Courtney Cochran (they/them) comes to massage therapy and bodywork with years of experience as a clinical herbalist and many more as a social worker and community organizer. Courtney has run Alseth Acres Apothecary & Herb Farm with their partner for 8 years and GlitterMoss is their next adventure in community caretaking. Alseth Acres herbal products are a key feature of our services with local, farm made products avaible to integrate into your care.

Courtney graduated from the Professional Massage Academy in St. Cloud Minnesota and has additional training via Zen Shiatsu and Heartwood Institute. Additionally, Courtney has extensively studied Western herbalism with course work qualifying them as a Clinical Master Herbalist. Courtney is currently a student of Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine at The American Academy of Health & Wellness. 

Courtney brings together bioregional herbalism, Traditional Chinese Medicine, therapeutic massage, and more than a decade of experience in trauma-informed care to carefully craft a space of warmth, body liberation, and joy. Courtney comes with a deep commitment to community that centers on 2SLGBTQIA+ liberation, trauma and grief tending, sacred safe spaces, and disability justice.

Come to GlitterMoss and breathe deeply and tap into your own somatic wisdom. GlitterMoss is currently offering services out of our little massage stuido on the 9th Flooe of the Torrey Building in downtown Duluth, Minnesota.

Current Modalities: cupping, shiatsu, acupressure, craniosacral, relaxation, myofascial, deep tissue, lymphatic massage

Full List of Trainings

● 2026-2029: Masters of Acupuncture: American Academy of Health & Wellness

● Heartwood Center: 2026: Craniosacral Certification Course

● Zen Shiatsu Chicago: 2025: 30 Hour Beginner Shiatsu Training

● Professional Massage Academy: 2025: 600 Massage Therapy Training

● Taking Our Herbal T 2025 Cohort with Rowan Walker & Ember Peters

● Green Wisdom School of Natural & Botanical Medicine: 2021-2023: Level I: Herbal Apprentice, Level II: Intermediate Herbalism Training/Summer Herb Camp, Level III: Master Clinical Herbalist Program

● Twin Star Herbal Center: 2023: Flower Essence Practitioner Training

● Wild Ginger Community Herbal Center: 2023: Online Community Herbalism Program & Herbalism Business Program

● Wintergreen Botanicals: 2023: Gender Affirming and Trans-Inclusive Herbalism with Ember Peters

● Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism: 2023: Doll Herbalism: Feminizing Surgery Support 4 Girls & Babes of All Genders Course with Ayelet Hashachar

● Well Deep Remedies: 3 Wells: Somatic and Herbal Teachings about a Celtic Energetic System

● Holistic Abortions: 2023: Understanding Herbal Abortion in Practice: Exploring A Place for Herbal Abortion in Clinical Herbalism with Daena Horner, Molly Dutton-Kenny, Ember Peters, Cheré Suzette Bergeron, Amanda Jokerst

● Heartstone Center for Earth Essentials: 2024: 8 Week Online Anatomy & Physiology for Herbalists with Tammi Sweet