Podcasts about Mugwort

In this deeply personal episode, I explore my three-year relationship with a remarkable plant ally - Mugwort. Far from being just another herbal supplement, this common "weed" demonstrates nature's intelligence in addressing modern health challenges.I share how Mugwort's multidimensional properties work in concert to support everything from genetic methylation issues like MTHFR variants to vagus nerve function and constitutional balance. As both a nutritional therapy practitioner and plant medicine enthusiast, I explain why whole plants offer solutions that isolated supplements simply cannot replicate.You'll discover:• How Mugwort's bitter compounds, nervine properties, and energy-clearing abilities create a holistic approach to healing• Why matching herbs to your constitutional type (Hot/Cold/Deficient) matters more than trendy herbal formulations• The connection between cervical spine alignment, vagal tone, and digestive health that Mugwort uniquely addresses• How wild plants like Mugwort contain 3-8 times more folate than cultivated vegetables, potentially compensating for genetic variants• Practical ways to incorporate Mugwort into your daily life, from morning teas to dream pillowsThis episode challenges conventional thinking about supplementation by revealing how our ancestors likely avoided modern health issues through their relationship with wild plants. I explain how the MTHFR genetic variant I personally carry might never have become problematic if we hadn't lost our connection to plants like Mugwort.Whether you're interested in herbalism, functional nutrition, or simply seeking solutions beyond conventional supplements, this exploration of Mugwort's intelligence offers a fascinating glimpse into how rewilding our approach to health might address our most complex modern challenges - from the spinal column to the genetic code.Join me in discovering how one unassuming plant growing in disturbed soils might hold keys to healing that our most advanced supplements have yet to unlock. Mineral Foundations Course HERE Learn more about how you can I can work together HERE Book an initial health session HERE Join my newsletter HERE If you are interested in becoming a client and have questions, reach out by emailing me: connect@lydiajoy.me Find me on Instagram : @ Lydiajoy.me OR @ holisticmineralbalancing

Host: Jason Rigby   Guest: Pam Montgomery   Guest Website: wakeuptonature.com   Podcast Mission: Higher and Saint Living (HDL) aims to explore profound topics that elevate consciousness and foster a deeper connection to the world around us. In this episode, we dive into humanity's relationship with nature and the transformative power of plants with Pam Montgomery.   About Our Guest: Pam Montgomery   Pam Montgomery is an author, teacher, international speaker, and self-described Earth Elder who has dedicated over three decades to exploring the intelligent and spiritual nature of plants and trees. She is the author of two acclaimed books: Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness and Partner Earth: A Spiritual Ecology. Her latest work, Co-Creating with Nature: Healing the Wound of Separation, serves as the foundation for this episode's discussion. Pam operates the Partner Earth Education Center at Sweetwater Sanctuary in Danby, Vermont, a space dedicated to co-creative research and sustainable living with nature. She teaches globally on plant spirit healing, spiritual ecology, and the concept of humans as "Nature Evolutionaries." Pam is a founding member of United Plant Savers and the Organization of Nature Evolutionaries (O.N.E.), and her current passion lies in facilitating plant initiations to guide humanity back to its symbiotic roots.   About Sweetwater Sanctuary   Located in Danby, Vermont, Sweetwater Sanctuary is a sacred space where Pam and her team honor the land, water, and all beings through prayer, ceremony, and offerings. It's a haven for optimal learning and deep healing, encouraging visitors to awaken to natural rhythms and engage in loving kindness. The sanctuary fosters a profound connection with nature, enhancing the sense of sanctuary for all who visit.   Episode Overview   In this episode of the HDL Podcast, host Jason Rigby sits down with Pam Montgomery to explore her book Co-Creating with Nature: Healing the Wound of Separation. Recorded on March 29, 2025, this conversation dives into the consciousness of plants, their role as our elders and partners, and how reconnecting with nature can heal both ourselves and the planet. Pam blends scientific insights, personal anecdotes, and spiritual wisdom to offer a practical yet profound roadmap for living in harmony with "sweet Lady Gaia."   Key Discussion Points 1. Plants as Conscious Partners (03:12 - 06:46) Pam argues that plants are not just alive but conscious beings capable of communicating with us through vibratory resonance (light and sound). She emphasizes their essential role in sustaining life—providing oxygen, food, and medicine—and warns that our disconnect from them is dangerous. Jason references scientific studies showing plants responding to music and words, sparking a discussion on how everything vibrates, including humans and plants.   2. How to Communicate with Plants (06:46 - 13:14) Pam explains that plants fine-tune their resonance to us more effectively than we do to them because they are simply themselves, undistributed by human distractions. Practical tip: Be present with a plant, let it choose you (via attraction, movement, or intuition), and notice the sensations it evokes in your body (e.g., tingling, softness). She introduces biophotons—particles of light at the nucleus of our cells—that create a "laser" of coherence for two-way communication with plants, even across time and space.   3. Plant Initiations and Healing (13:14 - 18:06) Pam contrasts chasing external spiritual practices (e.g., gurus, crystals) with the power of "backyard weeds" like mugwort, which can heal us deeply through symbiotic connection. She shares a story of poke root appearing in her Vermont garden in 2020, a potent immune-supporting plant, as an example of nature responding to human needs. Plants show up where they're needed, offering gifts we often overlook due to our lack of attention.   4. The Wound of Separation (19:11 - 22:22) Pam traces humanity's separation from nature back 12,000 years to agriculture and empire-building, which led to an "amnesia" of our interdependence with the land. This original wound has cascading effects: separation from self, others, and the planet, resulting in widespread illness and disconnection. Biophilia—our innate love of nature—underscores how we're designed to live closely with plants.   5. Uncomfortable Truths and Nature Evolutionaries (22:58 - 26:17) The biggest lie we tell ourselves: Humans are the "crown of creation" and more intelligent than nature. Pam challenges this, citing Darwin's coerced narrative and nature's model of cooperation over competition. On her website, wakeuptonature.com, Pam calls us to become "Nature Evolutionaries," partnering with nature rather than relying solely on technology to "save" the planet.   6. Nature's Communication Networks (26:17 - 33:11) Pam shares a powerful story of a Puyo—an underground waterway portal in Vermont—where she and her husband, guided by Ecuadorian curandera Rocio Alarcon, heard forest spirits sing after a ritual with ayahuasca. She compares nature's mycelium network to the internet, highlighting its efficiency and biomimicry potential.   7. Signs of a Consciousness Shift (33:11 - 37:53) Pam sees plants leading humanity's spiritual evolution, citing the 1960s explosion of consciousness-expanding plants (cannabis, peyote, mushrooms) and modern practices like flower essences and plant initiations. Skeptics miss this hidden sign: Plants have always preceded their animal counterparts in evolution, and they're now guiding us toward unity consciousness.   8. Diving Deeper into Nature (37:53 - 43:23) Unlike spiritual paths that reject the material world, Pam's approach embraces nature as divine, present in everything—not a distant deity. She describes daily "wow moments" (e.g., sunrise walks in Belize) that release oxytocin, the bonding hormone, fostering restoration and connection over stress (cortisol). 9. Healing Through Plants (46:52 - 50:19) Pam cites biophysicist Fritz Popp's discovery that plant biophotons can repattern unhealthy cells' light toward health, offering a cellular-level explanation for plant healing. Beyond science, plants uplift us emotionally and spiritually—e.g., the awe of a redwood forest or the scent of roses—because healing is one of their primary gifts.   10. Mugwort as a Teacher and Soulmate (50:49 - 54:57) Mugwort (Artemisia spp.), known as "Oona, the first herb," moves stagnant energy, aids dream recall (nighttime and shamanic), and reconnects us to our wild, undomesticated selves. Associated with Artemis and the moon, it supports women through life transitions and is a key ally in spiritual healing.   11. Closing Thoughts and Upcoming Projects (56:11 - 58:06) Jason praises Co-Creating with Nature as a timely wake-up call with a heartbeat, inviting listeners to heal themselves and the planet through reverence for nature. Pam previews her work: Plant Initiations: Ceremonies where plants act as elders, guiding us to be "truly human." Offered at Sweetwater Sanctuary and worldwide. Year-Long Course (September 2025): With Emma Fitchett, training facilitators for plant initiations. Online Course: "Co-Creative Partnership with Nature" (8 months). Visit wakeuptonature.com for details.   How to Get the Book Title: Co-Creating with Nature: Healing the Wound of Separation Cost: $27.00 (includes shipping) Order by Mail: Send a check to Pam Montgomery, 1525 Danby Mtn. Rd., Danby, VT 05739 Order Online: Click here Buy it from Amazon     Quotes from the Episode "Plants completely, on all levels—physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual—provide us our life." – Pam Montgomery "The plant can fine-tune its resonance to us... They draw you to them." – Pam Montgomery "We are not the crown of creation. It's about cooperation, not competition." – Pam Montgomery "Plants have always preceded their animal counterparts in evolution... They're guiding us into a quantum leap in consciousness." – Pam Montgomery "Nature is sentient, just like we are. We're equal in this co-creative partnership." – Pam Montgomery     Connect with Pam Montgomery   Website: wakeuptonature.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/natureevolutionaries IG: https://www.instagram.com/natureevolutionaries/ Upcoming Event: Stay tuned for a follow-up episode on plant initiations before the September 2025 course launch!     Listener Call-to-Action   Subscribe to the HDL Podcast for more conversations on consciousness and living sustainably. Purchase Co-Creating with Nature to dive deeper into Pam's teachings. Share this episode with someone who loves plants or needs a nature-inspired wake-up call. Leave a review and let us know your favorite takeaway!   Thank you for joining us on this journey to reconnect with nature's wisdom. As Pam says, "We're on the threshold of a tipping point"—let's step into unity together. See you next time on HDL!  

