Making seasonally inspired body care products and herbal medicines is one of my favourite things to do, a practice that brings me so much joy and nourishment. I spend much of my free time gathering and growing herbs from spring through till autumn so that my medicine cabinet is stocked for the wintertime, and while […]
Today begins the month of February, the shortest month of the year. Many North American First Nations peoples had a tradition of naming the moons that fell in each month and these names tell us a story about the nature of that time of year. February’s full moon has been called Snow Moon, Big Winter […]
On Sunday, Jan 20th 2019 we will celebrate a full blood moon in Leo and a total lunar eclipse. A total lunar eclipse only occurs during a full moon and though it happens 1-2 times per year, it is only visible in one hemisphere. The last total lunar eclipse occurred on July 27th 2018 and could be […]
I am a book lover. The books in my house outnumber all the other household objects put together yet I still keep buying more. And yes, I buy my books. I don’t go to the library. I know I should. But when it comes to books I’m greedy, I want to own them. Or at […]
My business year ends on December 31st and so I often take some time in the first month of each year to sit down in order to review the year that has passed and make some choices about the year that is to come. This is a practical ritual that is immensely helpful. There is […]
We are having a really bad year for mosquitoes here in the Pemberton valley this summer, and even though I tend to suffer less from bug bites than my husband does I am covered in them this year. I’ve had to get serious about applying bug spray whenever I head out to the garden and […]
I woke up early this morning, as I often do when the moon is waxing towards full, and I took advantage of the quiet to do a full moon tarot spread, a favourite practice of mine. I will often reach for my tarot deck when I am working through big questions or changes in my life […]
We celebrated the summer solstice here in the Northern Hemisphere yesterday and the kids are almost out of school for the holidays. With the solstice, we celebrate the longest day of the summer, but the hottest days are yet to come. July and August stretch ahead of us and most of us are looking forward […]
Flower essences are plant spirit medicine. They capture the ephemeral essence of the plant and work directly on our own subtle bodies. They were made popular by the work of English physician and homeopath Dr Edward Bach in the 1930’s and most people are very familiar with his famous Rescue Remedy, which is a blend […]
Yarrow is an abundant summer flower that has a long history of medicinal use and mythological folklore surrounding it, as its name, Achillea millefolium suggests. The great Greek warrior Achilles, who learned healing craft from the god Chiron, was said to have used it to help treat the wounds of his soldiers in the battle at […]
