Essential Elements Wellness

Essential Elements Wellness Herbal Medicine, Holistic Nutrition, Energy Healing, Reflexology, Workshops & Boutique Spa Services.

Good wine, beautiful food, dear friends, & a little sneak peak behind the scenes of where the magic happens. ❤️🍷 ...
08/17/2026

Good wine, beautiful food, dear friends, & a little sneak peak behind the scenes of where the magic happens. ❤️🍷





08/16/2026

Enjoying these last few weeks of summer before my next chapter begins… university at 52. 🌿

Turns out your 50s aren’t the beginning of slowing down anything— they might just be the beginning of everything. ❤️✨





07/19/2026

A little Vancouver Island magic ✨⛺️🌿


⏰SUBMIT YOUR EMAIL BY JULY 12/2026📧EMAIL DIRECT nnhpd-dpsnso@hc-sc.gc.caHello NNHPD,As a clinical herbalist with more th...
07/10/2026

⏰SUBMIT YOUR EMAIL BY JULY 12/2026
📧EMAIL DIRECT [email protected]

Hello NNHPD,

As a clinical herbalist with more than 20 years of experience, I have dedicated my career to helping people through safe, individualized herbal care. Throughout my personal practice, I have seen firsthand that no two clients are alike. Customized herbal formulations allow us practitioners to address each person’s unique health history, constitution, goals & need in a way the commercially manufactured products cannot.

The ability to dispense single herbs & also create individualized formulas is the foundation of traditional Western Herbalism, & many other herbal traditions practiced in our country. Restricting this ability would significantly limit practitioners capacity to provide personalized care, & for many Canadians would reduce access to such treatment options.

I respectfully ask that Health Canada:

*Recognize & protect herbal compounding rights of Herbalists.
*Preserve herbalist ability to dispense single herb preparations.
*Allow qualified herbal practitioners to continue compounding according to their clinical judgement & individual needs of their clients.

Herbal medicine has a long history of supporting the health & wellness of Canadians. Thank you for taking the time to consider our prespective as practising herbalists & the communities for whom we serve. I appreciate the opportunity to provide input on this important issue.

Sincerely,

Celle Rikwerda (she/her) | CH HC HA
Essential Elements Wellness https://www.essentialelementswellnesses.ca
828 Fort St
Victoria, BC, Lekwungen Territory.
Direct: 672 922 0400
I acknowledge with respect the Lekwungen peoples on whose traditional territory I live on, and Victoria stands, and the Songees, Esquimalt & WSÁNÉC peoples.





06/24/2026

Just a girly wandering the forest, calling mushroom hunting “studying.” 🍄🤎✨

Getting ready for my fungi course one photo at a time—these little forest treasures just keep getting more magical.

Warning: my camera roll is basically all mushrooms & plants now. 📸🍄

06/06/2026

Botany girlies know the best gossip is in the understory 🌿✨

Currently romanticizing:
🌸pockets full of leaves
🌸stopping every 5 minutes to look at moss
🌸talking about medicinal plants like they’re celebrities!

Yesterday was my mom’s heavenly birthday… and this morning I woke up to an acceptance letter from Oregon State Universit...
05/20/2026

Yesterday was my mom’s heavenly birthday… and this morning I woke up to an acceptance letter from Oregon State University., into the Bachelor of Science in Botany through OSU Ecampus.
❤️🙏🏼

I’m honestly overwhelmed with gratitude and emotion right now.

For a long time, I carried self-doubt that didn’t belong to me. Life, experiences, and people can make you question yourself sometimes, even when deep down you know who you are. For me this moment feels so much bigger that the acceptance into OSU. It feels like proof of resilience. Proof that’s it’s never too late to believe in yourself.

I am so deeply grateful this morning, & truly feel blessed. Grateful to the Creator. My family & friends for cheering me on to do this. Grateful for all the challenges & obstacles life has thrown at me, to lead me to my clear path.

And most of all, grateful that I never stopped dreaming, even when the path wasn’t clear to me.
🌿❤️✨





One of the most magical plants in the woodland garden… 🌿✨Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) has long been used in tradit...
05/18/2026

One of the most magical plants in the woodland garden… 🌿✨

Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) has long been used in traditional herbalism and Indigenous plant knowledge for its potent properties and unusual blood red sap hidden within its roots & stems. Historically it has been used externally in topical preparations and ceremonially, though it is also a powerful plant that must be approached with deep respect and proper knowledge.

Beyond its medicinal history, Bloodroot plays an important role in our native woodland ecosystems, emerging in early spring to support pollinators and forest biodiversity. Sadly, overharvesting and habitat destruction have contributed to its decline in many areas, and it has appeared on endangered and at-risk medicinal plant watch lists over the years. 🌱

Planting and protecting native woodland species is one small way we can help preserve the delicate relationship between plants, people, and the forest ecosystems they belong to.

This little beauty now has a home tucked beneath the trees in my growing woodland medicinal garden here on Vancouver Island. 🍃


Forest treasures of the Pacific Northwest 🌿✨ Cauliflower mushroom, beautiful skunk cabbage — wild beauty, ancient medici...
04/12/2026

Forest treasures of the Pacific Northwest 🌿✨ Cauliflower mushroom, beautiful skunk cabbage — wild beauty, ancient medicine, and spring awakening in the Cowichan Valley! 🍄💚

03/15/2026

One of the most recognizable mushrooms in the forest. Known for its immune support in people with a wide range of cancers. This mushroom is an important addition to any herbal apothecary home or professional. Harvest, dry & make into medicine. 🍄‍🟫

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