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In this episode of the Joyful Journey Podcast, I sit down with Alison Gayek, a healer and teacher with over 25 years of experience in plant spirit medicine. Together, we explore the profound connection between humans and nature, discussing how tuning into the wisdom of plants and immersing ourselves in the natural world can bring a sense of peace, flow, and simplicity to our lives. Alison shares insights from her extensive training and personal journey, offering practical ways to deepen our relationship with nature and rediscover the joy of living in harmony with our environment. Join us for this inspiring conversation that might just change the way you see the world around you.About Alison GayekAlison Gayek brings a wealth of knowledge to her healing and teaching practices with over twenty-five years of experience. Alison trained under Eliot Cowan, and began her clinical practice in the late 1990s. In 2002, Eliot Cowan invited her to begin teaching with him and in the ensuing years became a fully trained teacher of Plant Spirit Medicine in the Eliot Cowan tradition.Alison is also initiated as a Granicera (Weather Shaman) and healer in the Nahua tradition indigenous to Central Mexico. She holds a Masters degree in History from Yale University and worked as a writer and editor for over a decade before turning her attention to Plant Spirit Medicine. Alison maintains a clinical healing practice in North Carolina where she lives with her family.Gift: https://www.plantspiritmedicine.org/Course Registration: https://courses.ruzuku.com/courses/bb36e11f-8fcc-4ef8-b9dd-28ab3288ab1f/checkout/price-gnAvyg0yaYv6P4merlZ9Og?couponId=coup-rEFZwX-IbDEfFiRA8eAd4gCoupon code: JOYFUL132Connect with Alison:Websites: https://www.plantspiritmedicine.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlantSpiritMedicineorgInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/plant_spirit_medicine/About Anita AdamsI'm Anita Adams, your host, and the founder of Joyful Inspired Living, an organization dedicated to guiding individuals toward their authentic selves for a life of purpose, passion, and joy. Alongside hosting the Joyful Journey Podcast, I offer transformative retreats, workshops, and coaching programs to unlock inner wisdom. I am also the bestselling author of Whispers of the Soul, A Guide to Clarity, Confidence, and Joy.Connect with me via email and explore our community on our website, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Your support means the world to us! Join our community of Joy Makers and Conscious Leaders. Share with friends, and leave us feedback. Subscribe for updates and consider leaving a review to help others discover us. Thank you!Email - anita@joyfulinspiredliving.comWebsite - https://joyfulinspiredliving.com/Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/628676761727732Instagram -
Join clinical herbalist Ashley Elenbaas, with over 15 years of experience, as she delves into the transformative world of Plant Spirit Medicine. Ashley has been influenced by the work of renowned teachers such as Juliette de Barclai Levy, Bob Duggan, Matthew Wood, Eliot Cowan, and Kat Maier, all of whom have deeply guided her work with plants.In this enlightening video, Ashley explores: What is Plant Spirit Medicine? Discover the essence and philosophy behind this ancient healing practice. Examples of Healing Plants: Learn about specific plants commonly used in Plant Spirit Medicine and their unique properties. Clinical Experiences and Stories: Hear real-life stories from Ashley's practice, illustrating the profound impact of Plant Spirit Medicine on emotional and spiritual healing. Practical Tips: Gain valuable tips on how to incorporate Plant Spirit Medicine into your own life to achieve deeper healing on a spirit and emotional level. Whether you're a seasoned herbalist or just beginning your journey into plant-based healing, this video offers invaluable insights and practical advice to enhance your understanding and practice of Plant Spirit Medicine.
Our guest today is Leta Herman, an Alchemical Healer, Chinese Medicine teacher, author and host of the Inspired Action Podcast. Leta has immersed herself in the philosophies of Daoism, Alchemical Healing, and Chinese Medicine for over twenty years. A long-time student of Master Jeffrey Yuen, an 88th generation Daoist priest, she is also a graduate of Eliot Cowan's Plant Spirit Medicine studies program. Additionally, Leta has studied extensively with teachers and former students of J.R. Worsley, who brought Five Element Acupuncture to England in the 1960s. In this episode we discuss the fascinating evolution of Chinese Medicine in today's world and how the practice emphasizes our elemental constitution. We learn about the distinctions between TCM, Classical, and Five Element approaches. Leta shares her own transformative journey from skepticism to deep healing, and how her battle with endometriosis led her to embrace Daoist philosophies. We explore innovative healing approaches like the non-needling needle technique in acupuncture and the use of the Ghost Points for mental health treatment. Leta emphasizes the need for practitioners to create a safe and non-judgmental space for healing, recognizing that illness can often be seen as a choice between potential or pathology. This perspective encourages a shift in how we view and approach healing, fostering a deeper understanding of the complex interplay between physical, emotional, and spiritual health. From clearing "chaotic energy" to the nine stages of alchemy for personal transformation, don't miss out on this rich discussion that seamlessly blends ancient wisdom with modern healing practices.As founder of the Alchemy Healing Center, a Chinese Medicine teaching clinic in the USA, Leta is dedicated to helping clients find their true potential through Alchemical transformation. She describes her practice as “very unique and diverse, focusing on ancient Chinese healing practices that are largely unknown today in the Western culture.” A Smith College graduate and past nationally syndicated journalist, Leta is a world explorer who speaks multiple languages, loves life and her family.letaherman.comalchemyhealingcenter.comLiked what you heard? Help us reach more people! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts Start Energy Healing Today!Unlock your healing potential with our informative and fun introductory 10 hour LIVE online class in energy healing Our Flagship Training is Setting the Standard in Energy HealingThe next 100 hour EHT-100 Energy Healing Training is open for enrolment! LIVE & online - 12th October - 16th March 2025. Contact Field Dynamics Email us at info@fielddynamicshealing.com fielddynamicshealing.com Thanks for listening!
