Family and Community Herbalist

  Honoring her Irish, Chinese, and Polynesian heritage, Keya is a certified Western herbalist and maker of aromatic medicine based on the beautiful island of Kaua`i, Hawai`i. Having the privilege of working in 58 countries around the world, Keya brings a global perspective to her local plant medicine practice in the Pacific. Her formal training in Hawaiian Hula, Japanese Urasenke Tea Ceremony and Shinrinyoku, complements her advanced study and application of Western-based herbal medicine. Her path is unique having studied with healers from as diverse regions as the Navajo Nation to Mali, West Africa.  As a grower of plants and distiller of hydrosols, Keya is passionate about flower and fern essences, using flower rituals to heal and transform our relationship to Mother Earth, and amplify the voices of the fields and forests.