Work. Continuing Education. Formal Study

Creator for the Enlivened Arts

Artist, practitioner and researcher in sensory studies, specializing in alcohol as a channel to ecological connection and an embodied modality for loosening, even exposure to what is hidden.

  • Tann e Bee Apiary: pollinator gardens & stewardship. Apitherapy practitioner working with honeybee communication systems, ecological interdependence, and multispecies forms of knowledge transmission.

  • Tannery Gardens: Landscape design and stewarding that focuses on ethnobotany, ancestral practice, and the relational dynamics between humans, plants, and place.

  • The Enlivened Key:

    • A wisdom system that looks at wellness from a holistic, collaborative and nonlinear lens.

    • Multidisciplinary practices created for exploring the phases of knowledge by the experiential alchemization involved with the living senses.

    • Substack - A collection stream of vocalized and written notes in devotion to consumption. Sharing research and lived experiences in connection to alcohol, nature kinship with layers of story and archaeological evidence to help form pathways of relating.

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      Offerings

  • Ongoing Research

    Investigation and experimentation of toxic and threshold plants, examining their historical, medicinal, and symbolic roles in shaping concepts of boundary, agency, and transformation.

    • Writer and educator whose work integrates embodiment theory, ecological humanities, and myth-informed inquiry to explore how individuals and communities undergo change and adaptation.

  • Creative Projects & Workshops

    • A Bear’s Belly: beverage ceremony that connects drinking with art making through the translation of materials & spirits.

  • Degrees, Certifications & Trade Trips

    The School of Evolutionary Herbalism, The Vitalist Herbal Practitioner (2025-2026)

    Charles Mraz Apitherapy Course & Conference (2025)

    Usui Reiki Level I & II, Grace Harrington Murdoch & Rachael Duda (2019)

    Wine Trade Trip. Argentina (2018)

    Sake Trade Trip. Japan (2018)

    WSET Level 3 Award with Distinction - Sake, Wine & Spirit Education Trust (May 2017)

    Wine Trade Trip. Chile & Argentina (2017)

    Beer Research Trip. Munich, Nuremberg and Plzen (2015)

    Certificate of Cider & Perry Appreciation, National Association of Cider Makers (March 2015)

    Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner (HC + CHHP), American Association of Drugless Practitioners (2014)

    Certified Health and Wellness Coach, Institute for Integrative Nutrition (2013 - 2014)

    Certified Cicerone, Cicerone Certification Program (September 2011)

    Wine Trade Trip. Master’s High Altitude Malbec, “Malbec Camp” Bodegas Nicolas Catena Zapata (2008)

    Certified Specialist of Wine, Society of Wine Educators (October 2007)

    BS Food, Nutritional and Sensory Science, emphasis in Wine & Hospitality Management, University of Nebraska, Lincoln (2002 - 2006)

    Work History

  • Continuing Education, Clubs and Experience

    This list is limited and incomplete. It is merely an attempt to provide a brief overview of some influences in my personal and professional creative systems.

    Koyoltzintli & Sasha Botanica. The Voice She Carried: Female Flutes in Ancient Sound (2026)

    Johannes B. Gardback. Urhall (2025-26)

    Andreas Kornevall. Mentorship (2025-26) and Call of the Wild Falcons (2025 - 26)

    Nicole France. The Ancestral Loom (2025-26)

    Kathryn Solie. Poisonous Plant Medicine Level 1 (2024) & Level 2, 3, 4 (2025)

    Rune Hjarno Rasmussen PH.D. The Animacy of Runes and Landconnectedness - Nordic Animism (2024)

    Britten LaRue. Living Astrology, Underdog to Diva, and The Magicians Table (2023 - 2024)

    Danica Boyce. Unearthed - course on the roots of imperialism in the Christian Middle Ages (2023)

    Sajah Popham. The School of Evolutionary Herbalism (2022 - ongoing self paced study & engagement)

    Naomi Mirkrida. Seidr, and A Year with Frau Holda, School of Seidr (2022 - 2023)

    Judi Esmond. Hudson Valley Pottery (2022)

    Lara Veleda Vesta. Wild Soul Runes, Dark Goddess Year, Foundations of Ancestral Animism, Ancestral Underworld and 1:1 Mentorship - Wild Soul School (2021 - 2022)

    Grace Harrington Murdoch. Narrative Astrology, Flowers & Stars (2020)

    Dr. Sharon Blackie. This Mythic Life, Courting the World Soul, Sisters of Rock & Root (2019 - 2020)

