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Juniper Materia Medica

Juniper is a plant of wind-scoured hillsides and high, open places. It thrives where conditions are harsh—where soil is thin, winters are long, and few plants choose to linger. Evergreen and aromatic, juniper holds its shape through cold and drought alike, offering a medicine shaped by endurance, clarity, and quiet strength. The berries, which take […]

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Tending the Inner Flame in Winter

Winter arrives quietly. It comes not with the blaze of summer or the quickening breath of spring, but through stillness—through longer nights, softened light, and the invitation to turn inward. In the language of herbal energetics, winter is cool and moist, a season governed by Water, by depth, by the hidden places beneath the surface. […]

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Wintering with Plants: Deep Rest and Nervous System Replenishment

Sweet, sweet December. This month feels like the coziest doorway – it is as though you are standing outside as the night starts to get chilly but hear soft, alluring music playing from a candlelit window. Slowly, the door opens, and you feel joyfully beckoned and welcomed by the image of a warm burning fire […]

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Herbal Rituals for the Wheel of the Year 

In early November, we still walk within the portal of Samhain (pronounced Sow-in), a sacred time in which we begin to bid adieu to the lighter half of the year and begin to welcome in the dark. In our modern culture, we celebrate the beginning of the new year in January, a time that tends […]

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