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Herbal Clearing Ritual (Individual & Couples)

$286 / $389

for Workshop Guests

$413 / $643

for Day Pass Visitors

90 minutes

One or Two People

Location

You will meet your practitioner outside the bookstore 10 minutes early to be guided to the location for your session.

This immersive ritual combines reflective listening, herbal poultice creation, and plant-based bodywork. Guided by song, sound, and the presence of living plants, the session supports grounding, renewal, and integration.

This session is available for prenatal guests.

This session supports:

  • Nervous system grounding
  • Emotional clearing
  • Connection to earth wisdom
  • Ritual support during transition

Practitioners

Micha Merrick

Micha believes the key to health and happiness lies in discovering ourselves as free and natural beings. She teaches herbalism, meditation and ritual as a heartfelt communion with our living ecosystem. Micha is an Esalen experiential faculty member and botanical altar artist. As a birth doula and practitioner of embodied herbal practices, her clients find sanctuary and grounding in connection with the earth. She has studied with WatPo Royal Medical School, Bumi Sehat Natural Birth Center, Kripalu School of Yoga and personal mentorship with traditional midwives, botanical healers and folk herbalists in Bali, Thailand, Vermont, and California.