Welcome to Lindsay Kolasa’s site ~
Herbalist, Traditional Food Ways Educator, RYT
With 10 years of social service work and another 13+ years of working with clients through my Herbalism practice, I have assisted a number of people in revealing deep and lasting shifts in their lives.
My work draws from the Vitalist traditions of plant medicine prioritizing the body’s innate desire to heal and restore. Whether an individual consult or a group experience, I create a container of presence, curiosity, and insight.
Work that I am involved in:
– Herbalism consultations
– Plant medicine making
– Plant medicine education programs and workshops
– Traditional food preparation programs and workshops
– Microbiome education programs and workshops
– Herbal formulations
– Designing pollinator and herb gardens for private home owners
– Instruction in yoga asana, yoga pranayama, and meditation/mindfulness
– Handiwork courses (a hobby of mine)
– DNA-based genealogy (another hobby of mine)
Feel free to explore the tabs to see upcoming workshops & retreats, to learn about my consultations, and to read blog posts on herbalism, whole foods recipes, fiber arts, genealogy, poetry, and other gems.
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Here are links to some of my most viewed blog posts:
A Survivor’s Guide to the Essential Oil Craze
Long-lost, Long-leaf: The Return of a Forgotten Forest?
I Was Born to Do This (an exploration of psychosis)
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And, here are links to plant monographs that I wrote for Catfish Alley Magazine when I lived in Mississippi and ran Sweet Gum Springs Apothecary (2012-2017):
Dandelion: the Teeth of the Lion
Poke: a Deep South Herb for Deep Work
Mimosa: If Happiness Was a Tree
Rose Medicine: Cooling & Comforting
Sumac for the Kitchen & the Medicine Cabinet
Goldenrod: A Plant That Makes Us Whole
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“To be healthy is to be whole and to be holy.
It is to acknowledge the great goodness that our bodies are linked to the bodies of other people, to the bodies of plants and animals, indeed to the earth, the sun and moon, and the other heavenly bodies. It is to receive the awareness, at once humbling and exhilarating, that we are a part of Creation, one with all that we live from and all that, in turn, lives from us.”
~ Wendell Berry
Lindsay Kolasa 