What this place is

I've been a clinical herbalist for 25 years and seen more than 15,000 clients. I run a nationally recognized herbal medicine school. That's where the information here comes from.

I opened Three Notch Community Health because I live in Andalusia and this town needs it. There's nowhere nearby where you can learn about your health, take a movement class, and see a clinical herbalist. So I built one.

I teach Building Health: Foundations on alternating Tuesday evenings at 6:30. Eight sessions cover the spine of it: how your body works, sleep, movement, nourishment, nervous system, building your protocol. Every class ends with something specific you can try that week. Jump in whenever. Each session stands on its own.

I also see clients here for clinical herbal medicine. If you want someone to sit with you for an hour, go through your health history, and put together a plan using plants, nutrition, and lifestyle changes, that's what I do. Members pay less for consultations because they're already learning the basics in class, so we can spend our time on the specifics.

Forrest Chalmers is a clinical herbalist and instructor at the Eclectic School of Herbal Medicine. He wrote the movement curriculum for our Building Health series and co-hosts the MoveNourished podcast with Alyssa Dalos, RH (AHG).

Forrest teaches guest classes at Three Notch Community Health: club work for shoulder mobility, sandbag training for real-world strength, somatic movement for body awareness, and movement patterns that carry over to how you actually use your body day to day.

His approach to movement matches ours to health education. No performance goals. No aesthetic standard you're supposed to meet. He helps your body do what it was built to do.

Mona Lisa has been teaching yoga since 2015 and has received over 2,000 hours of supplemental training. Since her certification, she has had the privilege of facilitating yoga to thousands of people across 15 countries.

That consistent exposure to a physically and culturally diverse range of people challenged and inspired her to create balanced, functional classes accessible to any body. Her classes don't require a particular fitness level, flexibility, or background — just a willingness to show up.

Mona has extensive training and experience with trauma, and has worked with survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence in both military and civilian settings. She brings that same care and attentiveness to every class she teaches here.