Cultivating Resistance Herbals

Cultivating Resistance Herbals Natural Medicine: Herbalism, Ayurveda, Yoga, Reiki. Visit us at Bulltánica, a center for well-being in Downtown Durham, NC.

We started our urban farm in 2016, and we’re excited to offer culturally appropriate healing—for all people, on all budgets.

Join us at our new spot in Duke Park for classes and events this fall! Wellness Wind Down: a mini retreat including yoga...
09/04/2026

Join us at our new spot in Duke Park for classes and events this fall! Wellness Wind Down: a mini retreat including yoga, medicinal mocktails, and herb crafts poolside. Herbal spa immersion: a make and take class for Ayurvedic botanical beauty products. Restoring Flow: a four week class using yoga, pranayama, and meditative connection with medicinal plants to journey through body/mind/spirit. Moonlight Meditations: ritual full moon space.

Full presence. Open heart. Enlivened mind.
Xoxo

Elderberry syrup is one of my favorite seasonal herbal preparations—and yes, I’ve been told my recipe is the most delici...
08/31/2026

Elderberry syrup is one of my favorite seasonal herbal preparations—and yes, I’ve been told my recipe is the most delicious. It’s also one of the herbs I reach for most often for my own family. It’s what I give my kids and my parents!

Elderberries are traditionally used to support the immune system and provide antioxidant-rich nourishment. They’re especially popular during cold and flu season, and elderberry syrup is an easy, kid-friendly way to incorporate herbs into your family’s seasonal wellness routine.

Over the years, clients have told me they’ve successfully used our elderberry formulas as part of their preventative wellness routine when someone in their household was sick with COVID or the flu.

I make a few different formulas depending on the goal:
Everyday Elderberry Syrup — for regular seasonal wellness and immune support.
Immune Support + Modulators — elderberry combined with herbs traditionally used elicit a balanced immune response from an overstimulated or under-performing system
Kid’s Viral Support Formula — a more comprehensive blend of herbs traditionally used to support children during active viral illness.
Herbal medicine is not one-size-fits-all. The herbs I choose—and how I combine them—depend on the person, their age, and what their body needs. And the best part? It tastes GOOD.

Want my elderberry syrup recipe? Comment “RECIPE” and I’ll send you the full recipe!

Big thanks to the horticultural staff at Sarah P. Duke Gardens for providing luscious elderberries for the syrup we made for Cultivating Wellness families.

In the north woods and places where snow falls and stays for days and weeks, where lakes and ponds freeze and the winter...
08/29/2026

In the north woods and places where snow falls and stays for days and weeks, where lakes and ponds freeze and the winter sounds are silence, winter is a season for hibernation, retreat, inward focus. In North Carolina and other places where the summer heat sits heavy on your skin and the humid air coats your body like a blanket, summer is the surprising season for turning in. Where I live, fall, winter, and spring stay busy.

Although summer gives us a glorious season of river swims, pool parties, iced coffee and other libations on the porch, here summer has a quieter pace—a time when people travel, a time for retreat. As summer ambles towards the season’s change, it’s time to return to the human world of activity, deadlines, expectations, mounting school and business pressure, preparing for harvest and accumulation.
As we enter back into the world, what activities or practices, are you bringing with you for grounding, clarity, and full body spirit calming?

Location Change and Meet our Practitioners Cultivating Wellness: A Family Health FestivalAugust 22 1-5pm; 800 N Mangum S...
08/22/2026

Location Change and Meet our Practitioners

Cultivating Wellness: A Family Health Festival
August 22 1-5pm; 800 N Mangum St

A family festival for movement, rest, creativity, belonging, time in nature, and strong community connections.

Join us for yoga, meditation, sound healing, herbalism, massage sessions, coffee ceremony, creative arts, nature-based experiences, kids’ activities, children’s yoga, bounce house and more. Bring your own yoga mat, if you can.

Free for everyone.
For details and an updated schedule:

https://www.bulltanica.com/event-list

Luwam from Zerai Ceremonies Luwamzerai
Keke aka ms.twistedyogi KeKe
Alex from Soft and Sanguine Alex 🌈 welcome as you are 🌈
Mariana providing sound bath sessions
Tina and Eric from Aya Wellness Aya Birth & Community Wellness
Moe from Bulltánica Bulltánica, a Center for Well-Being

With special thanks for funding and support from ARPA and the Durham Arts Council Strong Arm Baking and Kitchen Sarah P. Duke Gardens and the Building Healthy Communities grant.

Cultivating Wellness: A Family Health Festival for movement, rest, creativity, belonging, time in nature, and community ...
08/12/2026

Cultivating Wellness: A Family Health Festival for movement, rest, creativity, belonging, time in nature, and community connections.
Join us for yoga, meditation, sound healing, herbalism, massage sessions, coffee ceremony, creative arts, nature-based experiences, kids’ activities, children’s yoga, bounce house and more.