    Dr. Roxanne Partridge Ph.D. The Wild Queen Residency, embodiedperiod (2019 & 2021)

    Kami McBride. Handcrafted Healing Herbal Oils (2018)

    Asia Suler. Intuitive Plant Medicine, One Willow Apothecary (2018)

    Activities, Clubs & Interests:

    Poetry Collective (2025 - present)

    Northern Dutchess Beekeeper’s Club (2025 - present)

    American Apitherapy Society (2025 - present)

    Ting Ting. GuanJing Method (2023 - ongoing personal practice)

    Landsman Kill Trail Association (2022 - present)

    Ba Duan Jin Qigong (2021 - ongoing personal practice)

    Honeybees: Study: 2011, 2012, 2018 - 2021, ongoing; Tending: 2022 - ongoing; Therapies: 2023 - ongoing

    Gardening: 2011, 2012, 2020 - ongoing; educational travel, plant & pollinator planning & development of seasonal tracking techniques - ongoing

    Vinyasa Yoga (2007 - ongoing personal practice) + Intensive Supported Practice: Rosario Vink (2012 - 2013), Lea Bender (2025 - ongoing)

    Various Styles of Breath, Altered States and Practices: Meditation, Holotropic Breathwork, Bija Mantra Chanting, Trance Journey, Plant Medicine Journey, Dismemberment Ceremonies, Dream Recall, Black Mirror, Scrying, Psychoactive Substances, Hypnosis, Euphoric States, Fasting and Sleep Deprivation Rites of Passage (2006 - ongoing independent & supported practice)

    Bikram Yoga (2006)

    University of Nebraska Equestrian Team (2003 - 2005)

    University of Nebraska Horse Judging Team (2004 - 2005)

    Nebraska Oregon Trail Rodeo Queen (2001 - 2002)

    Nebraska 4-H Program. Horse, Sheep, Hogs, Cattle (1992 - 2002)

    Nebraska 4-H Program Livestock Judging (1996 - 1998)

    Karen Russell. Horsemanship and The Horse-Body Connection (1989 - 2001)

  • Research & Pilgrimages

    It seems there is always a chance to learn through informal interactions, not to mention many I have met through place, plant and animal who I have developed profound relationships with and learned indescribable insights and lessons from.

    Apiary Research. Slovenia & New Hampshire (2025)

    Ancestral Pilgrimage. Scandinavia - Iceland, Finland, Sweden, Norway & Denmark (2025)

    Food | Beverage | Culture Research. Grisons, Switzerland (2025)

    Food | Culture Research. Istanbul, Turkey (2024)

    Food | Culture Research. Savoie, France (2024)

    Beer | Vermouth | Sherry Study. Spain and HVNY (2023 - 2024)

    Whisky | Gin | Food | Culture Research Pilgrimage. Edinburgh, Isle of Skye & Inverness Scotland (2022)

    Beer | Food | Culture Research Pilgrimage. Dublin, Adare, Ballysteen, Poulnabrone, Burren National Park, Ireland (2022)

    Apple Research Pilgrimage. Bristol & Glastonbury, England (2020)

    Gin Research. UK (2017, 2020 & 2022)

    Active Dream Research Pilgrimage. Glasgow, Highlands & Edinburgh Scotland (2019)

    Ancestral Pilgrimage. Sweden (2019)

    Perennial Agriculture. Land Institute Visit, Kansas (2019)

    Cider | Wine | Food Trip. Frankfurt & Rhineland (2019)

    Wine Trip. Willamette Valley, Oregon (2018)

    Wine Trip. Burgundy (2018)

    Food | Culture Trip. Iceland (2018)

    Ancestral Pilgrimage. England (2017)

    Wine Trip. Northern California (2012)

    Wine Trip. Santa Rita Hills California (2012)

    Cultural Study Trips. Greece (2010 - 2012 & 2018): Vergina (Aigai) Macedonia; Panagia Mavriotissa; Florina; Naoussa; Dion – Mount Olympus area; Thessaloniki; Stagira (Chalkidiki); Athens & Attica area; Delphi; Meteora; Larnaca Salt Lake (Alyki Larnakas); Chania & Heraklion (Knossos), Maleme Airfield & War Cemetery; Archaeological Museum of Thera + Grapevine Growing (Santorini); Rhodes

    Wine Trip. Los Carneros, Russian River Valley, Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma, Napa California (2007)

    Wine Trip. Temecula California (2006)

    Wine Regions of Texas Internship (2006)

    Wine Hybrid Study Nebraska Internship (2005 - 2006)