Floracopeia Blog

David Crow is one of the world’s foremost experts and leading speakers in the field of botanical medicine and grassroots healthcare. He is a master herbalist, aromatherapist and acupuncturist with over 30 years experience and is an expert in the Ayurvedic and Chinese medical systems. David is a renowned author, a poet, and is the founding director of Floracopeia Aromatic Treasures and MedicineCrow.com.

Taya Malakian is an herbalist, artist and student of world religions and healing traditions.
She has been working with healing plants and essential oils for over 20 years.
Taya joined the staff at Floracopeia in 2010 after years of enjoying Floracopeia essential oils.

Jai Dev Singh is a yogi, teacher and practitioner of Ayurvedic Medicine. He has been teaching Kundalini Yoga for over ten years and possesses great knowledge and experience of the yogic and ayurvedic sciences. He is a Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist and formerly served as the Clinical Director at the California College of Ayurveda as well as the director of the college's Pancha Karma Center and Ayurvedic Spa.

Jai Dev lives in northern California with his wife, Simrit Kaur, and their son. He teaches live classes and workshops regularly, as well as online and audio courses.
Jai Dev's classes are powerful and effective. He carries a striking wisdom and clarity with him as his teaching presence is direct and authentic mixed with a unique sense of humor and artistic subtlety.

He is currently a working partner at Floracopeia, Inc., a highly successful and Ayurvedic inspired essential oil and education based business. He is a co-founder of MedicineCrow.com, a membership based website for sharing the knowledge and wisdom of plant based medicine.

Judy Godec has been passionately committed to botanicals since the birth of her children, more than a dozen years ago, when she experienced first-hand the healing force of plant medicine. Over time her appreciation for and study of essential oils has expanded to include sacred practice and beauty from the inside out in the form of organic skin care.

Darren is in charge of Floracopeia's website, retail sales and promotions and the Floracopeia Mandala Affiliate Program. When he's not at Floracopeia you'll probably find him teaching West Coast Swing Dance or singing in the Sierra Master Chorale or hanging out with his son Noah.

Kris Wrede is an "Aromatic Alchemist" who has been developing fragrant love potions for the past 20 years for an array of clientele. A dedicated teacher and researcher, Kris works to keep the ancient ritual use of essential oils alive for the modern world.

Briefly, Linda "Lee" Showerman was an ICU nurse for 20 years and now, for the past decade, has practiced 5 Element Classical Chinese Medicine. She studied and incorporated Western herbalism 6 years ago into the 5E practice along with Flower Essences she used personally for 30 years.She is thoroughly grateful for the addition of the Ayurvedic teachings and studies along with the aromatic essential oils that Floracopeia has offered me to enhance my practice. These studies and oils have also been a great support in her own Tibetan Buddhist practice. Lee is a guest blogger for Floracopeia.com.

Tiziana studied art, music, dance and collected a number of degrees (if you must know she will tell you). In her professional, life she's worn many hats…like the story of Goldilocks, some were too big and some were too small. She has now settled on what fits her just right: a jewelry designer, artisan, mother of a beautiful handsome young boy, student of Ayurveda and Aromatherapy.