Category: botanical medicine

When we need to ask for help- Prayer and Blessing Ceremonies

Sometimes in life, we come to a place of needing to realign, affirm, intend, bless, and offer gratitude.  A despacho (blessing) ceremony is ideal for those times, when life asks for an investment of your energy, feeling and intention. Traditionally despacho ceremony is offered as a gift to the land spirits, at the beginning of … Continue reading When we need to ask for help- Prayer and Blessing Ceremonies

Turmeric Latte

 Its a been written before, and shared by many, but it never hurts to have a reminder of the ways we can honor and nourish ourselves with a simple recipe.  I've long been a fan of nourishing milk infusions of herbs, powdered, whole, blended, warm, with honey or not.  I often make an infused ashwaganda, … Continue reading Turmeric Latte

Moving with Grace through the Winter Blues

Winter is a time of darkness, cold, retracted and withdrawn energy, often times grief, and even depression. I often get questions about how to treat SAD with herbal remedies- because so many of us are affected by the seasonal changes- the loss of the light, the restricted or lessened movement/outdoor activity, stressful holiday seasons which … Continue reading Moving with Grace through the Winter Blues

Spiced Pumpkin Cacao Atole -Recipe

I love autumn, with its cool nights, harvest of roots and squashes, the brilliant and brief flash of golden flowers on the mountains, and especially pumpkin.  I have a bit of an obsession with pumpkin.  I want to put pumpkin in everything, in stew, in beverages, in pie.  A lot of folks have a favorite … Continue reading Spiced Pumpkin Cacao Atole -Recipe

Herbalism, Actually…(self treatment, strep throat, and overdoing it)

Its easy to perform herbal healing wonders for others...confidence in your tools, and skills and knowledge grows when your client before you- believes in you.  Its also a bitch.  Because sometimes they'll need to take your tincture 25 times. A day.  (Convince them of that!!  Hard sell.)  Sometimes you just need to stay in bed … Continue reading Herbalism, Actually…(self treatment, strep throat, and overdoing it)