A N C E S T R A L N O U R I S H M E N T Acorns are the food of our ancestors. If you are of European, Asian, or
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Recipes
Green Chili Mashed Potatoes
When I was nineteen, I moved to Boulder, Colorado. Many things amazed me about living on the front range—the majestic mountains and crystalline streams which flowed through the town, the hawthorns groves which wove themselves
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Musings
Moving Forward With Love
This weekend is a highly auspicious time astrologically speaking. Venus and Jupiter are conjunct the Galactic center right around the time that the Sun trines Chiron. The Sun symbolizes the self while Chiron personifies the
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Poetry
A Small Prayer
Today I commit to being tender with myself; to remembering the work I have done and acknowledging just how far I have come. Today I commit to patience with my process; to trusting that
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Musings
Sensual Rituals
Right now we are being offered a moment of relief amidst the underworld journey of Autumn. Last night’s full moon in Taurus asks us to turn our attention toward the people, places, and things that make
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Formulae
Smoke + Mirrors
In a wildly misguided attempt to protect corporate interests, a company called Shire City recently trademarked the traditional remedy Fire Cider, which in no way belonged to them. Trademarking fire cider is truly as ludicrous as attempting
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Musings
The Medicine of Spider
Recently I visited one of my favorite hot springs, and as I immersed myself within the familiar embrace of wild waters, something hardened within me began to dissolve. Time fell away, and I knew that
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Playlists
Be Yourself
This playlist came together in early Autumn beneath the Full Moon in Aries. The sign of Aries is all about unapologetic self-expression. Often we expend far too much of our energy trying to go unnoticed
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Herbs
Passionflower
An Inner Revolution Passionflower reminds us that doing nothing is vital to our health and happiness, as well as a fundamental human right. We are human beings, after all, not human doings. Our
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Recipes
Puffball Ice Cream
Giant Puffballs have always delighted me. The first time I first saw one, gleaming and impossibly white, I was hiking through a low elevation meadow in the San Louis foothills of Colorado. I felt elated;
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Playlists
Playlist 09.19
This month’s playlist is an ode to the romance of early autumn. As the leaves begin to change colors and the days grow shorter, the crispness which fills the air makes me feel as though
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Recipes
Moroccan Sesame Milk
The dates in Morocco are unbelievably rich, moist, and flavorful. There are so many different kinds. My favorite are Barhi—soft, sweet, and chocolatey. We bought a bag of them in the medina and savored every
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Travel
Morocco
This spring, I traveled to Morocco along with my dear friend Julia. It is a place I have dreamt of visiting for as long as I can recall. Around the age of seven
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Musings
Stay Soft
I am learning so much about myself right now. About my own fears and inhibitions, my own urgent and sincere desire to be loved, accepted, and cherished by others as well as by myself. So
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Playlists
Playlist 08.19
This month’s playlist was made with movement in mind. As summer reaches its peak, the intensity of life can feel amplified along with the heat of the season. In moments like this, movement is medicine.
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Musings
A Dose Of Hope
When the weight of the world causes you to constrict, the radical choice is to dilate, look closer, feel more not less. For it is feeling which moves us to action, and action which will
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Formulae
Mineral Alchemy
I’ve made a bold decision. I’m going to discontinue many of the most popular medicines I have been making and selling for years through La Abeja Herbs. I’ll be honest. I’m doing this, in part,
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Travel
Portland + Beyond [ part two ]
In part two of our Guide to Portland + Beyond I’m doing something I have very consciously, never done before. I’m choosing to share some of the most special places I’ve had the opportunity to connect with in
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Seasonal Wellness
The Medicine of Summer
Summer is a time to let your mind wander, to allow daydreaming to take hold, and to drift into a kind of restorative boredom. Remember the kind of boredom that once gave rise to blanket
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Musings
The Wisdom of Blood
When I bleed, my modes self-expression stretch infinitely deeper than words can reach—my hands demand to speak; in sinew and string, in cedar leaf and soup pots. I stitch and stir in rhythm with the
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