Chi for Healing Blog — holistic health

Five Wild Mushrooms of Summer

August 10, 2026 • chi for healing • chinese herbs • chinese medicine • durham CT • foraging • gaia centric living • herbal formulas • herbal medicine • herbal tinctures • holistic healing • holistic health • immune support • local connecticut • mushrooms • wild foraged • wild foraging • wild mushrooms • workshops ct

These are some common mushrooms that I find in the woods in the heat of the summer. I wanted to highlight a lot of the ones that are pictured and also that I commonly see that can be easily identifiable.

Join me for a fall forage walk on 10/11 at 2pm co-hosted with Amy of the CT Foraging Club where will identify some of these mushrooms and lots of wild plants too!

Learn how to grow your own mushroom logs at home

June 27, 2026 • chi for healing • chinese herbs • chinese medicine • earth day • eco conscious • events ct • foraging • gaia centric living • garden hacks • gardening • herbal medicine • herbal tinctures • holistic health • local connecticut • mushrooms • summer events • wild mushrooms • workshops ct

Mushroom Growing Workshop

7/7 at 6pm

For just $25, you’ll learn the fundamentals of mushroom cultivation and create your own take-home growing kit featuring Shiitake, Lion's Mane, or Oyster mushrooms.

Introduction to Auriculotherapy (Ear Reflexology) Workshop

March 14, 2026 • auriculotherapy • chi for healing • chinese medicine • chronic illness • chronic pain • durham CT • ear reflexology • emotional support • energy healing • events ct • gaia centric living • heal chronic illness • heal chronic pain • healing tools • holistic healing • holistic health • immune support • local connecticut • pain relief • seasonal allergies • self care • self care tools • self healing • self healing tools

Join us on 3/28 from 2-5 PM for an immersive workshop on Auriculotherapy, also known as ear acupuncture or ear reflexology. Learn the acu-points of the ear to help heal yourself, your friends, and family of chronic conditions.

🎟️ Investment: $99 (includes starter ear seed kit)

Shop Small and Save on Seasonal Remedies Inside

November 28, 2025 • aromatherapy • chi for healing • chinese herbs • chinese medicine • crystal healing • durham CT • elderberry syrup • essential oils • events ct • gaia centric living • guasha • guasha tool • heal chronic illness • heal chronic pain • healing tools • herbal formulas • herbal medicine • herbal remedy • herbal tinctures • holistic healing • holistic health • immune support • immunity boost • immunity products • immunity tonic • kidney cleanse tea • liver cleanse • liver cleanse tea • local connecticut • medicinal aromatherapy • meditation • pain relief • qi gong • reishi mushroom • salt cave • salt therapy • seasonal protection • self care tools • self healing • self healing tools • sound healing • tea • wild berries • wild foraged • wild foraging • wild mushrooms • winter wellness • workshops ct

Hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving and are relaxing with family and friends this weekend. It’s now time to treat yourself and your loved ones!

From Black Friday through Cyber Monday, we’re offering 20% OFF on all products on our website.

Save $10 off registration for my upcoming workshops with code Save10

Gift certificates are also on sale until 12/25!

Happy Halloween-Honoring the Ancestors & the Magic of Samhain

October 31, 2025 • chi for healing • chinese herbs • chinese medicine • gaia centric living • gardening • Halloween • herbal formulas • herbal medicine • holistic healing • holistic health • mushrooms • nature connection • samhain • wild foraged • wild foraging • wild mushrooms

This year I dressed up as Radagast the Brown wizard from the Lord of the Rings. He was the cooky one that lived in the woods with the animals and ate a lot of mushrooms. Kind of seemed like the perfect costume for me!