Category: herbalism

  • Another way to connect

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    Well, I’ve gone and done it. I made a facebook page for Delicious Ginger so that people can find classes and other events I’m hosting more easily. If you’re on facebook and want to check out my new little page, please say hello here: https://www.facebook.com/deliciousgingerherbals I think that a lot of new things are going […]

  • Announcing: Walk Your Edge–A Six-Month Journey of Earth Connection

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    One Saturday per month * May – October 2015 (May 2, June 20, July 18, August 1, September 12, October 31) 10am-6pm meeting in Portland ME fee $600 : sliding scale work-trade & time dollars are options; payment plan available Many of us have been working for years to make big changes in our hearts […]

  • Listening to the Call

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    For most of my life, I have second-guessed myself, stood back to observe, avoided anything that might expose my lack of skills/knowledge/intelligence. I have taken the back seat, fumbled for words when asked to speak my mind, and generally been afraid of failing. Since 2013, I have been deeply asking what my true purpose here […]

  • Holiday Sale at Justice in the Body, 12/14/14, 12-6pm

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    This Sunday, from 12-6pm, I’ll be selling my wares at the Justice in the Body holiday sale. Here’s some information about that event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1565119927053646/ http://www.justiceinthebody.com/ We’re doing out thing at the same time as Picnic, but we’ll have lots of holistic bath and body products, herbal teas and tinctures, flower essences, salt blends and infused […]

  • Herbs to soothe our collective grief

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    On this day of Thanksgiving in America, there are a lot of people in pain. There are people who do not have homes, people who have lost their children to police violence, people whose lives have been torn apart by sexual violence, people who are angry and have many good reasons to feel rage. We […]

  • Honoring our ancestors

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    Outside tonight, a cold rain is falling, and we are likely to get our first hard freeze of the season. It seems fitting, given that we are moving rapidly from the upward, outward energy of summer to the inward, downward energy of winter. It is a time of reflection and conserving our energy. It is […]

  • Some medicinal plants for the permaculture garden

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    In preparation for tomorrow’s talk, and as a way to ease my anxiety about teaching (see my earlier post), I thought I’d use a mode of communication that feels more comfortable to explore a few of the plants that we’ll be discussing tomorrow morning.  There are so many spectacular medicinal plants that have multiple functions […]

  • On teaching, self-doubt & knowledge

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    Tomorrow morning, I will be in Unity, Maine at the Northeast Permaculture Convergence, which should be really fun.  After the session I’m co-teaching, that is. My friend Mischa Schuler and I will be giving a session on Medicinal Plants for the Permaculture Garden–it’s my first time teaching at the Convergence.  Mischa finished her permaculture design […]

  • Healing through Story

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    It has been a great pleasure to be a guest blogger over at the Herbstalk blog. My last post on “Healing through Story” reflects on how healing just the listening can be in a consultation.  I love supporting clients in seeing new ways to view their current experience of illness, and hearing people’s stories is […]

  • Check out Herbstalk this June

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    I am so grateful to have a blog post up today over at the Herbstalk blog: http://herbstalk.org/2014/04/seeing-through-the-eyes-of-the-client/ And if you haven’t gotten your tickets to Herbstalk, you should do it now.  The two day event is a great celebration of herbalism in an urban space, and it is very accessible in cost.  http://herbstalk.org/buy-tickets/  There are […]