Whitney E.
Owner, Practitioner at Four Seasons Harmony Holistic Health, Healing, & Ayurveda
Health, Wellness and Fitness
Education: Institute of American Indian Arts, Dartmouth College - Maryland University of Integrative Health, Loyola University Maryland
Washington, DC, USA
Biography
Whitney Erwin is an international Holistic Health Practitioner, Speaker, Ayurvedic Consultant & Clinical Herbalist, avid yogi, world traveler, free spirit and nature lover. Founder and owner of Four Seasons Harmony Holistic Health, Healing, & Ayurveda since 2015, Whitney would love to speak to your audience about how she successfully applies holistic health and natural medicines to help women with chronic hormonal imbalances reduce pain, restore balance and vibrant energy, and live a long, healthy life. She has spoken in front of large audiences such as the American Association of Birth Centers, Uncut Creative Retreat, The Center Yoga Equinox & Solstice women's health Retreats, and numerous podcasts, and can creatively adapt to meet the unique needs of your target audience. Her healing presence is trauma-informed and compassionate, which has been supported by over twenty years of yoga studies and advanced certifications as well as five years of professional collaboration with the Eastern Mennonite University's renowned Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) Program. She has an MSc in clinical herbal medicine, MEd in Montessori, and extensive certifications with the National Ayurvedic Medical Association, Soma-Shakti Women's School of Vedic Wisdom, Patanjali Kundalini Yoga Care & Crestone Healing Arts Center.
Passion
As a nature lover, yogi, scientist, intuitive, empath, artist, and spiritual woman, I care deeply about walking a path of selfless service. This passion has taken me to travel and live internationally on four continents, form the most beautiful of friendships with people from all walks of life, successfully forge an original new women's holistic healthcare model against all odds in Virginia, and open myself up in uncharted new ways time and time again to help reduce suffering and increase genuine happiness in the world.
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I am willing to travel
More than 100 miles
When it comes to payments
I always get paid for speaking
Topics
Best Story
There are oh so many! While living in Aotearoa/New Zealand, where the delightful motto is "work hard, play hard," I healed from burn out and learned how to truly live. One specific story involved actually looking forward to jumping off of a plane to go skydiving, which taught me so much about trust, leading positive group dynamics in the face of fear, and the benefits of risk-taking. While working at a wilderness center in the Coromandel Peninsula of the North Island (think spectacular Lord of the Rings scenery), our group ventured into our chosen free fall training day intending to have the time of our lives. A lifelong gymnast, I assumed everyone would be excited about our adventure. However, I quickly realized that I was the only one in our group to not feel terror at the thought of our upcoming free fall. This mirrored a new awareness of what I naturally took for granted inside of me, as new life situations can give us perspective that we otherwise never would have realized. Even though my dear peers were in a state of fear, I learned that I could act in the moment to inspire them to let go of fear and resistance, and still peacefully be a leader in their company while remaining compassionate, joyful, and true to myself. Looking back, that experience foreshadowed the type of life I would end up leading as a loving and willing cliff jumper, both literally and figuratively.
Origin Story
Years ago, I healed from chronic hormonal imbalances like Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (an autoimmune condition) and migraines to the point of sustainable, long-term remission 100% naturally. This inspired me to get a Master of Science in Clinical Herbal Medicine from the Maryland University of Integrative Health, multiple hormonal balance Ayurvedic certifications from the National Ayurvedic Medical Association, and to train with internationally renowned herbalists and holistic health practitioners. Today, I love to support other women on their healing journeys.
Example talks
How Food Can Be Your Medicine
Do you struggle with feeling confident about nutritional choices that work for your unique body? Are you feeling confused, restricted or overwhelmed about healthy foods?
Learn how to break free of old patterns and thinking around food that are keeping you stuck, so that you connect to a deeper, healthier, and more sustainable relationship with yourself.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- Why a general one-size-fits-all nutritional approach doesn't work for optimal long-term health
- How to embrace the uniqueness of your individual constitutional needs to feel more confident, empowered and content around food
- What you need to know about safe and supportive cleansing and detoxification
- Why unsupportive, harsh cleanses and fasts throw off the delicate balance of female hormones
- How to receive the amazing benefits of cleansing like mental clarity, safely releasing toxins deeply stored in your tissues, hormonal balance and increased energy levels
- Supportive holistic knowledge for your mind, body and spirit on healthy meal routines and lifestyle
- Foundational natural nutritional education to satisfy basic physiological dietary needs
- Educational handouts to take home, such as “Five Foods for Hormonal Balance” and "Tridoshic Balancing Recipes"
Receive the support of a nourishing, nonjudgmental and compassionate group speaker to help your audience thrive with food as their medicine.
My original "How Food Can Be Your Medicine" talk was created to provide a simple roadmap on how to feel more confident, empowered and content around food. The content is based on critical missing knowledge from over nine years of clinical nutrition experience supporting people with chronic digestion and elimination issues with much success. Please feel welcome to peruse client testimonials at www.fourseasonsharmony.com.
5 Holistic Secrets to Vibrant Hormonal Health
Are you exhausted, overwhelmed, or feel a lack of support?
You'll love this simple roadmap to feel better in your body, mind and spirit.
This talk will give key insider holistic health takeaways on:
🔹Root causes of why delicate female hormones go out of balance so that you embody more energy and vibrancy
🔹Proactive steps to actualize long-term, sustainable hormonal balance and get out of fatigue, not feeling like yourself, anxiety, depression and weight gain
🔹Balancing your hormones for anyone planning for pregnancy so that you optimize your chance of optimal, healthy and conscious conception
The original content of this talk has been carefully crafted and refined through my expertise in hormonal health, addressing commonly overlooked critical hormonal balance tips, yet extremely relevant professional knowledge from nine years of direct clinical experience working with women from all walks of life to achieve sustainable hormonal balance. It continues to be very popular to share with both virtual and in-person audiences.
All of my programs can be adapted to whatever time frame your event may have.
Yogic Medicine
Ayurveda medicine, known as the universal “science of life and longevity” in Sanskrit, offers much healing, support and self-care practices highly relevant for modern spiritual women.
This talk provides an introduction to Ayurveda, the sister science of Yoga: a holistic wellness system designed to sustain deep yogic practice, longevity and flourishing health.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- Holistic ways to create an optimum environment within your body, mind, and spirit for healing to take place.
- Why and how Ayurveda gives you a strong foundation for deepening your yogic practice.
- Learn the basics of Ayurvedic philosophy and nutrition to feel better, more confident and empowered in a yogic lifestyle.
- Learn how to break free of old patterns and thinking around food that are keeping you stuck, so that you connect to a deeper, healthier and more sustainable relationship with yourself.
- The importance of herbal medicine in Ayurveda to support a yogic lifestyle, such as increasing soma, grounding, ojas, energy levels and other significant benefits.
- What it feels like to experience a timeless heart-centered healthcare system dating back over 5,000 years in historical documents that is still intensely relevant and helpful for our modern era.