Prairie Soap House & Apothecary and Arcadia Holistic School

Prairie Soap House & Apothecary and Arcadia Holistic School Herbal 1:1 and Group Apprenticeships, herbal & aromatherapy courses, healing sound subscription

Erin Oberlander is a Doctor of Musical Arts, a Certified Holistic Aromatherapist, Herbalist, and trained Sound Practitioner. She is a Level 2 NAHA Certified Professional Aromatherapist and has been working with essential oils for the past 20 years as owner of her company Prairie Soap House & Apothecary. Her online school, The Arcadia Empowerment Collective, helps to educate and inspire folks in all matters related to holistic health and lifestyle including seasonal living, Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese medicine, & aromatherapy. She offers an online sound baths and holistic lifestyle on-demand subscription and online aromatherapy consultations. Her primary teachers are Virginia Sublett and Doreen Hutchings for voice, David Crow and Gabriel Mojay for aromatherapy, Rosemary Gladstar and David Crow for herbalism, and Zacciah Blackburn and Dorothy Stone for sound and consciousness work. Erin’s writing has been published in the NATS Journal of Singing, Project Light & Love, The Countryside Network, the High Plains Reader and upcoming in the International Journal of Professional Holistic Aromatherapy. Learn more about her work at www.herbsoilsandsound.com or email her at erin@arcadiaholisticschool.com.

Have you been wanting help for your hormones?If you have been dismissed by your doctor, or if you have been looking for ...
08/19/2025

Have you been wanting help for your hormones?
If you have been dismissed by your doctor, or if you have been looking for more natural ways to balance your body, you are not going to want to miss tomorrow’s talk with Dr. Beth Westie, female hormone expert.

Dr. Beth helps women with a wide variety of conditions—
*thyroid issues
*painful periods
*PCOS
*infertility
*endometriosis
*perimenopause
*weight issues
*energy & fatigue
*gut health
And so much more.

This is a chance for you to learn how to eat for your cycle and support your body’s hormone production through herbs.

Come, ask all of your questions!!!

‼️This is your last chance to join us live.

This talk is being held within my Rewild + Untame community. You must subscribe to have access to this talk or the recording. The first 30 days of the community are FREE, cancel anytime.

https://www.herbsoilsandsound.com/rewild-untame

Did you know that women with endometriosis undergo 8 surgeries, on average, to manage their condition, usually concludin...
08/15/2025

Did you know that women with endometriosis undergo 8 surgeries, on average, to manage their condition, usually concluding in a hysterectomy?
And did you know that these women often go into surgery not knowing if their uterus will be taken during the surgery?
💵Many of these surgeries could be avoided if women were provided with a root cause approach with their hormonal health. The same holds true for many other hormonal and female health issues women are dealing with.
That’s why, next week in the Rewild + Untame community, we have a special guest, Dr. Beth Westie, female hormone expert. Dr. Beth has helped hundreds of women change the course of their hormone health and avoid things like surgeries.
Because, yes, that’s the truth: you have far more control and influence on your hormones than you have been led to believe. What is more, it’s not difficult to shift hormones when you know how to eat and how to support your body.
Dr. Beth teaches you how to work in harmony with your body’s own ebbs and flows, how to fuel your body strategically, and how to make friends with your body again.
We host Dr. Beth on Wednesday, August 20th, at 11 am mountain time. Or, if you can’t make it live, all members will receive the recording.
www.herbsoilsandsound.com/rewild-untame

Circadian health is honestly everything. Learning how to work with sunlight, water, magnetism helps to restore the body ...
08/09/2025

Circadian health is honestly everything. Learning how to work with sunlight, water, magnetism helps to restore the body to its health cycle—the way the body is innately designed to function.
👉🏻And when we do this, so many things shift in our hormone health, digestion, skin, reproduction, mental health, and we can even begin to shift chronic conditions in the right direction.
Skeptical? I was, too, until I really understood what was happening in the quantum with my body.
I have two new FREE resources for you on this topic (and the broader topic of Untamed Biohacking):
* Circadian Basics Biohacking Masterclass (self-paced, one hour)

https://www.herbsoilsandsound.com/circadian-biohacking-basics-masterclass

* Untamed Biohacking Toolkit
You can access these both for free by hitting the hyperlinks above. I truly hope you find them inspiring & helpful.

