{"id":16,"date":"2015-10-09T00:45:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T00:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theherbalista.com\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2024-03-03T16:04:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T23:04:26","slug":"about-the-herbalista","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.theherbalista.com\/","title":{"rendered":"About           The Herbalista"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.about.me\/luisav\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theherbalista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190607_183826-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-311\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theherbalista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190607_183826-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theherbalista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190607_183826-5.jpg 2502w, https:\/\/www.theherbalista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190607_183826-5-595x945.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.theherbalista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190607_183826-5-768x1220.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theherbalista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190607_183826-5-960x1525.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.about.me\/luisav\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luisa Valdez<\/a>\u00a0is a force impossible to ignore \u2013 Balancing Happy + Healthy as the Creator\u00a0of <em>The Herbalista<\/em>, she specializes in the\u00a0education and celebration of\u00a0sex\u00a0+\u00a0drugs\u00a0+ mind\/body\/soul.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A\u00a0graduate of the\u00a0Southwest Institute of Healing Arts, Luisa\u00a0completed her degree in Holistic Healthcare with certifications in Western Herbalism, Aromatherapy, and Yoga&#8211;\u00a0Frustrated with the lack of options available to support her individual health situations, Luisa\u00a0looked to holistic healthcare to help manage her chronic injuries and illness that needed support outside of traditional medicine. Her degree in holistic health and yoga training helped her to develop her own health\u00a0and fitness programs, where she\u00a0combines\u00a0elemental and energetic philosophies for balanced wellness.<\/p>\n<p>Currently Luisa Valdez manages <em>The Herbalista<\/em> as a\u00a0lifestyle and wellness brand\u00a0centered around balancing happy + healthy. Since 2010, Luisa +\u00a0<em>The Herbalista<\/em> have\u00a0combined\u00a0a deeply rooted connection to Social Justice with a\u00a0passionate focus on Holistic Healthcare, educating and advocating for comprehensive sexual health and HIV awareness, plant-based medicines including medical marijuana, and modified fitness\/yoga. Luisa\u00a0is also the creator\u00a0of <em>Yoga for Abundant Bodies<\/em> and <em>MOD Fitness,<\/em> programs under <em>The Herbalista <\/em>brand\u00a0that customizes\u00a0adaptable yoga and interval training sessions for all ability levels.<\/p>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">All <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theherbalista.com\/index.php\/disclaimers\/\">Disclaimers and Privacy Policies<\/a> can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theherbalista.com\/index.php\/disclaimers\/\">HERE<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luisa Valdez\u00a0is a force impossible to ignore \u2013 Balancing Happy + Healthy as the Creator\u00a0of The Herbalista, she specializes in the\u00a0education and celebration of\u00a0sex\u00a0+\u00a0drugs\u00a0+ mind\/body\/soul.&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theherbalista.com\/\">&#8230;Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About           The Herbalista<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theherbalista.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theherbalista.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theherbalista.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theherbalista.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theherbalista.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.theherbalista.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1659,"href":"https:\/\/www.theherbalista.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/1659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theherbalista.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}