Jo Dunbar

As a highly qualified medical herbalist, Jo has helped tens of thousands of people regain their health, and is recognised as an expert in her field.

From 1999 onwards Jo has run a thriving herbal medicine clinic, supporting the wellbeing of tens of thousands of people over the years. Since childhood, she felt a strong calling to work with healing plants, and still feels it a great privilege to be involved in such work. Jo’s ethos is to treat each person as an individual with their unique health pathway, thus each treatment is bespoke and each person treated with expertise and empathy.

Living and working

Jo lives and practices in the beautiful Hampshire hills of the South Downs National Park. She enjoys being out in nature and spending peaceful moments in her herbal garden sanctuary. Before moving to Hampshire, Jo opened her first apothecary shop in Claygate, Surrey in 2003, and in 2006 she opened her second successful apothecary in St Margaret’s, Twickenham. People remain in touch with her from all over the UK and beyond.

She loves travelling, particularly African safari, exploring ancient sacred sites and studying the cross over between science and spiritual beliefs. Jo is a practicing Druid (a Celtic spiritual path) and especially enjoys learning about the African use of plants and their magical practises, comparing them with Celtic beliefs.

Writing

Jo enjoys sharing her knowledge and experiences in her five books: Nature’s Remedies for Stress and Fatigue – Recovering from Burnout; Secrets from a Herbalist’s Garden; The Spirit of the Hedgerow; How To Cope Successfully With Candida, the Drug-Free Way; and Recovering From Stress, Burnout And Fatigue.
She is regularly asked to write for holistic magazines such as Kindred Spirit and Positive Health and has been featured on –

• BBC Gardeners World
• Gardens Illustrated
• The Great Awakening Show
• The Wellbeing Show
• The Oneness Connection

Qualifications

• Dip. Phytotherapy (1996-1999)
• Post-graduate MSc in Complementary Therapy Studies (Westminster University)
• Research dissertation: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Diploma in TCM Aromatherapy (England)
• Diploma in Advanced Clinical Aromatic Medicine (France)
• Diploma in Analytical Hypnotherapy
• Diploma in Animal Healing
• Diploma in Equine Healing
• Diploma in Equine Sensory Enrichments

Giving back

Jo is a proud supporter of:

• The Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad (SPANA), which provides vetinerary care for working donkeys and horses.
• Wildlife SOS in India, which rescues abused elephants and offers them sanctuary in a natural caring environment.
• Sheldrick Wildlife Trust which not only rescues orphaned elephants and rewilds them with great success, but has an enormous impact on wildlife conservation in Kenya – a leading light in the world of conservation.