A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. Resources: Lavender Phoenix: website | instagram QTViet Cafe: website | instagram Mugworts Queer Cabin: website Underpainting Collective: instagram Aetelier Collective / Suncha: instagram | spotify | show on march 30 in Newark, CA Minjoona Music instagram | spotify Transcript: Cheryl Truong (she/they): Good evening and welcome to tonight's episode of apex express. I'm your host, Cheryl Truong and tonight show is in honor of Trans Day of Visibility, but we're not just here to talk about visibility in that surface level way get sometimes framed as a political strategy. We're here to hold the fullness of trans life, the rage, the fear, the grief, and the joy, the power and the brilliance. Across the nation, a storm of hostility is being unleashed against the LGBTQ plus community.  In 2024 alone, 617 anti-trans bills were introduced. Making it the fifth consecutive record breaking year for legislation targeting trans rights. This year, that number has already climbed to 796 bills. This is horrifying. Yes. But even in the face of all of this, Our trans and queer community have never stopped living have never stopped dreaming. Have never stopped building futures from the margins.   And so I hope tonight as much as it is important to stay rooted and grounded in our political reality that is having very real, very immediate consequences on our trans and queer and gender expansive community. We also want to center trans joy because trans joy is not a distraction.  It is a strategy, a survival skill, and a source of power. So we're gathering in that spirit of resistance, remembrance, and radical joy tonight. And I'm honored to be joined by some incredible guests whose lives and work, reflect that very spirit. First we have Jean and Hải from QTViệt Cafe a creative cultural hub, dedicated to queer trans (QT Viet) liberation through ancestral practices, the arts and intergenerational connection. And we're also joined by eri oura from Lavender Phoenix, also known as LavNix, an organization that builds trans non-binary and queer API power in the bay area. Thank you all so much for being here. To start us off can you all introduce yourselves so that our listeners can connect your voices to names?  Hải Võ: Yeah, thanks Cheryl. Chào mọi người My name is Hải. And I am a member of Asian Refugees United, QTViệt Cafe Collective. And, yeah, thanks so much for having me. Jean Phạm (they/them): Hey, I'm Jean. I use they/them pronouns and I also organize with Hải at QTViệt Cafe Collective. I'm also a part of a newly formed art collective called Under Painting Collective. We're taking over an art school. We teach oil painting and charcoal drawing. Thanks for inviting us to be here, Cheryl.  eri oura (they/them): Hey, thanks Cheryl for having us. I'm eri. I am part of LavNix I am also part of Mugworts, a queer, and trans BIPOC centered cabin out in Greenville. , and I'm excited to be here. Cheryl Truong (she/they): Before we begin, I want to offer a logistical note. For our listeners if you were interested in any of the organizations that were mentioned, and it will be mentioned throughout the show such as Mugwort and Lavender Phoenix, which eri mentioned. Or QTViệt Cafe mentioned by Hải and Jean, and of course the Underpainting collective you could find their socials in the show notes on our website, kpfa.org/programs/apex-express.  Okay. Transition. I want to start with a question that is intentionally spacious. What is on your heart right now as a trans person moving through the world. Hải, do you want to start us off?  Hải Võ: Hmm. Yeah chia buồn That's the phrase that comes up for me. I just share in sadness. Usually that's a phrase to describe when someone passes in the Việt community. The way that I hear about how folks in our community are experiencing job insecurity, housing insecurity, being arrested, detained, deported. My days and my hearts are just broken. My heart has gone in many cycles of heartbreak over my whole life, as a queer person, as a trans, femme person. It isn't to say that this is anything new or that I haven't been in practice to mend my heart. This is just a incredibly heightened time. It's starting to not just hurt my heart, but also I feel it viscerally. It's much more tangible. We're talking about our lives, each other's lives. And so yeah, my heart is breaking.  I feel the frustration and the anger and the more frequent, heightened fear. But to be honest with you, our ancestors have equipped us for this moment. And I think there are reasons why, this moment exists. This is the reason why we started QTViệt Cafe, why Asian Refugees United is here because we know that we're trying to restore our wholeness, not just as trans folks, as queer folks, but just as people from a history of violence, trauma, and displacement. This isn't the first time that all those things have come around. Our ancestors have faced these maybe in different contexts and maybe in our homelands more so. And while I have that frustration and that anger, the frequency is heightened, I feel steadfast and I feel more able to mend my heart and able to hold and mend other people's hearts in this moment because we've been at this for so long. QTViệt  Cafe, we're gonna be celebrating nine years this summer. So I just got chills because I, I think I, um, I have to like, hold myself in comfort for myself right now because, I mean, when I came out, to myself in my teen year or I knew I was queer and trans from a really young age. I could see who I was, but I didn't necessarily feel like it was who I truly was. And so I grew up in a world where I was living different realities or wanting a different reality from actually how I was. I'm getting chills because when I came out, I started coming out to friends and families in my late teens and early twenties, and then ultimately to my parents when I was 23. I didn't know I would be able to live this long. I didn't know I would be able to meet other queer and trans Viet people, other queer and trans folks of color or other queer and trans people in general. Couple that with like a food system that I've been in food for so long, , for almost 15 years. And so, trying to nourish. Queer justice is connected to all other forms of justice. I've been at land and food justice work for a long time. And so, what I was seeing with what was happening to me and our queer and trans kin, the injustices happening in our community, I was seeing also that with cultural injustice in Vietnam to the Vietnamese community here, and then ultimately to the food system here in the US. So it was all connected. I am both surprised and also really proud that I'm still here and the most comfortable and thriving I am in my skin. Healing as a trans and queer person, I can only go so much. I can only heal so much on my own. The healing and the fight for liberation and freedom as queer and trans people happens so much more exponentially when done together. And so, I'm just so proud of us for all the years of connecting with each other, getting to know each other, building friendship, relationships, and fighting for the future that we want. I'll be turning in Viet age, I'll be turning 40 next year. My doctor, when I was young and had type two diabetes said that I'll only live to be 30. And so I've surpassed that. I'm excited for what magic we as queer and trans people continue to make, and what's the fights that we will continue to have and ultimately the unprecedented and insurmountable victories and wins that we'll have as a queer and trans community. 'cause we've been doing that forever and in this moment I wanna organize, I wanna help mend and heal our hearts and our minds so that we can really be able to like galvanize, organize, and create the practices and policies and futures that we actually want in the world, which we've been doing forever. I also think that it's an important time right now to be really clear about what we need, to be really clear about what we want and gather in ways that we may not have gathered before. I see joy and health as part of struggle and freedom in liberation and organizing. And so, I'll check there. eri oura (they/them): That was so beautifully said Hải. Thank you for naming the resilience and the fight that queer and trans folks have had to exude to continue to exist. For me it has also been really difficult to see and witness the struggle that our folks are experiencing right now.  It's really something to kind of trust in the state to hold our identities in a way that I don't think the state ever really knew how to. I was reminded on a group coaching call with other trans folks, that trans folks have lived in the underground for most of time. And that reminder really just made me feel we don't need validation from these entities, you know? That's never what has fulfilled our existence. It's actually our joy. It's actually our healing, our ability to not get bulldozed by waves of hate and transphobia. Queerphobia. It's really important for us to remember that and remind young folks that truth even though there has been this chunk of time, maybe like the last decade or so, where our gender identities get acknowledged by the state, but that's not where our validation comes from. We really need to not depend on these institutions. We take care of us. What I have been witnessing more is mutual aid being used as a way for our people to keep going. Honestly, I have never in my life gotten so many mutual aid requests as I have in the last few months which speaks to the heightened security and safety issues that our folks are experiencing in the queer and trans community. But also it's a sign that people are leaning into being courageous and asking for help, which is not an easy thing to do. It's not easy to ask for the help that we need. I think it's really important for us to remember that we're not alone. There are more than a billion people in this world I think I was also feeling overwhelmed by how much support folks were asking of me and I've had to say some grounded nos. And that kind of broke my heart honestly, to have to say no to a really courageous ask for support. My friend and coworker reminded me that there are so many other people in this world and we need to be able to share the the work of supporting each other to exist. Jean Phạm (they/them): Mm-hmm. Wow, that's beautiful. I'm loathed to go last. the first thing I think about is recently, one of the youth that I had formally worked with reached out and we just had a check-in and it really reminded me of the show Heartstopper, you know, these gay British kids. One of the gay kids, he is like always going to his art teacher about his various issues like, Hmm, I'm gay. Like, what do I do? And the art teacher's just trying to have lunch. And I remember I used to be Charlie, the kid, but now I'm the art teacher trying to have lunch and trying to help this kid deal with crisis. I remember years ago, the first time Trump got elected, I remember the first thing that I was thinking about was ” oh, I, I guess I'll never be able to transition or live my life the way I want or need to.” then I just kind of grieved that and made peace with it. I do wish I could speak to that version of me because I think it's pretty similar to what Hải had shared. Personally, I do feel I am in probably the best form of myself that I've ever been. I'm the wisest I've ever been. I'm doing everything that I want to. I'm learning to heal my inner child. My taste in men has improved dramatically. I learned how to say no. There's a lot of things that have just shifted that I think are net positives, but it's in total, in contrast with the world in which we live ourselves. And I think similar to what folks have shared I think for me, I've just gone more hyperlocal. Right. Given that these institutions, our federal institutions, our state institutions have failed us. It's just truly ripping the mask off. These are things we've known before. The ways in which we are being oppressed, the ways in which people spout hate. The rhetoric being used. It's not new, it's not novel. These are things we've heard over and over again. Like, if I wanted to cosplay as a hater, an alt-right hate, like, it'd be so easy, you know everything they say. There's a sense that the oppression we face is so mundane and it's so ordinary. The student had asked me oh, Jean, I'm so alone right now. What do I do as a young queer person trying to navigate the Trump of it all, and I was like, oh girl, you need to make friends. Like you really need to make friends. 'cause it's really, yeah, like when our institutions fail us, our community really holds us out. It's why I organized with the QTViệts. It's why my art friends, we created Under Painting Collective. It's why we find these pockets of the world that we really want to build and that are nourishing to us, our energy giving, that we wanna invest our time and resources in. And we try to carve out a version of the world that we wanna live in. And I think that's how we ride it out, or that's how we survive. We have to look super local. Yeah, I think that's basically how I'm doing. So I'll, I'll just check there too.  Cheryl Truong (she/they): Thank you all for sharing what's in your heart.  Hải, thank you for bringing up chia buồn, sharing sadness, and for naming our legacies of ancestral resilience. eri, thank you for reminding us that the state and institutions have no say in the validation of our identities as trans and queer people. And for lifting up mutual aid as a beautiful alternative that supports, and I loved how you put this, those courageous asks for help that the state will never be able to provide. And of course for modeling those grounded no's..  And Jean, thank you for your offerings of alt-right cosplay. And for grounding us in that strength of community. And I just want to say. A big, thank you to the art teachers in the middle of having lunch everywhere. I don't know where we would be without you truly. ‘  We are going to take a quick music break, don't go anywhere we'll be right back with more conversation in honor of Trans Day of Visibility when we return. Next up, you're listening to a track called “Juniper” by Minjoona, a project led by Korean American musician, Jackson Wright. This track features Ari Statler on bass, josh Qiyan on drums, and Ryan Fu producing. Juniper is the lead single from Minjoona's newest release, the Juniper EP, a five track p roject rooted in indie rock, 60 throwback vibes, and lyric forward storytelling. You can follow Minjoona on Instagram at @minjoonamusic or find them on Spotify to keep up with upcoming releases. We'll drop the links in our show notes. Enjoy the track and we'll be right back.  And we're back!!. You're listening to APEX express on 94.1 KPFA, 89.3 KPFB in Berkeley. 88.1. KFCF in Fresno and online@kpfa.org. That was “Juniper” by Minjoona.  Huge thanks to Jackson Wright and the whole crew behind that track. Before the break we talked about, what's been sitting on our hearts as queer and trans people moving through the world right now, naming both the grief and also the resilience that we carry. I wanted to stay with that thread and widen the lens a bit because we know that even in the face of violence and erasure, trans resistance is alive and ongoing. So I want to ask, where are you seeing moments of resistance in the trans community?  Whether in movement spaces, small acts of care, or day to day survival.  eri oura (they/them): I am happy to share first. Where I'm seeing resistance, movement building work and also community building. My paid work with LavNix is definitely a space where we center trans justice and do the work of developing leaders with skills to be able to hold the line of our existence. Our existence is resistance. We don't just see our own individual liberation as separate from everyone else's. We are doing the work of advocacy around budget in San Francisco with our Care Not Cops campaign. We're doing the work of lifting up our folks in our stories not just in the current moment, but also by lifting up like our QTAPI histories. QTAPI meaning queer and trans API folks. With Mugwarts, we provide a more accessible, affordable space for queer and trans BIPOC folks to heal. For me that is also part of the resistance, the fight, getting to rest because as we were checking in earlier and talking about how stress really does shorten people's lifespans and quality of life. I think knowing that there's space, there's place, there's land for us to engage with to do that work of healing. The more disconnected we are from that reality that we are connected with the land, it's making it harder for us to be able to feel connected to ourselves, to each other. For me, when I go to the river for a swim or go to the ocean for a dip, that is part of my resistance too. My joy in being in that space is so important. Why would we fight if we had nothing to look forward to? Honestly, if it all just felt so mundane and also like we're always fighting, we would just burn out. When we're burnt out, it makes it hard for us to feel the light of our ancestors, feel the light of the universe that is actually our birthright to connect with. The reality is that this world is very abundant. Scarcity is a manufactured thing that, capitalism, the state is trying to push on us as a way to oppress us, to suppress us, to keep us down. When we tap into abundance, we tap into pleasure, we tap into joy. We tap into ease in this way that allows us to stay connected to each other, to ourselves, to other beings on this planet. Being rooted in abundance is a powerful act of resistance. Jean Phạm (they/them): Yeah. Well said. I try to practice abundance, but I always feel all I know is scarcity. Great reminder. For me, trans justice is so embedded with so many larger movements like you have shared. Trans justice is disability justice. Trans justice is fighting for Palestinian liberation. Trans justice is anti-imperialist because I think ultimately, self-determination in our bodies. To be the way that we are.  I often feel spiritually as trans people, we know who we are so there's a lot of abundance there. There's a lot of wealth there. I would actually argue spiritually cis people have more to gain from trans justice than we do. I always share how trans people in pre-colonial societies were spiritual leaders, shamans, healers in the community. It was mentioned before that a lot of trans people today exist in underground economies or are just not embedded in society. There's no place for trans people in our current world whereas there used to be. I do think that is one of the unstated qualities that we're trying to bring within trans justice. I also will say in any given committee where people are doing actions or organizing or doing mutual aid, I can assure you that there is a, they them, there is a doll, there's a trans gender expansive person, otherwise trans person in those committees, you know, People are moving.  In the topic of trans visibility day, we see the ramifications of that, right? Visibility doesn't always offer us more power or safety. Institutions are realizing this. You see nonprofits, community orgs, they have to scrub every fixture of language around diversity, equity, inclusion, so that they aren't being targeted by the federal government. Visibility isn't really what trans justice is about, right? It has never really protected us. We're fighting for basic things to survive, to work to make sure this stupid gender on our form is right. To walk to the store. In some sense, the way I've lived and expressed my transness, I always feel the un visible parts or the invisibility is where I will always feel more actualized. You know when people, cis people, strangers look at me and they're like, who the hell is she? What is she like? What is that? I'm like, uh, My favorite moments are when people. Like in my old job when I had first moved to the Bay, I got this big sense that I declared to know, oh, I'm trans. And I could see the cogs turn in their head as they're trying to figure out, oh, which way are they trans? And I love that. I love living in the ambiguity. To me, that's always been more emblematic what being trans is to me is kind of just playing with expectations. Making people a bit more uncomfortable and allowing more for more experiences to live. Hải Võ: What's coming to mind, in addition to what you've all shared is, what does it mean for me to be on Turtle Island and in the diaspora? Part of transness and queerness is also understanding who we are and where we come from. In the context of just the nature of why I'm here on Turtle Island in diaspora is because the US was there in Vietnam. I think that means trans justice is actually beyond borders and actually recognizing that the history of our queer and trans people, trans justice means that we're also acknowledging the struggles and liberations of our kin  in the homeland. When I think about trans justice, I can't help but think about the fights against imperialism, colonization, the ways in which essentially trans and queer people in Vietnam have been discriminated, have been bullied, have been essentially because of colonization, imperialism, been wiped out of history. And if it wasn't for a culture that is by word of mouth and people from indigeneity that is questioning who we are and also being like, well, if we are trans and queer then we must have queer and trans ancestors. And we do. And that's been a very healing journey for me. It's been both hard but also very healing to know that queer and trans folks our age, even younger are also experiencing similar things to what we're experiencing here as queer and trans folks in the diaspora. But it also means fighting for indigenous, local, queer and trans ancestral homeland experience also. I was just, we were just hearing about how USAID was paying for essentially medication for our people over there. But now with that gone, it's like, what are people to do? And so it's not even just, not just about trans lives. The defunding of that has also created stop in removal of Agent Orange. We have fields in Vietnam that have like, after that cut, are left to continue to have Agent Orange. Now, with the early monsoon seasons of the year, that water will permeate into millions of lives downstream. And Vietnam is a whole ecosystem of wetlands and water. And so for me, I just think about trans justice as as a Viet, as a Southeast Asian, as an Asian person, as a person who has lineage somewhere, ancestry, somewhere indigeneity somewhere, it means acknowledging the deep historical reparations that colonization, imperialism and modern day capitalism in parts. The last thing I'll share for this one is I think that trans and queer justice is also ecological justice. This is very connected to what you were sharing, Jean. Ecology is essentially the study of home. There's just been too many times in my life where home has been ripped from me. I've had to leave what I thought was home. I've had to feel like I, I needed to be a different thing outside of what my home actually is in my own body and my own mind. How can we create a piece of not just mind, but also piece of body, piece of place, piece of space, piece of an unlived ecology that transness and queerness is the norm. And, I love learning about how nature is so queer and so trans. I mean me saying that and naming that is a hard thing to say. The English terms that we use is a very colonial thing, but the ways in which other animals and plants are in relationship to each other, I'm like, oh, worms having multiple genders, I'm like that. I feel like that. And so like, the worms probably have their own language about what that is. I'm not gonna like, “worms, teach me about who you are” because I'm not trying to appropriate you and I'm just like, this is this cool that nature is already in a state of abundance in itself, like queer abundance in itself. Cheryl Truong (she/they): Ooh.  Thank you all for sharing those powerful reflections on resistance. It's such a reminder that trans resilience doesn't just show up in protests, policy fights, or in singular days like Trans Visibility Day. It lives on in our relationships. And our lineages in the everyday ways we refuse erasure.  As Hải reminded us. It stretches beyond borders and into our motherland, especially as diasporic trans or queer people of color. And it shows up when we play with people's expectations. Like Jean confusing their colleagues assumptions about their gender. It's also in the worms. In our ecologies. It shows up when we fight for Palestinian liberation. When we organize with value aligned groups, like Lavender Phoenix, like QTViệt Cafe it also shows up as Eddy beautifully names in our joy. I love the importance of uplifting that swimming in the ocean is part of resistance. Because rest is resistance. Pleasure is resistance. Our very existence is resistance. So, thanks for grounding us all in that  So we've just spent time talking about how resistance shows up in our trans and queer communities. And I now want to shift us into a conversation about what sustains us, what keeps us going, what brings us back to ourselves and to each other. But before we dive in, we're going to take a quick music break.  Up next. You're going to be hearing from Suncha, an Asian-American Bay area based band dabbling in punk rock, math rock, and groove-based jamming. The group features Ryan Foo on guitar and vocals. Jackson Wright on bass and vocals. And Abhay Malik on drums. You can catch Suncha live this Sunday at Simmer Huang in Newark, California. For more information, check them out on Instagram. @ ateliercollective That is spelled. A T E L I E R collective– link in our show notes. And keep an eye out Suncha's debut album is set to drop in the summer of 2025. Enjoy the music and we'll be right back. Welcome back!  You're listening to APEX express on 94.1 KPFA, 89.3. KPFB in Berkeley, and 88.1 KFCF in Fresno and online at kpfa.org. Big shout out to Suncha for that last track. So much love to this Bay Area Asian American band bringing punk, math, rock and groove into our ears and hearts. You can catch them live this Sunday at Simmer Huang in Newark. More information on Instagram at @ateliercollective, as always link in our show notes.  I'm your host, Cheryl Truong and tonight's show is in honor of Trans Day of Visibility. I'm here in conversation with Jean and Hải from QTViệt Cafe, which is a project of Asian Refugees United. And eri oura from Lavender Phoenix. Before the break we explored where trans resistance is showing up across our communities. Now I want to turn towards what sustains us, what keeps us rooted, nourished and connected as we continue dreaming and building together. So my next question: what kind of trans joy or wisdom has carried you through this past year? Jean Phạm (they/them): I wanna uplift what Hải I had shared at the very beginning. The Vietnamese concept of chia buồn. Sharing sadness. We can survive if we each just take a little piece. The community takes a small morsel of someone's burden and helps lift them up and share it. I really experienced that a couple weeks ago when my maternal grandmother passed away. And I think one of the biggest I feel tragedies is we're all just trying to survive. Purchasing power definitely creates a difference, but the reality is in our terms of just lived experience, we're just one or two paychecks from just full on destitution, you know? so we really rely on each other. When I heard that my grandma passed away, it was really hard for me because one is just going back to family is such a traumatic ordeal, and two, the flights were just logistically expensive. I just commiserated to one of my friends I had to do an overnight train down, which is maybe 10 hours. I mean, it's fine. I've done it many times before. But I think as an act of care and mutual aid, my friends organized behind my back and were able to give me enough so that I could get a flight and not really think about the logistics so much so that I could just focus on being present and also deal with the mental load of being around my family again. To me that was an expression of trans joy in terms of all these relationships I had built, really came through and I wasn't expecting it to, you know. One constant reflection I had was like, when people are grieving, am I just nice to them? Because I was like, I don't think so. Maybe, you know, it's hard to tell. But people really came through. And I think that really lifts me up and really I think about it so often. Being able to share in everyone's sadness. I'll also share within my close group of friends, I have this little scheme or theory called the Screaming Girl Theory. In a given week, only one of us can be the screaming crying girl and everyone has to support her. And then it rotates. In the scheme of things, it's like, oh God, we're all people of color who are all queer, trans or just have a touching point of just being oppressed in some way. If someone's like, oh no, I'm having such a hard time because I'm depressed, I have anxiety, I'm a queer person of color. You know, that type of rhetoric. It's hard in our space 'cause it's like me too. Everyone's going through it. So I think moments where we can share in that and rotate taking care of each other is really what has been keeping me going. And I also think it's nice to care for other people too. That's probably the final realization. People like helping, and giving people opportunities to help. I think it does induce a nice feeling and we may not always be well resourced or have the capacity to, but when we can, when we offer help to people, I think that's something people generally wanna do in service of the community. eri oura (they/them): I love this question because again, I feel like joy is so important right? In our fight for liberation, for Justice as trans folks, gender expansive folks. I mean, honestly, being with other queer and trans folks is such a joy. When we're marching in the streets together, when we're organizing doing the back end work of creating the space for each other to feel safe. And not just safe, but also seen and held. Not only is it joyful, but it's healing. When I think about trans justice, I think about healing justice as a intersection that we hold together. It's inseparable, honestly. I do think that there is a lot of grief, a lot of hurt, a lot of trauma that we have to endure in this world and sometimes we inflicted on each other. But when we can turn that around and really face each other in those hard moments. It makes such a difference in the quality of our relationships. The depth of how much we can access within ourselves. We as trans and queer folks, it doesn't matter what the state is trying to impose on us, trying to erase our existence, they have been doing that forever. They have been trying to eliminate us in this colonial context. It really is the joy that keeps us buoyant, that keeps us connected to the light of the universe that keeps us connected to each other. When other people who don't understand transness see us in our joy, they just see joy and that makes it attractive. That makes it something they wanna be a part of. The fact that we have learned to put words to who we are in the deeper ways that words have evolved into is us really just trying to fit into this context of colonialism, meaning making, all of these things that I think are powerful tools, powerful skills to have. At the root of everything is we know we are a network that supports each other to exist. And being able to put words to that is such a gift. Without the words we communicate with each other in ways we see each other in ways that I don't think people who are stuck in narrow binaries can actually see or feel or understand. For whatever reason that makes them angry. Their anger is just more fuel for us to lean into joy because it's not even about them. We can have conversations, we can try to justify our joy and our existence, but at the end of the day when the sun goes down, we are who we are, and in the light it might be easier to see how magical we are, but in the darkness, I think. We glow in a way that people who are limited in their thinking are not able to. They can't tap into that light. Hải Võ: I used to hide a lot. I used to hide who I was in order to think that I would feel safe. Hide my queerness. Hide my transness. Because there were assumed fears that my parents being conservative Catholic that I would be reprimanded and then, that happened. There was a period of that very tragic dark times. Looking back at that, I think I needed to experience that in order to fully understand how deeply organized systems can be traumatic and be deeply problematic. And also lessons in how do we actually better organize our systems to not perpetuate discrimination, violence and trauma. All that to say, I think that part of trans joy in the last year is instead of being less, getting smaller, being less than, hiding, actually, trans joy is just what you were saying, eri. Actually just being more me. Being more truthful. More honest. I've been on a healing journey with my dad the last year. We've been estranged for five years since my mom passed. I had gone to come to peace with, potentially not talking to my dad for a while. But I think that innately part of being Viet and wanting to reconnect with Vietnam is to try to connect with my dad as a portal or as a throughway to Vietnam. I took both the risk and the opportunity to reconnect with my dad with the hopes that we could heal our relationship. And just as much as I've gone through my own journey on transness and queerness, my dad has also too. There's been a lot of apologies, A lot of me unearthing and upending a lot of my own truths and just being really honest about who I am and being more comfortable and more grounded in what I want to do in my life. My dad has too. As hard as the tensions are, and even if in the moment, our elders, our people, our families might not be voting in the ways that we want them to vote or be against the policies and practices that counter who we are. I think I'm hopeful for just being more honest with myself and getting out of our comfort zones and unease in order to really surface what needs to be said. That's one. Two is, I just love meeting with our queer and trans elders. I think that's been part of our joy. Shout out to Sống Thật, the first queer Viet radio show in San Jose. They literally just were like, we're gonna take community college classes on radio and we want a show. We just wanna share that experience to dismantle a lot of the stereotypes. And so I think a lot of the, the trans joy that I'm experiencing is just we just gotta do it. We just gotta try it. I'm learning with our ancestors. Learning with our elders and just being like, we gotta try, we gotta do and yeah. I'll check there. Mm-hmm.  Cheryl Truong (she/they): And that's the end of our show. If you're. Curious about the incredible work being done at Lavender Phoenix, Asian Refugees United, QTViệt Cafe, Mugworts, and Under Painting Collective, check out the links in show notes and learn more about how these groups are building trans and queer aAPI power, culture and care in our communities. You can access the show notes at kpfa.org/programs/apex-express.  Before we close out, I want to take a moment to uplift a campaign that is very close to my heart. Pardon APSC 4. Some of you listening may already be familiar with this campaign, they've been on our show before. Pardon APSC4 is a demand to Governor Newsom to pardon the APSC 4 which are Borey “Peejay” Ai, Nghiep “Ke” Lam, Chanton Bun, and Maria Legarda. Our beloved family members, the APSC 4 are at risk of deportation. We are asking you our listeners to join us in telling the governor to pardon them now so they can remain home with their families and communities. The APSC 4 are childhood survivors of violence and trauma. They are impacted by bullying, poverty, war, and domestic violence. Like so many others, they were funneled into the criminal legal system as youth. While incarcerated, they became leaders. They completed self-help and educational programs. They mentored others and committed themselves to healing and transformation. Each one of them have earned release through California's parole process and were affirmed for release by both the board of parole hearings and Governor Newsom himself. But instead of being allowed to return home, ICE was contacted and now they face deportation simply because of where they were born. That is what's called double punishment. A racist and unjust system that targets immigrants and refugees after they've already served their time. The APSC 4 are not just individuals. They are community leaders. As part of the Asian Prisoners Support Committee, an organization, which centers formerly incarcerated leadership, Peejay, Ke, Bun, and Maria provide reentry support. They mentor at risk youth and they lead workshops on the school to prison, to deportation pipeline. They are change-makers. They are caregivers. They are parents. They are our community. And despite everything that they've given and everything that they continue to do, they live in an immigration limbo. Under the threat of deportation by a system designed to disappear them. So we are calling on Governor Newsom to stop ICE from deporting the APSC4.  We are calling on Governor Newsom to grant them pardons. To learn more and take action, please visit bit.ly/APSC4.  That is B I T dot L Y slash APSC. You can sign a petition, write a letter and help us keep our people home. Please join us in the fight to keep APSC4 home. Thank you. Apex express is produced by Miko Lee, Paige Chung, Jalena Keane-Lee, Preeti Mangala Shekar. Shekar, Anuj Vaidya, Kiki Rivera, Swati Rayasam, Nate Tan, Hien Nguyen, Nikki Chan, and Cheryl Truong  Cheryl Truong: Tonight's show was produced by me, cheryl. Thanks to the team at KPFA for all of their support. And thank you for listening!  The post APEX Express – March 27, 2025 – Trans Day of Visibility appeared first on KPFA.

