Jumbo & Imhotep divine herbal seekers welcome to the Indigi Golden Herbal Academy platform.

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As a proud daughter of the Earth, land steward, Environmentalist, and advocate for Indigenous peoples rights, it is clear that something special is being midwifed that is in need of stewardship by the entire community. As you know it takes a village to raise a sacred seed. This Herbal Academy is the fertile ground for community members to plant their seeds of kinship towards the reconstruction of our traditional and innate medicine ways. The ancestral calling became overwhelmingly clear and now while walking as Olokun Initiate, Certified Herbalist, Permaculture designer, Homesteader, Farm worker, and Birth attendant with a Bachelors of Science degree in Alternative medicine from Everglades University the time to share these in the abundant garden and plant medicinal seeds in community, has manifested in the present. For over a decade living very close to the earth, there sprouted a deepened relationship, desire, and ability to speak in the language of nature, and an unearthing of plant healers proven to be an inspiration worth sharing with devout children of the Earth. Through initiations and teachings this yearning to deeply commune with these spirits, as taught by the Elders and in community, has grown. It has become clear that this wisdom must be shared and continuously stewarded by community as the garden is flourishing with sacred plant allies and in need of seed keepers and medicine holders. You are invited to embark on an intimate 12 month herbal apprentice in community as we 

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ABOUT THE LEAD HERBALIST

Returning to my grandparents humble home for summers really opened the gate to the inner treasure of one-ness with nature. That family home was a quiet, learned, authentic, and a loving container which aided my spirit to court quiet simplicity. My Grandfather was a pastor for over 50 years in a small and quiet town with a strong message of love and communal care. He marched in civil rights protests, was arrested, and they grew a beautiful garden with 10 children. Originally my grandparents never really went to the doctors, and my parents didn't either. This was common for Black Folks growing up in Southern or rural areas. Black Castor oil, vicks vapor rub was a cure all and so was fish oil and tea for my recent familial lines . My parents had a small garden for us growing up and I spent quite a lot of time observing and reflecting in nature, I even wrote a short story about the life and lore of Ladybugs in the 2nd grade. The story was so well explained my teacher called my mother and couldn't believe I had written the story. I spent my childhood fully immersed in nature, riding horses, rescuing kittens, and binge watched the animal planet regularly. Growing up my mother maintained a relationship with alternative healing practices. She employed holistic practices such as; detoxing, cleansing, proper nutrition, acupuncture, massage, and folky remedies, even though health literacy was beginning to decline amongst her peers. This nurturing environment created the foundation for me to lean deeper into the natural biorhythms of the earth. For two years, several years ago, I helped manage an Apothecary on unceded Chumash lands, and since have been spending countless hours getting to know many plant medicines in a clinical light while simultaneously studying traditional folk lore, naturopathy, alternative medicine, and Indigenous medicine ways. I took a long cross country road trip in 2015 to work on organic farms and stopped at many of the big national forests and visited two Indigenous reservations in New Mexico and Arizona along the way. ​

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In 2017 I was told by a Himalayan monk, a teacher of mine, and an Apache First Nations Herbalist, Mother, Spirit Runner, and Medicine Woman to bring forth this knowledge to a larger community. Thus the creation of our online herbal platform in 2018.