Ruth Blanding

Ruth A. Blanding is a modern herbalist, wellness practitioner, and birth worker who lives and works with her heart and passions strongly rooted in her multi­cultural ancestry. She enjoys mindfully combining the time-trusted “grandmother wisdom” learned from the Earth and nature practices of her African and Native American ancestries with her love for solid, factual, whole-being centered care. Often, she feels as though she is an Intuitive and a Conduit of Communication and Knowledge with the Universe, the Elders, and the Ancestors. She frequently finds herself helping others find and live as their most authentic and highest selves and in their highest purpose.

Ruth holds close to deep traditions that span back into her ancestral lin­eage and blends them seamlessly with her lifelong study and sixteen years of practice. She comes from a long line of healers, shamans, and medicine peo­ple and has always had a deep connection with the healing magic of herbs, the mindful touch of hands to body, and the deep meditative healing prac­tices that sit in the body-memory of every living being.

All her years gathering skills and knowledge have led Ruth to stand in her belief that every being can heal and grow, and that each person has the capacity to be a conduit of that healing process for themselves and their loved ones. It is her goal to support, educate, inspire, and gently guide all those with whom she works.

When not working, Ruth can be found writing, herb crafting, playing in the dirt, and enjoying a simple and beautiful life with the four of her six chil­dren who still live at home.