Friday Weekly Class Replay:
Tinctures 101: Alcohol Infusions, Preservation & Bioavailability
Learn to make your own herbal tinctures from fresh and dried plants and fungi. Explore what tinctures are, why alcohol is used as an extraction method, and how to create your own medicine step by step from choosing your ingredients and calculating recipes to pressing and storing your finished extract.
Recorded Live on Friday, June 26, 2026
Casa Curativa: Tzununá, Lake Atitlán Guatemala
Hosted by: Lindsay Chestnut
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Meet Lindsay: Casa Curativa’s Partner Educator
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:
Return to the roots of herbal medicine through in-depth trainings, hands-on practices, and immersive experiences designed to reconnect you with the wisdom of plants, your body, and traditional healing arts.
Hands-on herbal medicine education rooted in traditional knowledge, practical skills, and direct experience with plants
Learn how to identify, prepare, and work with herbs through teas, tinctures, oils, salves, and other preparations
Build a strong foundation in herbal medicine and deepen your personal practice over time
Explore the relationship between plants, the body, and wellness
Learn from experienced herbalists through immersive teachings, demonstrations, and practical application
Create your own herbal remedies and develop the skills to build a home apothecary
Connect with a community of students, practitioners, and plant lovers from around the world
Experience learning through a blend of classroom teachings, hands-on medicine making, and time with the plants
Take your next step in herbal medicine through foundational trainings, advanced studies, and specialty immersions
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.