“We seek medicine the earth has placed in our hands since the beginning... Our most ancient medicine. Plants teach us to understand our bodies as living breathing ecosystems, transforming and changing every moment. Moving with the stars, the seasons, the sun and moon, and the shifts happening on earth. The plants come into our rivers of blood and fluid, sending their energy and power to every cell. Their chemicals dance with ours, soothing our nerves, illuminating our mind, and nurturing our body. This sacred path is covered in beautiful flowers, sweet scents, sensory magic, and juicy roots. Let the plants speak to your body and senses. They will guide you back to the medicine of wild nature...”
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At The Gaia School we practice merging our energies and consciousness with that of the plants in order to form intimate personal relationships with them as our teachers. As we open our hearts to the plants we develop close green allies.
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When I was in graduate school I picked up the book Silent Spring by Rachael Carson. You should too.
Your ancestors are calling you.
Those of us who travel in the spirit realms answer when we hear the call. We come to listen.
I have given you my mouth
and you have given me the night.
Wet, scent, petals and lips,
the gift of an open gate.
a small fire in the darkness
This is a summary of my experiences with the medicines that have been amazing blessings along my path with this hidden teacher.
There are many different modalities and tools used to help someone along their healing journey. Some of these tools are material, visible, and tangible – while others are invisible, hard to measure, and felt by the heart rather than the hands.
A woman drawn back to the sea,
shores her elder’s left
searching for seeds they carried
she chases the intoxicating flowers to the corners
of the earth, the ones that spin
a fury of fire in the body
and turn the eyes to God.
Walking in the Vermont woodlands, along rushing streams and tall pines, hay scented fern fills the air with its sweet perfume.