With community herbalist, Monica Rivera, at Bulltánica in Sacred Old Five Points in Durham NC

Herbal medicines can work better than pharmaceutical medicines to alleviate symptoms and bring the body back into balance when formulated specifically for the individual. 

Fill out the Health History Form and send it to me at cultivating.resistance@gmail.com

Sliding Scale Consultations

I provide herbal wellness consultations at a sliding scale from $20-60. I primarily provide care for low income, brown and black folks, LGBTQ folks, and elders. If you are financially able to give more, that can help to subsidize care for others.

What to Expect

We’ll talk about the whole picture of your physical, emotional, and spiritual health. I’ll ask you questions and take notes. You can opt in to pulse and tongue assessment, if you’d like. Together, we’ll assess where you most want support for your nutritional, herbal, and other self-care routines, and then we’ll formulate a new plan, including personalized tea and tincture formulas.

Ayurvedic Offerings

Private Yoga Classes $90 for a 60 min session

Each session includes assessment of individual student’s needs; exploration of relevant asanas, pranayama, yoga nidra, or guided meditation; and time questions and focused work.

Private classes are ideal if

• You are new to yoga
• You are working with chronic pain, illness, or injury
• You’re working on a specific goal
• You want to deepen your practice

I suggest committing to 3-10 sessions.  You will see the best results with consistent practice.

Reiki $60 for a 60 min session

Reiki is a form of energy healing that incorporates Chinese, Japanese, and Ayurvedic understandings of how energy moves through the body and works to protect against and create illness. Reiki treatments involve light, subtle contact while the recipient relaxes into a meditative state. Reiki is used to support healing from a wide variety of acute and chronic, physical and mental illnesses.

Shirodhara and Kati Basti $90 for a 60 min session

Shirodhara is a purifying and rejuvenating practice designed to eliminate toxins and mental exhaustion as well as relieve stress and any ill effects on the central nervous system. In a Shirodara treatment, an herbal oil is poured gently and steadily over the forehead using a rhythmic swaying movement that brings you deep mental relaxation. Shirodhara is an exceptionally sattvic experience. Kati Basti is a traditional Ayurvedic oil ritual that involves the application of warm oil to different portions of the body. It is grounding and rejuvenating.

Samadhi Session $60 for a 45 min session

Samadhi Session is a grounding, heart centering Marma Treatment that begins with Nasia and ends with Karna Purna. The Marma points stimulated during the treatment are a standardized set designed to soothe the heart and mind, bringing the body into alignment.

Nasia clears problems in the mind, neck, nose and sinus cavity, and can improve the eyesight and tooth problems. The nose is the gateway to the consciousness and the pathway to our internal recovery. In a Nasia session, strong smelling infused oils are breathed in.

Karna Purna is an Ayurvedic warm ear oiling. Karna purna is hypnotically relaxing and can be helpful for headaches, ringing in the ears and earaches, jaw pain and facial sensitivity, balance issues, insomnia and vertigo.

Marma $45 for a 30 min session

Marma is an ancient system of Ayurvedic healing that focuses on places of connection and discernment in the body. Marma uses warm oil to stimulate acupressure points on the body to move lymph effectively. Marma can affect whole body processes by removing toxins and bound energy, nourishing and protecting the body, and bringing balance to the different systems of the body.

Marma can remove toxins (ama) from the body; keep the skin and body youthful and strong; improve lymphatic circulation; balance autonomic nervous system (harmonizing sympathetic and parasympathetic function); promote deep sleep; relieve pain; strengthen organ systems and tissues; regenerate tissues; relieve physical and mental blockages; release blocked energy; balance doshas.