Mugwort is a plant famed for its effects on dreaming, but its medicinal properties and actions do so much more than that. With a distinct effect on the nervous, digestive, hepatobiliary, and reproductive systems, Mugwort navigates, regulates, and balances the highways that connect them all. In today's video, you'll discover: Mugwort's role in digestion How its bitter, choleretic, and cholagogue properties support liver health and relieve stagnation. -Its unique dual action on the nervous system Why Mugwort can both stimulate sluggish nerves and calm overactive ones Mugwort & dreaming – How this plant enhances vivid and lucid dreams (and why it may not work for everyone's sleep). Hormonal balance & menstrual support How it stimulates circulation, eases PMS, and helps regulate reproductive hormones. The liver connection Why a sluggish liver contributes to hormonal imbalances and how Mugwort helps clear stagnation. How to prepare & use Mugwort Different ways to integrate this potent herb into your practice.   ———————————— CONNECT WITH SAJAH AND WHITNEY ———————————— To get free in depth mini-courses and videos, visit our blog at:  http://www.evolutionaryherbalism.com   Get daily inspiration and plant wisdom on our Facebook and Instagram channels: http://www.facebook.com/EvolutionaryHerbalism https://www.instagram.com/evolutionary_herbalism/   Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyP63opAmcpIAQg1M9ShNSQ   Get a free 5-week course when you buy a copy of the book, Evolutionary Herbalism: https://www.evolutionaryherbalism.com/evolutionary-herbalism-book/   ———————————— ABOUT THE PLANT PATH ———————————— The Plant Path is a window into the world of herbal medicine. With perspectives gleaned from traditional Western herbalism, Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, Alchemy, Medical Astrology, and traditional cultures from around the world, The Plant Path provides unique insights, skills and strategies for the practice of true holistic herbalism. From clinical to spiritual perspectives, we don't just focus on what herbs are "good for," but rather who they are as intelligent beings, and how we can work with them to heal us physically and consciously evolve.   ———————————— ABOUT SAJAH ———————————— Sajah Popham is the author of Evolutionary Herbalism and the founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism, where he trains herbalists in a holistic system of plant medicine that encompasses clinical Western herbalism, medical astrology, Ayurveda, and spagyric alchemy. His mission is to develop a comprehensive approach that balances the science and spirituality of plant medicine, focusing on using plants to heal and rejuvenate the body, clarify the mind, open the heart, and support the development of the soul. This is only achieved through understanding and working with the chemical, energetic, and spiritual properties of the plants. His teachings embody a heartfelt respect, honor and reverence for the vast intelligence of plants in a way that empowers us to look deeper into the nature of our medicines and ourselves. He lives on a homestead in the foothills of Mt. Baker Washington with his wife Whitney where he teaches, consults clients, and prepares spagyric herbal medicines.    ———————————— WANT TO FEATURE US ON YOUR PODCAST? ———————————— If you'd like to interview Sajah or Whitney to be on your podcast, click here to fill out an interview request form.  

