Whole person, integrative care

I support people through botanical offerings, expert bodywork and herbal wellness sessions. I love working with people who are ready to shift their way of being in this world by addressing their pain and stress management. Often there is a underlying reason for their pause in healing- it is my intention to support folks ready to reset their nervous system and address their alignment of both body and spirit.

My approach is guided by years of clinical experience and two decades as mentor, teacher of herbal medicine. These paths are not separate- they intertwine and provide me with the knowledge and wisdom to offer the best care possible.

I have lived experience with pain following a severe neck injury that left me in a neck brace for a year. I have been in that place where I thought I would not be able to function- to do what I love.

I studied with the masters- in clinical Lomi Lomi and in botanical medicine. It is my privilege to help you heal and regain your movement in the world.


About Erin Vanhee:

Erin grew up foraging and connecting with the plants in the PNW region with her grandmother, Corinne Kulicka (Prentiss) She is Sami of Sapmi heritage and comes from a long line of plant foragers, healers.

Her connection with healing plants began when she was adopted into the Tlingit tribe in southeast Alaska in her early 20’s and has continued to deepen with each layer of training and each day among the plants.
Erin’s training is primarily in Western Herbalism and massage licensure with a short stint in Acupuncture school, peppered with Wise Woman healing and wildcrafting apprenticeships. Her latest academic training in herbal medicine was with the Portland School of Herbal Wisdom in their Advanced Practitioners Training with Matthew Wood and Sean Donahue. This is where she completed her Somatic Herbalism credentials.
Erin is a licensed health care provider in Hawaii and Washington State. She graduated from Denton Massage School in Washington in 2006 and completed her Mastership Training on the island of Maui with Kumu Jeana Iwalani Naluai. She is a certified Clinical Mana Lomi practitioner and is in the process of completing advanced training with Kumu Maka’ala Yates, DC.
Erin’s distance learning programs focus on integrative care- combining herbs and bodywork. Her teaching style is relaxed yet fast-paced and story-driven.

In private practice, Erin supports the whole person through herbal consultation, expert bodywork and wildcrafted, small batch botanicals. She specialises in women’s health, pain and stress relief. She lives on an off-grid ridge above the Sauk River, where she is blessed with 17 pristine acres of wild land to tend to the plants and speak to the resident owls.

Erin’s Training:

  • Academic study of horticulture & commercial growing

  • Wildcraft Apprenticeships

  • Personal and academic study of herbal medicine, apothecary study, anatomy/physiology

  • Licensed Massage Therapist

  • Mastership in Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Bodywork

  • Advanced practitioner training in herbal medicine and Somatic Healing.

Erin’s Background and Involvement:

  • Commercial organic grower of medicinal herbs

  • Co-founder of the Wise Woman Herbal Guild, Seattle

  • Writer for the herbal magazines Nettle Network and SpindleWeed

  • Co-founder of the Three Rivers Herbal Gathering

  • International speaker specialising in medicinal plants

  • Wild native plant collaborations with multiple Indian Tribal communities, Washington and Alaska

  • Founder of the People’s Medicine Herb Clinic (a free clinic, Washington)

  • Guest instructor Bastyr University

  • Author of wild plant curriculum for herb schools, community education programs

  • Developed comprehensive curriculum in herbal medicine including plant ID, apothecary training, practice development

  • Lomi Lomi outreach (Maui, Hawaii)

  • Board Approved instructor of Plant based Remedies for Pain for professional CE’s

Events & Speaking

Erin is available to be booked for your herbal conference, private speaking engagement, or to write for your publication. Previous engagements include Plant Healer’s Good Medicine Confluence, Three Rivers Herbal Gathering, NW Herbal Faire, Pacific Women’s Herbal Conference and Bastyr University.

Testimonials:

“I want to thank you for all the knowledge you shared with me about herbs. Especially for helping me develop the love and passion I have for them.”-Gayle A.

“ Attended a workshop taught by Erin…and learned so much! She has a wonderful energy and is a great educator!” -Alicia O.

“You are a plant queen, so passionate and gifted. We are fortunate to walk in this world with you at this time.” -Joyce N.

“I always love how you describe the personality of plants. So relatable!" -E. M.

"A number of years ago I had the great honor to study with Erin Groh, NW herbalist extraordinaire. Throughout the herbal training program I learned about and came into contact with over 50 different species that grew right outside my door and on the land around me. Plants I once admired but did not know became alive and in communication with me. I began seeing, smelling, tasting, and touching each plant, getting to know it (and me, more deeply.) Learning when to harvest it, how to make medicine from it, and most of all, how to respect the natural habitat it grew in by ensuring I honored ethical wild crafting.

—Jade Schutes, The School for Aromatic Studies

“Erin is a font of herbal and common sense information. Every time I talk to her, I learn something.”

— Suzanne Tabert, Herbalist, Writer (Cedar Mountain Herb School)

“If you want old school wise woman herbalism, go and work with Erin. A wise wonderful and loving heart.”

—Bryan Lehto, Biotemple Hawaii

“Erin’s enthusiasm energy and love for what she does comes through in every class. She is in her element outdoors and sharing her knowledge of the plants, their uses and how to create an herbal Apothecary comes easy to her. I enjoyed her hands on approach and her wonderful juju.”

— MJ, 2017 Apprentice.

“Erin is a wonderfully fun mentor with an abundance of knowledge and an amazing gift of storytelling. I would not have come as far as I have without her extensive herbal knowledge.”

— Ashlie C., Herbalist

“I cannot say enough good things about my experience with Erin learning about herbal medicine! She’s crunchy, funny, and truly adores nature. You will come away with knowledge, remedies, and confidence in helping others.”

—Nancy-Lee