Make a One-time Donation via Paypal to support THIS SILVER DRAKAINA: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/queenofthestars We are gathering Monthly on the 22nd in the PATREON COMMUNITY 'Water's of Life Tier', to flow with the MA COLLECTIVE! To connect with me for: Booking Frequency Medicine Sessions, a Dragon Gridwork Journey Session, or to Join Exclusive Powerful Cacao Gatherings be sure to visit my WEBSITE PATREON | YOUTUBE | PRIVATE SESSIONS join the PATREON DRAGON COMMUNITY where my Love & Insights is being Shared Now… as I plan to slowly step away from free content on Instagram: @dragonslovecacao and @silverriverofgrace ***Midway through the episode I share a song from the from the Andes “El Guerrero” by Alberto Kuselman & our Closing Song is “Los Andes” by Loli Molina & Chancha Via Circuito (You can find these artists on Youtube and Spotify) ***In Episode 38, & this entire Season we open ourselves to the Frequency of the TRUTH. Notes from our Topics: Exchanging stories about Indigenous Lands & Peoples of PERÚ Retracing Hamid Jabbar's Journey into Sound, Expression, Language, Words, Sound+Frequency+Vibration Master Plants of Perú as a Longing to connect with Original Sound, Deprogramming /Healing with the Master Plants Technology of Stones (in sites like Sacsaywaman, Ollantaytambo, Cusco) and the mysterious Puma Gate Guardians of the Sacred Sites even now, the Tribes of the Jungle, the Serpent Yacumama, the Plant Brew of Aya Ri-membrace in SOUND, in STO-RI (Story-Telling in our Authentic Frequency), and in the LANDS/THIS EARTH Memories in the Minerals to help us answer the questions ‘WHO ARE WE? WHY ARE WE HERE?' Minerals: Depletion, Imbalance, Density versus Flow of Energy, the Frequency of Lack Lack as an Egregore Acceptance with Reality: Indigenous Tribes/Peoples vs. Western Society Mineral Deficiency and Parallels to Stress & Depletion Queen Prophesies' story of meeting Cacao, & Beginning the stream of Dragons Love Cacao! Cacao as Medicine/Master Plant, Sourcing Her Properly with Integrity, & the consequences of sourcing Poor Cacao which can cause Toxicity from its Heavy Metals Integrity & Impeccability & Meeting the Sacred Medicines where they originate/grow/are honored Plant Medicine Addiction, Pitfalls of Dietas & Misalignment with Master Plants like Ayahuasca as Non-indigenous Worthy Resources to go deeper down the Rabbit Hole of Plant Wisdom/Consciousness: "Plant Spirit Medicine: A Journey into the Healing Wisdom of Plants" by: Eliot Cowan "The Celestine Prophecy" by James Redfield Hamid Jabbar's Websites: https://www.mineralshaman.com/ https://www.hamidjabbar.com/ Info here on how to Travel to Peru with Hamid Hamid Jabbar's Instagram To see the Journey from the beginning, though I am going to be much less present in the year 2024 on IG: @dragonslovecacao and @silverriverofgrace The Music of Season 3 of the Podcast is the creation of VALKYRIE, @VALKYRIE_SOUNDHEALING | This High Frequency Being is providing Season 3 of QUEEN PROPHESIES with magical vibrations and sacred sounds. Her frequency offering is an activation in and of itself, so listen to it while tuned into your Throat Chakra.
The second part of an interview with the late Eliot Cowan about Plant Spirit Medicine, recorded in 2010Sacred Hoop Magazine Website3Worlds Gallery Website Patreon - support Nick's work - buy him a cup of coffee!
The first part of an interview with the late Eliot Cowan about Plant Spirit Medicine, recorded in 2010Sacred Hoop Magazine Website3Worlds Gallery Website Patreon - support Nick's work - buy him a cup of coffee!(December 2022)
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Plant Spirits present themselves to us everywhere. Eliot Cowan invites us to discover the healing power of plants―not merely their physical medicinal properties, but the deeper wisdom and gifts that they offer.“Plant spirit medicine works partially because it has broad perspective. It does not look only through the eyes of physics and chemistry; it sees human beings as expressions of divine natural forces. It plumbs the human mind and emotions. It gives paramount importance to spirit, the mysterious core of our lives.” Eliot CpwanFrom the Archives: This live interview was recorded on June 29, 1996 on the nationally syndicated radio program, hosted by Laura Lee . See more at www.lauralee.com
On episode 42 I talked with one of my personal training clients Chris Griffin. For over 20 years, Chris has been studying and performing plant spirit medicine for clients seeking deep, spiritual healing. On his own journey for healing and enlightenment, he found that this practice aided him greatly not only with some physical imbalances in his body, but also his feelings of low self esteem and self value. He also described how we are all human, and being imbalanced is a huge part of that. I started this podcast so that I could practice consistency and pay daily attention to the goals I have set for my life, and part of that includes learning and imparting insights to you and the listener from others who have gone before us. I greatly enjoyed having this conversation and I'm sharing the pieces of it that I found held the most value. I've provided a lot of great resources below to learn more if there are parts of this podcast that you would like to explore further. There are two goals of plant spirit medicine that we discussed in the beginning of our conversation and those are: 1. To find spiritual connection in the natural world 2. To help people that are in need. The 12 pulses and the hand positions in 5 element chinese medicine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPCvOOohW_Q Who are the plant spirits that heal us? https://plantspiritmedicine.org/heal/ What are the 5 elements? https://www.healthline.com/health/mind-body/what-are-the-five-elements https://www.thomsontcm.sg/articles/introduction-on-tcm-5-elements-theory/ Contact today's guest if you want to learn more about him and his services: chris@cgriffinpsm.com Podcast with Chris's teacher, Eliot Cowan: https://www.resources.soundstrue.com/podcast/plant-spirit-medicine/ More about Eliot Cowan: https://plantspiritmedicine.org/training/teachers/ “Plant Spirit Medicine” by Eliot Cowan: https://www.amazon.com/Plant-Spirit-Medicine-audiobook/dp/B07PQTXQDR/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=plant+spirit+medicine&qid=1639149236&sr=8-1
