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In the 14th + 16th centuries, doctors and alchemists would instruct their patients to seek specific flowers in the wild and drink the dew drops from their petals to heal emotional, mental + spiritual ailments. Today, flower elixirs, or flower essences, which are formulated to hold the life-force imprint of the flower, serve to help […]
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This guided meditation is a Yoga Nidra-inspired body scan, a way to observe sensations throughout the body and melt away any scattered energy, tensions and outside noise. Let this be an invitation for you to slow down, boost your immune system, quiet your nervous system and the busy mind, and, to release any anxiety or […]
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Leigh Joseph (ancestral name Styawat), is an ethnobotanist, community activist and entrepreneur from the Squamish First Nation who works with Indigenous communities throughout British Columbia and the Yukon, in Canada. She is also the co-director and subject of a new documentary Walking with Plants, which tells the story of the role of plant relatives in her […]
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The saying ‘One person’s garbage is another person’s treasure.’ has never been more true than now. Now, imagine a world without the idea of waste? What if all ‘garbage’ could actually be valuable to someone. Really…did you ever think you’d see a time when chewing gum, cigarette butts or dirty diapers might have a second […]
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Liz Lindh is currently the Director of The Sanctuary at Two Rivers, a unique boutique eco-conscious yoga retreat and teacher training wellness center and 40-acre Nature preserve on Costa Rica’s magical Nicoya Peninsula. As the Founder of the Lakshmi Rising Yoga & Wellness trainings and the host of many yoga retreats and wellness workshops, Liz […]
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Dr. Nancy Turner is an ethnobotanist and a Distinguished Professor Emerita at the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria in Canada. Her fascination of plants was seeded early in her childhood days and as a wide-eyed, inquisitive student she continued to immerse herself in the botanical world throughout her life. She has […]