ROOTED SOUL APOTHECARY
Botanical Healing School
Welcome to Botanical Healing School, a place to become curious and deepen your relationship with the plants and the body. A place to take a few special moments to learn, breathe, and come back to yourself.
Rooted in the traditions of herbalism and guided by curiosity, observation, and hands-on learning, Botanical Healing School invites you to explore the many ways plants can become part of our everyday lives. Here, we follow the plants from growing and gathering to preparation, from preparation to the body, and from knowledge to a deeper understanding of ourselves.
And perhaps, along the way, we discover something unexpected. That learning can be a practice of presence. That paying attention can change what we notice. That the more deeply we understand the plants around us, the more curious we may become about what is happening within us.
There are two paths within the school. One begins with the plants themselves, their leaves, roots, flowers, oils, waters, and the many ways we can transform them into herbal preparations. The other takes us beneath the surface, into the remarkable systems of the human body and the relationship between those systems and the botanical world.
They can be explored independently, or experienced together as two pieces of a larger botanical story.
Botanical Healing: The Art of Becoming
Where plants become potions, preparations, and a lot of curiosity.
The Art of Becoming is an introduction to the hands-on craft of herbal medicine making: learning how simple plant material can be transformed into preparations that carry the gifts of the herbs we work with.
Together, we explore tinctures, vinegars, oxymels, infused honey, herbal oils, infusions, syrups, and flower essences.
Along the way, you’ll begin to learn the quiet language of herbal preparation: how to work with fresh and dried plants, make simple calculations, choose an appropriate method of extraction, and recognize what may have gone awry when a preparation doesn’t quite behave as expected.
But this is not simply about following a recipe. It is about slowing down enough to notice, to observe the plant, understand the preparation, and breathe between steps. It is about becoming curious about why something works the way it does and allowing yourself the space to experiment, observe, and learn by doing. This is a place where a handful of herbs can become something entirely new, and where you can begin to discover that medicine making is as much an art as it is a skill.
Botanical Healing Book
From Plant to Preparation, Where Curiosity Becomes Connection
Botanical Healing began as a course series I created to explore that connection. As I continued teaching, learning, experimenting, and putting the pieces together, I realized there was something here that I wanted to hold in my hands and share in a different way. So I turned the course into a book.
Inside are more than 20 herbal recipes and explorations designed to bring herbalism into everyday life. Not as something complicated or distant, but as something you can become curious about, learn from, and experience for yourself.
Botanical Healing was the first course I created in this body of work, and the first one I chose to bring to life in print. Looking back, I can see that it became a foundation for so much of what followed.
Perhaps, as you turn the pages, you’ll discover something that stays with you, too.
Botanical Healing: Beneath the Surface
Peeling back the layers to discover the botanical body within.
Once we’ve spent time learning how to work with the plants, we can begin to look inward.
Beneath the Surface invites you into the intricate world of the human body—exploring its systems, rhythms, pathways, and interconnectedness through the lens of herbalism.
Here, we move beyond simply asking, “What herb is good for this?” Instead, we begin asking deeper questions. What is happening beneath the surface? How does one system speak to another? Where do the plants enter the conversation? What might we notice when we slow down enough to listen?
This course explores the body’s systems alongside herbalism, creating space to understand the relationship between plants and physiology, preparation and purpose, knowledge and intuition. It is an invitation to look a little deeper, to follow the pathways, notice the connections, take a breath, and become curious about the extraordinary landscape that exists beneath our own skin. And perhaps, along the way, to discover that the body has been speaking all along.
Meet Hollie ~ The Heart Behind Rooted Soul Apothecary
I’m an herbalist, certified 500-hour yoga teacher, registered 500-hour meditation teacher, Reiki practitioner, 300-hour TCTSY-F Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator, and personal trainer with specialty certifications. I’m also an avid baker and self-published author of Botanical Healing. I’m endlessly curious and a bit of a nerd when it comes to learning, always finding something new to explore and understand.
Some of my most meaningful teaching experiences have come through working with the military community, which encouraged me to look more deeply at trauma, the ways it lives in the body, and my own healing journey with C-PTSD. Those experiences have shaped the way I teach today. I bring together nature, movement, meditation, and mindful exploration, blending education and experience with intuition to help each person better understand their body, discover what feels right for them, and develop a greater sense of control.
I believe we are always students, no matter how much we learn or how many certifications we hold. My work is rooted in curiosity, continued learning, and the understanding that there is no single path that works for everyone. I’m honored to create a welcoming space where you can explore these practices in your own way, at your own pace, and simply come as you are.
A Life of Training
Personal Training Certifications
ISSA Personal Trainer, ISSA Nutrition Specialist, ISSA Exercise Therapy, Concept2 Rowing, AFAA Cycling Training, USPA Powerlifting, USAPL, USA Weightlifting, NOFFS, NOFFS SES, TRX Group, TRX Sports Medicine, TRX FORCE, TRX Team, TRX Yoga, ACE Group Exercise, BodyPump, CFL Instructor
Yoga Certifications
YogaFit Level 1, YogaFit Level 2, 200-Hour YTT, 300-Hour YTT, 200-Hour Kundalini, 300-Hour Kundalini, 300-Hour TCTSY, 100-Hour Chair Yoga, 100-Hour Pranayama, 100-Hour Nidra, Yoga Trapeze
Meditation/Reiki Certifications
Meditation
100-Hour Meditation Teacher Training, 200-Hour Meditation Teacher Training, 300-Hour Meditation Teacher Training
Reiki
Reiki Level 1, Reiki Level 2, Reiki Level 3
Ways to Work with Me
Private Consultations
CONSULTATIONS
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