What is Plant Spirit Medicine? Join speaker Diana Sproul as she describes plant spirit medicine as explained in Eliot Cowan's book of the same name. Plants, trees, rain, lightning and the Chinese elements (like water, metal, earth) are each represented by a consciousness. These may appear through meditation or dreaming in human, animal, insect or other form. Healing an imbalance or lack of a certain element in a person's spiritual make-up and life can help a person become well and whole again without addressing the illness itself. The book is highly recommended. The author says that is ordinary, and that all of us can learn to do what he does. Author Eliot Cowan trains students at the Blue Deer Center in New York state (http://www.BlueDeer.org). On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bluedeercenter This lecture is Part 3 of 4. Please watch the series on the Transform Health You Tube channel or on LibSyn.com: • http://youtube.com/c/TransformhealthBiz or use listed links below. • http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/transformhealth **Transcription & Summary with times is listed below. Join my free monthly newsletter here: https://bit.ly/3nwvXlu Learn how to Raise Your Immunity Naturally through Herbs, Nutrition, and Lifestyle Changes with this Online Course! Online Course Link Donate to my work so that I may continue to help others in my health education work: https://www.Patreon.com/TransformHealth https://www.PayPal.Me/TransformHealthCO Podcast Channel List: iTunes Podcasts- https://tinyurl.com/TransformHPodcast Google Podcasts- https://tinyurl.com/TransformHPodcast2 YouTube Channel-http://youtube.com/c/TransformhealthBiz Amazon Music Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/408ac097-d552-476d-89b8-b2615eb06761/TRANSFORM-HEALTHS-VIDEO-PODCAST Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/yX7XlCrK8P9B/ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/25qRSNdI2u8k5Hs126zWY0 iHeart Radio- https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-transform-healths-video-po-86988877/ SoundCloud - http://www.soundcloud.com/user-891688386/ Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=160829&refid=stpr Libsyn.com: http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/transformhealth Other Social Media: MeWe- https://mewe.com/p/transformhealth Telegram- t.me/TransformHealthCO Instagram- https://instagram.com/transform_health_co **Transcription/Summary with Times:** 0:15 Traditional African healers/shamans are open to Western doctors and always learning, even in old age 0:20 Plants and spirits have power, but all parts of nature, including earth. air, water… 0:35 African shaman taken to another realm to study healing for nine years, then returns 1:13 Combining different herbs together brings different plant spirits 1:20 Time viewed differently in shaman world view, how to tract along possible futures based on choices now, track along timelines 2:24 Australian Aborigine tracker tracts people along timelines for trip 3 years previous 3:20 Chinese Five Elements theory for healing use, deficiency shows in skin, voice, energy, breath, body smell, etc. 3:40 Example of metal in Chinese Five Element theory for healing (there are several questions under each element so you could think about them in your own life.) 5:15 Lack of ceremony in America, especially related to life transitions like manhood, womanhood, crone/wise woman, etc. 5:35 Little guidance for young people in future career work 6:21 Metal associated with certain physical body qualities 6:50 Young man in his twenties with energy standing almost sideways 7:25 Metal treatment added to woman to help her health and positive world view 7:40 Question and answer period begins 8:15 My meditation with plants - write it down! 9:14 Man sits and communicates with same plant for fourth year, shared Osha harvesting story 10:40 I mainly use herbs as tea/infusion 11:00 Using Chaparral experience - salve and tea, smell 11:40 Eliot Cowen has a center called the Blue Deer Center in New York to teach you Plant Spirit Medicine. Some of his healing students are in Western Colorado and elsewhere. 12:30 Trying to meditate with capsule/powdered herb and live plants 13:16 Author studied with plants directly by choice 13:35 Modern shaman meditated for six years, visited by deer and wild animals, bear 13:57 Bear associated with medicine in Native American tradition Disclaimer: The FDA has not evaluated any of these statements seen on the Transform Health LLC website, online store, products, emails, social media, online courses and more. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure, or prevent any disease. Any information provided here is intended for educational purposes only.
What is Plant Spirit Medicine? Join speaker Diana Sproul as she describes plant spirit medicine as explained in Eliot Cowan's book of the same name. Plants, trees, rain, lightning and the Chinese elements (like water, metal, earth) are each represented by a consciousness. These may appear through meditation or dreaming in human, animal, insect or other form. Healing an imbalance or lack of a certain element in a person's spiritual make-up and life can help a person become well and whole again without addressing the illness itself. The book is highly recommended. The author says that is ordinary, and that all of us can learn to do what he does. Author Eliot Cowan trains students at the Blue Deer Center in New York state (http://www.BlueDeer.org). On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bluedeercenter This lecture is Part 2 of 4. Please watch the series on the Transform Health You Tube channel or on LibSyn.com: • http://youtube.com/c/TransformhealthBiz or use listed links below. • http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/transformhealth **Transcription & Summary with times is listed below. Join my free monthly newsletter here: https://bit.ly/3nwvXlu Learn how to Raise Your Immunity Naturally through Herbs, Nutrition, and Lifestyle Changes with this Online Course! Online Course Link Donate to my work so that I may continue to help others in my health education work: https://www.Patreon.com/TransformHealth https://www.PayPal.Me/TransformHealthCO Free Video and Audio Podcast Channel List: iTunes Podcasts- https://tinyurl.com/TransformHPodcast Google Podcasts- https://tinyurl.com/TransformHPodcast2 YouTube Channel-http://youtube.com/c/TransformhealthBiz Amazon Music Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/408ac097-d552-476d-89b8-b2615eb06761/TRANSFORM-HEALTHS-VIDEO-PODCAST Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/yX7XlCrK8P9B/ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/25qRSNdI2u8k5Hs126zWY0 iHeart Radio- https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-transform-healths-video-po-86988877/ SoundCloud - http://www.soundcloud.com/user-891688386/ Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=160829&refid=stpr Libsyn.com: http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/transformhealth Other Social Media: MeWe- https://mewe.com/p/transformhealth Telegram- t.me/TransformHealthCO Instagram- https://instagram.com/transform_health_co **Transcription/Summary with Times:** 0:12 "Anyone can do this" author quote 0:15 Eliot studied acupuncture and Chinese Five Element Theory 0:36 Local plants are 100 times stronger” quote of Worsley 1:00 Our local weeds like salsify and nettle are nutritious 1:21 He studied shamanism, then chose to communicate directly with the plants 1:40 My experience meditating with plants and pine tree, I was told it is good for coughs. 