In this episode, I welcome Dr. Felice Chan, a board-certified practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), to explore the powerful integration of Eastern and Western medicine. Dr. Chan shares her fascinating journey from growing up in Hong Kong to studying neuroscience and experiencing a transformative shift toward TCM. We dive into the foundational principles of TCM, including Jing, Qi, and Shen, and how these guide her holistic approach to health and wellness. Our conversation touches on timely topics like supporting lung health during wildfire seasons, understanding the emotional connection to the throat, and practical solutions for chronic fatigue and burnout. Dr. Chan also offers expert advice on clearing acne, balancing gut health, and embracing natural anti-aging techniques like facial acupuncture. From acupressure tips to nourishing foods, this episode is packed with actionable insights to help you heal from the inside out. Whether you're new to TCM or looking for ways to enhance your wellness journey, I know you'll find this episode inspiring and empowering! Resources: Check out Dr. Felice on Instagram View Dr. Felice's offerings (and book with her or her team!) here Follow the host, Claudia, on Instagram and check out her website

This episode explores turning to aromatic plants for protection, self-reflection, and navigating transitions. The overall content reflects years of musing, reading, and writing, and explores the Hekate archetype (my muse of all muses) during the "Protective spirit moontime" following November's full moon. Look forward to learning about two (3, actually) protective blends and immersing ourselves in Eastern Red Cedar's qualities.   Part 1: Hecate and the Crossroads of Illumination and Darkness This section explores the symbolism of crossroads as places of transition and self-reflection, aligning with the autumn season and the archetype of Hecate. Hecate, a figure from ancient mythology, represents transitions, illumination, and introspection. I also introduce a protective "auric mist" created for myself to work with current personal muck. Which I hope you benefit from; for when you are in the muck, caught in and swept up in the thick of it. Part 2 (minute 17:25): The synergy of Eastern Red Cedar, Protective Spirit Moon, and Hecate. At a recent aromatic encounter at the Olfactory Art Keller Gallery, I shared how Eastern Red Cedar, with its eternal wisdom, can aid in life's transitions, especially during this season of reflection and introspection. As we live with the energies of darkness and transformation, I share how aromatic plants and essential oils, like those in my protective "auric mist," can help us transmute overwhelming emotions into something constructive. The blend I presented at the gallery includes Eastern Red Cedar, Mugwort, and Angelica Root, each offering unique benefits for grounding, stability, and creative inspiration. Part 3 (minute 23:50): A guided encounter exploring Eastern Red Cedar's timeless, quiet wisdom. We touch upon its spiritual significance, protective qualities, and how it can help us navigate life's transitions. This guided encounter aims to connect you with the ancient, grounding presence of Cedar, encouraging introspection and personal growth. Links to articles and videos at nycaromatica.com: Sweet Fern, Cistus, Combava, Angelica Root, Hecate Thank you for listening & until the next time: Ciao for now!

  May we all be safe enough to dream, & safe enough to Ovafy (what women do instead of testify) Max Dashu be guest today that we may ally with Witchen herbal lore… Mugwort – protects boundaries, enhances Dreaming…. Safe enough to dream….and many more plant allies… that even hearing their names and qualities, is a microdose….   Max Dashu, historian, author, artist  has been restoring women & women's history to cultural memory, political analysis, spiritual awareness since 1970. Through the Suppressed Histories Archives and her books she provides global perspectives, across the expanse of time, on the cultural record, from rock art, archaeology, Indigenous orature, written records, all testimony woven into an ever expanding collection. Max Dashu, Suppressed Histories Archives www.suppressedhistories.net Book Trailer: https://youtu.be/CKkhhRO47QY?si=Tn9sFMzK7ZXmfFWW Books, dvds, posters from Veleda Press: www.veleda.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Suppressed-Histories-Archives-333661528320/   Witchen Herbal Lore This visual talk will dive into the lore, chants, and rituals of sacred plants, including Mugwort, Hypericum, Mandrake, Rue, Vervain, Rowan-berry and the Daturas. The Nine Herbs Charm in Old English, the lybbestre (“medicine woman”) and wyrtgaelstre (“herb-chantress”), among other folk names for women healers. Herbs of the Midsummer garlands and bonfires; on that Eve, sitting under Hyldemoer, Mother of the Elderberry Tree, to watch for the elven procession pass by. Italian herbalists who healed with flower oils, Bulgarian vrachky healers, Scots and Irish “fairy doctors,” German “measurers,” and Slavic “whisperers.” Herbalists who sing praise songs to the plants in gathering, tell them why they are needed to cure, and sprinkle offerings into the Earth. We'll touch on healing by chant, touch, whisking, smoking, lustration, curing stones, tying herbs on with knotted yarn, and “pouring wax.” Two showings: Thurs 24 Oct at 6pm and Sat 26 Oct at noon (US Pacific Time – check a timezone converter for your local equivalent.) Registration is sliding scale at https://suppressed-histories.teachable.com/p/witchen-herbal-lore       The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon www.CoyoteNetworkNews.com *Woof*Woof*Wanna*Play?!?* The post The Visionary Activist Show – Witchen Herbal Lore appeared first on KPFA.

#65 - Join us for a wonderful conversation with Rev. Selena Fox on Nature spirituality and connecting with the magical aspects of herbs long associated with Samhain and Halloween.In this episode, Selena shares beautiful wisdom on plant allies of the season such as Mugwort in experiences of inner vision, Mullein when lighting ceremonial bonfires, and Rosemary for remembrance when honoring those who have passed. She offers insights into age-old Samhain rituals such as Turnip carving, the significance of Apple trees, honoring cycles, and the interconnectedness of all life. Selena also shares her inspiring experience of legacy in prairie restoration and building community across generations as the Circle Sanctuary celebrates its 50th anniversary this coming Samhain. Selena Fox is the Executive Director of Circle Sanctuary, Nature Preserve, a two-hundred acre Nature sanctuary located in the Driftless bioregion of southwestern Wisconsin. An EcoActivist for more than fifty years, Selena was among the organizers of events for the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 and is the founder of Circle Cemetery, one of the first Green cemeteries in North America. Also known as Reverend Selena Fox, she is Senior Minister of Circle Sanctuary which has been serving Nature Spirituality practitioners worldwide since 1974. Selena writes and speaks on a variety of topics, including Celebrating the Seasons, Herbology, Pagan Ways, and Life Passages. She hosts the monthly podcast, Circle of Nature and shares rituals, chants, and teaching on social media.You can find Selena at: https://www.circlesanctuary.org/IG: https://www.instagram.com/selenafox/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelenaFoxUpdatesTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@selenafxcircleYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SelenaFoxFor more info visit Sara's website at: https://www.multidimensionalnature.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/multidimensional.nature/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saraartemisia.ms/Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/plantspiritherbalismYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@saraartemisiaTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@multidimensional.naturePinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/multidimensionalnature/Etsy: https://www.plantspiritdesigns.comLearn how to communicate with plant consciousness in the free workshop on How to Learn Plant Language: https://www.learnplantlanguage.com/

Click here to send me a quick message :) If you've heard of mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), I bet the primary action you've heard about it is that it can enhance dreams. And mayyyyybe that it has an affinity to bring on menstruation?But this herb is so much more dynamic than that. I've often heard of people adding mugwort to sleep blends (with names like "good night's sleep" or "sleep well") and I'm just like, "wait are they talking about the same mugwort as me?"Because for me, mugwort has been incredibly powerful, and produced such vivid and lucid dreams that I would never ever consider adding it to a calming sleep blend. It's a FAR cry from passionflower, chamomile or California poppy energy!While yes, it has some relaxing nervine and uplifting actions, it's also a strong dream-inducing plant that has potential to create a wakeful dreaming state that's so active someone might not feel rested when they wake up, even if they slept all night. For me, I did feel rested, but I started sleeping less and less. I don't recommend it for that unless you're intentionally wanting to activate your dream life in some way or another. I mean, mugwort was the plant that initiated me into the path of herbal medicine, but in no way was that a gentle process.Instead I think of mugwort as an aromatic bitter to support enhancing your digestion, a warming circulatory stimulant to your pelvic region to help move stagnation and bring on bleeding "down there," and an herb that supports gentle relaxation and a brighter, clearer mood and mind. How do you experience mugwort? Any stories to share? Listen to learn:the basics on mugwort's actions, energetics and useshow mugwort was my initiation into the path of plant medicinemultiple ways of working with mugwortwhy mugwort is an essential herb for your natural contraception apothecarycautions around dosing and constituents in mugwortsome interesting recent research on mugwort's actionsResources:Today's shownotes: Get the references / research study citations Sign up for the Natural Contraception Waitlist hereEpisode 18: Uterine tonicsEpisode 83: How mugwort prevented a hysterectomy w Andrea WebbEpisode 89: Return to wholeness in your womb w Robin Rose BennettIf you loved this episode, share it with a friend, or take a screenshot and share on social media and tag me @herbalwombwisdom.  And if you love this podcast, leave a rating & write a review! It's really helpful to get the show to more amazing humans like you.  ❤️DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for educational purposes only, I am not providing any medical advice, I am not a medical practitioner, I'm an herbalist and in the US, there is no path to licensure for herbalists, so my role is as an herbal educator. Please do your own research and consult your healthcare provider for any personal concerns.Support the show

Hello! This epsiode is a general life update. Has anyone been feeling that September is a little crazy!? It's always a little crazy though isnt it? Here I share about my first night alone in over 2 years playing with the herb mugwort...which gave me nightmares. Using AI to get deeper understanding about these nightmares (which was surprisingly succesful!!) AND what I'm learning about money right now. I also share about the books I have just finished reading recently: the Frozen River (by Ariel Lawhon) and Ode to Minoa (by Theresa C. Dintino) Enjoy! *Update! My son did not officially wean...we were very happy to pick up our nursing journey when he came home and I have actually been enjoying it more! He had no problem being away with Dad for two days and has been less clingy and nursing less since his return (hence why I'm enjoying it more, it's just enough for me right now). Access my conversation with ChapGPT here: Using AI for Dream interpretation https://www.emiliealexina.com/post/using-ai-for-dream-interpretation-death-of-a-child Access the Wealthy Woman Vault here (available until Sept 19 midnight PST) https://www.matriarch.love/a/2147924906/LYB5goFw JOIN my upcoming group QHHT call here Mining Your Soul Story for Hidden Jewels of Collective Abundance https://www.emiliealexina.com/event-details-registration/mining-your-soul-story-for-hidden-jewels-of-collective-abundance

Today we are back in my Spellbound Spirits series … which is focused on the working witches … and no, not working in our craft type working, but working as in the corporate world, our jobs or whatever it is that you do to produce your own income. This series focuses on the after workday time, the time we get to have after a long productive day at the office! I am pulling things, ideas and topics, that helps us relax, help us wind down and help us transition back into our homes, our nests our safe spaces. Today picks right up where I left off last week talking about the Full Moon energy and herbs and we are focusing on 3 herbs in cocktail recipes and a mixed berry mocktail. We have Mugwort, Jasmine and the Bay Leaf for our spotlight herbs and then a great mocktail using mixed berries. All receipies are listed on my website https://witchyworkwishes.com/ just head to the "after hours tab" and click on Spellbound Spirits to get the specifics!

Tales of Three Campaign One Arc 1.1: Downtime Episode 14: Mugwort is the Password The trio spends another few days in Ozrin. Elara traps Véres, Véres teaches Ivy to use a weapon, and Ivy gives Kerrek the letter. Content Warnings: Profanity, Reference to mass death and destruction, religion and cults. Tales of Three is an all-queer narrative-driven D&D audio drama where your 3 GM's are also your 3 PC's If you like what you hear please tell your friends about us or consider giving us a 5 star review! It's a quick and easy way to show your support for small creators whose content you enjoy! Find our socials ⁠⁠here⁠⁠!   Want to chat with the cast, talk spoilers, play games, and make new friends? Join our ⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠!   If you want to help keep the podcast running and get access to bonus content check out our ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠! Buy us a coffee on ⁠Ko-fi⁠! Special thanks to ⁠⁠SG ⁠⁠for the theme music, ⁠⁠Chris ⁠⁠for the logo, ⁠⁠Fenn ⁠⁠& ⁠⁠Ely ⁠⁠for the character art! Background music and SFX by ⁠⁠Epidemic Sounds⁠⁠

This was my first time meeting Molly, and it was an absolute joy to talk with her and hear the many ways she is working with herbs to strengthen relationships and build connections. I just loved when Molly walked me through how she connects with mugwort through the five senses - what a delightful way to begin to build a relationship with a plant!Molly shared many ways of working with mugwort, including her process for creating beautiful, seasonal herbal garlands using this dreamy plant along with other natural materials. See the resource section below to download your beautifully illustrated recipe card at: https://bit.ly/3LH1agY By the end of this episode, you'll know:► How to work with mugwort to aid with dreaming and imagination► Eight medicinal preparations that can be made with mugwort► How the taste of mugwort can help you understand some of its medicinal gifts► How using energetic herbalism might help you consider herbs that are not typically worked with for a particular health condition► A fantastic tip for softening mugwort's effects on your dreams► and so much more…For those of you who don't know her, Molly Meehan Brown is a mama, folk herbalist and lifelong learner in love with relationship building between plants, land, and people. Molly is the founder of Wild Ginger Community Herbal Center, and together with her husband Javier, stewards herbal and birth programs in his native Costa Rica, in Maryland, as well as online.Molly also founded KidsHerbalism.com, a vibrant global village of inspiring herbalists and plant people helping raise our next generation in relationship with the plants. KidsHerbalism.com app hosts an abundance of almost 200 on-demand classes and also provides brand new online classes weekly on herbalism, gardening, and nature connection for youth-centering care, healing, and justice.Molly is a white cis female descendant of Irish settlers living on Piscataway land in Southern Maryland and BriBri & Kekoldi land in Costa Rica.I'm delighted to share our conversation with you today!----Get full show notes and more information at: herbswithrosaleepodcast.comFor more behind-the-scenes of this podcast, follow @rosaleedelaforet on Instagram!The secret to using herbs successfully begins with knowing who YOU are. Get started by taking my free Herbal Jumpstart course when you sign up for my newsletter.If you enjoy the Herbs with Rosalee podcast, we could use your support! Please consider leaving a 5-star rating and review and sharing the show with someone who needs to hear it!On the podcast, we explore the many ways plants heal, as food, as medicine, and through nature connection. Each week, I focus on a single seasonal plant and share trusted herbal knowledge so that you can get the best results when using herbs for your health.Learn more about Herbs with Rosalee at herbswithrosalee.com.----Rosalee is an herbalist and author of the bestselling book Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients Into Foods & Remedies That Heal and co-author of the bestselling book