https://www.herbsoilsandsound.com/untamed-biohacking-toolkit

Circadian health is honestly everything. Learning how to work with sunlight, water, magnetism helps to restore the body ...
08/09/2025

Circadian health is honestly everything. Learning how to work with sunlight, water, magnetism helps to restore the body to its health cycle--the way the body is innately designed to function.
👉🏻And when we do this, so many things shift in our hormone health, digestion, skin, reproduction, mental health, and we can even begin to shift chronic conditions in the right direction.
Skeptical? I was, too, until I really understood what was happening in the quantum with my body.
I have two new FREE resources for you on this topic (and the broader topic of Untamed Biohacking):
* Circadian Basics Biohacking Masterclass (self-paced, one hour)

https://www.herbsoilsandsound.com/circadian-biohacking-basics-masterclass

* Untamed Biohacking Toolkit
You can access these both for free by hitting the hyperlinks above. I truly hope you find them inspiring & helpful.

https://www.herbsoilsandsound.com/untamed-biohacking-toolkit

What’s a real wild woman? In my view, it’s not most of the performative stuff you see out there. If you resonate with th...
07/20/2025

What’s a real wild woman? In my view, it’s not most of the performative stuff you see out there. If you resonate with this wild woman, join us Wednesday for our Rewild + Untame gathering (🔗).

She stirs in her bed at first light, her spirit knowing it is soon time to greet the dawn.
The emerging sun magnetizes her body, causing it to rise from deep slumber.
🌅She breathes the first glimpse of the sun into her lungs & eyes, naked as the day she was born, with devotion to her well-being, her path, and with gratitude for all she has. She brushes her skin and hair, she gently moves her body, she drinks structured water purposefully programmed with her intentions for the day. Her body is primed now through this light baptism to function & heal the way it was designed & destined.
She is a priestess, of sorts, of the day, and of the night. The changing rhythms of the seasons. Her own breath. Her hearth. Her work. Her people.
🌞❄️In summer, this ritual begins early; in winter, she rests longer in the lingering, cold nights. Her body recognizes & is comforted & supported by these rhythms. Her digestion hums, her metabolism purrs, her nervous systems recognizes safety.
She spends time in Nature at intervals throughout the day, tending the land as she goes, caring for all life. She grows food, gathers medicine, & creates elixirs from flowers & light. She likely does this while otherwise living a “modern life,” knowing that many things can coexist if undertaken intentionally. 👇🏻

07/16/2025

Current studies are showing that roughly 93% of Americans are metabolically unhealthy. This means that most of us are struggling with blood sugar imbalances, pre-diabetes, diabetes, insulin resistance, or leptin resistance, even if these issues haven't been officially diagnosed.The knowledge we have lost is that our body’s natural cycles are ruled by light. We need to heal our circadian rhythms. The problem? There isn't an herb, a pill, or an essential oil that is going to provide for us what Nature, on it's own, will do to return us to our natural state of being: health.🌳We CAN fix the root.And that comes from rebuilding our relationship with Nature, and doing that in a way that honors where we are individually in our health journey as well as how each of us individually needs to interact with technology.✅This month in Rewild + Untame, we are talking about the concept of "rewilding" and how this relates to modern biohacking--two communities that are actually after many of the same things, and are coming to realize that the ultimate solution to our health problems is found in a return to Nature.✅I am going to share my concept of Untamed Biohacking, and how we can combine soulful ancient practices & understandings of seasonal & circadian rhythms with much of the cutting edge science about how our bodies actually work (spoiler: it's the same)✅Learn about foraging & hunting--sourcing our food ethically and in a way that honors the whole circle of life, our planet, and our bodies. We will also talk a bit about how food is a light signaling for our bodies.✅And we are going to talk about what building a personal nature routine can look like in the modern world.Reconnecting with Nature does NOT feel like another thing on your list of things to do, and, in fact, will lower your cortisol and out-of-control stress response, bring down inflammation & reactive oxygen species, and help your hormones find better balance. Rebuilding this relationship with Nature will literally improve every aspect of your being--body, mind, & soul.📅We meet a week from today, Wednesday the 23rd at 11 am mountain time (or the recording will be sent out to all afterward if you can't make it live).Grab your spot by going to my 🔗 https://www.herbsoilsandsound.com/rewild-untame

New blog post--health is not a to-do list. It's about helping your body experience more safety signals--and most of thos...
07/12/2025

New blog post--health is not a to-do list. It's about helping your body experience more safety signals--and most of those need to come from Nature. Here's why.

