About Tricia Amara
Clinical Herbalist • Earth Medicine Guide • Founder of Amara Botanica
My path as a healer began in childhood, shaped by wildflowers, ocean waves, and the ancient rhythms of the natural world. Raised on the island of Maui with a physician father and a nurse mother, I grew up immersed in both conventional medicine and the quiet, potent medicine of nature. As a child, I crafted floral potions, made leis for family, and once rescued a pod of dolphins that beached in front of our home — early signs of my deep connection to nature and the spirit world.
Over the past 30 years, I’ve devoted my life to the practice of plant medicine, holistic wellness, and ancestral healing arts. I am a clinical herbalist, esthetician, and certified clinical nutritionist — but more than that, I am a student of the Earth. My approach blends traditional wisdom with evidence-based practice, offering deeply individualized care that addresses the root causes of imbalance.
My formal studies in biology, botany, and nutrition took place at Willamette University, Oregon State University, UC San Diego Medical School, and the Ojai Center for Phytotherapy. I’ve taught year-long training programs for herbalists, mentored with the American Herbalists Guild, and held a thriving herbal clinic and apothecaries in both Encinitas, California and Ashland, Oregon. Today, I continue this work in Ashland through Amara Botanica, where I offer herbal consultations, workshops, and handcrafted remedies.
A Sacred Approach to Healing
My work is rooted in indigenous philosophies of healing — honoring the body, mind, spirit, and emotions as a unified whole. I believe healing is a return to harmony: with ourselves, our community, the Earth, and the invisible threads that connect all of life. I’ve apprenticed with an Apache medicine woman, trained in shamanic practices with the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, studied Plant Spirit Medicine, flower essences and essential oils, and carry a lineage of healers across lifetimes.
Healing, to me, is not fixing — it’s remembering who we truly are.
I believe in:
Holism and Interconnectedness – Seeing the human being as inseparable from nature, spirit, and community.
Spirituality as Foundation – Tending to the unseen as much as the physical through ritual, ceremony, and prayer.
Community Healing – Offering spaces of care where people feel held, seen, and reconnected.
Reverence for Traditional Knowledge – Honoring the deep wisdom passed through generations, and the plant spirits themselves.
The Healing Power of Nature – Using teas, tinctures, flower essences, topical remedies, and presence to guide the body back to its own healing intelligence.
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