2:25 Pine pollen may run a lot of things happening in the forest 2:50 Author Eliot vows to bring back local plant to heal the spirit. 3:00 Author studies with Huichol shamans, about them 3:45 Why studying with plants directly makes sense (historical shaman info, “The plant told me how to use it”) 4:25 How the shamans contact the plants (dreaming, vision quest, meditation, calling, other) 5:05 Patient treatment is customized, not standard 5:18 My flawed logic, One herb can have 20+ properties to treat different conditions 5:30 The Chinese Five Elements Theory - earth, air, water, fire, etc. 5:40 Approach plants with gratitude and humility, harvest in kind way, more ways to contact the plant (song) 6:05 Author harvests firewood in a kind way, beneficial to the forest 6:35 Shamans may use the Four Directions method to contact plant and other spirits 7:15 Songs may help contact plant spirit 7:20 Author interviewed several shamans and plant spirit medicine healers living today in America, see the book! 7:35 About herbal Osha, grows at high elevations, bears use it for healing, resembles dangerous plants so identify well. Root is used. Many other great cough herbs could be used in place of endangered osha. 8:55 Shaman uses osha as healing assistant 9:10 Picked plants still contain the plant spirit in them. My meditating test with powdered herbs in capsule 9:45 Herbs eaten or drunk as tea, then shaman waits for dream messages 9:55 Healing at a distance is possible 10:00 Songs 10:30 North Carolina herb school teaches students a plant's individual “song.” (Around Asheville is called cradle of forestry.) 11:15 Everything in the world is interconnected in the shaman's world view 11:42 Our world name, and spirit world named “Real World.” 12:05 “There are no herbs for certain illnesses”, how used - living shaman quote 12:50 Working with the intention, not physical plants 13:13 African herbalist/anthropologist studies effectiveness of traditional healers/ shamans vs. Western trained doctors, different plant parts have different qualities 13:50 Voices and drums used to “quicken” the plants 14:24 African anthropologist has to pay people cured by local healers to get physical proof via Western medical tests. Watch Part 3 - Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture - On Libsyn: http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/transformhealth YouTube: https://youtu.be/5juLkeAQnq0 Disclaimer: The FDA has not evaluated any of these statements seen on the Transform Health LLC website, online store, products, emails, social media, online courses and more. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure, or prevent any disease. Any information provided here is intended for educational purposes only.
What is Wu Wei? What is it to be your true self, be your element...but then can you be more than that? What a powerful discussion I had with Leta Herman from Inspired Action Podcast & the Alchemy Learning Center. We discuss what is this concept of Alchemy, how past trauma can impact us and who we are, and help us to transcend to our true self and even beyond that into a Sage. About today's Guest, Leta Herman: Leta Herman is an Alchemical Healer, Chinese Medicine teacher, Podcast host of the Inspired Action Podcast, as well as author of Through the Mystery Gate, The Energy of Love, Connecting Your Circle, and The BIG “Little” Gua Sha Book. She is the founder of the Alchemy Healing Center, a very active Chinese Medicine clinic in Northampton, MA dedicated to helping clients find their true potential through Alchemical transformation. She is the driving force behind the new Alchemy Learning Center (AlchemyLearningCenter.com), offering online classes and live events related to The Five Elements, The Nine Palaces, and Alchemy. She has immersed herself in the philosophies of Daoism, Alchemical Healing, and Chinese Medicine for over twenty years. She is a long-time student of Master Jeffrey Yuen, an 88th generation Daoist priest and Chinese Medicine master. She is also a graduate of Eliot Cowan's Plant Spirit Medicine studies program and has studied intensively with well-known teachers and former students of J.R. Worsley, who brought Five Element Acupuncture to England in the 1960s. A Smith College graduate and past nationally syndicated journalist, Herman is a world explorer who speaks multiple languages, loves life, her family, and a challenging game of Boggle. Leta's New Book: https://alchemylearningcenter.com/books-meditations https://www.facebook.com/InspiredActionPodcast https://www.facebook.com/AlchemyLearningCenter https://www.facebook.com/LetaHermanAlchemy Instagram: @inspiredactionpodcast https://www.instagram.com/inspiredaction/ Twitter: @InspiredActionX Marie's practice/contact details: MARIE HOPKINSON, Registered Chinese Herbalist and Acupuncturist in Australia (AHPRA) Consultations for treatment (individual) please call my clinic office to book in: 08 93289233 (Perth Natural Medical Clinic) or go to : http://www.bespokemedicine.net/ Email hello@bespokemedicine.net Facebook: fb.me/bespokemedicine Learn Chinese Medicine with me in my new course : www.metrohealth.com.au/learn-chinese-medicine-with-marie-hopkinson/ IMPORTANT: This video, as with all videos on the The Chinese Medicine Podcast are NOT a replacement for a health professional diagnosis. While Marie may answer your questions, all answers are not of a professional consultation level - it is impossible to check your pulse through the internet, hence Chinese medicine cannot be practiced properly through the internet. If you have any undiagnosed symptoms, or changes in your health condition The Chinese Medicine Podcast urges you to see your own doctor, GP, Chinese medicine practitioner, acupuncturist or other health professional as appropriate. If it is an emergency call 000 in Australia. If you are unsure if this advice is appropriate for your individual situation ask your own practitioner before applying any diet or lifestyle techniques /concepts discussed in this video. Marie Hopkinson and The Chinese Medicine Podcast wishes you the best of health and improvement in your own health journey. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marie-hopkinson/message