Health is about returning our body to a state of feeling safe. But we have lost connection to our primary safety signals which come from exposure to sunlight, direct contact with the earth, darkness, and local food & medicines. This blog details exactly what is happening in our circadian rhythms and...

Our free All-School Solstice Gathering is this TOMORROW . Read on to learn more & to join us.🔆It's my absolute favorite ...
06/17/2025

Our free All-School Solstice Gathering is this TOMORROW . Read on to learn more & to join us.
🔆It's my absolute favorite time of the year--the abundance of the summer solstice. Fertility. Greenness. Growth. Light.
The solstice is on Friday, and we are preparing by joining together as a community tomorrow for some learning, some intention setting, and a sound bath.
Why do we do this?
Both ancient wisdom systems, such as Ayurveda & Traditional Chinese Medicine, as well as the cutting edge science of Quantum Biology teach that our bodies work best when they are aligned with natural rhythms. Seasonal rhythms, monthly rhythms, and daily rhythms all help our cells, and specifically, our mitochondria, to function optimally. And this is about way more than mitochondria creating energy. They actually are in charge of over 26 critical functions within the body.
And without things like: light, darkness, seasonal nutritional shifts, and even changes to what herbs & aromatics we are using--the mitochondria can't do their job well.
But when the mitochondria can thrive, so do we, in virtually every way it means to be in a body.
🌊That's why I will be sharing some of the seasonal shifts for summer that will help to support you in optimal well-being for the next three months.
📝We will spend a little time in personal journaling & meditation to set our individual intentions for the next 3 months.
🎼And we will anchor it all with a sound bath of healing sound. Why? Because frequency + intention = result. In other words, sound creates coherence and eliminates noise within our being and amplifies the desires and goals we have. It can even help to support our mitochondria.
How to join:
* The gathering is open to all (feel free to invite others) and is free. We gather on Zoom tomorrow at 11 am mountain time.
* Please bring an open demeanor and a journal to jot down some notes & thoughts. Prepare to be comfortable for the sound bath.
* Comment “zoom” below for the link

🌿Did you know you need to shift the herbs & aromatics that you use according to the season? That’s right—the seasonal sh...
06/13/2025

🌿Did you know you need to shift the herbs & aromatics that you use according to the season? That’s right—the seasonal shift is about so much more than changing decor.

Ancient wisdom from Ayurveda & TCM and now modern quantum biology teaches us that the foods and medicines we intake contain information in the form of light, dependent on our location/latitude.

🤔Using foods, herbs, aromatics, and even supplements out of season can cause confusion in our systems.

🌹Interestingly, nature is always giving us just what our body needs as each season changes.

Not only that, when we can make tweaks to our daily routine, we can maximize our results.

At our All-School seasonal gatherings, we learn about how to biohack our bodies for the coming season, connect and set our personal intentions for the coming three months, and anchor it all while enjoying a sound bath that creates coherence within the battery that is your body.

🫴🏻This gathering is open to all. Join us at 11 am mountain time. Comment “zoom” below to receive the zoom link straight to your inbox.

Essential oils are not marketing gimmicks—they are actually one of the most powerful tools you can use to shift your moo...
05/20/2025

Essential oils are not marketing gimmicks—they are actually one of the most powerful tools you can use to shift your moods.

👃🏻Essential oils enter the body in the olfactory bulb which has an almost instant connection to your emotional and memory centers in the brain as well as the part of the brain that controls the fight or flight response.

⚠️This makes sense—smoke or bad smells tell our body “danger” or “poison.” The reverse is also true—good smells associated with positive memories can anchor us into a restful, relaxed state that tells the body we are safe.

The problem is that most people don’t know how to use essential oils in this way. Even worse, so many of us have essential oils laying around we aren’t using.

😁Come learn how to elevate your essential oil knowledge from party level to life-changing level as you partner with them to program the mood you want.

✅Join the Rewild + Untame community where the next 30 days is all about essential oils, balancing moods, and how to use these incredible tools to shift our well-being for the better. Our gathering is tomorrow morning (or grab the recording if you can’t come live)👇🏻

https://www.herbsoilsandsound.com/rewild-untame

I was the girl trying to figure out her health. Scrambling to get by. Frustrated by the superficiality of so much of lif...
05/07/2025

I was the girl trying to figure out her health. Scrambling to get by. Frustrated by the superficiality of so much of life. Unsatisfied by typical answers to the deepest questions. Dying to get my fingers in the dirt, and longing for more vitality than I had for my young years. I should have been the spring, but I felt little new life.

