During her career in social work, SantaLena became passionate about helping others find alternative therapies and practices outside of a pharmaceutical pill, often incorporating movement and connection to the outdoors while serving others.
Following her 200-hour yoga teacher training in Boston, MA, she attended an event in Somerville, MA called Herbstalk. Inspired by this community of nature lovers and healers SantaLena reached out to members of the Herbal Academy, where she was offered the opportunity to write their blog posts. She then took their herbal course online and crafted her very first batch of all natural and herbal skincare products. Creating beautiful skin rituals with the plants became habitual, and this was the seed for which Heart Grown Wild grew. After an herbal apprenticeship at The Gaia School of Healing in Vermont, SantaLena dove deeper into the world of plant spirits and made a radical leap to devote the majority of her time to the plants, making Heart Grown Wild a full time reality.
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