Make a One-time Donation via Paypal to support THIS SILVER DRAKAINA: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/queenofthestars Take a Journey with QUEEN & my guest in this episode, LAURA DURBAN. Today we are traveling from the Heart of Avalon to Iceland, & from Iceland to Guatemala & the Americas, as the weavings of Cacao Magic & Medicine transcend time and space. Have you ever wondered why Plants have the ability to connect us to past and future timelines? Have you ever called upon the Spirit of Plants for aid, protection, expansion, or to learn more about who you are and what Your Medicine is? Cacao is one of the greatest and most ancient teachers found on this planet, so to borrow from Eliot Cowan's book: Plant Spirit Medicine, I ask you: “When the moment arrives to invoke the medicine of the sacred plant teacher, ask yourself, what kind of situation is the sacred plant teacher invited into? Is it focused, respectful and safe, as the plant desires? Or is it scattered contaminated by egotism—an invitation to misfortune?” Beautiful Beings I invite you to receive this conversation with an OPEN HEART, perhaps while sipping on a cup of MAMA CACAO!! ***In this episode Laura and I share about: Cacao as a Magical Plant Medicine and Potent Heart Medicine Priestess Paths, Witchy & Medicine Women remembrances Ritual and Ceremonial Cacao Practices Being Initiated into a Self-Love Journey through drinking Cacao Plant Consciousness introduction (Ayahuasca, Cacao, Rose) Time Travel with the Spirits of Plants Harmony with Nature, the land and Mother Earth. Beautiful Book Resource to go deeper into Plant Wisdom/Consciousness: “Plant Spirit Medicine: A Journey into the Healing Wisdom of Plants” by: Eliot Cowan To connect with me and explore all of my current Offerings: Booking Dragon Gridwork Sessions, Joining our Powerful Cacao Gatherings monthly, or to go on the 8Week Deep Dive within the Inner Sanctum: be sure to visit my WEBSITE PATREON | LIVE FROM THE HEART | YOUTUBE | PRIVATE SESSIONS For more Serpent/Dragon Medicine & my Current Gridwork Shares, Check out IG: @dragonslovecacao and @silverriverofgrace
In today’s episode, Erica talks about going back to nature and finding ways to be in harmony with the flow of nature. She also shares a powerful excerpt about getting to know the spirits of the plants from the book "Plant Spirit Medicine," by Eliot Cowan. Would you like to work 1-on-1 with Brandon to help upgrade your life? Book a free Life Strategy discovery call with him at positivehead.com/upgrade! The evolution of Positive Head has been born, check out Optimystic.tv to see our new late-night style variety show! Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook: @WeAreOptimystic
We have this Women's Circle, a group of women connected through the cannabis industry that supports each other. We were going to have a big ole gathering with weed and food to talk about this book. Eliot Cowan writes about his long journey to understanding the mystery of how plant spirits heal. It was affirming to us to hear the stories of the healers. We couldn't hold the gathering of course but four of us met on Zoom, new reader Brandi Alexander!!! and loved the book. The wonderful and wise Merri Walters from Great Lakes Sacred Essences of Ann Arbor joined us, who is like a walking talking version of the book. Now is the time for everyone to read this and to remember how we are alllll connected. The karmic balance of the world needs our attention, outside and inside of our bodies. This should be required reading right now to get our minds ready for a shift towards looking at healing in a 'whole new'-OLD-way. I've been embracing this mystery and trying to get to know the plants around me much better. Thank you plants.
As New York State legislators decide whether to legalize marijuana, Rachel discusses the ways plant medicines can be used and how to avoid the pitfalls of their healing powers.Music:"Ave Marimba"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Ameya is a modern day priestess and Plant/Flower essence Counselor and started the Woman Rising Mystery School. Her Instagram is woman.rising In this episode we talked about: Eliot Cowan's book, "Plant Spirit Medicine" Flower Essences Gaia's Wisdom her personal collection of Plants, Flowers, and Spirit Essences Go check her out! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/becoming-goddess-again/support
What is Plant Spirit Medicine? Join herbalist and nutritionist Diana Sproul as she presents plant spirit medicine as explained in Eliot Cowan's book of the same name. Plants, trees, rain, lightning and the Chinese elements (like water, metal, earth) are each represented by a consciousness. These may appear through meditation or dreaming in human, animal, insect or other form. Healing an imbalance or lack of a certain element in a person’s spiritual make-up and life can help a person become well and whole again without addressing the illness itself. The author says that is ordinary, and that all of us can learn to do what he does. Author Eliot Cowan does training at the Blue Deer Center in New York state. This lecture is Part 4 of 4 parts. Please watch the series on the Transform Health LibSynPodcasts Channel [http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/transformhealth ] or You Tube channel: http://youtube.com/c/TransformhealthBiz **Transcription/Summary/Description with times is below. **Links to All Four Lecture Parts: Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 1 - https://youtu.be/14YWgBvP8RM Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 2 - https://youtu.be/KygNGi0Giu8 Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 3 - https://youtu.be/5juLkeAQnq0 Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 4 - https://youtu.be/Y84ifOKKKS4 **Transcription/Summary with Times:** 0:00 Question posed: Does an herbal tea help me physically or spiritually? Use herbs to brew tea twice, and acknowledge what they give to us. 0:45 Plants are highly adaptable to environmental changes, even to eating foods that they don’t normally eat. 1:35 Herbs in herbal medicine may have 10-20 beneficial qualities 1:40 Plantain major herb- may have 4000-5000 beneficial qualities! Don’t use singly as an isolate. Use as a complete package from the whole plant to benefit the most. Allantoin, a constituent in Plantain major. 2:45 Ayahuasca herb, tobacco is sacred, another person’s experience taking Ayahuasca herb which means “vine of the soul.” 3:08 Author took Ayahuasca herb and saw multiple deaths in reincarnation 3:47 My view of night terrors in children 4:20 Another person’s experience taking Ayahuasca herb - He met the plant spirit personally. He can feel the plants now. 5:52 - His intention while taking it. He was warned not to take again by Mother Ayahuasca. He had a past life experience. 6:55 Another person tries hallucinagenic mushrooms, and warned not to take them. He was pointed to a meditation group instead. 8:37 Plant almost calling to an herbal teacher - have consciousness. 9:25 Author Carlos Castaneda mentioned, try his books (“Becoming the Apprentice” and “Learning Shamanism First Hand”). He learned from shamans and wrote about it for an anthropology project. He kept asking Western oriented questions. Author Villanovo also mentioned.
