We all long to be seen for who we are, and we have a deep need to see and to know others as well. But, despite this yearning for connection, many of us live like islands,
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Recipes
Fresh Pea + Mint Soup
While at first glance this may not be stuff of foodie fantasies, this cooling and refreshing Summer Soup perfectly highlights the flavors of the season. It’s also easy to make, so you won’t spend much time
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Steams
Sweet Cheeks Facial Steam
Calming, cleansing, nourishing, and balancing, this formulae is one you’ll want to keep on hand for moments when you and your skin just need a little extra lovin’. Facial steaming is a versatile, relaxing, totally
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Herbs
Lavender
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Daily Practices
Keep In Touch
When was the last time you received an honest to god, handwritten letter in the mail? How did that make you feel? Who was it from? Do you still have it? Did you read it once, then once again,
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Baths
Lavender Soaking Salts
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Recipes
Salted Lavender Creamsicles
There just is something so incredibly comforting about the flavor of these creamsicles. They taste like everything I love about Summer. I like to enjoy them best on a warm evening spent outside in the
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Herbs
Chaparral
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Recipes
Pleasure Medicine
What is it that brings you pleasure? What is it that makes you grin unselfconsciously, ear to ear, not caring who sees? What is it that makes you feel completely free, totally at home, fully yourself? Whatever
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Practices
Bee Tea
Bees make the world go round. Our lives depend upon the generous gift of their pollination. In many cultures across the world, bees and other pollinators are regarded as sacred beings, which anyone who has ever carefully
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Herbs
Evening Primrose
Primroses are just about my favorite thing when it comes to Springtime because along with the more obvious beauty of their blossoms, they also hold within them treasures of incredible healing. While many folks are
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Recipes
Pistachio Rosewater Delights
These morsels are satisfyingly sweet, sightly savory, and subtly floral. They exist somewhere on the spectrum between a snack, a desert, and well—heaven. The delicate flavor of the rosewater lingers just long enough to delight you
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Daily Practices
Touch The Earth
It is the Earth who feeds us and gives us our lives. By making physical contact with her, we are renewed – physically, mentally, and spiritually. Most folks spend their lives moving from house to car
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Herbs
Ashwagandha
The Plant That Changed Me Without pretense, I can say that Ashwagandha has changed my life. It is rare that I write about a plant that I have never cultivated, harvested, or even met face
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Daily Practices
Eat The Wild
Sometimes eating just one petal from a wildflower can provide more sustenance than even an entire meal of cultivated modern foods. This is because Wild foods feed us on a level that transcends the physical
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How-To
Herbal Respiratory Steams
Unlike drinking a tea or taking a tincture, Herbal Respiratory Steams deliver medicine directly to the tissues experiencing infection or irritation. This is why they are so effective, particularly when employed at the first sign
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Wise Guides
Technological Hygiene
This might sound weird, but I have to tell you something you might not realize about yourself. You have a problem. I do too. We all do, most of us. You see, in the last few years, something has
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Herbs
Damiana
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Daily Practices
Spirit Plate
Every action we undertake within ritual space is mirrored in the Otherworld, and felt by the spirits who reside there. Food is a gift that allows us to sustain our lives. And it takes life to feed
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Herbalism
Three Teas For The New Year
One of the most enjoyable and accessible ways to invite plant medicine into our daily lives is through drinking tea. Teas work as both food and medicine, extracting not only the more overt medicinal compounds of
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