Liz Collins

Liz Collins is an herbalist, Yoga teacher, massage therapist, and Integrative Holistic Health Counselor. She earned her BA in Sanskrit and South Asian religions from Evergreen State College and currently is enrolled at the East West School of Planetary Herbology in the Clinical Herbalist program. Liz became a certified yoga teacher at The Center for Yoga of Seattle in 1995, traveling to India to study with the founder of her lineage, BKS Iyengar. She has spent the past 10 years in the Shadow Yoga lineage with teachers Scott Blossom and Matt Pesendian. She is a graduate of the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and is an Ayurvedic practitioner who guides clients through seasonal cleanses, offering support through nutritional counseling, herbal allies, and lifestyle practices at her office in Carpinteria. 

Liz loves to bring the joy of gardening, seed saving, medicine making, and cooking to the children. Liz's daughter, Heron, graduated from WSSB and now attends Midland School in the Santa Ynez Valley. Her son, Rowan, is in Ms. Nelson's class.