Welcome back to Part 2 of the Good Plant/Bad Plant retrospective that includes previously aired short segments on beneficial plants as well as invasive ones. In this episode, Master Gardener Volunteer, Tim Kennelty, talks about the benefits of dogwoods, milkweed, and coneflowers, as well as the challenges associated with garlic mustard, multi-flora rose, and mugwort. The first segment features a family of about 50 species of trees/shrubs/sub-shrubs that grace the landscape with multi-season interest with spring flowers, berries in mid/late summer and fall color. Dogwoods are fairly easy to grow and have great spring flowers for pollinators, nutritious fruit for birds and many are host plants for butterflies and moths. In contrast, the non-native garlic mustard is an invasive herb. It is a biennial, maturing over two years. In its second year, it produces thousands of seeds (that can be viable for 10 years), which when they germinate, they push out beneficial native plants, inhibit growth of other plants, and quickly become dominant in the landscape. The second segment features milkweed, a butterfly magnet, which offers both ornamental and wildlife value. As you probably know, milkweeds are the only host plant for monarch butterflies. Milkweed flowers are rich in pollen and nectar and are extremely attractive to native bees, wasps and beetles, as well as more than 400 different species of insects. With more than 70 species of milkweeds in North America, there's a milkweed for you. On the other hand, the multiflora rose is a perennial shrub from Asia that was once planted for erosion control, wildlife enhancement and to deter roaming animals. But today, multiflora rose is considered an invasive plant as it quickly forms thickets, pushing out native plants and inhibiting nesting birds. A single plant can produce up to 500,000 seeds per year, viable for up to 10 years, and dispersed by birds and other fruit eating animals. This episode ends with a segment about featuring the purple cornflower (echinacea purpurea), a favorite New York native garden perennial, beloved by butterflies and hummingbirds. Seed heads, if not removed, become a great food source for birds in the winter. Tolerant of heat, drought and poor soils, the flowers look great in a mass planting or in flower arrangements. But Tim also discusses the challenges of dealing with mugwort (artemisia vulgaris). Mugwort is a perennial weed in the daisy family. It grows in loamy or sandy soils in forested areas, and along roadsides. It spreads by rhizomes and can form dense mats. This plant has been listed as invasive in several states. But remember, if you want to support wildlife in your yard, make sure to plant natives. Host: Jean Thomas Guest: Tim Kennelty Photo by: Teresa Golden Production Support: Linda Aydlett, Deven Connelly, Teresa Golden, Xandra Powers, Annie Scibienski Resources

In this episode of the Sat Upon a Toadstool Almanac, Mahigan shares beliefs, practices, and rituals concerning the feast of Saint John the Baptist, the feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, as well as Rusal'naia, or Trinity Week. Join us as we discuss herbal magics including that of Saint John's Wort, Hawthorn, Mugwort, Rose, Vervain, Elderflower, and Broom, and touch on various herbal concoctions, recipes, charms, and cantrips for spirit flight, conjuring storms, and separating lovers. Sat Upon a Toadstool is a lighthearted podcast dedicated to exploring the lived experience of Witchcraft through the lens of spirit relationship, folk magic, land veneration, and mediation between the world of the living and the next. Your host, Mahigan Saint-Pierre, is comfortably seated in increasingly odd corners of the woods chatting with god-knows-what critter as they sip on strange brews and chat about all things witchcraft, occult, and spiritual. The full episode is available over on Patreon.

Today marks the first time mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) has been spotlighted on the show. And as you'll see, this is a plant with a variety of culinary, medicinal, and historical uses! So I love that today's guest, Corinna Wood, chose mugwort as a focus for our conversation. As a listener, you also have access to Corinna's recipe for Mugwort Vinegar. Corinna shares that mugwort is her favorite herbal vinegar because it's sooooo flavorful! There's a free, downloadable and printable recipe card available just for you, so you can try out mugwort vinegar for yourself.By the end of this episode, you'll know:► When to harvest mugwort for internal use and what toxic look-alike to be sure you don't harvest by mistake► How living in tune with nature and the seasons can enhance your understanding of herbalism► Why it's important to cultivate an herbal community► How to work with mugwort to make your dreams more vivid and help you remember them► A variety of ways you can honor Nature's cycles within yourself► and so much more…A seasoned teacher of holistic healing and women's wisdom, Corinna Wood is well-known in the herbal community. Corinna founded and directed the Southeast Wise Women Herbal Conference, the largest herbal conference in the country, which ran for 15 years. She also ran Red Moon Herbs for 20 years. She's supported thousands of women on their journeys of healing and wholeness. Currently, Corinna has applied principles of the natural world to create tools for inner growth and healing—through an earth-based, woman-centered lens. Today, her offerings are at the cutting edge of synthesizing natural healing with feminist psychology and earth-based wisdom. If you'd like to hear more from Corinna, which I highly recommend, then head to the show notes where you can get easy links for her website and social media channels. You can also find the transcript for this episode in the show notes and you can access your recipe card for Mugwort Vinegar at: https://bit.ly/4cyrmXkIn some ways, I can't believe this is the first time I've had the chance to meet up with Corinna, but I'm thrilled it finally happened. And it's my delight to share our conversation with you today.----Get full show notes and more information at: herbswithrosaleepodcast.comFor more behind-the-scenes of this podcast, follow @rosaleedelaforet on Instagram!The secret to using herbs successfully begins with knowing who YOU are. Get started by taking my free Herbal Jumpstart course when you sign up for my newsletter.If you enjoy the Herbs with Rosalee podcast, we could use your support! Please consider leaving a 5-star rating and review and sharing the show with someone who needs to hear it!On the podcast, we explore the many ways plants heal, as food, as medicine, and through nature connection. Each week, I focus on a single seasonal plant and share trusted herbal knowledge so that you can get the best results when using herbs for your health.Learn more about Herbs with Rosalee at herbswithrosalee.com.----Rosalee is an herbalist and author of the bestselling book

An oneirogen, from the Greek words meaning "dream" and  "to create", is a substance or other stimulus that produces or enhances dreamlike states of consciousness. Jack Delamater is back again on the podcast! Jack is a lucid dreamer and a musician, who draws inspiration from his dreams and altered states of consciousness. He is the founder of The Dream Joint.  His products are the perfect gateway into lucid dreaming and enhancing overall dream vividness.  Jack and &  talk about the different herbs he has in his shop that are used to enhance dreams, and the many ways to consume them. We also talk about the different effects they have on your dream life. 20% OFF YOUR ORDER WITH CODE “DREAMWORLD”Oneirogens mentioned in this video African Dream Root (Silene Capensis & Synaptolepis kirkii)African dream Bean (Entada rheedii)Blue Lotus Flower Calea zacatechichi MugwortMorning Glory SeedsHawaiian Baby Woodrose seedsAmanita Mascaria MushroomHighlights1:55 THC & Dreams 5:21 Where to start with dream herbs7:45 Rituals and intentions for taking dream herbs9:59 Each dream herb & what it does21:21 More herbs for exploring consciousness26:44 Mugwort & the WILD technique28:22 Other Lucid dreaming tehcniques 30:06 Visitation dreams & ancestral dreamingOutro MusicWaves by Jack Delamater (Spotify)Support the showFollow The Dream World PodcastVisit Our WebsiteInstagram @TheDreamWorldPodcastTik Tok @aminasdreamworldSpotifyFacebookClubhouse

Today I am talking with Green Witch Herbalist Robin Rose Bennett all about plants, synchronicity, plant communication, herbalism, her books and bibliomancy from her new book A Green Witch's Pocket Book of Wisdom. Robin's new book is out now and available from all bookstores, you can see all her books on her book website. You can sign up to her newsletter, find out about courses and connect with her on her website. You can follow her plant journeys on instagram. If you are interested in connecting with plants you can sign up to my Patreon Wise Herbal Ways, this month we will be journeying and dreaming with Mugwort. Please support the podcast for the price of a cup of coffee, like, subscribe and share!

In this episode, I discuss the medicinal properties of Mugwort and I give a Chinese friend's recipe for hot chili oil. Mugwort is an amazingly useful herb that is considered a common weed in most of North America. Some of its uses will really surprise you and the folklore surrounding this herb is also fascinating. Chili oil is CRAZY good!New today in my Woodcraft shop: https://judsoncarrollwoodcraft.substack.com/Read about my new books:Medicinal Weeds and Grasses of the American Southeast, an Herbalist's Guidehttps://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2023/05/medicinal-weeds-and-grasses-of-american.htmlAvailable in paperback on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C47LHTTHandConfirmation, an Autobiography of Faithhttps://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2023/05/confirmation-autobiography-of-faith.htmlAvailable in paperback on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C47Q1JNKVisit my Substack and sign up for my free newsletter: https://judsoncarroll.substack.com/Read about my new other books:Medicinal Ferns and Fern Allies, an Herbalist's Guide https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/11/medicinal-ferns-and-fern-allies.htmlAvailable for purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMSZSJPSThe Omnivore's Guide to Home Cooking for Preppers, Homesteaders, Permaculture People and Everyone Else: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-omnivores-guide-to-home-cooking-for.htmlAvailable for purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BGKX37Q2Medicinal Shrubs and Woody Vines of The American Southeast an Herbalist's Guidehttps://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/06/medicinal-shrubs-and-woody-vines-of.htmlAvailable for purchase on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2T4Y5L6andGrowing Your Survival Herb Garden for Preppers, Homesteaders and Everyone Elsehttps://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/04/growing-your-survival-herb-garden-for.htmlhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B09X4LYV9RThe Encyclopedia of Medicinal Bitter Herbs: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-encyclopedia-of-bitter-medicina.htmlAvailable for purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B5MYJ35RandChristian Medicine, History and Practice: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/01/christian-herbal-medicine-history-and.htmlAvailable for purchase on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B09P7RNCTBHerbal Medicine for Preppers, Homesteaders and Permaculture People: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2021/10/herbal-medicine-for-preppers.htmlAlso available on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B09HMWXL25Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/southern-appalachian-herbsBlog: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/Free Video Lessons: https://rumble.com/c/c-618325

Blessed October! It's Eclipse season and the last of the two year cycle of Taurus-Scorpio Eclipses.In this episode, Angie talks about the astrology of the month, pulls a Tarot card archetype for October (the Hermit), and the Earth Medicine allies—Plant Medicine of Mugwort and Damiana; Stone Medicine: Charoite, Moonstone + Hematite as well as work with the medicine of our Spirit Guide the Valkyrie and the Animal Guide of Phoenix Remember these earth medicine guides can be tools for this month, and help you do your thang! A medicine bundle is for sale in my shop, as always. You can find October's Medicine Bundle here: https://themoonandstone.com/medicine/oct-2023-earth-medicine-mojo-bag-4lgxz Remember I do collective Full Moon + New Moon readings for my membership group as well as a Guided Shamanic Journey with the animal medicine of the month. We also meet each Friday for circle, and you get free bonus of Q&As with me. Check out more information here: https://themoonandstone.com/monthly-memberships Even though I haven't had a drink in a while, I mention this Rosemary Gladstar recipe. Rosemary Gladstar's Damiana Chocolate Love Liqueur: 1 ounce damiana leaves (dried) 2 cups vodka or brandy 1 ½ cups spring-water 1 cup honey vanilla extract rose water chocolate syrup almond extract 1. Soak the damiana leaves in the vodka or brandy for 5 days. Strain. Reserve the liquid in a bottle 2. Soak the alcohol-drenched leaves in the spring-water for 3 days. Stain and reserve the liquid 3. Over low heat, gently warm the water extract and dissolve honey in it. Remove the pan from the heat, then add the alcohol extract and stir well. Pour into a clean bottle and add a dash of vanilla and a touch of rose water for flavor. Let it mellow for 1 month or longer; it gets smoother with age 4. To each cup of damiana liqueur, add ½ cup of chocolate syrup, 2 or 3 drops of almond extract, and a touch more of rose water Recipe from Rosemary Gladstar's Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/angie-yingst/message

A step-by-step guide to Plant communication• Explains the synergistic process of communicating with a Plant and how the Plants help us overcome anxiety, grief, fears, and limiting beliefs and teach us to trust, forgive, and embrace self-love• Shares teachings from a variety of Plants such as Yarrow, Mugwort, Maple, Dandelion, Poison Ivy, and Japanese Hops• Presents step-by-step activities and practices that allow you to actualize each Plant's teaching in an immediate wayEveryone has the ability to consciously communicate with Plants. Jen Frey shows that if we are willing to listen, we can hear the Plants speak to our Hearts and teach us how to heal. With the support of our Plant allies, we can be our truest selves and remember our intrinsic wholeness.In this step-by-step guide, Frey shows how to awaken your ability to directly receive the unique wisdom and healing gifts of Plants. She describes how communicating with Plants is more like a communion than an exchange of words. The primary language we share with Plants is through the Heart, and Plant communication brings an expansion of Heart intelligence and emotional growth. She explains how the Plants help us overcome anxiety, grief, fears, and limiting beliefs and teach us to trust, forgive, embrace self-Love, and enjoy the sweetness of life.Sharing teachings she has received from a variety of Plants, such as Yarrow, Mugwort, Maple, Dandelion, Poison Ivy, and Japanese Hops, Frey follows each Plant ally's wisdom with a step-by-step activity or practice. She includes both native and invasive Plants because all Plant Spirits have valuable lessons to share. She concludes with Tulsi, showing how this Plant is essential to helping us recover our Sacred nature, especially in a time of great Earth changes.With the wisdom of Plant Spirits, we can have support and guidance whenever we need it and live in co-creative partnership with Nature.Jen Frey is a Healer, Mentor, Earth Advocate and Voice of the Plants, with more than 20 years of experience with Plant essences, energy work, and herbal practices. She is the founder of Brigid's Way and co-steward of Heart Springs Sanctuary, where she helps people deepen their connection with Nature through Plant communication.Jen has dedicated her life to the spiritual path of Plant work. She is on the board of the Organization of Nature Evolutionaries and is a member of the United Plant Savers and their Botanical Sanctuary Network. Jen lives in Pennsylvania.https://www.brigidsway.com/meet-jen-freyThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/2790919/advertisement

