Posts Tagged ‘salt spring island’
Poplar: A Bud for Winter’s End
Special thanks to my herbal students @imaginetruehealth, @potent.earth @Mossdance for contributig their photos and video found in this post. When I need to regroup and pause, I go and sit by the Poplar tree. Perhaps it’s the convergence of elements they live among that’s so soothing, the borderland where river meets rock and gnarly…
Read MoreFireside Chat: Ancestral Medicine with Robert Birch & Seraphina
My best friend Robert Birch and I have taught together for nearly as long as we’ve known each other. We met in a workshop in 2003, and since then, we’ve facilitated more large community rituals than we can count. Here, we discuss our backgrounds and relationship with ancestral medicine practices. Robert’s Bio: Robert helps people…
Read MoreHealing Grief
Healing Grief: Natrum Muriaticum When I was 21 years old, my father unexpectedly died 10 days after my birthday. He was 47 years old. Death is strange. It’s as natural as birth, we all know it’s going to happen, yet when we see someone grieving the loss of a beloved we treat them like an…
Read MoreElderberry Medicine
The first herb that captured my imagination and my taste buds was the Elder tree (Sambucus nigra). I was twelve years old, and it was the first summer at my grandparents new home in rural Ontario. My grandfather called me out to the backyard to meet him near the bayou of the lake. There, growing…
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