Friday Weekly Class Replay:
Skin Deep:
Herbal Care for Chronic Skin Issues
In this class, you’ll explore the deeper roots of chronic skin issues like eczema, rashes, acne, or psoriasis, and how digestion, gut health, inflammation, and immune response influence the skin. You’ll also learn about key herbal allies and practical ways to work with herbs to support long-term skin balance.
Recorded Live on Friday, April 3, 2026
Casa Curativa: Tzununá, Lake Atitlán Guatemala
Hosted by: JoAnna Arnold | Casa Curativa’s Partner Educator
Skin Deep Live Class Replay:
Class Notes:
Meet JoAnna: A Partner Educator of Casa Curativa…
Functional Medicine Dietitian • Holistic Chef • Connect on Instagram
JoAnna is a functional medicine dietitian, herbalist, and holistic chef. Her path as a dietitian and herbalist began through personal experience of her own health challenges and conventional health care not serving her.
As a clinician, she specializes in healing chronic skin issues and hormonal imbalances, weaving together functional medicine, integrative nutrition, and the therapeutic power of plants.
Cooking, movement, and art have always been central to her life and shaped the way she understands nourishment and healing. Her work serves to guide others back to balance in health, restore freedom in the body, and experience the healing rhythms of the Earth.
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.
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.