Wild Hope Medicine is born from the rhythm of the natural world and the quiet intelligence of the body. I’m Colleen, here to walk beside you with presence, precision, and heart—as you return to your own inner landscape.

Meet Colleen

I’ve always felt a deep connection to the natural world—its rhythms, its cycles, its ability to heal. Growing up in the mountains of Colorado, I spent my days exploring the wilderness, listening to the language of the land, and learning how to navigate its diverse landscapes. This connection led me into a life of outdoor adventure and a degree in Outdoor Leadership, but it was a transformative experience in Mongolia that opened my heart to the healing path.

Even as a child, I carried a sensitive, listening heart—tuned to the unspoken, attuned to what moved beneath the surface of things. This sensitivity led me to study religion and spirituality, searching for a language to make sense of the unseen threads that shape our lives. That same desire to understand—beyond the rational, beyond the physical—has always guided me.

While in Mongolia, I witnessed a profound connection between people, spirit, and the land. I felt the stirrings of a life calling—to walk in service to something greater, to offer healing. But the path wasn’t direct. Soon after returning home, I became ill. What followed was a long and humbling initiation through chronic illness—Lyme disease drawing me into an intimate relationship with pain, uncertainty, and the slow, layered unfolding of true healing.

I sought answers in both Western and Eastern traditions, exploring everything from conventional medicine to herbalism, energy work, and beyond. Along the way, I began to understand illness not as something to conquer, but as a teacher. Eventually, it was the medicine of the honeybee that found me—gently, fiercely—bringing me back to my heart and grounding me in the very essence of what I had glimpsed years earlier in Mongolia. The bees offered me not just healing, but remembrance—and the courage to step fully into my calling.

Wild Hope Medicine is rooted in this journey. My practice weaves together Traditional East Asian Medicine, herbalism, acupuncture, Reiki, and the teachings of Hoshindo, the way of the bee. I hold space for clients to return to themselves—gently shifting deep patterns and helping the body, mind, and spirit remember how to flow together in harmony. I believe healing is relational, cyclical, and deeply personal. And I believe in the wild hope that rises when we trust the wisdom of our own bodies.

  • Thank you for being here. I would be honored to hold space for your healing.

    I’m Colleen—acupuncturist, herbalist, and student of the living world. I approach this work not from a place of arrival, but from an ongoing journey. Like you, I am constantly learning how to listen, soften, and return to what matters. My practice is rooted in reverence—for the body, for nature, and for the unseen ways we transform.

  • I see healing as a process of remembering—coming back to what’s already whole within you. My treatments are intuitive and responsive: sometimes they’re soft and nourishing, and sometimes they’re bold and clear, like a wake-up call to the body. I follow what your system is asking for—whether it needs a gentle nudge or a strong reminder of its own power. My role isn’t to fix, but to listen deeply and respond in a way that helps shift what’s ready to move.

  • My work is guided by years of feeling deeply—of learning to stay present with what moves through the body, the heart, and the unseen. I serve as a channel, allowing spirit, intuition, and ancestral wisdom to inform the medicine I offer.

    I’ve been shaped by the teachings of Classical Chinese medicine, Daoist philosophy, and the guidance of masters, Sensei, and scholars whose work echoes through my hands. At the core of my practice is the understanding that we are microcosms of the greater world around us—that what flows in nature flows through us, and that healing arises when we return to that alignment.

    It’s not one path, but a weaving. A remembering. A trust in the intelligence that already lives within you.

  • I’m on this journey too. Healing, for me, isn’t a destination but an ongoing process—an unraveling of old patterns and beliefs that no longer serve the expression of my truest self. I’m constantly learning how to listen more deeply, soften where I once held tight, and clear space for my own qi to move freely.

    I find nourishment in shared movement, laughter, playing in the moutnains, ocean walks, a slow morning with good tea or a perfect cappuccino. I’m most inspired when I’m present enough to notice the beauty and magic that’s always here. These moments ground me, remind me who I am, and help me keep showing up with integrity and care.

  • California-licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist

    Master of Science in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine from the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences

    Bachelor of Arts in Outdoor Leadership and Theological Studies

    Student of Classical Chinese and Modern Wisdom Medicine under the guidance of Michael Givens

    Practitioner of Saam Acupuncture inspired by Toby Daly

    Training in Classical Chinese Medicine and Pulse Diagnosis with Ivan Cloud and Michael Brown

    Ongoing classes with Genevieve Le Goff, Randine Lewis, and Yvonne Farrell.

    Apprenticed under Master Yin Wei Choong of the Yellow Emperor

    Apprenticed under Sensei Voyce Durling Jones, founder of Hoshindo of Americas and transmitter of Reiki