We had the good fortune of connecting with Camille Edwards and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Camille, where are your from? We’d love to hear about how your background has played a role in who you are today?
I grew up in Marin County, CA, where I spent my free time hiking through Redwood forests and foraging wild blackberries. My parents instilled in me and my sister a deep awareness for the powerful medicine of nature and the need to integrate it into our lives.

But listening to the fairy-spirit inside of me did not come until later. I instead took a linear path as an attempt to assimilate into the environment I was in (a white, affluent community). As a biracial girl from a middle-class family, I was always “other”. I tried to cover my other-ness through achievement and academic success. It wasn’t until my last year of law school at Harvard that I really started to re-member with the wild Earth lover that I always was.

Now, I walk in two worlds: I work full-time as an entertainment transactional attorney, representing artists, musicians, producers and creators. I also facilitate spaces for people to open and connect with their hearts. I feel that integration of the mind and the heart is essential for our collective healing.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
I am very fortunate to have a legal practice where I represent artists, creators, and musicians. I get to support people in pursuing their creative gifts in an industry that can be quite harsh and unfair, to say the least.

I also am fortunate that I have been able to cultivate my work as a facilitator. In these spaces, I am similarly supporting people in pursuing and integrating their gifts, but through the heart, not the mind. This work is through softening, opening, and freeing the heart so that people can freely express. In both my roles as a lawyer and a facilitator, I am helping to guide people to their authentic expression.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
As a Topanga local, most of the journey would take place there. I would take them on my favorite hikes – Tuna Canyon and the Topanga State Park – to witness the incredible beauty of the Santa Monica mountains. We would certainly attend at least one meditation and sound bath hosted at the Well Lived Women center, an incredible space for calming the mind and releasing stress.

Of course, many sunsets to witness. One of my favorite plans is watching the sunset in Santa Monica and then grabbing a bite at one of the delicious restaurants on Rose – Cafe Gratitude, Wallflower, and Chulita are a few of my favorites. That also pairs well with taking a hot yoga class at Shefa on Main Street and Rose. Frequent trips to Erewhon – the Venice one, mainly – would also be had.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
I have benefited from so many incredible guides and mentors. My herbalism teacher, Marysia Miernowska, has been an incredible role model for me for integrating the mind and the heart. Her herbalism school creates a space for her students to reconnect with the sacred wild, while also staying grounded and centered in our lives. Being one of her apprentices has deepened my capacity to feel as well as to appreciate the vast medicine of the Earth.

Website: herheartpractice.com

Instagram: @her.heart.practice

Image Credits
Corie

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