve returned to my ancestral roots.

Weekly and Monthly Yoga and Sound Immersion Offerings at / will resume the second week of September.

And at the end of the month you’ll find .of.the.old.ways apothecary set up and playing at 3 pm during Frederick Pagan Pride.

October you might find me at teaching printmaking.

Stay on the look out for other appearances cause autumn is going to be fun.

08/14/2025

Dropped off a fresh batch of Ache Away Magnesium Butter at this afternoon.

If you’re in the Gettysburg, Pa area be sure to go by and see their new location right off of US 15 on York Street - it’s like walking into an enchanted cloud surrounded by stars 💜

07/27/2025

We brought the energy of Water 💧 to our yoga session last Monday at Frederick CUUPS - learning about Ujjayi or Ocean Breathe.

Which is one of my favorite breathe practices to help center in the present moment, release tension and reduce stress, as well as regulate your body temperature - which is so important as the heat index 🥵 only seems to rise here in mid-Maryland.

Join us this coming week on…
Monday at 1 pm for Advancing Beginner
Tuesday at 11 am for Accessible Yoga Flow

🧘‍♀️ Please note this is the last week of Summer Sessions due to upcoming work travel - I’ll see everyone again the week of Sept 8

07/18/2025

Storms will come — in the world, in our hearts.
But we don’t have to add to the noise.

We can become keepers of the resonance — calm centers in the chaos — weaving peace through our breath, our choices, and our communities.

This Sunday, July 20th at 10:30 am, I invite you to join me for “Holding the Resonance of Peace in a Time of Dissonance” at UUCF (Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick).

Come as you are — in person, tuning in on Zoom, or catch the recording later if that’s what you need - drop a 💚 in the comments and I’ll send over the link.

Together, we’ll explore how ancient wisdom, nervous system care, sacred everyday acts, and conscious community can help us carry peace forward — even when the sky darkens.

🕯️✨ May we remember: We’re all just walking each other home.

💛 I hope you’ll join me — and share with anyone who may need a little calm in the storm right now.

07/10/2025

Just your southern 🐦‍⬛corvid 🐦‍⬛ cousin dropping in with a witchy reminder that it’s the Capricorn Full Moon 🌕♑️

Pace yourself - drip plenty of water during this Firey Air energy and remember - just like the moon - we wax and wane. Some days we climb mountains. Some days we curl up like moss on a log and breathe. Both are sacred.

Needing to relax, release, restore - join me tonight at 7pm for Restorative Candlelit Yoga and Sound Immersion in the Chapel at /

05/01/2025

A Beltane Blessing for those who observe the turning of the Wheel of the Year…

May the fires of Beltane kindle joy in your heart,
May the blooming earth awaken your senses,
And may the veil between worlds stir your spirit gently.

As blossoms unfurl and passions rise,
May you be met with sacred connection—
To yourself, to others, and to the wild, wise world.

Let what no longer serves be burned away,
And what is ready to grow find fertile ground.

Blessed be this turning of the wheel—
May love, laughter, and light lead you forward.

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31 B Water Street
Frederick, MD
21701

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Monday	9am - 6pm
Tuesday	9am - 6pm
Thursday	11am - 7pm
Friday	9am - 6pm
Saturday	9am - 12pm

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+17706530308

Website

https://keeperoftheoldways.com/, http://www.laurengkoch.com/

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