How does herbalism relate to astrology?  I mean, what can the stars possibly have to do with the plants? Aren't they totally different disciplines?These are such good questions. And honestly, I didn't even hear about the ancient practice of astro-herbalism until about ten years ago when I took a course on it. Turns out western herbalism was actually deeply rooted in astrological practice hundreds of years ago.Blending the two was a way to differentiate and understand the energetics of the plants. To match them more effectively with the people and the ailments as they were presenting. It's actually not as esoteric and out there as it sounds at first.Today's guest Andrea Webb offers a detailed glimpse into how bringing astrology and herbalism together helped her to understand the plants (and the planets) more fully. She gives a general overview and then dives into a couple specific examples of how adding astrology into the picture can help to provide a more dynamic perception of the herbs she works with in her practice. And then we go deep into mugwort, one of my dearest plant allies, and Andi shares about how her relationship with that plant completely changed her relationship with her womb. She went from having a debilitating, sometimes emergency-level menstrual phase (that had her considering the possibility of a hysterectomy) to relatively easeful cycles.It sounds miraculous, AND it's real. A story worth telling, indeed. (plus she adds in her astro-herbalism perspectives on mugwort to bring it all together) Listen to learn:what astro-herbalism ishow to understand plants in relationships to planets and vice-versathe way herbal energetics show up in astrology the life-changing way mugwort showed up for Andi's menstrual healthsome of mugwort's medicinal actionsan astroherbal perspective on mugworthow birth charts can be helpful in choosing herbs for a formulaResources:Today's shownotes: Get links to all of Andi's offerings!FREE 10 Key Herbs for Menstrual + Hormonal Health GuideEpisode 15: What's a plant ally? (+ how to find yours)Episode 18: Uterine tonicsEpisode 38: Your cycle is a vital signEpisode 42: Reclaim your menstruationEpisode 56: Womb + heart connection?If you loved this episode, share it with a friend, or take a screenshot and share on social media and tag me @herbalwombwisdom.  And if you love this podcast, leave a rating & write a review! It's really helpful to get the show to more amazing humans like you.  ❤️DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for educational purposes only, I am not providing any medical advice, I am not a medical practitioner, I'm an herbalist and in the US, there is no path to licensure for herbalists, so my role is as an herbal educator. Please do your own research and consult your healthcare provider for any personal heal

Hi All, Mark here. I loved the look of agriculture long before I ever had a farm. Yesterday I was struck by the geometric artistry of long rows of corn, lined up like so many soldiers in formation, undulating over a hill nearby. It recalled to my mind other images filed away in my album of landscape "greatest hits": potato fields I would bike past some thirty five years ago, all in white or purple bloom, gently sloping toward the ocean on the East End of Long Island; endless rows of perfect sunflowers along the roads of Thrace, injecting a bright vital energy into an otherwise dull flat landscape. These scenes are painted on a wide canvas, planted by machine, and using plants that have been developed to replicate each other as exactly as possible. I don't know whether pesticides, herbicides or insecticides are used to keep the spaces between the planted rows weed-free and bare. Nonetheless, the plants that compose the tableau are magnificent living things and the visual effect of their uniform arrangement appeals to me in much the same way that a Busby Berkeley production number does. From the chaos of living organisms, a sense of order and harmony achieved. The closest my farm comes to the tableaux I find so appealing is the pasture. The pasture is not comprised of just one type of plant. A variety of grasses, grains, clovers, and legumes all mix chaotically. They are, however, chewed down to the visual uniformity of a carpet by the sheep and cows that graze there. It's the same sort of order we achieve in the yard by mowing the grass. The view of pasture with the woods behind looks planned, ordered, and beautiful. This is so even though the margin between pasture and woodland is shifting, contested territory and the woodland itself is also a chaotic mix of whatever can opportunistically seed itself and enter into a sort of jostling coexistence, or even symbiosis, with the trees, bushes and undergrowth already there. From a distance, even the chaos of the woodland fades into a pleasing uniformity. It's a kind of visual order I would love to see everywhere, but which I've only partially achieved in the areas like the vegetable garden where the results are reliant on my personal efforts. You may remember that one of my major goals for this season was to reconfigure the vegetable garden according to a more Cartesian, rational plan that Eric and I developed together. The plan involved new boundaries, new fencing to keep out groundhogs and rabbits, and replacing most of the existing circular planting beds with new rectangular beds. It required digging up a whole lot of sod and removing enormous stands of mugwort and other weeds I had allowed to invade in fallow areas in the past couple of years. It was a far more ambitious undertaking than I had anticipated. By some measures, we've made great strides. The fencing has been almost entirely finished and for the past several weeks has succeeded in keeping out groundhogs and all but one pesky rabbit. Plants like Swiss chard, broccoli and parsley that didn't survive the critters' gnawing last year have been doing well this year. Of the 24 planting beds we planned for the main garden, 18 have been created and planted. Where about 20 tomato plants struggled last year in the tomato patch, this year there are over 75, and half a dozen tomatillos as well. The little orange sungold tomatoes are already coming in regularly, and I harvested the first ripe Black Krim last week. My summer counteroffensive against the mugwort, however, bears some resemblance to the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Donbas. I am making some discernible progress and will ultimately emerge victorious, but the weed is entrenched. Mugwort has been eliminated from more than 75% of the tomato patch and the north end of the vegetable garden proper, but in the main garden the southwest corner, and the east side between the pumpkins and the zucchini are all still in enemy hands. Even from a distance, aggressive patches of mugwort stand as a rebuke to the landscaped look I so desperately wanted to achieve this year.Eric thinks my commitment to doing it all by hand is what stands between me and achieving my garden goals. He is right. I have no good response for this. I apparently crave the Sisyphian challenge, and must grasp at a small measure of vindication by appreciating each tiny patch of order I create. And eating the results. Last Sunday, along with the first Black Krim tomato, I brought in the first impossibly shiny yellow Golden Rod zucchinis, and the first cucumbers (both standard Marketmore slicing cucumber and suhyo long, a Chinese variety with a bumpy skin and a curvy growth habit). We are harvesting blackberries in great profusion. In gratitude to macho Matt, who installed a new mailbox and fixed a gate affected by the recent storms during a recent visit, I was able to make the kind of vegetarian meal he prefers largely from the garden: Swiss chard leaves stuffed with a rice mixture that included our own turnips and herbs, braised chard stems, a Turkish salad of chopped tomato, suhyo cucumber and onion, and cacik, the cucumber, yoghurt and mint dish. It's not yet the summer harvest of my dreams, but it's by a large margin better than last year. I've been plagued by dreams this week of actions uncompleted -- last night it was trying unsuccessfully to reach a hardware store before it closed, the night before it was having my plate cleared before I could finish eating a poppy seed muffin. I can't help but think these are in part displaced fears about whether I will ever close the gap between my ambitions and actualization in the garden. But, I tell myself, the season is not over. There are six more beds I can dig, fall vegetables like collard greens, daikon radish and spinach to plant. And by next year, I tell myself, we will surely have the vegetable garden we've been dreaming of.

Today we welcome Peter Hine and Stephen Buckley of the Vayse podcast Peter C Hine is a lawyer, a writer and a dirt worshiping heathen. Stephen James Buckley is an electronic musician and audio producer. Their podcast was born out of their experiences and exploration into the world of the weird and the mystic. In the show we get into their experiences with the subconscious and dreaming in particular. Peter takes us through an extraordinary experience he attributes to the great God Pan and details how it changed their perception and interaction with nature. We get into the resonance of childhood nightmares in adulthood and the connections between spirits, symbols and animals. In the Plus show we get into the spiritual dynamics between the organic and inorganic, Rudolf Steiner's work, experiencing animal consciousness, the magic of fungus, doing something good, the dark man's PR drive and Peter's Dark Man experiences and the synchronicities surrounding it and dealing with the fear generated from this kind of encounter.Enjoy and be sure to check out the Vayse podcast!Show notes:Vayse website https://www.vayse.co.uk/Mugwort and herbs for dreaming https://commonwealthherbs.com/mugwort-for-dreaming/Steiner on Ahriman https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/AhrDec_index.htmlMycorrhizae Network https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWD_1Nq6iwQ  VYS0007 dream experiments https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0007?t=0 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spirit-box/message

Brighid Doherty Founder of the Solidago Herb School and Host of the Healthy Herb Podcast Deer Isle, Maine ~ Culinary Treasure Podcast Episode 110  The Culinary Treasure Podcast: Chefs, Winemakers, Distillers, Bakers, and More – Culinary Stories You Will Love!  In this episode of the Culinary Treasure Podcast our Host Steven Shomler visits with Brighid Doherty Founder of the Solidago Herb School and Host of the Healthy Herb Podcast Deer Isle, Maine.  During this episode Steven and Brighid go over her journey, what it's like to live on Deer Isle, Maine, and they talk about a number of herbs including Goldenrod, Mugwort, Yarrow, Dandelion, and more.  Adventures On the Maine Coast  To see all of the Culinary Treasure Network's Maine Coast content – Podcasts, Shows as well as This is Travel Treasure articles, and This is Culinary Treasure articles go to www.AdventuresOnTheMaineCoast.com  Adventures in Maine ~ A Maine Podcast ~ Travel Maine ~ Visit Maine   Follow Brighid Doherty  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/solidagoherbschool/     Follow The Solidago Herb School  Website https://www.solidagoherbschool.com/   The Nourish Yourself Workshop https://www.solidagoherbschool.com/nourish-yourself Facebook https://www.facebook.com/solidagoherbschool/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/solidagoherbschool/     Follow the Healthy Herb Podcast Website https://bleav.com/shows/the-healthy-herb-podcast/   Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-healthy-herb-podcast/id1549591179 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7pQfzDFKJU8lMVKOyXRSNI   The Culinary Treasure Podcast 411  The Culinary Treasure Podcast is brought to you by The Culinary Treasure Network, and this episode was recorded on Deer Isle, Maine Steven Shomler is the Host and Creator of the Culinary Treasure Podcast. You Can Listen to the Culinary Treasure Podcast on Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Pandora, Audible, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music / Amazon Podcasts, Stitcher, Audacy, Deezer, Gaana, JioSaavn, the Samsung Podcast app, Resso, YouTube (audio only), Boomplay, and many other podcasts outlets.  The Culinary Treasure Podcast: Chefs, Winemakers, Distillers, Bakers, and More – Culinary Stories You Will Love!   Follow The Culinary Treasure Podcast Website  www.culinarytreasurepodcast.com  Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/CulinaryTreasurePodcast Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/culinarytreasurepodcast/   Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-portland-culinary-podcast/id1144423445 iHeartRadio https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-culinary-treasure-podcast-30948747/ Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7auFMA0frzpAJxSk6LFpax Pandora https://www.pandora.com/podcast/culinary-treasure-podcast/PC:1000450759 Amazon Podcasts https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d5c94cab-b5f6-46a1-b807-8b75562d3911/culinary-treasure-podcast Audible https://www.audible.com/pd/Culinary-Treasure-Podcast-Podcast/B08JJP5CLH   #CulinaryTreasurePodcast   The Travel Treasure Podcast The Culinary Treasure Podcast has a sister podcast Travel Treasure Podcast:  www.TravelTreasurePodcast.com     #TravelTreasurePodcast

"Oh dear, well... a little Mugwort will fix that right up." This week The Stinas embark on a fascinating journey exploring the multifaceted properties and uses of Mugwort [Artemisia vulgaris]. Justina tells us all about her discovery of "The Witches Herb" right in her own backyard, much to the dismay of her husband - he keeps mowing over the stuff! We delve into the skin-healing properties of mugwort, unveiling its potential to promote healthy and radiant skin. We also discuss the benefits and potential side effects of consuming mugwort tea, and even smoking dried leaves of the herb. The Stinas ponder its psychotropic nature as they explore ritualistic "moxibustion" and smoke healing. They uncover Mugwort's ancient roots as a remedy for various modern ailments and enlighten the listener as to how to tell the difference between Mugwort and Wormwood, two often confused, similar looking herbs. Join us as we explore the rich history, folklore, and magical uses of mugwort, drawing inspiration from renowned herbalists like Nicholas Culpeper and Edward Armstrong. Discover the ritual uses of mugwort, from crafting garland crowns and wreaths to incorporating it into cleansing smoke sticks. Additionally, we explore the intriguing connection between mugwort and lucid dreaming, examining its potential benefits in enhancing dream experiences. Lastly, we address an important topic, cautioning against the dangers of herbal abortions and sharing the stories of women who urge others not to follow their lead. TOPIC MAP (00:00) Intro (20:48) Books and Movie Mentions (30:35) Mugwort Tea (49:39) Smoking Mugwort (01:12:40) Botony of Mugwort (01:18:50) Mugwort vs. Wormwood (01:33:11) "Flowers and Fruits: Two Thousand Years of Menstrual Regulation" (01:49:22) "Take Back Your Uterus with this Psychedelic Herb of the Ancient World" (01:52:30) Magick & Lore (02:17:00) Elf Shot Recorded: 6/6/23 SOCIALS: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Kristina's Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Justina's Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Voice Message⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠HERO SOURCES⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠WHERE TO FIND THE BOOKS AND MOVIE⁠⁠⁠⁠ DISCLAIMER The Magnolia Street Podcast intends to discuss the movie, “Practical Magic” in its entirety. This will evidently result in spoilers and it is recommended that you watch and or read the following. Alice Hoffman's: Practical Magic, Rules of Magic, Magic Lessons, Book of Magic. The Magnolia Street Podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes and should not be used as a substitute for professional or medical advice. Do not attempt any of the discussed actions, solutions, or remedies without first consulting a qualified professional. It should be noted that we are not medical professionals and therefore we are not responsible or liable for any injuries or illnesses resulting from the use of any information on our website or in our media. The Magnolia Street Podcast presenters, Kristina Babich and Justina Carubia are passionate fans of Alice Hoffman's work and the Practical Magic word she has created. There is no copyright infringement intended, all characters and story lines are that of Alice Hoffman. We do not own any of that material as well as any of the move score music shared within the podcast. All intellectual property rights concerning personally written music and or shared art are vested in Magnolia Street Podcast. Copying, distributing and any other use of these materials is not permitted without the written permission from Kristina Babich and Justina Carubia. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/magnoliastreetpodcast/message

