I’m Vida, a qualified naturopath, medical herbalist, and nutritionist - who cares about people an awful lot. This work combines many of my passions and interests, and enhances my people-centred and intuitive self. I love to listen, hold space, and build people up. 

To me, being a naturopath is about understanding the body and how its intelligent machinery works, and can malfunction. It is about understanding what has contributed to disharmony or dis-ease, and how we can restore balance again. Be it through stimulating the innate healing mechanisms we already have within, or reaching for the offerings we have been given from nature itself - food, herbal medicine, lifestyle medicine, the ability to move, connect, and experience what it means to be alive.

“I believe that humanity’s original wound is that we saw ourselves as separate from nature.”
– Zach Bush, MD

I was raised on the simple foundations of learning how to nourish my body through food, the importance of spending time outside, moving my body, and building community. However, choosing to gain a qualification and strengthen my knowledge-base through study has empowered me to help and share from an informed position. I acknowledge that as our human experience is laced with more and more complexities in and out of our control, this calls for deeper investigation in treating chronic and complicated health concerns. Naturopathic care is here for the acute, the chronic, and the complicated. 

I am committed to continuous learning as the health landscape and what we understand about the body continuously shifts and transforms. It is my duty of care to remain informed about the latest research, trends, and developments. If I don’t know something now, my promise is I will find out.

When I am not working with clients, I am deeply inspired by my surroundings in Aotearoa and feel most at peace with a backpack hiking in the mountains, cooking up a feast for friends, practising yoga, reading any and all genres, or diving deep into whatever new topic of health has caught my attention. 

I look forward to guiding you on your journey.