ESTD. 2023

Herbalist

I’m Montana Honeylion.

Montana Honeylion is a mixed Indipino (Ilokano, Ifugao, Pangisinan and Cherokee and Choctaw native) herbalist and mama currently living on Suquamish lands in Indianola, Washington state. Her approach as a community herbalist stems from her background in western herbalism with a Bachelors of Science in Herbal Sciences from Bastyr University woven with a reclamation of indigenous health practices. Montana loves teaching herbal classes, providing individualized herbal care, crafting honey-based botanicals, and infusing herbs into glutenfree and dairyfree desserts. She is passionate about sustainable herbalism in all aspects—whether it’s creating a tailored herbal plan that is sustainable for the client or working with abundant plants and connecting people to their plantcestors that have co-evolved with their ancestors. Her primary areas of herbal focus are herbal first aid, mental/emotional wellbeing, and tending to reproductive health.

ESTD. 2023

Herbalist

I’m Montana Honeylion.

Montana Honeylion is a mixed Indipino (Ilokano, Ifugao, Pangisinan and Cherokee and Choctaw native) herbalist and mama currently living on Suquamish lands in Indianola, Washington state. Her approach as a community herbalist stems from her background in western herbalism with a Bachelors of Science in Herbal Sciences from Bastyr University woven with a reclamation of indigenous health practices. Montana loves teaching herbal classes, providing individualized herbal care, crafting honey-based botanicals, and infusing herbs into glutenfree and dairyfree desserts. She is passionate about sustainable herbalism in all aspects—whether it’s creating a tailored herbal plan that is sustainable for the client or working with abundant plants and connecting people to their plantcestors that have co-evolved with their ancestors. Her primary areas of herbal focus are herbal first aid, mental/emotional wellbeing, and tending to reproductive health.

ESTD. 2023

Herbalist

I’m Montana Honeylion.

Montana Honeylion is a mixed Indipino (Ilokano, Ifugao, Pangisinan and Cherokee and Choctaw native) herbalist and mama currently living on Suquamish lands in Indianola, Washington state. Her approach as a community herbalist stems from her background in western herbalism with a Bachelors of Science in Herbal Sciences from Bastyr University woven with a reclamation of indigenous health practices. Montana loves teaching herbal classes, providing individualized herbal care, crafting honey-based botanicals, and infusing herbs into glutenfree and dairyfree desserts. She is passionate about sustainable herbalism in all aspects—whether it’s creating a tailored herbal plan that is sustainable for the client or working with abundant plants and connecting people to their plantcestors that have co-evolved with their ancestors. Her primary areas of herbal focus are herbal first aid, mental/emotional wellbeing, and tending to reproductive health.

What makes me different

Bachelor’s of Science in Herbal Sciences

While there are so many ways to study and obtain knowledge on herbalism, Montana learned the bulk of her western herbalism from Bastyr University, the only college that offers a Bachelors of science degree in herbalism. The Bachelors of Science as opposed to a Bachelors of Arts essentially means that Montana holds a pre-med degree that happens to focus on herbalism, but also has in depth understandings on chemistry, biochemistry, gross anatomy, disease processes, pharmacognosy, pharmacodynamics and herb/drug interactions, along with materia medica of plants and their pharmacological actions. This education enables Montana to feel confident working with people taking medications and represents the science part of her approach of integrating the science and spirit of herbal medicine.

Bachelor’s of Science in Herbal Sciences

While there are so many ways to study and obtain knowledge on herbalism, Montana learned the bulk of her western herbalism from Bastyr University, the only college that offers a Bachelors of science degree in herbalism. The Bachelors of Science as opposed to a Bachelors of Arts essentially means that Montana holds a pre-med degree that happens to focus on herbalism, but also has in depth understandings on chemistry, biochemistry, gross anatomy, disease processes, pharmacognosy, pharmacodynamics and herb/drug interactions, along with materia medica of plants and their pharmacological actions. This education enables Montana to feel confident working with people taking medications and represents the science part of her approach of integrating the science and spirit of herbal medicine.

Bachelor’s of Science in Herbal Sciences

While there are so many ways to study and obtain knowledge on herbalism, Montana learned the bulk of her western herbalism from Bastyr University, the only college that offers a Bachelors of science degree in herbalism. The Bachelors of Science as opposed to a Bachelors of Arts essentially means that Montana holds a pre-med degree that happens to focus on herbalism, but also has in depth understandings on chemistry, biochemistry, gross anatomy, disease processes, pharmacognosy, pharmacodynamics and herb/drug interactions, along with materia medica of plants and their pharmacological actions. This education enables Montana to feel confident working with people taking medications and represents the science part of her approach of integrating the science and spirit of herbal medicine.

