Friday Weekly Class Replay:
Dream Scheme:
Improve Mental and Spiritual Health with Dream Work and Herbal Allies
In this Casa Curativa class, we explore dreamwork as a doorway into intuition, emotional insight, and deeper relationship with the subconscious. Alongside foundational dream practices—such as setting intention, improving dream recall, and working with symbolic language—we introduce herbal allies traditionally used to support rest, vivid dreaming, and nervous system regulation.
Participants learn about herbs such as mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) and blue lotus (Nymphaea caerulea), long associated with dream enhancement, alongside other calming botanicals. Through herbal preparations, reflection, and journaling practices, the class offers practical tools for deepening dream awareness and working with the insights that emerge from the dreaming mind.
Recorded Live on Friday, April 17, 2026
Casa Curativa: Tzununá, Lake Atitlán Guatemala
Hosted by: Lindsay Chestnut | Casa Curativa Partner Educator
Dream Scheme Live Class Replay:
Class Notes:
Meet Lindsay: Partner Educator of Casa Curativa…
Herbalist • Astrological Guide • Musician • Connect on Instagram
Lindsay is an herbalist, permaculture practitioner, and educator whose work explores the relationships between plants, people, and the patterns that shape both earth and cosmos. Raised in Michigan among the Great Lakes, her early background in entrepreneurship, leadership, and performance arts fostered a lifelong interest in storytelling and living systems.
After training as a yoga teacher and completing a Permaculture Design Certification in Guatemala in 2015, Lindsay pursued studies in natural medicine, nutrition, and aromatherapy before formally training with Sajah Popham through the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. She relocated to Lake Atitlán in 2020, becoming a key force behind Casa Curativa’s apothecary systems and operational development.
Known for her precision and organizational insight, Lindsay has helped design production workflows and quality control protocols that support the creation of consistent, potent herbal medicines. Her teaching weaves herbal energetics, physiology, astrology, and hermetic philosophy, guiding students to recognize the patterns connecting plants, bodies, and cosmic cycles through storytelling, somatics, rituals and experiential learning.
Upcoming Casa Curativa Offerings:
Herbal Dieta @ Casa Curativa: February 2026 - May 2026
Join an immersive experience connecting deeply with the plant ally of your choosing: Blue Louts, Lavender, Nettle, Wild Rose, Ruda (Rue) or Tetradenia. Inspired by traditional plant dietas practiced in the Amazon, adjusted for the Western herbal enthusiast. During 6 days, you will directly experience the plant energetics present in the medicine you are working with. All Herbal Dietas include 3 meals a day, accommodation, daily plant baths and connection with the spagyric essence of your plant of choice.
Casa Curativa’s Herbal Apprenticeship: Now Enrolling
The Casa Curativa Apprenticeship is an immersive opportunity to step into the living practice of herbal medicine. Apprentices work closely with the plants, the apothecary, and the daily rhythms of the land while learning the foundations of herbal preparation, formulation, and small-batch medicine making.
Through hands-on experience in the gardens and apothecary, you’ll deepen your relationship with medicinal plants while supporting the work of a functioning herbal school and community space. This apprenticeship offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at how herbal medicine is grown, crafted, and shared.
Ideal for those who want practical skills, real experience, and a deeper relationship with the plants while participating in the day-to-day life of a working herbal apothecary.
Ready to learn more with Casa Curativa?
A free 4-part Connection with Plant Series with owner & founder of Casa Curativa, Julia Bentely.
Inside this series, you will:
Learn how to connect with plants as allies and companions.
Recognize subtle messages, synchronicities, and plant communication.
Use your senses to receive guidance and become a better herbalist.
Integrate plant wisdom into your daily life with reciprocity and respect.