About the Herbalist

Current Projects: Updated Feb 2008

Welcome to my site nicoletelkes.com! I am an herbalist and massage therapist currently residing in Austin, Texas. Now that the weather is cool(sort of), I am back in Austin in the middle of another series of classes. You can click here to register and check out upcoming classes. I finished a botanical adventure up and down the Rockies over the summer of 07, bringing back lots of great fresh plants and finished an intensive in Marma Point Therapy with Dr. Vasant Lad in Albuquerque NM this July. I am now integrating this knowledge into my practice with tuning forks, gemstones, and aromatherapy. As far as new herbal developments, I have put together an advanced apprenticeship training and would like to welcome Crystal Davindson, Brackin Camp, Andrea Melendez, and Stephanie Berry into the 100 hour program. The apprenticeship will revolve around the Blackland Learning Garden, apothecary, major Wildflower School PLant Allies and a sliding scale herb clinic. I am now getting ready to leave for a desert dotanical adventure in March and hope come back as clear as the desert sun and full of energy to begin our outdoor classes in Austin. I want to thank my assistant Stephanie Berry for all she does in the apothecary and otehrwose. She has helped me design this site and create many wonderful remedies for folks. Look for our new Newsletter Wildflower: Herbs, Weeds, and Other Wild Things in Central Texas.Educational Background Nicole Telkes has spent the last decade intensely studying ecology, botany, herbal medicine, holistic healing, and bodywork. Nicole specializes in educating about the responsible harvesting and use of bioregional plants as medicine. She graduated with a degree in Environmental Resource Management, and minored in Botany at UT Austin. After working at the American Botanical Council as an educator, she went on to study Herbal Medicine at the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine in Bisbee, AZ and Columbines School of Botanical Studies in Eugene, OR. Niki continued her studies in holistic health in a shiatsu program and then attended a massage therapy program at The Star Institute. She has also studied Hot Stone Therapy and most lately, Marma Point Therapy with Dr Vasant Lad at the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque NM. Nicole has also apprenticed and worked with several individual herbalists, herb stores, and in clinics around the country. Nicole consults, is the creator of the handmade herbal product line Medusa's Garden and Wild Spirit, offers apprenticeships in herbal medicine and classes in holistic health. She believes strongly in honoring, respecting, and protecting the earth through all the work she does. She is presently coordinating the Blackland Community Learning Garden and the New Community Herbal First Aid Clinic