Tattva is a Sanskrit word meaning “truth, reality, principle, thatness” Each Tuesday will feature someone and dive into their spiritual journey, how they found God/Source/Truth Within and see what comes through!
Nikki Eldred is in service to plants and humans. She is a certified community herbalist, Gong Fu Cha tea teacher, endocannabinoid health consultant, and the director of Plant Bar. Plant Bar specializes in the fine craft of artisanal coffee, Chinese and Taiwanese tea, cacao, and herbal elixirs, and functions as a community education center around medicinal plants. She holds degrees in psychology, sociology and German, and certifications in herbalism and medical cannabis. One of her primary passions is helping us to build deeper relationships with plants we know but often misunderstand in our culture - coffee, tea and cannabis, for example. She considers these plants life partners, and devotes herself to sharing them with the world and altering how we typically see and work with them.
It is of utmost importance to her to know where the plants we use came from and who grew them. She holds honor and reverence for the true masters of these plants, the farmers. She works diligently to directly and ethically source coffee, tea, and other ingredients at Plant Bar.
You can often find her serving tea in Asheville. She is passionate about sharing the tea plant, Camelia sinensis, through the mindful art of Chinese tea - Gong Fu Cha. She regularly holds tea service at community events in Asheville and teaches classes on Gong Fu. She also offers lifestyle and endocannabinoid health support through private consultations.
The principles of alchemy are woven into all of Nikki’s work, and she focuses on studying and embodying the laws of Nature. Nikki believes that plants assist us in alchemizing as humans - helping us to transform into new and vital forms. She practices constitutional medicine, where the body is seen as an entire ecosystem rather than isolated parts. She is currently writing on queerness and cannabis.