What is Plant Spirit Medicine? Join herbalist and nutritionist Diana Sproul as she presents plant spirit medicine as explained in Eliot Cowan's book of the same name. Plants, trees, rain, lightning and the Chinese elements (like water, metal, earth) are each represented by a consciousness. These may appear through meditation or dreaming in human, animal, insect or other form. Healing an imbalance or lack of a certain element in a person’s spiritual make-up and life can help a person become well and whole again without addressing the illness itself. The author says that is ordinary, and that all of us can learn to do what he does. Author Eliot Cowan does training at the Blue Deer Center in New York state. This lecture is Part 4 of 4 parts. Please watch the series on the Transform Health LibSynPodcasts Channel [http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/transformhealth ] or You Tube channel: http://youtube.com/c/TransformhealthBiz **Transcription/Summary/Description with times is below. **Links to All Four Lecture Parts: Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 1 - https://youtu.be/14YWgBvP8RM Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 2 - https://youtu.be/KygNGi0Giu8 Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 3 - https://youtu.be/5juLkeAQnq0 Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 4 - https://youtu.be/Y84ifOKKKS4 **Summary/Description with times:
What is Plant Spirit Medicine? Join herbalist and nutritionist Diana Sproul as she presents plant spirit medicine as explained in Eliot Cowan's book of the same name. Plants, trees, rain, lightning and the Chinese elements (like water, metal, earth) are each represented by a consciousness. These may appear through meditation or dreaming in human, animal, insect or other form. Healing an imbalance or lack of a certain element in a person’s spiritual make-up and life can help a person become well and whole again without addressing the illness itself. The author says that is ordinary, and that all of us can learn to do what he does. Author Eliot Cowan does training at the Blue Deer Center in New York state. This lecture is Part 4 of 4 parts. Please watch the series on the Transform Health LibSynPodcasts Channel [http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/transformhealth ] or You Tube channel: http://youtube.com/c/TransformhealthBiz **Transcription/Summary/Description with times is below. **Links to All Four Lecture Parts: Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 1 - https://youtu.be/14YWgBvP8RM Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 2 - https://youtu.be/KygNGi0Giu8 Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 3 - https://youtu.be/5juLkeAQnq0 Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 4 - https://youtu.be/Y84ifOKKKS4 **Transcription/Summary/Description with times: 0:00 Introduction & My Herbalism Training - Looking at properties of the herb, using “actions” 1:30 What is Plant Spirit Medicine, book by Eliot Cowan introduced. Herbs used for their properties (happy) or relation to elements 2:20 Chaparral herb (Larrea tridentata (genus species)) - dangers of taking this herb, including risk of liver failure (use other herbs than this one!) 3:40 Spirit of Larrea seen as a red haired, fun woman 4:50 Chaparral shown to be good for biofilm in the digestive tract (use another herb for this purpose - there are many. See herbalist Paul Bergner for more info in lectures & courses.) 5:35 Spirit of the herbs, about the book Plant Spirit Medicine by Eliot Cowan (Elliot Cowen misspelled) 6:14 Quote from Plant Spirit Medicine Book - you have to dream the plant to be able to use it for healing with the spirit of herbs. 7:15 How the plant spirit shows up/ represented 7:25 Powerful herbal plants, more potent spiritually 7:50 Eliot Cowan’s messenger plant is Plantain (green leafed “Plantago major”, not the banana-like thing used in Cuban food) 8:36 Plant used for joy and happiness for client, not used herbal medicine properties 9:15 Homeopathic medicines replaced in Mr. Cowan’s healing with Plant Spirit Medicine, homeopathic medicine explained 10:20 Eliot meets The Rain God Tlaloc 11:30 Working in ceremony with Tlaloc, the Rain God, for rain in California (funny) 12:26 A South American Huichol shaman has mask of Tlaloc, ceremonies at church 13:05 Other spirits in the world: Earth, wind, fire, water, thunder beings (bring lightning and rain), Chinese Five Elements Theory restores balance in the body for healing **Watch Part 2 - Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture here - https://youtu.be/KygNGi0Giu8
What is Plant Spirit Medicine? Join herbalist and nutritionist Diana Sproul as she presents plant spirit medicine as explained in Eliot Cowan's book of the same name. Plants, trees, rain, lightning and the Chinese elements (like water, metal, earth) are each represented by a consciousness. These may appear through meditation or dreaming in human, animal, insect or other form. Healing an imbalance or lack of a certain element in a person’s spiritual make-up and life can help a person become well and whole again without addressing the illness itself. The author says that is ordinary, and that all of us can learn to do what he does. Author Eliot Cowan does training at the Blue Deer Center in New York state. This lecture is Part 2 of 4 parts. Please watch the series on the Transform Health LibSynPodcasts Channel [http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/transformhealth ] or You Tube channel: http://youtube.com/c/TransformhealthBiz **Transcription/Summary/Description with times is below. **Links to All Four Lecture Parts: Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 1 - https://youtu.be/14YWgBvP8RM Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 2 - https://youtu.be/KygNGi0Giu8 Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 3 - https://youtu.be/5juLkeAQnq0 Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 4 - https://youtu.be/Y84ifOKKKS4 **Transcription/Summary with Times:** 0:12 "Anyone can do this" author quote 0:15 Eliot studied acupuncture and Chinese Five Element Theory 0:36 Local plants are 100 times stronger” quote of Worsley 1:00 Our local weeds like salsify and nettle are nutritious 1:21 He studied shamanism, then chose to communicate directly with the plants 1:40 My experience meditating with plants and pine tree, I was told it is good for coughs. 2:25 Pine pollen may run a lot of things happening in the forest 2:50 Author Eliot vows to bring back local plant to heal the spirit. 