About the founder

'My adoration for the natural world had a simple and joyful start. It began through playing and experimenting with my grandma's garden in her backyard in Mitchells plain, Cape Town. The place where I witnessed her connection and relationship with the medicine I hold dear to my heart. Wrapping her grandkids with Wilde Als poultices and sipping Boegoe, my grandmothers presence paved the way for my journey into natural home remedies. As time passed in my youth and we relocated closer to the southern suburbs, I now had access to deep nature immersion. Moments spent exploring the mountain which contained unique flora and fauna, only found on our land. My inner dwelling space felt a connection to the natural living world that I've never felt before. This became my sanctuary. It then evolved into growing my own plants, food and medicine.

As I entered my 20s, my understanding and knowledge of our socio-economic, environmental and political circumstances spiritually weakened me. I felt the weight and pain of the trauma that both the land and the people held. While battling with this pain, the deeper knowing of why this was brought to my life, became evident. Often I would look to others to be the solution or create the vision that reoccured in my mind but that was not possible. This is when Mind Movement Medicine conceptually began to emerge. With a bachelor degree in Education, 500 hours of yoga training, organic gardening specialities and developing my indigenous knowledge through travel and storytelling - I knew that my wellness practice had to be a conglomerate of all. If we do not seek the knowledge to the root of our problem, sickness and ways of being, we will always believe we are the slaves on the ship, that we are actually the captain of. I want to teach and share tools, stories and skills that is accessible, inclusive and easy to implement (if the will power is there). My dedication to being a student and teacher remain equal. I am here to receive and serve.'

-Courtney Lee Williamson