PRINCIPAL, CLINICAL HERBALIST & EDUCATOR

Shereel Washington is an accomplished herbalist and serves as the principal of Ixalted Natural Body Care & Botanicals, a health and body restorative herbal business that specializes in creating customized herbal formulations to support and restore overall health and wellness.

As a certified clinical herbalist, Shereel holds a certification from the California School of Herbal Studies. She specializes in advanced therapeutics, constitutional evaluation, materia medica, case study evaluation, herbal formulations, and herbal pharmacy. Additionally, she has completed over 1,200 hours of extensive training in herbal craft-making.

Shereel also works as an instructor at various institutions and annual events, including:

- Land of Verse

- Northern California Women's Herbal Symposium (NCWHS)

- Berkeley Herbal Center

- Buckeye Gathering

- Online courses featured on Learning Herbs

As a wellness practitioner and consultant in herbal health, healing, and nutrition, Shereel serves diverse ethnic communities, promoting natural health care and wellness through plant medicine. She is a passionate advocate for global cultural herbal traditions and is dedicated to preserving the history and knowledge of Black North American herbalism.

Recognized for her community efforts, Shereel has been named a Community Leader by People Science and a Cultivator of Celebration by Cornell University Botanical Garden's "Seeds of Survival and Celebration" exhibit.

Her commitment to research and collaboration is highlighted in her work with Traditional Medicinals and People Science, where she shared valuable insights into the history of Black North American herbalists.

In addition to her expertise in herbalism, Shereel is an accomplished martial artist and has been a longtime dancer, teacher, and performer.