Herbalist, researcher, facilitator, creative writer

Sofia is a documentarist, folk herbalist, poetess, and a steward of the sacred wild. She is originally from west coast of Türkiye however after a long journey through the UK, France and Spain, she finally set her roots in central Portugal.

She focuses on designing seasonal online education modules at her online herbalism school in Turkish covering the art and science of this ancient wisdom. Sofia also produces a podcast on interconnectedness inviting guests who have an inspiring relationship with nature.

In Portugal, she organises in-person events which aim to re-member and remind the folk ways of taking care of all beings - all ways very much in tune with the cycles of nature.

She strongly believes that creating a sacred connection with nature is as necessary as the breath we take. To support this perspective, she takes charge to guide through the practices on foraging, seasonal medicine making, botanical healing and introducing ways to commune with plants that the participants have never experienced before but absolutely yearned for...

Sofia Basak highly values interconnectedness in her journey and writes poetry to share this will.