Tag: Herbalist
Age Gracefully with Cordyceps
As we age, change is inevitable. We look at ourselves in the mirror and trace the passage of time – often, we see our aging …
Energetic Herbalism: The ancient practice that superpowers plants
Kat Maier and I have been “scheming” for over a year – we’re excited to offer The Power of Energetic and Intuitive Herbalism on Saturday, January 21. …
Too Cold for Smoothies! ❄
I noticed this week that I’ve lost my taste for my daily smoothie – or at least I became aware that I needed another sweater …
A Lesson from Mother Nature
You know that thing that people tell you, about how time goes faster and faster the older you get? It’s really true. As a child, …
Yarrow: A Warrior Healer
A common wildflower across the United States, yarrow’s white-to-pink flowers are easy to spot in fallow fields and roadsides. The leaves of this medicinal plant …
Walk the Plant Path
I remember the first time I went on an “herb walk.” This event coincided with my first herbal conference, one of the most healing and …
Getting Hipsey with Roses
Last year I started what I hope will expand into a medicinal botanical sanctuary. Besides the classic culinary herbs, rosemary, sage and thyme, which make …
Make Friends with Mullein
In the “Back 20” we have a field of uncultivated wildness. I love to wander there in the early morning. The Farmer, my hub, has …
Talking with Naren Udgan, Shaman from Mongolia
Naren Udgan was born and raised in the Ordos region of Inner Mongolia, and spent her early years living with her grandmother, a highly respected midwife, healer, and herbalist in the region. Naren founded the Tolin Center for Healing & Tengrism Studies to introduce people to Mongolian shamanism, or Tengrism, and to encourage shared knowledge and dialogue between shamans from all over the world, as well as to connect myriad healing traditions and practices. Naren does shamanic healing, reiki energy healing, and chakra healing, and is a certified ayurvedic nutritionist and detox specialist.
Meeting David Winston
Two and a half decades ago I found a family. The first time I stepped into my first herbal conference, Medicines from the Earth, in …