Yvonne has been studying and practicing herbalism and Ayurveda since 2007. Her journey with plant medicine began with a live-in herbal apprenticeship at Motherland Botanical Sanctuary in Mendocino County, CA. She tended the herbal gardens there for two years, and in that time completed the Yerba Women Herbal Apprenticeship Program with Donna d’Terra and the Advanced Herbal Medicine Making course with Tony Seifert.

She went on to the California School of Herbal Studies, where she completed the full-time Roots Of Herbalism Course and the Clinical Herbalism Course.

She studied Ayurveda, traditional Ayurvedic medicine-making techniques, and Hatha Yoga philosophy in Kerala, India, at the PVA School of Ayurveda and massage.