Pictured: Serena LingSerena Ling

Herbalist, Mindfulness Teacher

Serena Ling is an herbalist and mindfulness teacher who grows her own plants and mushrooms. She has developed potent extraction techniques for reishi and turkey tail mushrooms among others, and works in clinical research to establish safe and effective treatments. Her focus is on preventative medicine and increasing knowledge on clinical use of whole plant and mushroom supplements. Her passion for chemistry and fungi and human disease has led Serena to become a PA student going into clinical medicine. She has worked in cancer research with integrative oncologists. She consults patients on supplements and mindfulness techniques for holistic health. Her studies have included pharmacology, emergency medicine, homeopathy, Tibetan medicine, herbal medicine, permaculture, conservation, and hydrology. Find her rollerblading with her poodle when she’s not in clinic, or harvesting a pile of turkey tail from her backyard logs.