Sacred Plant Herbal Teachings

06/10/2025

A truly fabulous day last Saturday at
The students and us wandered out to our rainy weekend plant walk.
Since we all know the rain is coming every weekend! 😆
Maine is well watered at this time. I keep saying how blessed we really are. 💧
Melanie was able to get the cedar gathered prior to class so we could all make some Cedar wands for smudging!
We discussed the Respiratory System. How it works and then we went over a plethora of wonderful herbs that can be helpful when dealing with respiratory issues.
This is such a fun time as we pass around several tinctures and we actually taste and get to know many plants Herbal Energetics.
I was given some time and also introduced the students to the Endocannabinoid System this class and gave out some helpful handouts.
It is imperative during these times we learn about the Sacred Plants and Sacred Fungi’s and how they deeply connect to us.
We are evolving and elevating with the plants of our times.
It is such a joy and honor to teach alongside Melanie. Thank you everyone! See you soon!

06/08/2025

It has been a very busy week and my heart is beyond full. This past week I had my first, “one on one, in person student,” at the new rental house. It’s our first spring here and I have been watching all that the land has to offer. I’m not tilling or digging just yet, but, I Am planning many gardens in the future though because we have so much land here and it’s going to be amazing. 🌱🪴🌿🌹🪻
~ Rachel is coming from Vermont on a monthly visit where we are deeply connecting about plants and all things health and nutrition. Having the ability to have a student stay over for a full day where we sit, eat and bless together over all that we do is by far my favorite way to teach!
Rachel and I dove right into our Lesson 1.
We covered our Materia Medica on the CNS ~ Central Nervous System. Learned proper infusions and decoctions and then we planted some beautiful Matricaria ~ Chamomile seeds.
Looking forward to seeing you soon Rachel!
So excited for all that is to come!

Green Blessings!

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06/02/2025

MAINE FUNGI FEST

What an epic time seeing long time friends and finally meeting, in person, some new ones!
seeing you was truly what my heart needed. So grateful. I luvu! 🌿🌙⭐️🌿
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I luv you my Green Sistars and Family and it’s always so wonderful to see each other on our journeys to catch up! Knowing we are doing this work together, but, separate makes me know we are all in good hands! Thank you!!!!
Finally!!! Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue and I got to meet in person!
This was years in the making. So blessed and grateful!
I even got his new book signed (I Am such a nerd for getting my books signed!) and was able to gift each other just what the heart needs!
Thank you Seán! Until next time!
@ Jonathan, how did we never see each other and meet! It was an honor and a privilege to be included at this year’s Maines Fungi Fest!
Thank you for all that you do and also thank you to the amazing team you had! Kim was awesome!
My class was on Sunday at 2:45-4.
It was so much fun!
Hands on Psilocybin Electuary making is quite possibly one of the most fun ways to create with others. We discussed 4 Materia Medica’s on the plants we used and then we got to mixing! Everyone left with samples! 😉
My heart is full.
Have a blessed mushroom season everyone!
Here is to growth and experience! 🌿🌎🌿

05/18/2025

An amazing first day back teaching alongside Melanie.
The rainy, damp Mama Earth welcomed us back into her sacred spaces to gather and collect as we made nurturing, nutritious, infusions and decoctions.
Our first class is always so intimate and personal and it’s so nice to be held by each other.
Thank you all!
Looking very forward to our next class!
See you all soon and happy infusion and decoction making!
Can’t wait to see your Materia Medica’s!

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04/22/2025

🌿🌎🌿 HAPPY EARTH DAY 🌿🌎🌿

I couldn’t be more grateful than to be here on this planet with you all, even during the most trying of times.
Upholding peace and justice can be a real challenge when so much despair is upon us.
I Am here to remind you that we have the support that we need and we can do this together. Anything is possible.
It’s exhausting, but, remembering our strengths, our abilities and the places our ancestors have walked.
They led these times for us.

Honoring them is helpful for the heart during these times and upholding the balances that be are in our hands and hearts.
Not everyone can be there physically now, but, we can all be mindful and present and thankful for the abundance that lays beneath each step we take and each breath we make.

Thank you to all you dirt worshipping, tree hugging, seed planting, healers of the earth and thank you Pachamama, Gaia, Terra.
We are forever blessed by your abundances.

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PS I luv this artist! Honored to share this pic!

03/08/2025

An excellent read!
I have not eaten dairy in over 18 years.
I stopped eating due to break outs and breathing difficulties from cheese, yogurts, and creams of any types.
It caused major congestion(s) in my life.
I know so many who can relate to this!
I did a Lipid panel this past month at the wise age of 51 and my total cholesterol was so low.
I couldnt believe it! I mean, we watch what we eat in this house, but, I never skip on utilizing organic cooking oils and our families choice of plant based butters is, Earth Balance. 
Well, the proof is in the pudding! I luv doing blood tests!
I of course do my best to add healthy fats where I can, but, in general if your cholesterol is high, take a look at some like those organic plant based options. THEY ARE NOT PLASTIC and not the same as Margarine.
There are so many options now too!
Avocado based! Coconut based! Olive oil based!
This one litte change could add years to your life!
Happy eating & green blessings!

