About Intuitive Herbalism

Meeting everyday plants in a ritual space can be as profound as psychedelic experiences, with the advantage of it being a more gentle process. It requires a willingness and commitment to drop into the body, to be with emotions and sensations as one way of receiving the plant. Unlike psychedelic experiences, journeying with common plants don’t hit you over the head with immediate revelations. Instead you need to learn how to hear them and how to navigate your internal landscape, we do this through the gateway of the body.

Intuitive Herbalism centres the relationship between a person and plant. In the same way you would get to know a person, the same can be true when getting to know a plant. The more time you spend with this plant and reveal more sides of yourself, the more you experience what they are offering you in each moment.

This is a deeply somatic approach as we allow the wisdom of the body and the wisdom of the plant to meet. As humans we are excellent at turning away from our subconscious patterns, the plants shine a light on these on the unseen and unfelt parts of ourselves. They offer a doorway and reflection into ourselves - it is up to us if we choose to take follow this pathway, if we choose too, the plant becomes our guide, our light along the path.

You’re very welcome to book a free 20 minute chat to see if this approach and working together is the best choice for you.

Flowers and Herbs surrounding a woodburner in a yurt

‘This is a deeply soulful approach to herbalism and is as much a journey into our own consciousness as it is a profound meeting with nature.’

- Nathaniel Hughes, The School of Intuitive Herbalism

1 : 1 Sessions

These sessions are for deep self inquiry - they are guided by the plants and the relationship between you and the plant. We go beyond talking about what you are with to exploring where it is felt in the body, how it wants to move and be expressed.

These sessions are for:

  • Transforming outdated patterns

  • Connecting to your innate intuition through the portal of the body

  • Finding a place of peace within your body, your emotions and ultimately your being through accepting your current experience

  • Discovering your higher awareness

  • Learning to navigate touch - what is a yes/no/maybe in your system

  • Connecting to plant wisdom - discovering your ability to hear the plants

Subtle Bodywork

In person sessions include subtle bodywork which is best described as a listening touch. This approach is not something that is ‘done’ to you. Instead this is an active invitation in the experience of receiving touch. Many people struggle with even knowing how they want to be touched. In a wider context many people have not grown up with an embodied experience of exploring their boundaries and how to give consent. This type of bodywork encourages your own self discovery and builds your confidence in being able to listen and advocate for your body. 

In this context subtle bodywork can allow the plants to meet you at a deeper level and support integrating insight. It is practiced fully clothed on the floor.

When working online, the body is still an important part of the session, we will work with self touch, movement and sound. 

What to expect in a session

These sessions are always guided by the plants. A medical history is asked before we start to ensure safe practice and an intake form with what you would like to focus on. A typical session may look like:

  • We nearly always start with Rose. Rose has an amazing capacity to bring us into our hearts, our emotional hearts and access ourselves beyond our stories. Rose often provides the doorway into the deeper work and the deeper themes which we sometimes don’t know how to name.

  • Tea tastings or physical plant meetings - exploring how to receive these plants, what is happening in our bodies, how are we feeling?

  • Bodywork, either as an exchange or solo guided exploration

  • Sessions last between 75 - 90 minutes

Sliding Scale Price:

£50 Financial Flexibility

£70 Full Price

£85 Abundant Supporter

Herbal preparations can be posted to you for an additional fee or support offered in making your own.

Contact me via the form to book a free chat or to book a session.

  • ''Working with Charlotte over the past 18 months has been a subtly but profoundly transformative experience. Each plant meeting took a different form, often starting simply with the presence of the plant in the room, before progressing to touch, smell and taste. Charlotte always gently guided and encouraged me to be present with the somatic experience, bringing me into contact with the wisdom and memory of my own body. This included offering touch as part of the sessions, which helped me to integrate these subtle experiences without the need for words. Over time, I began to learn that by allowing and welcoming my feelings, including my resistance and discomfort, I could move towards greater intimacy with myself, aided by the plants. Where previously I had feared the reactions or feelings in my body, I started to develop a curiosity and a greater capacity to be present with these feelings, which allowed them to shift and sometimes release. I also learned that it was okay to ask for what I needed, and to gratefully receive this through Charlotte's conscious presence and touch. I will no doubt work with Charlotte again in the future and wholeheartedly recommend her as a facilitator for anyone interested in this work. ''

    Ruby

  • ''I tried to show up with no expectations and felt like we were gently carried through the session by Charlotte. She was so open and held us so beautifully.''

    Denise