WELLNESS TEAM

Kristin Schuch, MSN,APRN,FNP-C,CHT

Kristin, Collaborating Partner & Creatrix at Apothecary Tinctura, was born and raised in Colorado. As an Herbalist, Ritualist, and Holistic Health Practitioner for almost two decades, Kristin began learning earth medicine from her grandparents as a child. Her love of wild landscapes and passion for wellness makes her a fierce advocate for environmental justice, health equity, and the decolonization of medicine systems. It is her goal to create safe space for individuals to be curious, heal, reclaim ancestral knowing, and experience greater wholeness. Her passion is weaving modern knowledge with traditional wisdom, whether in sessions with clients, classes or workshops, apprenticeships, and retreats she offers.

Kristin is a Family Nurse Practitioner specializing in integrative health, ancestral healing, plant spirit & herbal medicine, psychopomp, Hypnotherapy, divination & Mediumship. She is a Seidkona reclaiming the living traditions of her Norse ancestors, and continues to study with the extra-ordinary Imelda Almqvist. She offers Maya Abdominal Therapy, as trained in the Mayan lineage of Miss Beatrice Torres Waight, and has also studied Holistic Pelvic CareTM with Tami Kent. Kristin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Behavioral Science & Anthropology, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, a Master of Arts Degree in International Relations, and a Master of Science in Nursing.

Brett Cook, Medicine Maker

Originally from Portland Oregon, Brett has been a principal partner and creator at Apothecary Tinctura since it first opened in 1997. Formally trained as a brewer at the Siebel Institute in Chicago, he originally planned to focus on opening a brewery. He soon found that his love for the scientific process of extracting, blending, and small-batching crafting worked just as well for making the teas, tinctures, and herbal products that are the foundation of Apothecary Tinctura. Brett also trained as an aromatherapist through the Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy with Kurt Schnaubelt and helps ensure the quality and sustainability of our essential oil products. He loves sharing his knowledge and love of plant by teaching Advanced Medicine Making and offering seasonal tree medicine walks.

Rebekah Adams

Rebekah is a mother to three girls, body worker, student midwife, and intuitive healer. After a pilgrimage to the Ix Chel temple in Cozumel, she found her path and soul journey in earth based spirit medicine, and since then has been apprenticing with Kristin Schuch. She combines her nearly 20 years of body work practice with her ability to see/sense energy to offer an experience of intuitive healing touch, holding space for each person on their journey to peace, connection, and wholeness. Rebekah offers Wild Soul sessions and Ceremonial Bodywork at Apothecary Tinctura.

Akil-Kuumba Kelley

As a Clinical Herbal practitioner, Akil found his start to herbalism through several camping trips in Colorado’s backcountry. Foraging edible wild plants was his prerequisite to the field. Graduating from the Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism in 2018 Akil has been working with community members, providing supportive medicine in clinical settings from the moment he was able to. Specializing in addressing the emotional component of illness, he uses “sitting with medicine” as a tool to impact the subconscious mind and subtle energies of the body.

Akil has taught a variety of physiology and herbalism classes in the Denver metro area and U.S.V.I. including portions of herbal certificate programs. Both education, and serving the community give Akil a great sense of satisfaction.

After working in several of Denver's oldest and most well known apothecaries for the last decade, Akil is so happy to call Apothecary Tinctura his home. Using his cultivated knowledge of herbal therapeutics to blend custom tea, tincture, and flower essence formulations, as well as working with interested clients in the clinic. Although he has a reservoir of intrinsic knowledge to share, this is still only the start of his work at least in this life. 

Services Offered | Herbal Medicine Consultations

LILLI FRITZ

Lilli (she/her) has been walking the Irish druidic herbalist spiral path since 2013, with two certifications in general herbalism and one in community herbalism from Tonja Reichley. Lilli has known herbs as medicine and plants as friends since she was a small child, with encouragement from her father to build those relationships. 

She is applying her folk herbalism knowledge and plant allyships in our shop and lab. She can answer any questions you may have about the herbs, and help you pick out herbal allies to support your healing journey. Tea blending is a favorite specialty of Lilli's, after many years of building and hosting a tea temple at music festivals, and building her own herbal tea line.

Lilli can be found in the shop slinging herbs and magical remedies. She is also blending, brewing, and tending our medicine-making.

Mimi Starr Brough

Mimi was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, where their early childhood was calcined under the Mojave Sun, they were raised by the badlands of Northern Wyoming in a small town near Yellowstone, and have been living deliciously in Denver since 2015. She has been a devotee of Buddhism and Hermeticism since adolescence, having a deep love for the occult and esoteric. Her philosophical interests have brought her to cultivating the ability to communicate with plant spirits and pursuing a life sharing herbal medicine with the world.

Mimi is a green witch, an advocate for mental health treatment, a shadow worker, and a student at Herbalism Roots learning from Kimberly Thompson and Martin Hansen. Mimi is also a tropical plant specialist, where she owns her own business called Starrseed, that provides houseplant services to the Denver-area. Her goals are to help make herbal medicine accessible to BIPOC and underserved communities by starting a clinical practice, teaching classes on astrology and alchemy, and leading plant-sitting ceremonies. She is passionate about helping people transform their trauma into strength and compassion with the help of our herbal allies.

Madeline Hoffman

Born and raised in Long Island, New York, Madeline is a Holistic Health Practitioner, Herbalist, and 200-hour certified Yoga Instructor who guides those navigating the darkness of chronic, mystery conditions to reclaim their health using a nature-based approach to wellness. Madeline’s deep-rooted passion for supporting others on their unique healing journeys’ stems from her experience both suffering with and overcoming chronic Lyme disease in her early twenties. She advocates for using food and healing herbs as medicine to address the root cause of the symptoms those she supports are up against, and helps people achieve their highest expression of vitality through a blend of mindfulness practices, intuition-honing, and lifestyle rituals. 

Madeline’s teachings are inspired by her time as a student at Herbalism Roots in Denver and the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in New York, as well as her extensive knowledge of the Medical Medium protocols for chronic, autoimmune, and mystery illness. Operating from the core belief that the body doesn’t attack itself, she works to bring balance, vitality, and root-caused focused healing to her community. She is incredibly humbled and honored to be able to share the wisdom she’s acquired by walking the plant-path over the years with you to bring forth healing at Apothecary Tinctura.

Isabel Ranny

Isabel is a Reiki Master, Intuitive Tarot Reader, Cacao Alchemist, Folk Herbalist, and Chef who combines her Spanish, German and Scottish lineages within her work. She is a multi-faceted practitioner who is passionate about helping people grow and create their own power. By combining all of her spiritual gifts to create individualized experiences that help people connect with their inner voice and courageously ask for what they need to thrive. Isabel is dedicated to creating a supportive, heart-centered space where people can build healthy boundaries, tap into their natural creative gifts and reclaim their power within. 

Services Offered | Reiki, Plant Spirit Healing, Tarot Readings