For over a decade, Lou has been practicing herbal medicine, holistic health and massage therapy.
They specialize in mental health, chronic fatigue, headaches and migraines and endocrine imbalances but works with clients on a range of concerns.
They are passionate about helping clients connect dots, demystify the workings of their bodies, notice patterns and advocate for their personal definition of well-being.
Training and Education
2024 Cranial Sacral Foundations Certificate
2024 Manual Lymph Drainage for the Intact Lymphatic System Certificate
2024 Somatic Skills for the Herbal Practitioner with Kelly McCarthy
2023 The Three Wells: Somatic & Herbal Training on Celtic Energetic System with Well Deep Remedies & BodyWitchery
2023 Ungovernable Bodies with Sophie Macklin
2022 Herbal and Somatic Support for Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD with Kelly McCarthy
2022 Licensed Massage Therapist with Pittsburgh School of Massage Therapy
2021 Advanced Clinical Mentorship with Ember Peters, Stascha Stahl, and Vilde Chaya
2020 Herbal Practitioner Skills Intensive with Blue Otter School of Herbal Medicine
2017 Herbaculture Internship with Herb Pharm
2017 Abortion Doula Training with Colorado Doula Project
2015 Energetics in the Western Herbal Tradition: Elements, Humours and Temperaments with jim mcdonald
2013 - 2015 2-Year Certificate in Community Herbalism and Mental Health with Shelley Torgove
Beyond these comprehensive programs & workshops they have attended many conferences, classes, and lectures in addition to being immersed in self-study and inquiry for over a decade.
Memberships
Herbalists Without Borders, Member
American Herbalist Guild, Associate Member
American Massage Therapy Association, Member
Lineage & Acknowledgements
Herbalists and practitioners I have the privilege of learning from: Stascha Stahl, Ember Peters, Aviva Romm, Janet Kent, 7Song, Sophie Macklin, Vadi Arzu, Christine Buckley, Liz Migliorelli, Vilde Chaya Fenster-Ehrlich, Kelly McCarthy, Shelley Torgove, Brunem Warshaw, Karyn Sanders, Sarah Holmes, Amanda David, Mandana Boushee, Larken Bunce, Jim McDonald and others.
A great deal of my framework comes from transformative healing and disability justice, antiracist feminism, abolitionism and Black, Indigenous and Queer visionaries, practitioners and organizers. Immense gratitude to Robin Wall Kimmerer, adrienne maree brown, Audre Lorde, bell hooks, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Brene Brown, Mia Mingus, Sonya Renee Taylor, Resmaa Menakem, Bessel van der Kolk and others whom inform my work. Reading list
My practice is informed by my lived experience as a chronically ill, neurodivergent, non-binary, queer person with passing priviledge. I have practiced relationship anarchy and non-monogamy for over a decade. DIY ethos, mutual aid and small press culture are foundational to my work.
Indebtedness to the original stewards of the lands in which I have studied and called home ꩜ Calusa, Seminole, Arapahoe, Ute, Tohono O’doham, Takelma, Osage, and Shawnee tribes. May your life ways, sovereignty and land be uplifted and restored.
My ancestral practices are rooted in my Greek, Celtic, Western Slavic and Anglo-Saxon lineages