radiance, synergy, and sword ferns

If you got faults, defects or shortcomings, You know, like arthritis, rheumatism or migraines, Whatever part of your body it is, I want you to lay it on your radio, let the vibes flow through. -P Funk This weekend, I attended a workshop led by a prominent aromatherapist. His background is as a hair stylist [...]

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It’s our NETTLEVERSARY!

This month’s gathering we returned to the season that first brought us together. A lot has transpired during the last year. We have all been gifted in profound ways and we have all continued to work with the herbs, learn from the planet and provide for each other. It is hard to believe the incredible [...]

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Lessons Learned ~ The Art Of Ethical Wildcrafting

I was listening to an interview with Paul Bergner the other day and in it he discussed briefly ethical harvesting.  He’s a very emotional speaker and I love how often he gets choked up when discussing various plant encounters. His words on the subject were touching and inspiring. However, there was one aspect of the subject that [...]

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Rattlesnake Plantain: The Dance of Gratitude

Rattlesnake Plantains energetic and healing properties are explored through its signature and the effects of ingesting it.

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Healing: The Long Road to Where We’ve Always Been

Perspectives on forming healing relationships with plants.

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Verdant Healing ~ The Evocative Nature Of Plants

The snow level has fallen and the mountains, now colored black and white, threaten to begin blanketing the river valley with the same frozen rain that will cover them through the winter and into summer. Smoke from the moxa Ellen made wafts out of the bamboo box it burns in and the room is doused [...]

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Plants have consciousness. Let’s not kill them with ours

“Holistic” has become a watered down term in the medical industry in the same way that the word “natural” has in the food industry.  As main stream markets play on emerging consumer interest in sustainability, these words are becoming co-opted and are, in fact, becoming totally misleading. I think it is important, as we develop [...]

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My Essential Pregnacy Herbs

On September 17 2009,  I welcomed my first baby into the world.  I was either incredibly lucky that my labor lasted only nine hours or incredibly unlucky that my labor began at midnight with back to back contractions that didn’t let up for nine hours straight:)  Either way, it was an incredible experience that began [...]

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Nettle Seeds, Keep the Kidneys warm this winter!

This post is an excerpt from my latest post Fall Harvesting, the essential herbs of September. I am posting it separately to make the information more accessible to people scanning the site for individual herbs of interest. NETTLE SEEDS:Botanical Names- Urtica dioica L. Family: Urticaceae (nettles).Common Names-Stinging Nettle, NettleParts Used- Leaves, Stems, Seeds Preparations- Tea, Tincture, Seeds: [...]

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Elderberry, flu healer from the bowers.

My experience with plants and using them for medicine has included a lot of reading. There are many books that lay out common usage of plants, dosage information, chemical constituents and preparations. And though I find many of these book to be priceless in their breadth of knowledge and information, I also find that the plant is [...]

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