Stress and anxiety. We’ve all felt them at one point or another. Maybe we are feeling it right now. If so, let’s take a moment to take a deep inhale and exhale before diving into this helpful guide. Stress is an all-too-common factor in our current society. Work, finances, social engagements, family, and daily responsibilities […]
And whether it is the start of a new year, or the turning of a new season, the one consistent thing is that change is inevitable. And, yet again, we can turn to our herbal allies as teachers and guides for how to embrace change, and move through it in more flow. “Continuity […]
We have come again to the culmination point of another year, at least as we know it to be so on our calendars. We sink into this cozy time, where we anxiously await the arrival of that first true snow (you know the stuff we are talking about – the big fluffy snow that blankets […]
When you lose all sense of self, The bonds of a thousand chains will vanish, Lose yourself completely, Return to the root of the root of your own soul. ~Rumi We invite you to join us this month in exploring root medicine. We look to explore the roots of our own soul, the foundation […]
As with all beautiful chapters, we invite you to join us as we conclude the final piece of our Herbalism by the Moon series in deep celebration of the waning moon. The Moon, as with all things in nature, moves through a cyclical rhythm, and following the culmination of the Full Moon, the waning […]
And the sun took a step back, the leaves lulled themselves to sleep, and Autumn was awakened. While we are still feeling the lingering hot afternoons of the last few weeks of summer with the transition from August to September, it is hard to not feel the quiet calling of autumn upon us. The mornings […]
Before we begin this month’s blog post, in which we will call upon herbal allies to help calm our nervous system and support our relief from stress, worry, and anxiety, it felt it might be nice to take a collective breather together. We warmly invite you to join us in a brief grounding exercise, as […]
We see only the moon’s fixed face, as you know. It never turns aside in pain, in anger or disgust. It is thus the good parent, holding the earth at arm’s length, gripping its shoulders with cool white hands, turning and turning around as if it were saying goodbye, as if it were taking one […]
Do you just feel incredibly awake right now? Perhaps you are feeling a bit of a sensory overload. We have finally emerged from what has felt like an impossibly long winter, followed by a cold, and dark spring. We also spent so much of this last year indoors. Many of us, spending so much […]
Each month Golden Poppy chooses a different organization to support through our Customer Round-Up & Store Matching Donation Program. When you make a purchase in-store or online, you have the option to round-up your purchase to the nearest dollar. At the end of the month, Golden Poppy will MATCH the round-up donations made by customers (up to […]