August 22 1-5pm // Duke Park, Durham

Free for everyone. Schedule of events and wellness experiences to come!
For details and an updated schedule:
Bulltánica.com/events

I love plants that love you back. The kind that are forgiving, resilient. The kind of plant that fights even when you do...
08/02/2026

I love plants that love you back. The kind that are forgiving, resilient. The kind of plant that fights even when you don’t have the energy to. They don’t mind if you forget to water them, as long as you touch them, touch their dirt, sing them a song, or share another love offering.

Many of our native, perennial, medicinal herbs are like that. Because they are from this place, they know how to survive in times of drought or diseases. They survive in rough conditions, pushing through cracks in the concrete or growing up in the margins—the liminal spaces of our environment. They teach us how to find abundance when our resources are low.

There are beautiful, high-maintenance plants that I would like to grow, but in this season of my life, I don’t have the energy to support their thriving. I don’t have as much time as I would like to garden: to w**d, amend soil, and water regularly. Currently, my world is full of too many things that need my attention.

I’m grateful for the plants that sustain me with food, medicine, and spiritual sustenance even when I don’t have the capacity to sustain them.

Hibiscus is called japapuspa in Ayurvedic texts. Commonly called jaswand in India, we call hibiscus jaba in Bangla. Jaba...
07/20/2026

Hibiscus is called japapuspa in Ayurvedic texts. Commonly called jaswand in India, we call hibiscus jaba in Bangla. Jaba pushpa is associated with Kali, goddess of creation and destruction, connected to ultimate liberation in Hinduism.

It is cooling with sweet and slightly astringent qualities. It has an affinity for the blood, heart, hair, skin, and reproductive system. We use jabapuspa to cool excess heat, support cardiovascular health, promote healthy menstrual function, reduce blood pressure and blood sugar, reduce inflammation, and improve vagal tone. Its cooling, moistening qualities pair well with practices that calm an overheated nervous system, while its association with Kali speaks to transformation through fierce compassion and the release of what no longer serves.

Fennel is called saunf in Hindi, satapuspa in Sanskrit/ayurveda, or mouri in Bangla. Satapuspa is known for its sweet, cooling, and slightly pungent flavor. It supports healthy digestion without overheating the body, reduces gas and bloating, calms excess Pitta while gently balancing Vata, supports lactation in postpartum care, soothes the eyes and promotes overall cooling

Mouri is commonly chewed after meals as a digestive and mouth freshener, added to chai blends, used in curries and vegetable dishes including Bengali panch phoron, and made into an infusion (saunf water) for digestion or to help cool the body in hot weather.

Summer is a time of outward expansion, stretching ourselves to try new things, go new places, and make connections that ...
07/03/2026

Summer is a time of outward expansion, stretching ourselves to try new things, go new places, and make connections that broaden our small worlds. The summer solstice marks the beginning of summer: the longest daylight of the year. But even in its beginning, it marks a middle. The moment we pass to the other side of the longest day of the year, the days get shorter, every day moving towards the longest night of winter. As we begin, so we move towards the end.

Seasons change, and so do you. Everything is constantly in motion. From the level of the galaxies in our universe, to the constellations of chemical communicators in our body. You remake your entire body every seven years, and the you that woke up this morning is different from the you of yesterday—transformed by the multiverses of selves you moved through in your dreams last night.

As we embrace the heat and excitement of summer, take time to offer your body and heart the balance of inward tending.

🌿 Drink herbal tea. Pick herbs from your garden or wild from your yard and make a sun tea or cold steep them and refrigerate for an icy cool treat. Herbs like hibiscus, lemon balm, peppermint, fennel, and rose provide calming, cooling, and protecting vibes.

💫 Take time for quiet.

🫶🏽 Touch your body. And touch the bodies’ of those you love. Enjoy the access of sun-drenched exposed skin. Find pleasure in the soft and hard and stubborn parts of yourself. Nourish those you love with the magic and healing of (consensual) touch.

01/13/2026

There’s a lot of new year, new you hype. I was talking to my eight-year-old about it recently. We talked about how every day is a day to remake who you are and how you’ll be in the world. Every day is an opportunity to repair, rebuild, and grow. But this deep winter season is a special time for nourishing our roots—the depths of our heart and spirit that stabilize who we are at the core of who we are.
Physically, it means eating soft, warm, spiced foods rich with vibrant roots and winter vegetables. It means moving our bodies to promote heat and allow for rest. It means moisturizing—hydrating inside of our body with warm water and teas and oiling the outsides of our body, creating luscious skin and a barrier for protection.
Emotionally and spiritually, it means gathering our resources, spending deep time with loved ones, reading books and learning new skills to nourish our minds, and connecting to the sources of our power— whether that’s religious, natural, ancestral, or something else for you.
We are always changing. Winter is a time to stabilize who you are at the core of your being so you may both have roots and take flight.

Reset Release RebalanceJoin me for a seasonal journeyUsing ritual, somatic movement, herbal medicine, and breath workWe ...
01/09/2026

Reset Release Rebalance
Join me for a seasonal journey
Using ritual, somatic movement, herbal medicine, and breath work
We will cultivate deep nourishment
Bringing body mind and spirit back into connection

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