Keeper of the Old Ways: Folk Medicinals, Healing Arts, & More

Keeper of the Old Ways: Folk Medicinals, Healing Arts, & More Integrative Wellness Practitioner • USUI (CMRM) Reiki Master/Teacher • Artist/Musician • Coach

Folk Medicinals, Energy Healing, and more to meet your holistic, health care needs.

This week’s Pause Along the Path looks a little different.No formal practice.No polished teaching.Just a quiet creative ...
06/24/2026

This week’s Pause Along the Path looks a little different.

No formal practice.
No polished teaching.

Just a quiet creative meditation asking you to look within and see where you really are along your path.

As the Summer Solstice arrived and the season shifted, I found myself reflecting on Thich Nhat Hanh’s Your True Nature while moving needing to approach the season with even more intention than expected.

This offering is a reminder:

to slow down.
to savor.
to notice what fills your cup.

A painted labyrinth.
Solstice Sun water.
Rain.
Birdsong.
And the small glimmers that remain even when life feels loud.

Listen to the beautiful June garden sounds over on the Patreon and YouTube 🌿 New mindfulness moments shared weekly 🌀

You’re invited to pause with me awhile.

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All the Summer Solstice Vibes around the garden Sunday afternoon - decompressing from a fabulous festival weekend. Proc...
06/23/2026

All the Summer Solstice Vibes around the garden Sunday afternoon - decompressing from a fabulous festival weekend.

Processing tea mint, lemon balm, and rosemary for drying and propagation. First St John’s Wort blossoms are coming in and the Bee Balm is opening up as well.

We had so much fun today at the Frederick Fantasy Festival!Thanks everyone who came out to support all the vendors and s...
06/21/2026

We had so much fun today at the Frederick Fantasy Festival!

Thanks everyone who came out to support all the vendors and stopped by Keeper of the Old Ways Apothecary & Mercantile. As well as hung out for hear the Dragons’ Scales sing.

Happy Summer Solstice Weekend!!!

Set up is done and tomorrow is finally the day ✨🐉🌀🌿I’ll be at the Frederick Fantasy Festival tomorrow, June 20 at the Fr...
06/19/2026

Set up is done and tomorrow is finally the day ✨🐉🌀🌿

I’ll be at the Frederick Fantasy Festival tomorrow, June 20 at the Frederick Fairgrounds and I’m so excited to share this space with everyone.

Tickets are getting close to selling out, so if you’ve been thinking about coming—grab them sooner rather than later.

I’m really loving how the booth came together and cannot wait to see everyone’s costumes and all the creativity that this community brings.

You can also catch me singing with the Dragon Scales Singers midday during both the AM & PM portions of the faire 🎶🐲

Come find me between the Library and Aviary (and rumor has it there may be some owl and hawk friends hanging around tomorrow 👀🦉).

I’ll have seasonal apothecary favorites stocked and ready— summer favorites, mindfulness aids, ritual goods, artisan items, and a few surprises.

Come wander for a while and say hello 💚

The final countdown has begun - labeling is finished and I’m just working on the final things to prepare for our first e...
06/18/2026

The final countdown has begun - labeling is finished and I’m just working on the final things to prepare for our first exciting festival weekend of the season.

Catch Lauren G. Koch, CMRM - Keeper of the Old Ways at the some seasonal apothecary items - and find me singing on stage with the Dragons’ Scales.

Seasonal favorites are in stock as well as original artwork and artist prints 💚 next stop Free Spirit Gathering

How often do we promise ourselves we’ll check in later?After the task.After the season.After life settles down.This week...
06/17/2026

How often do we promise ourselves we’ll check in later?

After the task.
After the season.
After life settles down.

This week’s Pause Along the Path explores Coming Back to Yourself, inspired by the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh.

A gentle mindfulness moment with breathwork, guided meditation, and a quieter ending than usual—

just words,
presence,
and the sounds of the garden.

No performance.
No fixing.

Just a small invitation to return.

🌿 New mindfulness moments shared weekly on Patreon

If you’ve been feeling disconnected lately—

you’re welcome here.

🌀 Comment/message for the link.

This New Moon in Gemini feels like a pause to reflect before the light intensifies. This is a beautiful time to slow dow...
06/12/2026

This New Moon in Gemini feels like a pause to reflect before the light intensifies. This is a beautiful time to slow down and notice what has shifted after months of release, truth, rebuilding, and letting go.

Gemini is often associated with duality, but lately I’ve been thinking about it differently— Not two opposing selves. But the self that emerged naturally… and the self that adapted to survive.

This new moon invites us into conversation.

What parts of yourself are asking to be heard?

What intentions are beginning to emerge after everything that has been released?

And as we move closer to Summer Solstice (June 20) and the season where fewer things remain hidden— how do you want to dance with your shadow?

Not avoid it.

Not become consumed by it.

But nurture it. Integrate it. Learn from it.

✨ Deeper reflections, prompts, and practices are available in the supporters-only section of Patreon for those wanting to explore this moon more intentionally.

This summer I’m opening a limited number of one-on-one private yoga sessions for those looking for a slower, more person...
06/10/2026

This summer I’m opening a limited number of one-on-one private yoga sessions for those looking for a slower, more personalized space to reconnect with themselves.

These sessions are designed to meet you where you are — whether you’re navigating chronic pain, hypermobility, rebuilding trust with your body, seeking nervous system support, or simply wanting dedicated time to move with more intention.

Together we’ll explore breath, movement, mindfulness, and sustainable practices to help cultivate steadiness both on and off the mat.

Rather than pushing for more, this work invites us to listen.

🌿 60-minute private session
🌿 $60 summer special (normally $110)
🌿 Limited availability through Healing Storm Holistic Wellness

A gentle invitation to tend your inner garden 🍃🌀✨

Reach out to reserve your space.

An invitation to pause along the path 💚🌀✨Restorative Yoga & Sound Immersion🕯️ 2nd Thursdays • 7 PM • Join Lauren for a ...
06/07/2026

An invitation to pause along the path 💚🌀✨
Restorative Yoga & Sound Immersion
🕯️ 2nd Thursdays • 7 PM •

Join Lauren for a deeply nourishing evening of restorative yoga, breathwork, and sound designed to help you soften, settle, and tend the inner garden.

Through gentle movement, supported rest, and somatic practices, we create space to release what has accumulated and return to the quiet wisdom of the body.

Allow yourself to be held in a long-form sound immersion featuring crystal singing bowls, Native American-style flute, chimes, voice, and folk instruments — an opportunity to rest, receive, and reconnect.

We’ll close with grounding practices to gently return awareness to the body and prepare you to continue your evening feeling rooted, present, and restored.

All are welcome - donation only

Sacred Soother: Freya’s Blessing is back in stock for summer festival season 🌿✨This herbal tea blend was crafted for the...
06/06/2026

Sacred Soother: Freya’s Blessing is back in stock for summer festival season 🌿✨

This herbal tea blend was crafted for the moments that ask us to soften and receive support.

Summer can ask a lot of our nervous systems—long days, heat, travel, gatherings, movement, and all the beautiful fullness that comes with the season.

How we support ourselves in between those moments matters too.

A warm cup of tea can become a simple ritual—
a way to hydrate,
pause,
and create a moment of nourishment in the middle of it all.

A cup of tea.
A slow breath.
Returning to ourselves.

The work isn’t always in doing more—
sometimes it’s in remembering how to receive support.

💚🌀✨Come find .of.the.old.ways in the wild at June 20

I’ll also be singing with the Dragon Scales

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