3:00 Author studies with Huichol shamans, about them 3:45 Why studying with plants directly makes sense (historical shaman info, “The plant told me how to use it”) 4:25 How the shamans contact the plants (dreaming, vision quest, meditation, calling, other) 5:05 Patient treatment is customized, not standard 5:18 My flawed logic, One herb can have 20+ properties to treat different conditions 5:30 The Chinese Five Elements Theory - earth, air, water, fire, etc. 5:40 Approach plants with gratitude and humility, harvest in kind way, more ways to contact the plant (song) 6:05 Author harvests firewood in a kind way, beneficial to the forest 6:35 Shamans may use the Four Directions method to contact plant and other spirits 7:15 Songs may help contact plant spirit 7:20 Author interviewed several shamans and plant spirit medicine healers living today in America, see the book! 7:35 About herbal Osha, grows at high elevations, bears use it for healing, resembles dangerous plants so identify well. Root is used. Many other great cough herbs could be used in place of endangered osha. 8:55 Shaman uses osha as healing assistant 9:10 Picked plants still contain the plant spirit in them. My meditating test with powdered herbs in capsule 9:45 Herbs eaten or drunk as tea, then shaman waits for dream messages 9:55 Healing at a distance is possible 10:00 Songs 10:30 North Carolina herb school teaches students a plant’s individual “song.” (Around Asheville is called cradle of forestry.) 11:15 Everything in the world is interconnected in the shaman’s world view 11:42 Our world name, and spirit world named “Real World.” 12:05 “There are no herbs for certain illnesses”, how used - living shaman quote 12:50 Working with the intention, not physical plants 13:13 African herbalist/anthropologist studies effectiveness of traditional healers/ shamans vs. Western trained doctors, different plant parts have different qualities 13:50 Voices and drums used to “quicken” the plants 14:24 African anthropologist has to pay people cured by local healers to get physical proof via Western medical tests. Watch Part 3 - Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture - https://youtu.be/5juLkeAQnq0
What is Plant Spirit Medicine? Join herbalist and nutritionist Diana Sproul as she presents plant spirit medicine as explained in Eliot Cowan's book of the same name. Plants, trees, rain, lightning and the Chinese elements (like water, metal, earth) are each represented by a consciousness. These may appear through meditation or dreaming in human, animal, insect or other form. Healing an imbalance or lack of a certain element in a person’s spiritual make-up and life can help a person become well and whole again without addressing the illness itself. The author says that is ordinary, and that all of us can learn to do what he does. Author Eliot Cowan does training at the Blue Deer Center in New York state. This lecture is Part 3 of 4 parts. Please watch the series on the Transform Health LibSynPodcasts Channel [http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/transformhealth ] or You Tube channel: http://youtube.com/c/TransformhealthBiz **Transcription/Summary/Description with times is below. **Links to All Four Lecture Parts: Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 1 - https://youtu.be/14YWgBvP8RM Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 2 - https://youtu.be/KygNGi0Giu8 Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 3 - https://youtu.be/5juLkeAQnq0 Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 4 - https://youtu.be/Y84ifOKKKS4 **Transcription/Summary with Times:** 0:15 Traditional African healers/shamans are open to Western doctors and always learning, even in old age 0:20 Plants and spirits have power, but all parts of nature, including earth. air, water… 0:35 African shaman taken to another realm to study healing for nine years, then returns 1:13 Combining different herbs together brings different plant spirits 1:20 Time viewed differently in shaman world view, how to tract along possible futures based on choices now, track along timelines 2:24 Australian Aborigine tracker tracts people along timelines for trip 3 years previous 3:20 Chinese Five Elements theory for healing use, deficiency shows in skin, voice, energy, breath, body smell, etc. 3:40 Example of metal in Chinese Five Element theory for healing (there are several questions under each element so you could think about them in your own life.) 5:15 Lack of ceremony in America, especially related to life transitions like manhood, womanhood, crone/wise woman, etc. 5:35 Little guidance for young people in future career work 6:21 Metal associated with certain physical body qualities 6:50 Young man in his twenties with energy standing almost sideways 7:25 Metal treatment added to woman to help her health and positive world view 7:40 Question and answer period begins 8:15 My meditation with plants - write it down! 9:14 Man sits and communicates with same plant for fourth year, shared Osha harvesting story 10:40 I mainly use herbs as tea/infusion 11:00 Using Chaparral experience - salve and tea, smell 11:40 Eliot Cowen has a center called the Blue Deer Center in New York to teach you Plant Spirit Medicine. Some of his healing students are in Western Colorado and elsewhere. 12:30 Trying to meditate with capsule/powdered herb and live plants 13:16 Author studied with plants directly by choice 13:35 Modern shaman meditated for six years, visited by deer and wild animals, bear 13:57 Bear associated with medicine in Native American tradition View Part 4 - Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture here - https://youtu.be/Y84ifOKKKS4
