Mockingbird Grove, Bellevue, WA (2025)

10/31/2025

🌱🌎In both Eastern and Western Herbalism, we honor Earth. Your wellness journeys are through your direct connection with the life-force of the plants. Facilitators like .acupuncture and I are here to support this relationship🌱🌎

We’re so excited to share a plethora of general information around Traditional Chinese Medicine, the intersection of Western and Eastern herbalism, and your part in it all.

Limited spaces still remain for this ✨free✨ community class! Visit Herban wellness.net and head to our Events tab.

10/15/2025

🌲Shinrin-Yoku, or “forest bathing,” was developed in Japan during the 1980s in response to the growing effects of nature deficit disorder—an issue increasingly common in many developed countries.

Today, it is considered an essential part of preventive health care in both Japan and South Korea. Dr. Qing Li, a physician at Nippon Medical School in Tokyo and a leading expert in forest medicine and immunology, has shown that forest bathing enhances the activity of natural killer cells and boosts the production of anticancer proteins, thereby strengthening the immune system. In South Korea, the practice is so valued that there are now more than 40 officially designated “healing forests.”

Forest therapy blends the restorative power of nature with a sense of spiritual connection and environmental responsibility. Just 20 minutes dropped in a natural setting can significantly reduce tension, fatigue, and feelings of depression—while also enhancing our intuition in a major way.

This “drop in” actually does not come easily for everyone. With the support of an experienced guide and the presence of a community among the trees, you’ll be gently led through soft exercises and tools that help you reconnect with yourself. Nature is the true teacher—my role is simply to help guide the way.🌲

✨Fall Forest Therapy Sessions are approaching!✨

🍂10/18 - Forest Therapy Session 1 - Maple Valley, WA
🍁11/8 - Forest Therapy Session 2 - Kenmore, WA

See more in bio and at herbanwellness.net/collections/classes-events

09/29/2025

Teaching days are sacred days🕯️

I ALWAYS pray. I pray my version of The Green Witch. I pray to The Elements, Nature Spirits, My Guides, My Ancestors, Great Spirit, Teachers that my actions only bring harmony to the world. That I create joy and balance. That my voice be clear and I speak with confidence. And on..

Today I taught with #5 of the year. The 5th person I’ve supported in teaching for the first time. To share knowledge is ancient wisdom and practice. To spread light is what we need more than ever. So many practices around teaching were not laid out for me, and my past self felt so insignificant that it took me years to share anything.

A handful of my closest teachers have passed this realm and I carry all of them with me. Chris Smaka said, “Even a conversation about chamomile can change someone’s world” and my Dad would light up the room with just a quarter step into it. I’m honored to help others share their light as each and every day all of our beaming rainbows within us mattters more and more. Whatever you have to share fu***ng matters and is more impactful than you’ll ever know.

If you’re teetering around taking your next steps, I’m your gal and I got you. If you want to come collab too, LFG.

07/21/2025

🌞Summer Experiences 🌞

We’re excited for a season of celebration, wellness, nature, and community!

🧑‍🏫6 different facilitators and 1 happy dog🐾

🌱Whether you’re a long-time customer, new to Kirkland, or will be in town visiting, we welcome you to ground and grow with us🌱

Sign up online, through my link, or in-store - Spots are limited!
https://herbanwellness.net/collections/classes-events

06/25/2025

🌞Heart connection in community celebrating the longest day and shortest night🌞

05/23/2025

Join us next week for a workshop focused on preparing for a potent time for welcoming in abundance and nurturing!

Hosted by Astrologer Zoe Silverman and Clinical Herbalist and Forest Therapy Guide Lindsey Walker, the upcoming astrological shift of Jupiter moving into Cancer will be discussed, followed by a conversation relating which herbs will be particularly supportive and potent during this time. Then, you’ll get to blend and take home your own “Jupiter in Cancer” tea formula.

🌌Where🌌
Herban Wellness
103 Lake Street S.
Kirkland, WA 98033

🫖When🫖
Thursday, May 29th 2025
7-9pm

Embark on a transformative journey that combines guided meditations with astrological insights to support your personal growth and expansion. This workshop offers unique opportunities to:
🌙Explore how the current cosmic alignments influence your personal journey and how to harness these energies for growth
🌙Connect with like-minded individuals, sharing experiences and supporting each other’s growth
🌙Learn techniques to integrate astrological understanding into your daily life for continued personal expansion

🎫RSVP through bio and https://herbanwellness.net/products/herbalism-through-the-astros-jupiter-in-cancer

05/21/2025

🌲Free Forest Therapy Info Session🌲

“Nature deficit disorder” is a term coined by Richard Louv to describe the growing disconnect between those who spend less time in nature and the associated consequences. The human cost of spending less time outdoors severely impacts our health.