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Using more plant-based oils, including seed oils, and eating less butter can lower the risk of premature death, cancer, and heart disease, new research suggests.

01/29/2025

The animals have been guidance for so long.
I find this is how we connect ourselves to an animal so deeply.
Just like we have human and ancestral lineage.
We also have animals healing us lineage.

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“The term zoopharmacognosy – “animal medicine knowledge” – was invented in 1987. But as the Roman natural historian Pliny pointed out 2,000 years ago, many animals have made medical discoveries useful for humans. Indeed, a large number of medicinal plants used in modern drugs were first discovered by Indigenous peoples and past cultures who observed animals employing plants and emulated them.”

Humans have watched and learned from animals who treat their ills with bioactive plants. This animal wisdom has a scientific name: zoopharmacognosy.

01/19/2025

Just a small amount of me is saying…
How many folks will go outside today instead of looking at Tik Tok?
I literally got the app to watch it shut down.
Literally. I had it for one day.
My kids on the other hand. Daily.
Every single day.
Before work, during work, after work.
Our lives have become watching other people’s lives. The shortness of attention span needed to watch these reels is like zero. It’s actually scary how inattentive people can become.

We have a big storm coming tonight.
Expecting a good amount of snow.
I’m gonna find a tree and remind myself that it will all be ok if it doesn’t come back.
Because if s**t ever hit the fan.
There would be no internet. It would go dark.
So, we already need to think of new ideas for connecting and I Am positive learning to do without again may be better.

May we find our outside communities again.

PS the moment I turned on TikTok the first reel was about how great the orange guy was and I was like, even if this platform opens again.
It’s gonna be his.
Let’s exchange some phone numbers today.

01/08/2025

This is great advice!
I actually speak to my internal self, organs, blood, all of it, often.
Speaking to thy self kindly absolutely opens you up to knowing yourself.
Try it! Say something nice to YOU!

Then, get a hobby.
Literally nothing says healing like creativity!

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"May you be happy. May you be well. May you feel safe. May you be protected."

“So, kindness gets us to peace, and then instead of saying, "What can I do now?" ask yourself, "What can I make now?" That shift takes you into curiosity and into the part of the brain that connects things together and solves mystery — you’re in creativity. And that opens you up, where anxiety closes you down and crunches you.”

In "Beyond Anxiety," Martha Beck argues that discovering your creative calling is the antidote to an anxious existence.

01/03/2025

THIS!
I have been trying to explain this and teach it for so many years.
Alcohol is not intended for healing or health.
Unless used topically.
I hope this opens up massive discussions on taking Tinctures in our Herbal Community.
For years I have taught how to make glycerin based and oil (lipid) transference for Tinctures.
I’m even in the back of Margi’s book for being the Glycerin based tincture maker! 🫶🏼
This is the healthier and safer way when needing to take Tinctures daily.
Alcohol consumption adds up quickly!

I have watched alcohol destroy my families life, my friend circle and kill many of my luv’d ones.
Stop utilizing alcohol for healing.
They’re so many alternatives.
Need help? I Am here to help!

Pay very special attention to your clientele taking hormonal therapy also!!!!
I have shared info on this before by Aviva Romm, MD

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-health/id1071472964?i=1000661950621

We have been taught by the media to enjoy getting drunk. Enjoy being unhealthy and enjoy spending massive amounts of money in bars.

This isn’t living. It is the exact opposite.

“Alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, after to***co and obesity, increasing risk for at least seven types of cancer.”

“Including cancers of the breast, colorectum, esophagus, liver, mouth (oral cavity), throat (pharynx), and voice box (larynx), regardless of the type of alcohol (e.g., beer, wine, and spirits) that is consumed.”

I have never been able to enjoy an alcohol tincture because of the burning it causes down my throat. I have heard so many herbalist over the years say that they will still take tinctures, even though it is burning going down their throat. How does this make taking your herbal medicines enjoyable? It doesn’t! And when you learn that you can get throat cancer from taking alcohol, it kinda makes you question on the burning going down your throat.

Publication of press release regarding Surgeon General’s Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer Risk

12/09/2024

Such a great podcast!
We all need to learn these valuable cycle breakers!
I have often said we are not taught about grief at an early enough age. It should be a part of our teachings very early.
So should understanding that every generation will have work to do, to break the intergenerational trauma that we all experience in life.
Learn and utilize the tools that are given and guided.
Thank you Aviva Romm, MD!

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Podcast Episode · On Health · 11/27/2024 · 58m

12/01/2024

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