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

-Bryan L., Biotemple.earth

“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

“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

“Erin’s amazing and her classes are sorta magical, similar to Hogwarts, the in-person experience will be a core memory for you as you emerge into a different world.”

~ A. Anderson

“The gifts of this class are cherished in my continued learning and joy of gardening, exploring, foraging, wildcrafting, and practice of plant medicine.”

-Jaime V.

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