Today we’d like to introduce you to Marinda Bowen .
Hi Marinda , thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
The story begins with my maternal grandparents. Samuel and Martha raised a large family in Canonville, Utah. When Martha died from heart failure , leaving many young children behind , including my mother , who was only seven, the family had to be resourceful. My grandfather , Samuel had a very special kinship with horses and the Native Americans in the area learned this of him and would bring to him their horses for care and diagnosis. In trade , my grandfather received blankets , corn and other treasures to care for his family. From these circumstances growin up in very rural Utah, my mother herself learned to be very resourceful , picking up on the ways of natural medicine and the resources of the plant, animal and insect life around her. She raised us, her family of 7 children, with natural medicine. We learned to value it and seek companionship with it as she did. When I met my husband Michael, he had already completed forestry school in his home of upstate New York and was completing a secondary education in eastern philosophy , medicine and bodywork. I was nearly through with my baccalaureate in biological sciences and pursued a degree in nursing, specializing in oncology, hematology and chemotherapeutics. We lived in New York and Vermont for many years , homesteading , and building our own home, developing our land with our horse and keeping small farm animals and raising honeybees along with our 3 children who came along over the years. Then just a decade ago , we returned to Utah and opened our first massage & medicinals business , which eventually became natural law apothecary today. We bring ancient ways of healing from all around the world to salt lake city , where we have created our own gardens , handcrafted our own space and grown in ritual craft and alchemy.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Our initial build in Vermont was beautiful picturesque and taught us to be very strong even in deep cold, where it was nearly forty below in the winter. We have learned how to very thoughtfully care for bees to keep our stock, to work sustainably with nature and her temper. We have learned to work with what grows in certain environments, we have crafted deep relationships with community, and we have learned to serve our customers in a way that empowers them. This all took incredible commitment and vision, along with willingness to live outside of a scripted box.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
We are family owned and operated, raising our children to work along side us with access to nature, art , craft and ritual. We offer deep connection in our space for those who seek to develop relationships with the art of healing and with the plants and tools available. We crafted our space by hand and in alignment with our own intuitive principles. We are known for the high quality nature of our offerings , the deep connection and reverence that we are steeped in and the community of consciousness that we foster along the way.
Is there anything else you’d like to share with our readers?
We invite your readers to deepen their relationship with themselves and with their communities and with nature.
Contact Info:
- Website: Naturallawapothecary.com
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