Nature's Forgotten Ways

09/06/2025

A new batch of Elderberry Elixir is incoming! 🌿

08/21/2025

Kids are heading back to school…last-minute seasonal yard/home improvement projects are happening…vacation time is winding down back into the usual grind and hustle again…lots of folks involved in major life and family transitions…stress is beginning to creep back in. You can feel it - neck, shoulders, low back, hips, headaches. 😩

Maybe you just need to get on my table, or get yourself a calming and rejuvenating herbal tea, coffee blend, bath sachet, or tincture to “chill tf out,” and find presence amid the chaos 😌

I have a few daytime and evening session times available this week, as well as next week. Message me and I’ll get you scheduled for a tune-up after all those back-to-school and end-of-season activities tank your reserves 💚

07/30/2025

Who wants some table time? 💆
The new studio here at the farm in Clear Creek (northern Rockcastle County, just 10min south of Berea) is finished, and I’m now booking clients on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays!! 😁
If you’re looking for relaxation, injury or surgical rehabilitation, neuromuscular re-education, myofascial release, energy medicine, spiritual/life coaching, or herbal preparations, classes, or custom blends - send me a message and I’ll be happy to bring all my tools to the table in order to help you reach your wellness goals! ☺️
I am in my 20th year of education and practice in therapeutic massage and bodywork, and over 25 years of training and practice in both western and traditional indigenous herbal medicine.✨

Rates for therapeutic massage and bodywork:
30min ~ $40
60min ~ $70
90min ~ $100
Rates for herbal preparations vary. I steward and harvest over 85% of the herbs that go into these formulas right here on the farm, barter with other plant medicine stewards across the nation and even some across the oceans, or they are foraged respectfully and responsibly to encourage healthy plant medicine populations each year. This helps me keep my prices as low as possible, to help as many people as I can. 💚

Direct message me here, or feel free to send me a text at 606-261-0992 with your name with any questions or appointment requests, and I’ll get you scheduled!

Blessings ~ Ashley 🌿🪶

07/30/2025

A new batch of Comfort Balm stocked up and ready for the shelves! ✨
Do you have achy joints and sore muscles? Try this powerhouse made from olive oil infused with comfrey root and leaf, common plantain leaf, arnica, chamomile, and calendula, carefully blended with cinnamon cassia, clove, and white camphor essential oils, and locally-sourced beeswax!

07/29/2025

All the Lamiaceae (mint family) herbs are begging for trims with all the heat & humidity we’ve had here recently! The tulsi/holy basil and peppermint received their first trims today, while the bee balm, genovese basil, sage, and lemon balm will get their second trim of this season. The heat might have been oppressive for us two-legged folk, but the herbs have absolutely thrived!! 🌿

11/06/2024

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10/18/2024

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Our Harvest Moon, or Duninvdi, was dropping down into the frosty western horizon this morning as I drove the boys to the bus stop. William quietly asked what our ancestors would be doing this time of year, and I thought I’d share it here for those who want to know.
If these were traditional/precolonial times, the adults would be fasting for around a week’s time while moving camps to their upland winter shelters along the south-facing limestone ridges of the Appalachians, timing the move with the first stiff winds that bring the scent of frost from the north and take the leaves that are already curled and browning.
That week would be so busy there wouldn’t be time for anything other than a few bites of fresh greens, sunchokes, and herb teas as we knew the cold was coming in quickly. Once the winter camp was struck, older children in the community would be tasked with hunting game for dry cold storage, the elders would teach the young how to make cordage from the dying dogbane and other textile plants for hanging squash and other produce and stretching the hides from the hunted game, and pass down the stories about this special time of year. Gratitude for the food we’d grown in the low-lying summer meadows, appreciation for the venison, trout, and wild turkey coming in from the forests, honoring the circle of life that sustains us all is the general feeling of the entire village. The women would begin processing the furs and hides while making clay pots and other storage necessities. Songs of thankfulness lilting up from the main camp would help mask the hurried energy of getting things in place before the first frost swept in. After all that work, we would begin feasting together for a few days with the rise of this moon, sharing the surplus of our harvests with nearby communities coming to share their surplus as well, while the menfolk make plans to gather all the deadfall wood in the forest for keeping us warm through the coming winter. This also kept our forest floors clean and the forests safer from the risk of wildfires that could be sparked by the last visits of the Aniyvtiqualosgi - the Thunder Beings. Making relations between communities, the young ones could leave their birth clan communities and go stay with the clans that better suited their natural skills, and taking partners was common during the feasts - after all, it’s getting chilly and “shacking season” isn’t just a modern day NDN joke. When the Great Bear sign started moving into the skies at night, we knew it was time to rest, reflect, craft, stay warm and fed, and make babies. 😁
Life was simpler, gentler, and kinder then. Was it harder by today’s standards? Absolutely - but we didn’t know it was. It was the way of our world - everything in its own time, with all of nature giving us the news, the weather forecast, and directing our movements.

09/10/2024

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🌟 Meet Ashley Sexton Neff, our skilled massage therapist with 18 years of experience in therapeutic massage and over 20 years in traditional herbalism! 🌿💆‍♀️

A proud LHAA graduate from 2006, Ashley is dedicated to serving our community by alleviating suffering through two of the oldest forms of healthcare. Available Tuesdays through Fridays. 💆🏻‍♀️

As a USDA/Kentucky Proud registered farmer, Ashley ensures that up to 90% of her custom orders are made from herbs she nurtures herself, with the remaining 10% sourced from local or organic/fair trade producers. Check out her page Nature's Forgotten Ways!🌱✨

📆Call us to schedule your appointment with Ashley!

📞606-723-BACK(2225)📞

07/31/2024

Hey y’all! I have expanded my hours of availability at Estill County Chiropractic!!
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I’m available for massage therapy and herbal consultation sessions during the following days/hours:
Tuesdays 2pm-6pm
Wednesdays 10am-5pm
Thursdays 2pm-6pm
Fridays 10am-5pm
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We are running a special for $5 off massage sessions with either myself or Brooke Tipton!!
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Give us a call at 606-723-2225 to get on the books. We are located at 926 Richmond Road (Hwy 52) just inside of Irvine, directly behind O’Reilly Auto Parts.
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I will also be placing a selection of my herbal products in the lobby today in case you want to run in to pick something up - no appointment needed!!
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Are you a veteran dealing with service-connected injuries and/or pain? Call us and ask how we can help you feel and move better, all covered by your VA benefits! You served your country and all of us - allow us at ECC to help you attain a better quality of life, movement, and pain management!

07/15/2024

🎶It’s beginning to look a lot like harvest!🌿🎶

07/08/2024

It’s official!! I’ll be vending with HollerGirl Music Festival again this year - I’m so grateful to be a part of this vision, mission, and group of talented and selfless women and the space they create for their communities. 💚
I’ll be offering therapeutic bodywork sessions, and will also have a selection of local, organically-grown and sustainably-harvested/foraged herbs and products on site.
Come join us August 1-3 this year at beautiful Rockcastle Riverside for a great cause, awesome vendors, and inspiring musicians!

06/08/2024

If anyone is looking for me this weekend, I’m setup for work (and play 😁) back in a field of musicians, artisans, and great folks off of Red Lick Rd near the Estill/Madison county line. Gemini Jam weekend at Bash on the Branch! $20 entry fee at the gate, kid-friendly, good food, awesome people - come out and support local talent! 🪶🌿💚