Now, I am the woman who has reclaimed her health, her identity, and her ancient birthright as a healer & medicine keeper. I tend the hearth and fan the flame of life into what is around me. I use my creativity & my intuition in my medicine making—trusting the years of knowledge I have accumulated and the lessons that came from making mistakes and finding better answers. I am fertility, and I am the beginning of harvest. I am things bursting forth into life and learning to thrive. I bring the remedies to those who need them, and I draw out the healing skills of those I support. I have let go of the expectations of others to fully embrace & embody who I am here to be and who I have always been.

And soon I will be the old woman, barefoot, still vibrant and strong in health, with my long, gray braid, strolling through the garden, talking with my plant friends I know so well. My legacy is my land I have tended with integrity & in coherence. The students & apprentices that now teach & tend their own. The tricks & hacks I have shown my nieces & nephews. The paradigm shifts that came for those who finally found how to support their health best. I am the late harvest and the rest of winter. I am nearly one with The All. I know Whose I am and where I return.

Maiden, Mother, Crone. We choose our journey—it is ours to claim our path. And if you are a medicine keeper—you likely know this in your soul. It’s time to emerge, to be seen, and to build your own legacy of healing. Doors to Apprenticeship close today. DM me “apprentice” to claim your spot. Whatever stage of life you are in, goddess, I am here to support you.

🌿I was the girl stashing herbs, hoarding cool jars, talking to plants, and constantly expanding my rock collection. I al...
05/04/2025

🌿I was the girl stashing herbs, hoarding cool jars, talking to plants, and constantly expanding my rock collection.

I always had an almost otherworldly connection to the natural world itself, and I have always felt most whole & heard my inner voice most clearly there.

I have always known I was meant to work with the plants & natural materials in medicine making, serving my family & community in various healing capacities.

👀And what I most craved was mentorship from someone who could really see me for who I am as an individual and draw out my gifts, giving me the confidence to believe in my abilities, and show me the path to expanding into this world in full expression of who I am.

🔜That’s why I created Rooted Disruption Apprenticeship. And if you’re that girl, Doors close Wednesday. Let’s chat about your place in apprenticeship—just DM me “apprentice.”

☠️But before I got there, I had to figure out that toxins were impacting my health, that my disconnection from nature was making me depending on conventional medicine, and that I was being underserved in that setting.

I had to learn how to detox my body and use simple herbal medicines & essential oils to help my body start finding its way back home.

And I needed a way to start incorporating these practices in bite-sized pieces into my lifestyle.

➳That’s why I created my Rewild + Untame community subscription. Every month tackle a topic in a micro-dose that blends beautifully with your life. Receive direction mentorship from me & a cool community of souls on a similar journey. Learn at your own pace in classes, and come & go as you please. Does this sound like a better fit? Subscribe at www.herbsoilsandsound.com to get started on your natural health journey & start building your skills.

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Prairie Soap House started in 2006 as I began my journey toward more natural means of existence. Having become tired of all of the synthetic components of cosmetic, body care, cleaning, and household products, I began researching more natural, intuitive, and ancient ways of body and skin care. I began making soaps and lotions, using mostly organic, often wild-crafted ingredients. Over the course of many years, I have continued to hone my skills and educate myself more deeply about natural living, incorporating this knowledge into the products I create for my family and yours. Recently I have expanded the business through the acquisition of an alembic still that I use to distill hydrosols and essential oils from plant material gathered from my farm. My products never contain synthetic ingredients, chemicals, preservatives, or unnatural colorants. They always include a bit of alchemy--taking the best of the land and my own intentions--and hopefully crafting a product whose whole is greater than the sum of its parts and which will enhance your life and your health. Thus, I have now added "Apothecary" to the business name as I continue to explore and incorporate elements of herbalism and aromatherapy as well as aspects of wildness and the land into all I am producing, including educational videos and materials. The apothecary continues to expand its reach, as I now have nutritional solutions for weight loss, energy, healthy aging, and athletic performance available along with a wide range of supplementation options. In addition, I now offer various types of in-person and online training. Learn more at www.intuitiveseason.com and www.prairiearomatherapy.com