Herbalism is an outlet for creative expression, a tool for community care, and a pathway to our own inner knowing. Let us revel in the freedom we have to make our own healing medicine with guidance from the land, the ancestors, and the mythic realm. TOPICS: Being an abuela in training When an ancestral name is tied in to a landscape Kitchen herbalism in Mexico Gardening with whatever is on hand Following the threads of our ancestors' herbalism The multifaceted medicine of rose (& making an essence from 100 roses!) Your romantic relationship is yours to create; it doesn't have to look like anything Healing is not a straight line Acknowledging the limits of ancestral healing, and the positive outward ripples we create when we self heal Damiana shares the story of being held up at gunpoint while delivering herbal medicine to folks in need, and what facilitated the perpetrator's unexpected change of heart Anger as the fire that triggers action Expanding the possibilities of flower essences- infusing without harvesting, Aguas Serenadas, and spontaneously capturing moments Collective essence making in liminal space RESOURCES: Damiana's Patreon, website, and Instagram See a video of the cenote where the dragonfly essences were created Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses!) Damiana mentions Natalie Ross of the EarthSpeak podcast Medicine Stories interview with Amy Mea Woodruff I Forgive You: A Story of Loss & Transformative Healing The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us From Violence by Gavin de Becker My Patreon offering eBook Bringing Rose Medicine Home Medicine Stories episode Rose Medicine: Softness & Strength from the Queen of the Flowers My website MythicMedicine.love Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb Matches Your Energy? Medicine Stories Facebook group Mythic Medicine on Instagram Music by Mariee Siou (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)

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