Holistic Approach

Herbal medicine is so much more than simply this plant for that symptom. Montana really enjoys doing in-depth consults and looking at the entire lifestyle of a client to intuit an herbal protocol for not just the acute symptoms, but for future longevity and health that encompasses the body, mind, and spirit. She is very interested in recommending plants that work on the emotional and energetic as well as physical aspects of health and often refers to her own indigenous healing modalities to guide her when intuiting plants for a client’s healing journey.

Holistic Approach

Herbal medicine is so much more than simply this plant for that symptom. Montana really enjoys doing in-depth consults and looking at the entire lifestyle of a client to intuit an herbal protocol for not just the acute symptoms, but for future longevity and health that encompasses the body, mind, and spirit. She is very interested in recommending plants that work on the emotional and energetic as well as physical aspects of health and often refers to her own indigenous healing modalities to guide her when intuiting plants for a client’s healing journey.

Holistic Approach

Herbal medicine is so much more than simply this plant for that symptom. Montana really enjoys doing in-depth consults and looking at the entire lifestyle of a client to intuit an herbal protocol for not just the acute symptoms, but for future longevity and health that encompasses the body, mind, and spirit. She is very interested in recommending plants that work on the emotional and energetic as well as physical aspects of health and often refers to her own indigenous healing modalities to guide her when intuiting plants for a client’s healing journey.

Sustainability & Plantcestral Healing

Montana has strict parameters on which plants she will work with in regular practice. Growing up with her Cherokee & Choctaw mother, she learned from a young age how to have relationship with all beings and to treat plants not just as objects for consumption, but as alive beings who may offer their bodies for our healing. The plants she chooses to implement in her herbal practice are plants that can be harvested in abundance or easily grown in gardens. She loves connecting people to their plantcestors and will often draw upon the client’s lineage to help them find plants that suit their constitutions and have co-evolved with their DNA. She will not exploit sacred indigenous plants and is happy to explain how to cultivate reciprocal relationship with the plant beings a client wants to work with.

Sustainability & Plantcestral Healing

Montana has strict parameters on which plants she will work with in regular practice. Growing up with her Cherokee & Choctaw mother, she learned from a young age how to have relationship with all beings and to treat plants not just as objects for consumption, but as alive beings who may offer their bodies for our healing. The plants she chooses to implement in her herbal practice are plants that can be harvested in abundance or easily grown in gardens. She loves connecting people to their plantcestors and will often draw upon the client’s lineage to help them find plants that suit their constitutions and have co-evolved with their DNA. She will not exploit sacred indigenous plants and is happy to explain how to cultivate reciprocal relationship with the plant beings a client wants to work with.

Sustainability & Plantcestral Healing

Montana has strict parameters on which plants she will work with in regular practice. Growing up with her Cherokee & Choctaw mother, she learned from a young age how to have relationship with all beings and to treat plants not just as objects for consumption, but as alive beings who may offer their bodies for our healing. The plants she chooses to implement in her herbal practice are plants that can be harvested in abundance or easily grown in gardens. She loves connecting people to their plantcestors and will often draw upon the client’s lineage to help them find plants that suit their constitutions and have co-evolved with their DNA. She will not exploit sacred indigenous plants and is happy to explain how to cultivate reciprocal relationship with the plant beings a client wants to work with.

Reciprocity

Herbalism is often co-opted by capitalism and while plant medicine is a vital and needed part of traditional and preventative healing, Montana believes that herbal medicine belongs to everyone. We all have healing traditions and Montana will not turn away an herbal client from lack of funds. She is happy to figure out a payment plan that works for the client and also loves to participate in community healing days where herbal medicine and other services may be offered to community at no cost.

Reciprocity

Herbalism is often co-opted by capitalism and while plant medicine is a vital and needed part of traditional and preventative healing, Montana believes that herbal medicine belongs to everyone. We all have healing traditions and Montana will not turn away an herbal client from lack of funds. She is happy to figure out a payment plan that works for the client and also loves to participate in community healing days where herbal medicine and other services may be offered to community at no cost.

Reciprocity

Herbalism is often co-opted by capitalism and while plant medicine is a vital and needed part of traditional and preventative healing, Montana believes that herbal medicine belongs to everyone. We all have healing traditions and Montana will not turn away an herbal client from lack of funds. She is happy to figure out a payment plan that works for the client and also loves to participate in community healing days where herbal medicine and other services may be offered to community at no cost.

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