Hello WitchesJoin me for a different episode today looking at Rose and Mugwort.Our book review today is Letting Magic In - A Memoir of Becoming Maia Toll. As mentioned here is a discount code for 10% of any of my zines in my Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheWhiteWitchCompany?coupon=SOMOTEITBESign up to my Patreon - The Witches Institute - The Witches Institute | creating Podcast episodes, Online Workshops, Grimoire Sheets | PatreonMy Patreon is packed full of content, each month I release either a folklore tale, ghost story or give you the story of a historical haunted or witchy location.I release three Hedge Witch Studies per month with grimoire sheets for you to add to your book of shadows covering a power animal, crystal and plant/tree.Each month I post an exclusive Patreon podcast episode along with grimoire sheets. You will receive grimoire sheets for The White Witch Podcast also.We also have The Literary Witch's Coven, this is optional but within this we read a book together each month and have a meeting to discuss and share our reviews on it. We also have our amazing witchy community to interact with, our Patreon has been running for over a year so if you join now you will have access to a ton of witchy content in our back catalogue. Its just £6 per month please check out our link to find out more and sign up!Find me here -Etsy - TheWhiteWitchCompany - Etsy UKThe White Witch's Book of Healing: The White Witch's Book of Healing: Weaving Magickal Rituals throughout your Craft for Sacred Healing and Reclamation of the Wild Witch Within: Amazon.co.uk: Rose, Carly: 9781914447266: BooksFind me on Instagram - The White Witch Podcast (@thewhitewitchpodcast) • Instagram photos and videosFind me on Facebook - The White Witch Podcast (facebook.com)You can email me at carly@thewhitewitchcompany.co.ukLots of witchy loveCarly xxSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-white-witch-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What do you know about an herb called Mugwort?

Meet Maria Rodale, an author and advocate for organic regenerative farming. An explorer in search of the mysteries of the universe, Maria is the author of "Love Nature Magic: Shamanic Journeys into the Heart of My Garden", "Organic Manifesto", "Scratch", and is the author of a children's book series called written by the under the pen name "Mrs. Peanuckle". Her book "Love Nature Magic" was featured as a part of the a recent selection for the Lady Farmer book club, so it was truly an honor to get to talk with her on The Good Dirt. Together, Mary, Emma, and Maria discuss her new book, her family legacy in the world of regenerative agriculture, as well as her evolution from a CEO to (in her own words) a “crazy gardener.” Maria is truly a voice for the power and magic of nature and a guide for all of us seeking to rekindle a meaningful connection to the earth. Maria is the former CEO and Chairman of Rodale Inc, and has served on multiple nonprofit boards including the Rodale Institute, Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project, and the Pennsylvania Federal Reserve Advisory council. She has received awards for her lifetime of service and activism, including the National Audubon Rachel Carson Award and the United Nations Population Fund's Award for the Health and Dignity of Woman Everywhere. Topics Discussed • Growing up on as 3rd Generation Farmer at the Rodale Institute • The Farming Systems Trial • Moving Out at 18 to Becoming CEO: Family Loss & Legacy • The Implosion of the Publishing Industry • Following Her Nose: How Maria Found Writing • The Making of "Love Nature Magic" • What is a Shamanic Journey?  • Dealing with Mugwort in Gardens • Decolonizing Our Relationship with Nature • A Garden's Desire to be Wild • Why the Biggest Changes Come from a Change in Behavior • Being Open to Hearing Nature's Message • Changing the Future by Modeling What Could Be Over What Is • Recovering from a Stroke •"Regenerative" over "Sustainability" Episode Resources: The Rodale Institute: 75 Years of Organic Agriculture Leadership "Love, Nature, Magic: Shamanic Journeys into the Heart of My Garden" "Organic Manifesto: How Organic Food Can Heal Our Planet, Feed the World, and Keep Us Safe" "Scratch: Home Cooking for Everyone Made Simple, Fun, and Totally Delicious: A Cookbook" Mrs. Peanuckle's Books Mindful Bear The Good Dirt: "The Urgent Need for Restorative Gardens with Mary Reynolds" Fried Dandelion TikTok Connect with Maria Rodale: • Website: https://www.mariarodale.com/ • Mrs. Peanuckle Website: https://www.mrspeanuckle.com/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariarodale/  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

We've made it to the 9th card in the Major Arcana and experience introspection, retreat and solitude with the Hermit. Then we venture into the intuitive and visionary world of Mugwort and talk about how I found myself immersed in that world very recently. But first, this New Moon in Taurus is bringing the chill vibes we've been in need of following Mercury Retrograde and Eclipse Season.    Thank you so much for listening! Please leave a review, wherever you're listening from. Go to AIsForAgrimony.com to check out the blog, get event updates and browse the spell & ritual archive! Get Bonus Content and Behind-the-Scenes, Early Release Video Episodes over at the Patreon: Patreon.com/aisforagrimony Follow or Contact Me: Instagram: @a_is_for_agrimony Facebook: Facebook.com/aisforagrimony Email: ReachMargo@aisforagrimony.com Want to send me some good old fashioned mail? Surprise me at: PO Box 397, Cherry Hill NJ 08003. Many many thanks to Shane Ivers for Music: Zen Garden by Shane Ivers: https://www.silvermansound.com  

Video - https://youtu.be/W_dCUAe5hysFiona Heckles and Kazz Goodweather are better known in the UK as the Seed Sistas, and this dynamic duo has been energetically encouraging initiation in the herbal arts for over 20 years. Tune in to learn about expressing instead of repressing, valerian potions, make-your-own folk mythos, the character of rose, brambles and hedgerows, earth magic, and the vibe of creativity. In the 2nd hour, we go in-depth on their latest book, Poison Prescriptions, exploring the history of poisons & poisoners, anesthetics and the mystery of consciousness, datura, henbane, and crossing the river Styx, the beer purity laws forbidding herbal brews, raving with Belladonna and Dionysus, Mugwort, the witches flying ointment, and malevolent magics. Get Extended Episodes with InnerVerse Plus+ on Rokfin and Patreon!https://rokfin.com/stream/34029https://www.patreon.com/posts/82644877 The Aquacure AC50 (Use "innerverse" as a coupon code for a 15% discount) - https://eagle-research.com/product/ac5 EPISODE LINKShttps://seedsistas.co.uk/Poison Prescriptions - https://seedsistas.co.uk/product/poison-prescriptions/Featured Music - "Empress" by LuSiD - https://www.lusid.live/https://www.innerversepodcast.com/season-9/seed-sistas TELEGRAM LINKShttps://t.me/innerversepodcasthttps://t.me/innerversepodcastchat GET TUNEDhttps://www.innerversepodcast.com/sound-healing SUPPORT INNERVERSEInnerVerse Merch - https://www.innerversemerch.comTippecanoe Herbs - Use INNERVERSE code at checkout - https://tippecanoeherbs.com/Spirit Whirled: July's End (Audiobook narrated by Chance) - https://tinyurl.com/2dhsarasA Godsacre For Winds of the Soul (Audiobook narrated by Chance) - https://tinyurl.com/2p9xpdn3Buy from Clive de Carle with this link to support InnerVerse with your purchase - https://clivedecarle.ositracker.com/197164/11489 InnerVerse intro theme by Conspiracy Music Guru - https://www.conspiracymusicguru.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, I discuss the many medicinal uses of Mugwort... an herb of practical value and much mystical lore. I also tell you my favorite way to cook asparagus, sweet garden peas, green beans, brussels sprouts, ramps, fiddle head ferns, etc. Great meals, antiviral herbs, help with sore joints, legends, Latin and a good sleep!Read about my new book: Medicinal Ferns and Fern Allies, an Herbalist's Guide https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/11/medicinal-ferns-and-fern-allies.htmlAvailable for purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMSZSJPSRead about my new cookbook, The Omnivore's Guide to Home Cooking for Preppers, Homesteaders, Permaculture People and Everyone Else: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-omnivores-guide-to-home-cooking-for.htmlAvailable for purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BGKX37Q2Visit my Substack and sign up for my free newsletter: https://judsoncarroll.substack.com/Read about my new other book, Medicinal Shrubs and Woody Vines of The American Southeast an Herbalist's Guide https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/06/medicinal-shrubs-and-woody-vines-of.htmlAvailable for purchase on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2T4Y5L6 andGrowing Your Survival Herb Garden for Preppers, Homesteaders and Everyone Elsehttps://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/04/growing-your-survival-herb-garden-for.htmlhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B09X4LYV9RThe Encyclopedia of Medicinal Bitter Herbs: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-encyclopedia-of-bitter-medicina.htmlAvailable for purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B5MYJ35RandChristian Medicine, History and Practice: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/01/christian-herbal-medicine-history-and.htmlAvailable for purchase on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B09P7RNCTBHerbal Medicine for Preppers, Homesteaders and Permaculture People: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2021/10/herbal-medicine-for-preppers.htmlAlso available on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B09HMWXL25Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/southern-appalachian-herbsBlog: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/Free Video Lessons: https://rumble.com/c/c-618325

Last week's Antics of Meadow Wildlife (Ep 100) leads to preparing and planting a meadow, often called a wildflower garden or prairie. Dennis Briede shares how the Land Conservancy is converting a field inundated with Mugwort into a Meadow.My interview with Dennis leads to a fantastic surprise – the mating dance of the American Woodcock. You'll enjoy the interview and the sounds of this charming robin-sized bird.Related Stories and Helpful Links Woodcock Dance – Making a MeadowAntics of Meadow Wildlife The Cornell Lab All About Birds – American Woodcock Overview    ***I'd love to hear about your garden and nature stories. And your thoughts about topics for future podcast episodes. You can email me at AskMaryStone@gmail.com. Thanks so much for tuning in :^)You can Follow Garden Dilemmas on Facebook and Instagram #MaryElaineStoneEpisode web page —Garden Dilemmas Podcast PageThank you for sharing the garden of life,Mary Stone, Columnist & Garden DesignerAskMaryStone.comMore about the Podcast and Column: Welcome to Garden Dilemmas, Delights, and Discoveries. It's not only about gardens; it's about nature's inspirations, about grasping the glories of the world around us, gathering what we learned from mother nature, and carrying these lessons into our garden of life. So let's jump in in the spirit of learning from each other. We have lots to talk about. Thanks for tuning in, Mary Stone Garden Dilemmas? AskMaryStone.comDirect Link to Podcast Page

So in this video, I'm going to tell you how to control your dreams using a supplement called Mugwort. Now, for those of you who are complete beginners, which might be a lot of you, lucid dreaming is where you control your dreams. Become aware of the fact that you're dreaming and lets you be able to do anything in the dream. You can control it, experience anything you want to. And Mugwort is basically a type of herb that you ingest. You can either smoke it or brew it in a tea. And when you ingest this herb, it helps you to have more vivid, more brightly colored, interesting and amazing feeling dreams and lucid dreams. It's quite powerful. It's been used throughout history to induce these types of crazy dreams. Make sure to follow and subscribe to the lucid dreaming podcast! For exclusive show notes and discounts/deals on lucid dreaming products just for podcast listeners, click here - https://howtolucid.com/podcast/?utm_source=PodcastDescription&utm_medium=PodcastDescription

Robin Rose teaches us about the magic of mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), self care, and intuitive wisdom.  This is a clip from a class Robin Rose Bennett taught for the International Herb Symposium. WATCH THE FULL CLASS  Learn more about Robin and her work at RobinRoseBennett.com BOOK - The Gift of Healing Herbs by Robin Rose Bennett: LEARN MORE AND BUY International Herb Symposium - LEARN MORE AND REGISTER WANT MORE HERBAL GOODNESS? Sign up for the HerbRally newsletter and receive these THIRTEEN herbal freebies!  CLAIM YOUR FREEBIES!  Here's the freebies: VIDEO | Most Vital Herb in David Hoffmann's First-Aid Kit WEBINAR | Herbal First Aid with Heather Irvine EBOOK | 86 Page Plant Healer Book 30 DAYS FREE | HerbRally Schoolhouse EBOOK | Calendula for Radiant Skin by Rosalee de la Forêt VIDEO | 5 Herbal Events Around the World presented by Bevin Clare BOOK DISCOUNT | The Essential Guide to Western Botanical Medicine PRIVATE COMMUNITY | HerbRally Facebook Group BOOK EXCERPT | 36 Pages from Plant Healer's "Nourishing Foods" Book DISCOUNT | 15% off all Mountain Rose Herbs products DISCOUNT | Mushroom Revival AUDIO | Hour-long Adaptogens Class with Heather Irvine DISCOUNT | 10% off all HerbRally products CLAIM YOUR FREEBIES!  Thanks for listening!  HerbRally www.herbrally.com   

Waylon talks with publisher, author, activist (and gardener!) Maria Rodale. We'll discuss her humorous and surprising conversations with the spirits of plants and animals via shamanic journeys, as discussed in her new book: Love, Nature, Magic. "I had been doing shamanic journeying on my own for about 10 years and I was out gardening one day and really annoyed. Totally annoyed by this one weed, right? Mugwort. Like, I wanted to kill it—to the point where I was almost ready to use [Monsanto's poison] Roundup, which is crazy.  So I decided to do a shamanic journey to see if I could talk to this plant and find out why it was so annoying. ...And that opened up a whole new world for me." ~ Maria Rodale

This is your Captain speaking, preparing you for lift off! Welcome to the 25th installment of Dream Stream. A podcast dedicated to the fragmented future known as dreaming. What lies in the woods so lovely, dark and deep? We enter the dream archives and sift through the knowlegde of the universe bringing forth priceless trinkets. The dream sequence gets rowdy with celebrity appearances and super heavy squirrels. Do you want your dream featured on the show? Type it up and send it to my email dreamstreampodcast@gmail.com and include a username you would like me to refer to you as. Show us you support at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dreamstream or share it on social media and your friends. Thank you so much for listening!

