Danielle Benjamin

Danielle is an ancestral herbalist, astrologer, bodyworker, and a student of Spirit. Danielle is founder and co-steward of Evolutionary Medicine, and Temple of Earth Apothecary, Black Indigenous herb shop and healing space. Daughter of a Black family of teachers, cultural archivists and organic scholars reclaiming their ancestral roots, Danielle began cultivating with ancestors in family ceremony, dreams and nature as a small child. Within her own journey into motherhood, Danielle chose a healing path in the postpartum portal and trained formally with Ancestral Apothecary’s School of Folk and Indigenous Medicine where she would eventually continue as a teacher in ancestral celestial herbalism. Danielle holds a master’s degree in Special Education from CUNY Hunter College. Danielle was born and raised on Lisjan Ohlone land in Richmond, CA and is currently based in Oakland.