SHAMANA FLORA

Its a New Moon.  In May- When the world is in flower and blooming.  All the world is burgeoning with new life and sweetness.  The New moon in Taurus this month, accompanied by a solar eclipse is asking us to set some strong intentions in the realms of our physical needs, well being and abundance.  I've … Continue reading New Moon Plant Wisdom: Flax- Ease, Connection and Tiny Differences that Add Up

What was once my Thesis project- when I studied with Paul Berger at the North American Institute for Medical Herbalism in 2008.BotanyFamily: Lamiaceae, MintLatin Names: Stachys officinalis, Betonica officinalis, Stachys betonicaCommon names: Wood Betony, Bishopswort, Betony, Common Hedge-Nettle, Purple BetonyPhysical description and characteristicsWood Betony, a perennial member of the Mint family has some of the … Continue reading Sell your coat and buy Betony – Stachys betonica

  Sacred Plant Wisdom Vol. 5: Calendula is now available! This sunny plant ally shines like a sun- and shares warmth, joy, abundance and a healing energy and wisdom for our third chakra- the Solar Plexus.  Our place of empowerment and self respect, and helps us communicate from a place of compassionate warmth and  understanding. … Continue reading Sacred Plant Wisdom vol 5: Calendula

Our lives can be considered a sacred quest. It is a quest which may have begun in this lifetime or many lifetimes before. It is a quest to find ourselves: who and what we really are. To do this we must first cease to pretend to be what we are not. We must cast away our … Continue reading The Medicine and Healing in the South: Shedding the Old Stories