Healing Plants

This first volume of the Medicine Surrounds Us series covers the medicinal uses of backyard garden flowers, those commonly cultivated in flower beds, among the fruits and vegetables, started from seed or purchased at the local nursery. It’s your all-in-one guide to identifying (color photographs), harvesting (flower, leaf, or root?), and preparing (fresh or dried?) the herbs. But it doesn’t stop there. You’ll also learn how to make the remedies (alcohol, water, or oil extract), historic and modern usage, and dosage, as well as synergisms and cautions. For some flowers there is copious...

Ancient roots + modern nature sanctuary = future planet! Inspired by a podcast conversation between Marina Levitina and Heather Sanderson, this short book explores what it means to hold, heal, and re-wild nature from the heart. Marina Levitina is the director and chairperson of the Lough Grainey Nature Sanctuary in county Clare, Ireland. In this book she shares her personal journey as a child of nature to an adult who, in listening to the land around her, has brought forward the dream and vision of Lough Grainey Nature Sanctuary and vital work to bring a connection with nature to children ...

Inspired by a podcast conversation between Gérome Barry and Heather Sanderson, this short book explores the core of human creativity. What inspires us to create and why? How do ideas manifest into everyday reality? Independent filmmaker, actor, director, producer, screenwriter and artist Gérome Barry shares his personal journey of creating his first feature film, Swing Rendez-vous, including how the idea was born and what it led him to do next… Gérome talks about his creative process, vision, ways of collaborating, how he spent time in the pandemic making short films in his apartment, ...

There are two main classes of medicinal preparations - herbal and pharmaceutical. Pharmaceutical drugs are either synthesized or refined substances. On the other hand, herbal medicine is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as labelled and final medicinal products containing parts of plants (underground or aerial), plant materials, or combinations of both, as their main active ingredient.

This book invites you on a transformative journey where the ancient wisdom of magical plants merges with the healing energy of Reiki, offering powerful tools for holistic wellness. Discover how herbs can be your allies in simple yet effective rituals, learn how to channel Reiki energy to heal body and spirit, and enter a world where magic and healing intertwine to create a full and harmonious life.

Dreaming with Spruce takes you on a journey into the world of the trees and plants. Through introducing concepts of active imagination, shamanic practices, and how to connect and dream with Plant and Tree Spirits (and what that means), this short eBook provides insight, encouragement, and practical application for you to discover or strengthen your relationship with the plant and tree world in general and Spruce in particular. Dreaming with Spruce also shares some of the spiritual characteristics, healing properties, and folklore associated with Spruce. You'll even experience a guided dream...

Dreaming with Heather takes you on a journey into the world of the plants. Through introducing concepts of active imagination, shamanic practices, and how to connect and dream with Plant Spirits (and what that means), this short book provides insight, encouragement, and practical application for you to discover or strengthen your relationship with the plant world in general and Heather in particular. Dreaming with Heather also shares some of the spiritual characteristics, healing properties, and folklore associated with Heather. You’ll even experience a guided dream or story to receive ...

Dreaming with Goldenrod takes you on a journey into the world of the plants. Through introducing concepts of active imagination, shamanic practices, and how to connect and dream with Plant Spirits (and what that means), this short book provides insight, encouragement, and practical application for you to discover or strengthen your relationship with the plant world in general and Goldenrod in particular. Dreaming with Goldenrod also shares some of the spiritual characteristics, healing properties, and folklore associated with Goldenrod. You'll even experience a guided dream or story to ...

Dreaming with Sumac takes you on a journey into the world of the plants. Through introducing concepts of active imagination, shamanic practices, and how to connect and dream with Plant Spirits (and what that means), this short book provides insight, encouragement, and practical application for you to discover or strengthen your relationship with the plant world in general and Sumac in particular. Dreaming with Sumac also shares some of the spiritual characteristics, healing properties, and folklore associated with Sumac. You'll even experience a guided dream or story to receive special ...

Introducing Plant-Based Diets for Specific Health Conditions: A Comprehensive Guide to Holistic Healing and Prevention—your ultimate guide to embracing a plant-based lifestyle tailored to your unique health needs.

Humans and plants exchange energies through their bodies and dreams to co-create medicinal magic. When you need healing for yourself or others, call your Plant Spirit Guide to you. This green magic handbook by renowned herbalist Linda Rago will help you to live more spiritually with plants; and is an aid to her Sacred Space Conference workshop. It is 34 pages with some illustrations by Drogo Empedocles.

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Dreaming with Willow takes you on a journey into the world of the trees and plants. Through introducing concepts of active imagination, shamanic practices, and how to connect and dream with Plant and Tree Spirits (and what that means), this short book provides insight, encouragement, and practical application for you to discover or strengthen your relationship with the plant and tree world in general and Willow in particular. Dreaming with Willow also shares some of the spiritual characteristics, healing properties, and folklore associated with Willow. You’ll even experience a guided ...

This book aims at not only helping you along the way in truly understanding what Ayahuasca is, but it also promises to provide you with the benefits you’ve been hearing about and have been wondering if you can gain as much as you’ve heard you can with the help of this extremely well-known herb.

Inspired by a podcast conversation between Janet Morgan and Heather Sanderson, this short book explores what art is and what it can do both personally and collectively. Janet talks about her creative process and shares the wisdom that making and teaching art has brought to her (and through her to others). In exploring the outrageous, the foolish, and the divine, Janet shares how some of her best work started with a failure, rejection, and/or making a mess and what that means (in art and in life). She then shares a vision of the healing and inclusive power of art, especially in relation to ...