Winter(ing) Stillness. Quiet. Dormancy. Energy below ground. Nourishment from the roots. Darkness of the womb. Origin. Creativity. Cocoon. Rest. Replenish. Sleep. Dream What is wintering? How can we learn to winter? Why is wintering important? What can our wintering bring to these times? Wintering resists the pull of busy, modern life and instead attunes to the need in our […]
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The September new moon passed with the making of our annual autumn polypharmacy oxymel. I love the polypharmacy approach of blending multiple medicines together into one remedy. This jar captures a unique medicinal moment in time on the land & so many herbal actions including nervines, circulatories, anti-microbials, hepatics, anti-inflammatories & more to be taken
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At menstruation, during, pregnancy, through womb loss, in the birth space and during postpartum, I have found ways to honour and tend to my body and self. I do it because I have to ~ because having a female reproductive system in a patriarchal culture means I will not automatically be seen, respected and honoured
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I’ve spent these past days gathering in and processing seeds from the herbal apiary. Saving seed has become a vital part of my working year on the land as I expand the garden to meet the medicine demands of my family, clients and the appetite of the bees. The creation of seed is awe inspiring
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In you is an infinite web of mythical people and hidden places waiting to be awoken; kingdoms and queendoms, the webbed realms of nature – the wild, the invisible and the small. Waking up will feel and appear very different for you and for I. Depending on which mycorrhiza has fed us in complex and synergistic
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