Some thoughts on gut health ~ Practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) say that gut health actually provides the necessary ingredients to protect the heart (where spirit or “shen” resides). In Japan, the large intestine is referred to as both the “honored middle” (onaka) and “center of the spiritual and physical strength” (hara). The soul … Continue reading
Filed under musings …
Releasing that Summer Heat
Oh where to begin!? There’s so much going on in the plant kingdom that needs our awareness ~ from ripening berries to blossoms showing off to pollinators to trees adding another ring of growth. The Summer Solstice is this weekend which marks the longest day of the year. We are at our peak in terms … Continue reading
The Great Forgetting
Last weekend I gave a talk on Plant Spirit Medicine at a local UU church in Oxford, MS. I was invited by the congregation and was so honored to be asked! In the process of preparing for my presentation, I made a realization about Jesus that I hadn’t before. Of course, they are a very … Continue reading
The Power of Yes and No
YES and NO are deeply spiritual words. They don’t seem like much, but just think about what they can do by speaking them! They can begin and end pretty much anything. They can allow or not allow. They can open or close something. They can connect or disconnect, affirm or not affirm… If you begin … Continue reading
Clay Clans and Ancestral Meanderings of the Deep South
One of the newly acquired traditions during holiday season is a nice journey down the wormhole of ancestry.com. My mother has made this a regular practice around the Winter holiday season and she easily sucks me in. With each dive into the wormhole we return with a new piece of ancestral treasure, some new way … Continue reading
Late Fall and the Intelligence of the Seasons
“I realize there’s something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they’re experts at letting things go.” ~ Jeffrey McDaniel Besides the warming scents and deep green presence of evergreens in most temperate forests, the woodland trees are beginning to shed this year’s leaf growth to the forest floor. This leaf cover not only builds … Continue reading
Late Fall Meanderings and Cypress Pine Pitch Salve
I haven’t been able to write for awhile because I’ve been abducted by my apothecary. Just like a new-born child needs to be nursed and fed, I’m steadily nursing this small business so that one day it can stand up on its own two feet. For those of you that are in the throws of … Continue reading
The Strengths of Sensitivity
Meditation, yoga, and long walks in the forest have all been great tools for me to sensitize myself. Growing up in a culture where TVs are left on, where people interrupt each other when speaking, where sirens and construction are the norm, and where store-bought music is always being played…it’s been a long road to … Continue reading
Who do you trust?
I must say that I am madly in love with plants. They have taken over my life and…to be honest…my apartment. Herbs are drying in various nooks and extractions are littered about my bedroom and kitchen. I don’t mind. I’ve been kissed by the plant divas and they tend to keep you enamored as long … Continue reading
Restoryation of our Egosystem
Political cartoon, Russia, late 1800s I’ve always been disturbed by cultures steeped too deeply in their hum-drum, human-made histories. It’s almost as if they are in a trance. Certain cultures cling to these histories more than they do the need for clean water or clean air. I find this to be very toxic. I … Continue reading
Lindsay Kolasa 