Mistress Siren discusses the properties of, and uses for, the herb Mugwort. Honestly, one of the mistresses favorite herbs to use.

Welcome back for part two of our three-part series featuring our 2022 Pushcart Prize nominees. Carla Cooke and Robert Peate talks writing, some politics, media, and more with Elizabeth in this engrossing episode. Make yourself comfortable and tuck right in! Carla's work in Meat For Tea can be found in the Russian Caravan issue, and Robert's in the Mugwort, Russian Caravan, Criadilla de Toro and Passionfruit issues. meatfortea.com/buy.htm --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meatforteacast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/meatforteacast/support

As we step across the threshold to the New Year, we must also acknowledge the things that have died and the things that must die for us to move ahead. We will explore how we let go of dreams, the medicine of mugwort in transitional times, and I will share my processing of a tragic loss of a friend. I hope this video supports your processing, and I would love to hear if you have used Mugwort to aid your visioning and transitions. To support me and my husband's work, please pledge to our Kickstarter before midnight EST on 12/31. You can grab a space in our upcoming herbal astrology circle, Roots and Spheres, via Kickstarter! Click here to support us: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nightlight2020/nightlight-daily-horoscopes-2023 Plant Ally: Mugwort/Cronewort Artemesia vulgaris I use a few drops of fresh plant tincture throughout the day. Book Resources Mentioned: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert: https://bookshop.org/p/books/big-magic-creative-living-beyond-fear-elizabeth-gilbert/588716?ean=9781594634727 Herbal Rituals by Judith Berger: https://www.blurb.com/b/9715213-herbal-rituals Oprah's Talk, "Is it Time for a New Dream" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB5PusWIzZs UrbanDevi Women's Retreat: Uplifting the Feminine Voice, April 17-24 Costa Rica https://bhakticenter.org/urbandeviretreat/

Winter is the darkest season of the year. While darkness is often seen as burdensome, it is rich with gifts necessary for those on a spiritual path. In this video, herbalist Ashley Elenbaas and director of UrbanDevi, Rukmini Walker, take a deep dive into the dark and fertile caves of winter and darkness and how we can get the most out of this season. Plants such as Angelica, Mugwort,  and Pine are explored as plant allies to help guide the work of deep winter dreaming and bringing our consciousness of light into these dark spaces. We hope you enjoy this conversation and invite you to share your comments, questions, and insights below! UrbanDevi Women's Retreat: Uplifting Women's Voices - with Rukmini Walker and Ashley Elenbaas, April 17-23, 2023 in Playa Negra, Costa Rica. Details here: https://bhakticenter.org/urbandeviretreat/ Support us via our annual Kickstarter Campaign and register for our upcoming Roots and Spheres Herbalism and Astrology Course.  Roots and Spheres: https://www.skyhouseherbs.com/roots-spheres Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nightlight2020/nightlight-daily-horoscopes-2023

Mugwort is a plant famed for its effects on dreaming, but its medicinal properties and actions do so much more than that. With a distinct effect on the nervous, digestive, hepatobiliary, and reproductive systems, Mugwort navigates, regulates, and balances the highways that connect them all.   In today's episode, you'll discover:   Mugwort's unique flavor profile and how this leads to its complex actions How Mugwort impacts the nervous, digestive, and reproductive systems  Why this is a perfect remedy for highly sensitive people Its relationship to both the Moon and Venus Different ways you can use and prepare Mugwort ———————————— CONNECT WITH SAJAH AND WHITNEY ———————————— To get free in depth mini-courses and videos, visit our blog at:  http://www.evolutionaryherbalism.com   Get daily inspiration and plant wisdom on our Facebook and Instagram channels: http://www.facebook.com/EvolutionaryHerbalism https://www.instagram.com/evolutionary_herbalism/   Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyP63opAmcpIAQg1M9ShNSQ   Get a free 5-week course when you buy a copy of the book, Evolutionary Herbalism:https://www.evolutionaryherbalism.com/evolutionary-herbalism-book/   ———————————— ABOUT THE PLANT PATH ———————————— The Plant Path is a window into the world of herbal medicine. With perspectives gleaned from traditional Western herbalism, Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, Alchemy, Medical Astrology, and traditional cultures from around the world, The Plant Path provides unique insights, skills and strategies for the practice of true holistic herbalism. From clinical to spiritual perspectives, we don't just focus on what herbs are "good for," but rather who they are as intelligent beings, and how we can work with them to heal us physically and consciously evolve.   ———————————— ABOUT SAJAH ———————————— Sajah Popham is the author of Evolutionary Herbalism and the founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism, where he trains herbalists in a holistic system of plant medicine that encompasses clinical Western herbalism, medical astrology, Ayurveda, and spagyric alchemy. His mission is to develop a comprehensive approach that balances the science and spirituality of plant medicine, focusing on using plants to heal and rejuvenate the body, clarify the mind, open the heart, and support the development of the soul. This is only achieved through understanding and working with the chemical, energetic, and spiritual properties of the plants. His teachings embody a heartfelt respect, honor and reverence for the vast intelligence of plants in a way that empowers us to look deeper into the nature of our medicines and ourselves. He lives on a homestead in the foothills of Mt. Baker Washington with his wife Whitney where he teaches, consults clients, and prepares spagyric herbal medicines.    ———————————— WANT TO FEATURE US ON YOUR PODCAST? ———————————— If you'd like to interview Sajah or Whitney to be on your podcast, click here to fill out an interview request form.

Join us in an enchanting exploration of the Artemisia plants—Mugworts, Wormwoods, and Sagebrushes—as we share stories and experiences of working with the flower essences, herbal preparations, and strong energies of this unique subset of the Aster family.

This week's podcast episode contains a little bit of everything for residents of the Hudson Valley. Teresa Golden (The Veggie Patch) starts it off with a segment about how to put a vegetable garden ‘to bed' for the winter. Sanitation and composting are covered as key elements to successfully preparing a garden to survive the winter and be ready to get off to a fast start in the spring. Then Tim Kennelty (Good Plant/ Bad Plant) is back with another segment featuring the purple cornflower (echinacea purpurea) , a favorite New York garden perennial and a very colorful native flower, beloved by birds and pollinators.He also discusses the challenges of dealing with mugwort, a common weed in the garden which is also a prolific invasive. The episode concludes with another virtual tour with Heidi Bock (Trekking the Trails).The Overmountain Conservation area, located in Ancram, NY, consists of 10 miles of trails with awesome scenic overlooks of both the Catskill and Taconic Mountains.It's also a great place to see grassland birds. We hope these segments inform, educate, and inspire you to enjoy the natural beauty that exists in New York's Hudson Valley.Enjoy! Hosts: Tim Kennelty and Jean Thomas Guests: Teresa Golden, Tim Kennelty and Heidi Bock Photo by: Tim Kennelty Resources

It's Halloween! We share how we feel about this holiday and if we plan to celebrate it or not. We also speak on smoking weed and Carla's recent experience with the Mugwort herb leads to her sleeping with someone in her dream. Nic does not know how to feel about this... visit our website www.nicandcarla.com for more content! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carlaandnic/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carlaandnic/support

Science Fiction - Double FeatureJoin us for the last episode before the Spookysode! Dive into mugwort and iolite, Jim and The Bathing Beauty, the Throat and Third Eye - An episode full of gruesome twosomesDouble Feature Halloween Printswbahprintshop.comOF Halloween Live - Uncut, Early AccessOct 20th 8pm cstonlyfans.com/wbahpodcast--------------------------------------------Our SponsorsSky Clad Apothecaryskycladapothecary.comInstagram @skycladapothecaryBlessed Be Magickblessedbemagick.com - use WITCHBITCH for 15% off!Instagram @blessedbemagick--------------------------------------------Advertise with us!Just shoot us an email over to wbahpodcast@gmail.comSnag yourself some WBAH Merch!teespring.com/stores/wbah-podcast-storeContact Us (Come Eat With Us)Instagram @WitchBitchAmateurHourTwitter @BitchHourFacebook @WitchAmateurHourDiscord https://discord.gg/DBhCw9vZwbahpodcast@gmail.comWant to help support the Podcast? Consider becoming a Patron!www.patreon.com/wbahpodcastHandwritten letters are actual magic!PO Box 865Canton, Tx75103_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-Play The Sims With Charlyetwitch.tv/charlye_withawhyTwitter @charlyewithawhyOur Video EditorRichards's Kitchhttps://m.youtube.com/channel/UC_CwBrVMhqezVz_fog716OwTheme music by:www.fiverr.com/master_serviceWe are not doctors, lawyers, or professionals. We are amateurs, and nothing we say should be taken as advice, instruction, or seriously. Any action taken based on what we say or imply can and will lead to illness, existential crisis, injury, your pets no longer loving you, and death. We make no promise or guarantee, expressed or implied, and assume no legal liability or responsibility for any injuries resulting from the use of information contained within our medias.Support the show

* SUPPORT THE SHOW * Donations are so appreciated (PayPal Me ) In this episode, I expound on one of the ways we can nourish ourselves more -by diversifying our diet with wild foraged foods & plants. 3 wild plants I'm currently working with thanks to my friend Ian who is a wild food enthusiast'; Chicken of the woods, Goldenrod & Mugwort.Learn more about how I can support you further on your healing journey: Email: connect@lydiajoy.meWebsite: https://lydiajoy.mykajabi.comBook a breakthrough session: https://lydiajoy.mykajabi.com/intuitive-breakthrough-coaching

The Wise Woman Map of Life & Love To study with Corinna from home this fall in her upcoming course, The Wise Woman Map of Life & Love, CLICK HERE. Use coupon code HERBRALLY for $100 off! Enrollment window: September 1-9, 2022 Links mentioned in this episode: Blog article : Mugwort — a magical herb of the moon goddess For your kitchen: Wise Woman Medicine Making Chart Free mini-course: Walking the Wise (and wild!) Woman Path through Your Autumn Years JOIN WAITLIST ~ THE WISE WOMAN MAP OF LIFE & LOVE In today's episode you'll hear from Corinna Wood, who's been teaching for 30 years in the Wise Woman Tradition—from herbs to self love.  Corinna founded and directed the Southeast Wise Women Herbal Conference and Red Moon Herbs for many years. She now supports earth-based women worldwide with wise woman tools for inner growth and healing for navigating the transitions and seasons of your life. We're delighted to have Corinna with us to share about one of her beloved herbal allies—mugwort. Listen today to Corinna's 3 favorite ways to incorporate mugwort into daily life. You'll get tips and tricks for identifying, harvesting, and preparing this magical medicinal herb. Thank you for listening!  HerbRally www.herbrally.com  You can now follow us on TikTok! @herbrally or CLICK HERE

We're back to talk witchy herbs in the second part of our foraging series, and this time we're chatting about Borage, St. John's Wort, Mugwort and Yarrow - all the sexy midsummer plants. Find out which ones are good for the SADs and which will make you trip balls in your dreams. For the first ten minutes of the episode, we have a little dive into the cesspit of our Saturn Returns, as we blame the planet for every difficult situation in the past 2-3 years of our lives. For the fans only, stick around after the episode for a wee bonus chat about weird British culture, we know you're all here for the weird stuff. I should add also, thank you so much for waiting on these episodes, you've all been so patient and loving with the gap in production. These were recorded so long ago, but because of personal circumstances I have been unable to produce them, and the podcast has unfortunately been left on simmer. Well, it's time to take that tasty stew off the hob and soak it up. Continue the conversation with us: - find Rowan @SotWwithRowan on Instagram and Facebook - find Tess @theosbcurawitch on Instagram Come eat cheese with like-minded witches on the Facebook Cheese Witch Coven. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sotwwithrowan/message

Sacred to the goddesses of old, known to all ancestors who occupied the Northern Hemisphere, and beloved by wise folk and herbal healers from the Ice Age until today, mugwort is one of the most magical and practical medicinal plants in the world. May we come into relationship with this potent ally in order to widen sensory gating channels, ground into our center, and remember who we are. With special guest appearance by Kami McBride! Free video from Kami: Create Stress-Busting Lavender Oil in Your Kitchen Check out Kami's course Handcrafted Healing Herbal Oils TOPICS: A knowing beyond knowing, ancient and ineffable Mugwort is a door opener, a wayfinder, a welcoming bridge to the realms of consciousness needed to cultivate a deeper relationship with the natural world How mugwort initiated me onto the plant path The medicine of bitters & the necessity of assimilation Mugwort's affinity with the womb and pelvis, and how it healed me after a terrifying injury Mugwort oil accesses the deepest tissues of the body and enhances the action of other plants The vibration of enchantment Mugwort's place in kitchen herbalism Menstruation is truth serum time and mugwort heps you love your blood Solar and lunar herbs Kami's favorite plants to blend with mugwort Herbs that help you to be alert and relaxed at the same time The power of mugwort smoke Beer, the moon, and the ancient goddess The dreamspace and the opening of portals Ritual, ceremony, and ancestral communion As the witches teach- ancient plant healers and the suppression of knowledge A little known effect of bringing mugwort into your life RESOURCES (if listening on an app that doesn't support embedded links, find these at https://mythicmedicine.love/podcast): Free video from Kami: Create Stress-Busting Lavender Oil in Your Kitchen Check out Kami's course Handcrafted Healing Herbal Oils My video sneak peek at the course This episode's Patreon bonus- Oldest of Herbs: Mugwort Wisdom From Herbal Books Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb is Your Spirit Medicine? Mythic Medicine on Instagram Judith Berger's website Episode 57 with Judith Berger- Herbal Rituals, Rhythms, & Remembrance Rupam's Herbal Swedish Bitters The Herbal Lore of Wise Women and Wortcunners: The Healing Power of Medicinal Plants by Wolf-Dieter Storl Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion 700-1100 by Max Dashu The Herbal Kitchen by Kami McBride Our website MythicMedicine.love  Medicine Stories Facebook group Music by Mariee Siou (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)