“Listening to the pulses of the earth became a heart calling to go deeper.”
Kandice is the heroine of her own journey. She started exploring healing modalities at a young age and listening into earth intuition before she knew it was a way of life. She became activated and guided along her path and began a journey of remembering.
Today, Kandice is a Vitalist Herbalist, Woman’s Cyclical Guide and Coach, Feminine Somatic Practitioner, and Intuitive.
She lives in San Diego on Kumeyaay land. Her work is largely instructed from Wise woman traditions and earth based wisdoms. Her work is both clinical and intuitive, with over 11 years of journeying and experiences. She is supported through instructive guidance from her indigenous ancestors of Old Europe and Celtic descent.
Kandice has a Vitalist Herbal Practice where she works one on one with folks in her community. She offers extensive Herbal consultations, wellness coaching, and somatic re-patterning work.
Her work as an Herbalist involves weaving in both the clinical and intuitive principles for modern times. Seasonally, she runs workshops and body immersion journeys that connect women with their power, rhythms, blood, medicine, and gifts to live free within their life path and Dharma.
Kandice belongs to a lineage of feral country women, weavers serving sun tea, that follow the moon and seasons. Her Father is an engineer who taught her how to solve anything with a strong will and fierce spirit.
She belongs amongst the lineages of both Bird Women & Bear folk who tend the ceremonial hearth and rose gardens. She is in commune with land spirits of Oak and Elderberry trees, stones, liminal spaces and the cave womb mysteries.
She loves listening to the birds, animal tracking, early morning sunrises, mountains, flowing springs and touching mossy spaces. Her days are spent serving community coaching in natural living ways. She loves art, writing, poetry, lots of herbal tea and snuggling with her Frenchie. Her Husband is a published author who is now learning Horticulture and traveling anywhere with him brings her the most joy.
Her mission and wish is to support the natural health and creative vitality of women and families to live in greater harmony with their body, wisdom, and nature.
Ultimately remembering the reciprocity of the natural world in which we belong.
Accomplishments, Schooling, Involvement, Herstory:
Kandice received long-term mentorship training in Holistic Nutrition and Supplemental Education by B.A. Nutritionist Joel Detjen for 9 years. Joel has taught in the natural products industry for over thirty-three years and is a well known figure in the industry.
Kandice completed her Herbalist Certificate program with the Alchemical Traditions of Evolutionary Herbalism. This was taught by renowned herbalist Sajah Popham, studying Ayurveda and Herbalism through body systems. Kandice also received an Herbal Foundations certificate from The Herbal Academy. During this time, she completed her studies with local herbalist John Finch at the Self-Heal School. She has attended herbal conferences with teachers whom have kept the Herbalism traditions alive. She has met her idols and received classes from the beloved Rosemary Gladstar, Jane Bothwell, Paul Bergner, and other inspirational figures at Breitenbush in Oregon.
She later continued her studies with Rebecca Altman, Herbalist with Wonder Botanica, a one year immersion of herbalism with neurosciences, depth psychology, and land listening. This has been some of her favorite work yet.
She embarked on a Somatic six month sabbatical where she met the deepest feminine work of her life. The Valkyries, a Five month Somatic Feminine Embodiment JourneyLearning the descent. This was followed with a year of integration.
She has also completed classes with Sylvia Linsteadt, “When Women Were The Land,“ learning the Feminine ancient roots of Old Europe.
She attended classes in Shamanic study and journeying with Shamanic Practitioners regarding The Medicine Wheel and Soul Retrieval.
Early on, she obtained a Reiki certification, which has led her to study more of the emotional, psycho-spiritual practices in the healing arts. She works with sound for harmonizing the body’s frequency field with tuning forks. This has taught her how to work with spirit hygiene and building resilience in the modern world. She has worked at a local Community market in The Nutrition Department on and off for 11 years. This is where she met her long time Mentors.
Throughout her experience, education, and years of commitment, it has become an embodied way of life.
“ Dear one, hold your vital spark, as it will carry you through it all. Learn to give thanks for your time, life is the initiation.”