So what can we do? Here’s the good news because there is a lot that can help in every phase of life. Part of the solution is a foundational shift than can be really hard… taking time to care for yourself! So many of us are running ourselves ragged trying to make ends meet and care for the ones that rely on us. It feels nearly impossible to get, what I Iike to call, the building blocks. These are adequate sleep, proper nutrition, exercise, pleasure and joy.
Mugwort is a plant known for enhancing our powers of dreaming. Night time dreams and lucid visions can be rich fodder for manifesting the visions we have for our waking life. The botanical name for mugwort is Artemisia vulgaris, after the goddess Artemis.
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Adaptogens for Resilience Adaptogens are to herbs what bone broth is to food. By that I mean that they are extremely nutritive in small doses and can be used daily. Adaptogens are a category of herbs that have a supportive effect on specific systems of the body and can be used long term. Indeed they
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September has always been a transition month for me, more so even than January. The school year begins and the mornings and nights have begun to chill. As I write this I’m snuggled up in my fleece, when just a month ago that would have been stifling.. There is a sense of renewal in these
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Tonight I harvested the gorgeous and abundant Holy Basil plants that have grown in my garden this summer. I tinctured them to store their medicine for the upcoming months when I won’t be able to make tea from the fragrant leaves and blossoms. Tincturing this plant is done with such reverence and joy and I’m
As an Herbalist, specializing in herbal medicine for women, I have a special affinity for the plants that “multi-task”. If a woman comes to me feeling overwhelmed, anxious and is experiencing hormone fluctuations it is wonderful when I can choose one herb that covers all the bases. Motherwort is a perfect example of just such an herb.
