Acute Consultations
These consultations are best for acute complaints and conditions. Whether in person, over the phone or video call, these consultations can take between 30-45mins, and explore the right herbal blends for wherever you are at. Acute conditions include, colds, flus, injuries, post and pre operation support, infections, grief and heart spirit support.
Email us if you are interested in learning more about acute consultations or to book one with Laura.
Sliding scale 35-50$
Herbal Consultation w/ Clinical Herbalist Laura Torraco
An herbal consultation is a space for speaking one on one with an experienced + trained herbal practitioner. During an herbal consultation, we will explore your current health situation, and health history. During this time we will look towards your current wellness goals, and utilize various assessments as they relate to your presenting condition. Consultations serve primarily to educate you around health, wellness, herbs, nutrition and lifestyle practices to help you feel empowered and supported to reach your goals.
We offer our clients a safe space to share and be met wherever they are at, and aim for you to leave the consultation feeling empowered and supported during all the various facets of your wellness journey. After the consultation you will receive a follow up email which contains an in-depth look at your health from the TCM and traditional herbal perspectives, a constitutional formula recipe crafted just for you, custom tea and powder recipes to include in day to day life, and nutritional and lifestyle offerings to help you in creating new routines that feel good and are designed just for you.
This is your space and anything you wish to share during our time together is valid and welcome.
Initial Consultation sessions can last anywhere from 1.5 hour up to 3 hours, and we suggest follow up appointments 4-6 weeks after our initial session to touch back in on how you are doing , and make any adjustments if needed.
We are currently booking sessions online via zoom, phone and in person.
Full Consult pricing: sliding scale
Initial consult: 75-150
No one is turned away for lack of funds!
Herbal Practitioners
Laura first began connecting with plants at the age of 12 when they enrolled in a farming immersion at Seeds of Solidarity Education Center, the direction of their life has continued towards one of relationship to both the human and non human worlds. In her early 20s Laura began to have an interest in medicinal plants, and this spark initiated a new found passion within them that shaped the direction of her life for a decade and counting… informed by facing her own chronic health issues through the use of herbs, lifestyle shifts and acupuncture. This passion continues to grow today, and they consider themselves a forever student.
Laura completed three years of Clinical Herbal training through Clearpath School of Herbal Medicine, as well as nearly a decade of one on one apprenticeship with Chris Marano. She has studied with teachers across the country including Guido Mase, Tammi Sweet, Rosemary Gladstar and many other herbal teachers as well as just getting to know her community elders and asking them how they connect with herbs. Being a forever student they continue to learn from other herbalists, botanists, ecologists, her students, clients and the plants themselves. Laura currently supports People’s Medicine Project through offering free herbal medicines and consultation services and through an Behind Bars Education Program.
Laura’s herbal approach is ecoloigcal and relational, blending together TCM, five element theory, ecology, somatic practices and traditional/Western scientific methods that are matched with her deep love of research and deep listening. These various threads weave together to serve the individual from wherever they are at, and in a way which empowers and informs them so they can make the best decisions for their own journey.
She is a student of Buddhism and worked for years under the supervision of Dr. Mary Ryan of Blue Dragon Apothecary and Chris Marano of Clearpath Herbals for a combined total of 16 years. Continuing the herbal wisdom lineages of William LeSassier, David Winston, Five Element TCM and Tibetan Buddhism is one of the greatest honors, and they hope to continue to pass onward to any interested in how plants hold our history, present and future.
They bring to these consultation spaces an open and radical acceptance, inviting all the layers of being human to step into self love and compassion and cultivate deeper connections with our own inner healer, with curiosity, compassion + creativity.
