Teachers

Linda Patterson - Linda Patterson, founder and director of the Eclectic Institute of Aromatherapy and Herbal Studies has over twenty years of experience working with herbs and essential oils.  Her love for plants inspired her to become a Master Gardener as well as a Flower Essences Practitioner.  Her passion for the healing arts has lead her to becoming a Reiki Practitioner and Reflexologist.  Being a food activist has guided her on a path of health through nutrition, the primary source of energy, longevity and vitality.  Linda teaches internationally as well as throughout the Northeast.  Her dynamic style of teaching encompasses a wide variety of healing modalities, which embrace a holistic approach to health and well-being.  When not teaching Linda enjoys raising her daughters, walking in the forest, and wild crafting.  She avidly works in her gardens and on her local C.S.A. farm.

Michelle Tompkins-Regan - Michelle has been a practicing certified herbalist since 1995.  She recieved her certification in Aromatherapy in 2001.  Her teaching experience includes The Women in the Woods Program at Cape Cod Outdoor Discovery, The Chrysalis Conference and at The Green Brier Nature Center's annual Herb Festival as well as workshops hosted at her store The Sandwich Village Herb Shop.  Michelle has been a practicing Wiccan/Pagan for as long as she can remember.  She believes that you create your own reality and that world change must start within your own community.  Michelle has two wonderful daughters! 

Susan Clements - Susan is an Herbalist, Educator and Skin care Therapist.  She is founder and visionary of The Herb Wyfe established in 1988 and is presently the director of Earth & Ocean Wholistic Therapies.  Since the 1970's she had embraced a love affair with the plant world, her joy in sharing coming from a spiritual, intuitive and experiential perspective.  Her studies have encompassed a wide spectrum from folkloric herbalism to Maya healing practices, energy healing and aromatherapy, and she is a licensed skin care therapist.  She has taught extensively around New England at major herbal conferences, and has been conducting apprenticeship programs focusing on herbalism and women's mysteries since 1991.  Susan is co-author of two handbooks, Medicinal Wild Plants of Rhode Island and Edible Wild Plants of Rhode Island , and has coordinated expeditions to the Belizean Rain Forest. 

Melissa - Melissa has been making honey and herbal wine since 1994, and has been keeping bees since the year 2000. She is a member of the Worcester County Massachusetts Beekeepers Association, one of the nation's oldest bee societies, and was appointed to be the Worcester County Massachusetts 2002 Honey Queen. She is also a member of the New England Herbalist Association, and has been a life-long student of herbalism. She currently teaches classes in the New England area on the fine art of herbal and honey wine making. In addition, she enjoys doing artwork, aromatherapy, astrology, beadwork,  gardening, reading and stargazing. She lives in a small house on a big hill in Barre, Massachusetts with her family and an expanding collection of friends, currently including one dog, one cat, two rabbits, six chickens, one rooster, one turkey, some fish and several thousand bees.

Elizabeth Foley - Elizabeth J. Foley is the owner of Divine Healing in Nashua, New Hampshire  and has appeared on MCTV channel 16 and WBET 1460 AM radio.  She is certified in many fields including: Interfaith Minister, Reiki Master, Integrated Energy Therapist, Angel Therapy Practitioner, Master degrees in Counseling and Public Health.  Her services include:  Angel Therapy, Angel Readings, Intuitive Spiritual Guidance and Counseling, Facilitates Angel Healing Circles, Performs House Clearings and Blessings, Private Reiki and Integrated Energy Therapy ( IET ) sessions, Conducts classes on Angels, Fairies, and Psychic Development throughout New England.  www.divinehealing.us

Trish Casimira - Trish Casimira is a shamnic practitioner, hypnotherapist, and energy worker from Western Mass. Her teaching methods are clear, fun and practicle. She brings a wealth of knowledge from several disciplines and she loves to teach! Her practice here in Sandwich is limited to weekends. More info can be found on her website www.souljourneying.com