HANS Associate Members

HANS Associate Members are the Nova Scotia growers, medicine makers, educators and herbal enthusiasts who play a vital role in our growing herbal community! On this page we celebrate and recognize our associate members and share a brief summary about how they contribute to the world of Herbal Medicine.

2025/26 Associate Members

Andrée Noye
MA – Circé + Medée Community Wellness Centre

Circé + Medée is a community wellness centre in West Pubnico, Nova Scotia, founded by Clinical Herbalist Andrée Noye, MA. Our centre brings together a small-batch herbal apothecary, treatment rooms, a movement and meditation studio, and a teaching greenhouse (Airmid’s Healing Gardens).

Andrée specializes in clinical herbal consultations that integrate evidence-based herbal practice, trauma-informed mind-body therapies, and local plant wisdom. Alongside consultations, Circé + Medée offers handcrafted therapeutic products such as tinctures, teas, oils, bath soaks, and seasonal formulations made with both cultivated and wildcrafted Nova Scotia herbs.

The centre also hosts educational programs, including the Family Herbalist Path (a 300-hour course blending theory and hands-on practice), workshops on herbalism, fermentation, and gardening, as well as seasonal retreats co-led with local practitioners. Circé + Medée stands apart as a community hub for holistic health, weaving together clinical integrity, cultural respect, and bioregional plant knowledge.

Email: info@circe-medee.ca
Phone: 902-815-5743 (text preferred)
Location:
West Pubnico, Nova Scotia

Website: circe-medee.ca
Instagram: @circe_medee
Facebook: @circe_medee 

Sacha Begg
Reflexology Practitioner, Herbalist, Aromatherapist, Relaxation Massage, Custom Herbal Blends

Offering multidisciplinary treatments in reflexology and relaxation massage using herb infused oils, custom herbal blends, tinctures, infusions, teas, and other products organically grown and made at BullyGoth Farm, as well as personalized essential oil blends.

Sacha Begg, owner of BullyGoth Farm, offers custom herbal blends, teas, culinary blends, herbal oils, and tinctures. She and her husband are long-time farmer’s market vendors in Yarmouth; their farm offers not only herb blends, but locally grown mushrooms and other products. Sacha combines herbal therapies with reflexology and aromatherapy for a multidisciplinary healing experience.

Her passion for gardening and plants, herbs in particular, is evident in the products she creates and the workshops she leads. A visit to BullyGoth Farm, with its wild yet carefully curated gardens, shows her love and care for the plants she tends.

Sacha studied at the Sage Mountain Herbal Center in the Science & Art of Herbalism Intensive Program. She is an Herbalist with a Bachelor’s degree in Forestry. Trained at the Atlantic School of Reflexology, she is professionally certified in Foot and Hand Reflexology. Sacha is a Clinical Aromatherapist RA EOT, certified by the West Coast Institute of Aromatherapy.

In addition to her passion for plants and herbalism, Sacha has over 16 years experience as a Bellydance teacher, and leads dance, drum, and herb workshops at her farm.

Business Name: BullyGoth Farm
Contact: 1-902-774-1633
Website: Facebook page here 

Melinda Crestani
Reflexology Therapist RCRT™ & Herbal Consultant + Student for Herbal Practitioner

Business Name: Melinda`s Reflexology

Business offering: Facial & Auricular Reflexology in combination with healthy lifestyle- / nutrition- / herbs- / supplements – consultation

 

 Relax – Unwind – Support your Health

I offer Auricular and Facial Reflexology with extended suggestions and consultation for a healthy and supportive lifestyle (including nutrition, supplements, and herbs).

Reflexology increases circulation and supports metabolic optimization, which can lead to better oxygen and nutrient supply and waste removal.

My complementary treatment is non-invasive and moves out of the sympathetic fight and flight/tension response into the parasympathetic relaxation response.

Further education in the moment: Foot reflexolgy in combination with Cranio Sacral Reflexology and Herbal Practitioner

 

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About our Associate Memberships:

This category of membership invites all types of herbalists, holistic practitioners, growers and plant allied people to share their professional offerings. Associate members are offered similar promotional advantages as our professional membership, such as presentation on our community calendar, newsletters and website.

We hope to encourage our community to grow, and encompass many types of holistic health practices, farming, gardeners, and makers.

 

Learn more about Associate memberships here

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