Mending Roots Body Therapies
Welcome to Mending Roots Collective. We are a wellness space where different holistic practitioners are sharing space and creating a healing environment to help serve our community. We offer quality, compassionate, and individualized care to those who seek our services.
Tami Hornidge
Practitioner and creator of Mending Roots Body Therapies and Mending Roots Collective.
Fun Facts:
Gave birth at home 3 times
Lived in Germany as a child in the 80’s
Loves to sing and enjoys a good karaoke party
The forest, connecting with plants, and her hands in the earth is how she fills her cup back up
Enjoys a good cup of coffee and doing red ligh therapy in the early morning before the sun rises
Working on learning Japanese and connecting with her Japanese heritage
Jennifer Teixeira
Practitioner and creator of Humboldt Womens Massage
Fun Facts:
She serves as a High Priestess in a feminist coven, embracing her spiritual side and advocating for women’s empowerment.
She comes from a large Azorean American Family and has family in the Americas and Portugal.
Jennifer finds joy in working with plants, whether it’s gardening or exploring the healing properties of herbs.
She absolutely loves relaxing in a good hot spring, where she can unwind and feel the healing power of water.
She has 1 son and two dog children.
Yemaya Kimmel
Practitioner & Creator of Yemaya’s Apothecary
Fun Facts:
Born in New Orleans, LA
Gave birth at home 3 times
Travelled across the country in a solar powered biodiesel school bus.
Swimming-especially in nature-is her happy place
Plays French horn, piano, guitar, drums, & sings
You can find her performing with local groups Asha Nan & Redwood Interfaith Gospel Choir
Has been learning Greek, & connecting with her Greek heritage.
Recently found out she has a sister in Crete who she’s never met
Sunny Loya
Action Lab Health Coaching
Fun Facts
I have a wig collection that I am always looking for opportunities to use.
I once slept in a hammock high in the canopy of an old-growth Sitka spruce tree, even though I am terrified of heights.
I love slow fashion and make many of my own clothes.
I am happy when I’ve got dirt on my hands, especially when combined with physical activity and the outdoors – camping, hiking, biking, obstacle course racing. One exception is gardening, which I don’t like as much because of how many worms I accidentally cut in half with the shovel.
I spent 25 years as a botanist before turning my lifelong hobbies of fitness and healthy lifestyle into a new career
Lena Hyde Nuñez
Fun Facts
Is an Afro-Cuban priest initiated to the goddess of the ocean
Has a radio show on Arcata’s Humboldt Hot Air (94.7FM) on Fridays at noon, during which she only plays songs about water
Grew up without a television but fell in love with filmmaking and studied cinematography as an adult
Studied writing as an undergraduate with one of the women she admires most: Bell Hooks
Has been meditating since 1995, when she moved two blocks from the Zen Center in San Francisco
Loves camping and facilitating dreamwork experiences near oceans and rivers