CELEBRATING OUR COMMUNITY OF TALENTED MAKERS, ARTISANS & ALCHEMIST
Southern Oregon has an abundance of talented herbalists. One of our favorite herbal friends is Amma Rosavalon, a clinical herbalist practicing right here in Ashland!
Meet Amma...
Amma stopped by OAC to collect some spirits for an upcoming medicine making class she was teaching locally. Upon my brief meeting of Amma, I could immediately sense her lovely spirit and calming grounded-ness. As her pup wandered the front of the building, Amma shared how she was just up in the woods and was happy to stop and get spirits for her tinctures. We are lucky to have the best customers here at OAC, making and sharing their gifts with the world.
About...
Amma is a clinical herbalist, herbal educator, gardener, medicine maker, and eternal student of the plants. A lifelong love affair with the realms of nature has informed her path as an herbalist. She is an advocate of wellness and shares her gifts through connection to nature and its medicines.
Amma learned her skills in herbalism and healing arts through the Hawthorne Institute, a clinical herbalism school based out of Southern Oregon. She trained in bioregional herbalism, which focuses on sustainability of local herbs, ethical wildcrafting, clinical herbalism, as well as Ayurvedic medicine. 
Some of Amma's focuses that make her herbal practice special:
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- Harvests locally grown and wild harvested herbs from our beautiful local region
- Sources Certified Organic Alcohol for her tinctures (from yours truly, of course)
- Makes small batch tinctures and oils to ensure the highest quality results
- Works closely in a one-on-one setting to provide individualized herbal care
- Uses each session to educate and teach her clients about herbalism
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On the whole, Amma's practice honors the earth from the way she harvests plants, to how she allows the seasons and rhythms of the land to guide her. She believes the health of the individual and the health of the earth are intimately intertwined and seeks to help connect people back to the earth in everything she does.
Learn...
Meet Amma in person (or virtually) through herbal classes! 
Are you interested in learning more about herbs? Amma is passionate about community building through herbalism. She offers herbalism classes and courses, both in person and online.
One of her main intentions for teaching is to help empower others with tangible skills for taking care of their health. Amma's classes include supporting the body's innate vitality, herbal medicine making, sustainable and ethical wild harvesting, and connecting to the local environment.
Her upcoming offerings include an online herbalism course, that will be announced in August, and an in-person 2-day retreat centered around plant connection, herbal medicine making, and earth wisdom in September.
We are so glad we are able to be the source for Amma's high-proof spirits, which she uses and recommends in her herbal medicine making classes.
Information about all her classes can be found on her website here.
Follow...
If you are looking for a fun, dreamy herbal account, this one is for you. As many of us know, sharing on social media platforms is a great way to meet new folks who share our interests. This contributor particularly enjoys Amma's dreamy content and motivating herbal videos. Make sure to check her out and give her a follow.
Thank you!
Through her years of learning, crafting, and practicing herbalism, Amma has created a business healing others through connection to one another, and nature.
Thank you Amma for being an OAC Insider and choosing to use the best ingredients for your natural medicines!
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