“I am rarely lonely, for all of life has it’s own song and it carries me along with it in its pattern of sounds. I never knew in what a great emptiness I lived until I began to sing the sacred songs of the earth.”
~Stephen Harrod Buhner from Sacred Plant Medicine
Ayurvedic Oils
Organic Herb infused oils for daily self massage (abhyanga) and nasal application (nasya). Daily self massage is a traditional part of a healthy dinacharya, or daily rhythm. It encourages lymphatic flow, stimulates the release of positive hormones like oxytocin, sends the medicinal qualities of the herbs deep into the body through the largest organ, the skin, and protects and soothes the skin and nervous system. Nasya, or applying herbalized oils to the nasal membranes, is a way to protect and nourish the brain for increased memory, cognition, and spiritual awareness, as the nose is a direct route to the brain and the portal of breath and consciousness. Nasya also keeps the sensitive nasal membranes nourished and protected so we don’t get dried out and create overactive mucus which can become a breeding ground for infections. If we have accumulation of mucus, nasya helps to clear and move the congestion so we can breathe and circulate life force energy in our bodies for vibrant living.*
Salves
Salves are a wonderful way to extract and apply the lipophilic (fat soluble) qualities of herbs, combined with antibacterial and antifungal qualities of beeswax, and delicious essential oils, to heal burns, itching, eczema, stings, and other skin irritations. Our salves are made with organic, wild crafted, and home grown ingredients, and lots of love and mantra.*
Community Supported Herbalism
months of herbal goodness sent you for just $30.00 per month, $180.00 total. Each month you will receive herb infused oils, bath herbs, tinctures, elixirs, salves, and other herbal alchemy for the vitality and wellness of you and your family. You will also receive information on how to use the herbal products, and indications and contraindications for use. Like a CSA (community supported agriculture), a CSH allows you to support your herbalist in their work while receiving education and products to support you in integrating herbalism into your daily life. Offerings will definitely include traditional Ayurvedic abhyanga (massage) oils, Nasya oils (oil for nasal lubrication, or oleation), tintcures, elixirs, seasonal alchemy like holiday bitters and green fennel digestif in hte fall and winter, & chickweed salve in the spring. Monthly packages are packed with a natural treasure with love and care and exceed the value of your monthly contribution. Go here to Eat Taste Heal to take an easy Ayurvedic dosha (constitution) test to learn your dosha (metabolic and psychological tendencies, or ‘types’, according to the Ayurvedic understanding of elemental energetics.)
Tinctures
Tinctures are herbal constituents extracted in alcohol. One of the great things about tinctures is that they last for up to seven years, so they are an easy and convenient way to keep herbs on hand for you and your family to use as needed without fear of them going bad before they are used. Tinctures are best taken in a small amount of warm water to decrease the astringent quality of the alcohol and increased the relaxed absorption of the herbal energetics. Our tinctures are made with organic, wild crafted, and homegrown ingredients, and lots of love and mantra.*
Liniment
This traditional Chumash liniment is a recipe taught to me by Cecilia Garcia, Chumash Healer. It calls on the healing powers of westerm sage (artemesia californica), white sage (salvia apiana), and avocado pits (to help pull the lipophilic qualities of the herbs into the alcohol), and vodka. In the original Chumash recipe, bear fat was used instead of avocado pits. It is for external application only! This is a wonderful rub for sore joints and muscles and can be massaged into areas of need and followed with a hot water bottle to help the herbs penetrate more deeply. It can also be added to a warm water foot soak to absorb herbs through the soles and relieve pain and induce relaxation.*