Tonight’s talk will be all about exploring what yasei shinrin yoku (or wild forest bathing) is, the sentient forest, energy, and connecting with the natural world regardless of your location.

Context for the Spring/Summer Forest Therapy Sessions will also be set:
🥾 June 5th: Session 1*
🌞 June 20th: Summer Solstice Session*
🌈 June 28th: Forest Frequencies - Forest Therapy + Restorative Sound Immersion

*Multi-Session Discount
When purchasing Forest Therapy Spring/Summer Session 1 and Forest Therapy Spring/Summer Session 2 Herban Wellness offer you a discount of 10% to be used one time for in-store purchases. This offer stems from the premise that yasei shinrin yoku concentrates on your growing relationship with the living forest and the natural world. The more you invest in the forest and your relationship with it, the more the forest and the natural world will invest in you...and we want to support that!

RSVP from bio

05/20/2025

Career Update ✨🌿

Dream job landed!! I am beyond proud and humbled to be a Full-Time Managing Herbalist at Herban Wellness in Kirkland, WA!!!! Class coordination and teaching/guiding, branding support, social media marketing and content generation, store operations, staff supervision, inventory control, product development, merchandizing, customer service PARTNERING with my personal brand, Mockingbird Grove!!!! (Recently updated- also a refresher to celebrate🎉).

These kinds of jobs don’t just exist — I know, because I looked for years. I wrote in my journal the day I’d start something new, not realizing it would end up actually being my first (part-time) day there.

That same day, I also started a serving job, working 6 days a week for 5+ months — long hours, physical and mental strain, and eventually, plantar fasciitis and hip issues. And this all came after leaving a very toxic workplace over two years ago, living beyond paycheck to paycheck, applying to other jobs in all kinds of industries, etc.

But I never stopped manifesting. I knew this hard chapter was part of the process — the transition before everything aligned into one full-time role. I kept envisioning the ways I could contribute, expand the shop, and build connections.

Now, those dreams are on my to-do list. ALL of the skills from previous employment are being utilized now. We are truly powerful beings when we stay aligned with purpose.

🌸Herban Wellness is beyond special and legitimately the most impressive apothecary I’ve ever come across. We support Bastyr University - highly regarded as a leading institution for naturopathic education in North America. We have 180 dry herbs and 230 herbal tinctures with 65+ tea and tincture blends. We are the herbal pharmacy for 213 naturopaths and herbalists across the country who instill their trust in us to alchemize and fulfill herbal prescriptions for their clients. We serve 15,000 unique customers every year. Herban Wellness is in its 16th year of existence, from being founded in 2009 by Katya Difani. I work alongside other badass herbalists. The owner and my manager, Michael Johnson, is SUPREME!!

CONTINUED IN COMMENTS

04/05/2025

Natures’ teachings are endless. The motivation drawn from the natural world is unparalleled, as it is not only inspiring but leads by example. The human species is advantageous with our ability to share stories by mouth, unlike a bear or tree. This gives us our power in providing aid.

It is Earth Month, friends, and our ecosystems in our national parks are facing growing threats. Protecting Mother Earth is as important as any relationship on your life and it is an ongoing effort.

I’ve gathered some resources here and in my bio to support your efforts, including assistance with:

🚮Leaving No Trace

🌲Supporting conservation groups

☎️Contacting your representatives about park protections. See 5 Calls
link to support the two bills introduced on 4/2 - The Save Our Forests Act of 2025 and the Protect Our Parks Act of 2025, which jointly aim to restore National Park Service staffing levels and ensure ongoing support for forest protection projects.

🌎Education about responsible outdoor recreation and your relationship with Mother Earth

🗝️The land cannot defend itself, we must speak for the trees🗝️

03/20/2025

Happy Equinox!! Happy Ostara!!
🕯️💐🐰🌞🌺🐣
Wishing you all feelings of hope and possibility as life regenerates all around us.
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Tune into this regeneration by noticing the small signs of life everywhere.
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Look for that fresh Spring Green. Notice this renewal energy and imagine it stirring it inside of you. Follow that down into the Earth and feel her pulse.
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A quick hello and love bomb from Mockingbird Grove - A space to grow through nature and flourish your dream-seeds ✨ A more formal (re)intro to follow 🐦🌲

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