Shwmae
I'm Salena. I'm a Naturopath, Herbalist, Nutritionist and Teacher.
Salena ydw i. Rwy’n Natur-iachäwr, Llysieuydd, Maethegydd ac yn Athro.

           

Too tired for life…

In 2008, everything changed. I became seriously unwell with overwhelming fatigue, brain fog, digestive problems, migraines and neurological symptoms I couldn’t explain. Eventually, I was diagnosed with pernicious anaemia, an autoimmune condition that affects the body’s ability to absorb vitamin B12.

Despite treatment, I continued to struggle and began learning everything I could about my condition and the different things that influence our health.

I trained as a herbalist, naturopath and nutritionist, initially to help myself. I wanted to understand food, the body, plants and our relationship with health. I had no idea at the time that it would completely change my career and eventually lead me back to the plants I’d been growing and using since childhood.

Learn With Salena

Salena has over twenty years of teaching experience and offers courses both in person at her woodland classroom in West Wales and online. Through Wild Welsh Herbalism®, her teaching brings together medicinal plants, growing and foraging, medicine making, anatomy and physiology, Welsh plant names, folklore and traditional knowledge.

Whether you choose to learn from the comfort of your own home or amongst the gardens and woodland at Ysbryd y Coed, you’ll develop practical herbal knowledge and a deeper connection with the medicinal plants growing around you.

Changing lives

Don't take my word for it, here are some real-life results

Salena’s passion for her topic was infectious and her teaching style won my cynical nature over relatively quickly. The course made me realise how far my diet had drifted from a balanced one.

Positive, motivating and refreshing. Salena just makes me believe I can achieve anything I set my mind to! An absolutely brilliant and truly inspiring teacher that I am forever grateful to have had the pleasure of being her student!

Salena is a natural when it comes to sharing her knowledge and gets the course content across in an easy to understand way, with great encouragement and humour.

Salena “talks the talk and walks the walk”.....I would recommend Salena and the course to anyone wishing to revolutionise their physical and psychological health. It’s been a sea-change in my life and I am truly grateful for it