What is Plant Spirit Medicine? Join herbalist and nutritionist Diana Sproul as she presents plant spirit medicine as explained in Eliot Cowan's book of the same name. Plants, trees, rain, lightning and the Chinese elements (like water, metal, earth) are each represented by a consciousness. These may appear through meditation or dreaming in human, animal, insect or other form. Healing an imbalance or lack of a certain element in a person’s spiritual make-up and life can help a person become well and whole again without addressing the illness itself. The author says that is ordinary, and that all of us can learn to do what he does. Author Eliot Cowan does training at the Blue Deer Center in New York state. This lecture is Part 1 of 4 parts. Please watch the series on the Transform Health You Tube channel: http://youtube.com/c/TransformhealthBiz **Transcription/Summary/Description with times is below. **Links to All Four Lecture Parts: Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 1 - https://youtu.be/14YWgBvP8RM Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 2 - https://youtu.be/KygNGi0Giu8 Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 3 - https://youtu.be/5juLkeAQnq0 Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 4 - https://youtu.be/Y84ifOKKKS4 **Summary/Description with times: 0:00 Introduction & My Herbalism Training - Looking at properties of the herb, using “actions” 1:30 What is Plant Spirit Medicine, book by Eliot Cowan introduced. Herbs used for their properties (happy) or relation to elements 2:20 Chaparral herb (Larrea tridentata (genus species)) - dangers of taking this herb, including risk of liver failure (use other herbs than this one!) 3:40 Spirit of Larrea seen as a red haired, fun woman 4:50 Chaparral shown to be good for biofilm in the digestive tract (use another herb for this purpose - there are many. See herbalist Paul Bergner for more info in lectures & courses.) 5:35 Spirit of the herbs, about the book Plant Spirit Medicine by Eliot Cowan (Elliot Cowen misspelled) 6:14 Quote from Plant Spirit Medicine Book - you have to dream the plant to be able to use it for healing with the spirit of herbs. 7:15 How the plant spirit appears 7:25 Powerful herbal plants, more potent spiritually 7:50 Eliot Cowan’s messenger plant is Plantain (green-leafed “Plantago major”, not the banana-like thing used in Cuban food) 8:36 Plant used for joy and happiness for client, not used herbal medicine properties 9:15 Homeopathic medicines replaced in Mr. Cowan’s healing with Plant Spirit Medicine, homeopathic medicine explained 10:20 Eliot meets The Rain God Tlaloc 11:30 Working in ceremony with Tlaloc, the Rain God, for rain in California (funny) 12:26 A South American Huichol shaman has mask of Tlaloc, ceremonies at church 13:05 Other spirits in the world: Earth, wind, fire, water, thunder beings (bring lightning and rain), Chinese Five Elements Theory restores balance in the body for healing
If you've ever wanted to feel better, improve your health, have more peace in your heart, and a greater connection to the natural world, then do we have the Plant Spirit Medicine show for you! Today I'll be talking with Eliot Cowan, a master practicioner of the Chinese 5 elements, a shaman in the Huichol tradition, and author of a ground-breaking, earth-connecting, plant-respecting book, Plant Spirit Medicine. And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about the healing power of plants. That plus we'll talk about doing algebra in your sleep, frozen shoulders and santa Barbara, how to make a fence post, a goat named Eloise, flying on a jaguar and why in the world you want to be careful your pistol doesn't fall off. Plant Spirit Medicine Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What's back-to-the-land fever? Who was a cranky-old goat named Eloise How Eliot trained in the Chinese 5 Elements How plants can help us heal, and guide and even protect us. How the plants offered to help out How can plants help us? What is plant spirit medicine and how did he end up in Mexico? What he learned from healers in Mexico What it means to ‘dance you'? What's the amazing awareness of plants How do we tap into plant medicine healing ourselves What are the basics of communicating with a plant What it means to leave an offering for a plant Why is tobacco a sacred plant What's the importance of dreams How we can experience plant spirit medicine bluedeer.org Eliot Cowan Takes You Inside the Hidden World of Plant Spirit Medicine! Healing | Health | Alternative | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com
Eliot Cowan is the founder of the Blue Deer Center, a home for the study and practice of ancient wisdom teachings in upstate New York, he is the author of the book Plant Spirit Medicine which I highly recommend and is a healer and an initiated elder in the Huichol indigenous tradition from Mexico. In this episode, Eliot explores the process of communing with the Spirits of plants and the importance of right relationship when doing so. For more information on Eliot and his work visit www.bluedeer.org
No one has cracked the encrypted language of plants. Insects chirp, bees buzz, animals grow, hiss, hum and even transmit low-frequency sound waves. But plants, as far as we know, never say a thing…or do they?Flower Power is the subject of The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Wednesday, September 10, 3 pm ET when Halli welcomes her guests author of the celebrated book PLANT SPIRIT MEDICINE, THE JOURNEY INTO THE HEALING WISDOM OF PLANTS Eliot Cowan and Michael Largo, author of THE BIG, BAD BOOK OF BOTANY, THE WORLD'S MOST FASCINATING FLORA.Eliot Cowan is the founder of the Blue Deer Center in Margaretville, New York, where he provided training in Plant Spirit Medicine and other traditions. For many years, he apprenticed with the shame Don Guadalupe Gonzalez Rios, who in 2000, ritually recognized Cowan as a guide to Shamanic apprentices in the Huichol tradition. He is a member of the Council of Elders for the Temple of Sacred Fire Healing.Michael Largo is the author of GOD'S LUNATICS, GENIUS AND HEROIN, THE PORTABLE OBITUARY, the Bram Stoker award-winning FINAL EXITS: THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYLOPEDIA OF HOW WE DIE, and three novels. He is the former editor of New York Poetry and the researcher/archivist for the film company Allied Artists.The Power of Plants on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds, Wednesday, September 10, 3 pm ET online @ http://bit.ly/hcjblog
What is the active ingredient in plant spirit medicine? Eliot Cowan tells us that the answer is friendship. In this edition of Insights at the Edge, the author of Plant Spirit Medicine speaks with Tami about engaging in a friendship with plant spirits, and compares the act of connecting with plant spirits in your local area versus working with the spirits of plants from distant places. Tami and Eliot also discuss “great teacher plants” such as marijuana and the plants from which ayahuasca is derived, offering some of the dangers and potential benefits associated with these plants. (73 minutes)
Eliot Cowan is the author of Plant Spirit Medicine, and a fully initiated Tsaurirrikame (shaman) in the Huichol (Wixárika) Indian tradition. Eliot is the founder of the the Blue Deer Center and is a member of the Council of Elders for the Temple of Sacred Fire Healing. As a provider at the Blue Deer Center, […] The post The Song of the World appeared first on Future Primitive Podcasts.
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