About Feather Jones
She's been learning from the plants for over four decades. She's still at it.
As a Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalists Guild, Feather has spent more than 40 years in clinical practice, teaching, and walking the land with the plants she knows by name. She has trained thousands of students in herbal medicine, helped countless clients find their way back to health, and still gets excited every time she spots a patch of wild medicine growing on a hillside.
Where It Started
A life rooted in the land
Feather grew up on a farm. She woke to roosters crowing and the smell of fresh-cut hay. Her bed was stuffed with bedstraw. Clothes dried on a line in the sun. Nature wasn't something she went looking for — it was simply where she lived.
That closeness to the land never left her. As a young woman, she found herself drawn to the woods, to creek beds, to wild places. It felt natural to look to those places for answers about health and healing.
In the late 1970s, she enrolled at the Boulder School of Massage. Before she even finished the program, she knew she wanted to go deeper into herbs and plant medicine. It was the start of a renaissance in natural healing. Herb schools were springing up across the country, and people were searching for alternatives to a world dominated by pharmaceuticals.
Feather studied with some of the most respected herbalists of that era. She trained under Michael Moore at his Southwest School of Botanical Medicine, earning her certification as a Clinical Herbalist in Western Herbalism. She also studied with traditional women healers, including Apache Elder Oshinna FastWolf and medicine woman Judy Whitesinger in North Dakota. These teachers shaped the way she sees healing — not just as science, but as relationship.
Her Approach
Teaching from the land itself
Feather doesn’t teach about plants from a textbook. She teaches from the land itself.
Her approach blends clinical knowledge with something deeper — a respect for the plants as living beings with their own character and purpose. She teaches her students to sit with the plants, taste them, learn where they grow and why. She believes the plants in your own region have already figured out how to thrive there, and they can teach your body to do the same.
Her early exposure to Native teachings gave Feather a way of seeing the world that runs through everything she does. She brings attention to the spiritual and emotional side of healing, not just the physical. She looks at the whole person — their thoughts, their habits, their relationship with the natural world.
She doesn’t rush. She doesn’t cut corners. She meets each person where they are — whether that’s a brand-new student or someone managing a complex health challenge — and walks beside them.
Credentials & Contributions
A career that speaks for itself
Feather has served as past president of the American Herbalists Guild — the leading professional organization for herbalists in the United States. She also serves on their Admissions Review Advisory Committee, helping set professional standards of practice. She has been a Botanical Field Guide for the Sonoran University of Health Sciences (formerly Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine), teaching alongside naturopathic doctors and medical professionals.
She is the author of the Medicinal Herb Handbook, a reference guide to herbal remedies organized by organ system and symptom. She has lectured at conferences across the country and internationally — including the Southwest Conference of Botanical Medicine, the American Herbalists Guild Symposium, the Florida Herbal Conference, and as a keynote speaker at the International Herb Conference in Sydney, Australia.
For eleven years, Feather ran the Rocky Mountain Center for Botanical Studies in Boulder, Colorado — at the time, one of the leading herbalism schools in the country. The school offered three-year clinical programs, operated a free clinic, brought in guest speakers for round table discussions, and was staffed by twenty instructors. Over those years, the program graduated hundreds of students as trained Western herbalists.
As a solo instructor through Canyon Spirit Ventures, she has trained countless more — through apprenticeships, field studies, online courses, and symposiums. Many of her graduates have gone on to open their own herb schools and build thriving practices.
See how Feather teaches today
Explore How to Study With FeatherWords from those who’ve walked with her
Feather is generous with her knowledge, organized and thorough in her teachings, and a genuinely beautiful human being.
Feather, you are such a gift. Your teachings stay with us. You embody such wisdom and respect for the Earth.
Feather, you are essentially my herb mama and I will forever be grateful for you.
It’s no exaggeration to say that it’s positively changed how I see and experience the world around me, the plant world in particular.
Feather is respected by her colleagues in the herbal community — herbalists, educators, and practitioners who have watched her show up consistently for more than four decades.
More than the classroom
There’s more to Feather than the classroom.
She ran a successful organic herbal tea company called Sedona Tea Blends, which blended desert botanicals with the famed vortex energies of the Sedona landscape. She is a strong advocate for animal rights and the protection of wild plant habitats. And she is an avid hiker who has spent decades exploring off-trail — finding hidden ruins, quiet side canyons, and overlooks that most people will never see.
For years, Feather called Sedona, Arizona home. The red rocks, the desert plants, and the sacred places of that landscape are woven into her teaching and her story. She now lives in Florida, but her connection to the land — wherever she is — remains the foundation of everything she does.
When she’s not teaching, you might find her playing flute in a canyon, sitting quietly with a medicine wheel, or simply walking among the plants she has known for a lifetime.
If This Resonates, Here’s Where to Start
If you’ve been looking for an herbalist who teaches from real experience, real relationships with the plants, and real care for her students — there are a few ways to learn with Feather.
Live Group Classes
A year-long herbalist training program with live sessions, field trips, and hands-on medicine making.
Study With Feather
Private one-on-one mentorship, fully customized to your goals and experience level.
Courses
Self-paced online courses covering women’s wellness, foraging, botanical support, and more.
Field Trip
A four-day herbal immersion in the Sedona desert. Limited to 13 students. Once a year.