Ep. 58 Awakening the Healer Within :: Intuitive Healing & Plant Medicine with Asia Suler
Asia Suler is an amazing teacher, concoctress, word weaver and founder of One Willow Apothecaries who has a beautiful way of weaving the sacredness of the seen AND unseen worlds and intuition into earth-based and plant medicine. Her knowledge is heart-centered and comes from a deep ancient wisdom as well as her experience with health challenges.
In this episode, Asia talks about how a chronic painful condition called vulvodynia initiated Asia into the plant path and opened her up to the luminous in the world…
Asia Suler is an amazing teacher, concoctress, word weaver and founder of One Willow Apothecaries who has a beautiful way of weaving the sacredness of the seen AND unseen worlds and intuition into earth-based and plant medicine. Her knowledge is heart-centered and comes from a deep ancient wisdom as well as her experience with health challenges.
In this episode, Asia talks about how a chronic painful condition called vulvodynia initiated Asia into the plant path and opened her up to the luminous in the world.
Asia talks about using her intuition to uncover aspects of her condition and how we can connect back to our own intuition and the natural world, and what to do about sensory overload. Lots of recommendation for highly sensitive people and empaths! We talk about trees as teachers, the power of silliness, dreamtime, and how to open our hearts for greater access to collective wisdom that’s available to us, including plant allies that support us in this deep work.
Asia’s work includes private consultations as well as in-person retreats and online programs, including Intuitive Plant Medicine, a yearly program that guides people into coming into connection with the natural world.
Show Notes
In this episode, we discuss:
How a chronic painful condition called vulvodynia initiated Asia into the plant path and pushed her to the brink, and ultimately recognizing the luminous in the world
How teachers and Native American studies program affirmed her sense of being a living being in a living world
Trees as gatekeepers and how Asia learned that we could be welcomed in by the natural living world
How a Willow tree was the first being that connected Asia to the living world growing up
The concept of the world tree - the ability of the tree to traverse the lower and upper unseen worlds
How Asia learned that we are all our own healers, and how we give a lot of our power away
How Asia began listening to her own intuition and believes that tapping into our wild selves brings us closer to our intuition
How Asia used her intuition to uncover aspects of her condition, such as her gluten sensitivity (before gluten free was a thing)
How to build trust and open yourself back up to intuition - spending time in the “more than human” world
Learning how to be a witness
Asia offers up practices to connect back to your intuition and the natural world, and what to do about sensory overload
Asia’s recommendation for those highly sensitive people (HSP) and empaths, and why sensory deprivation can be game-changing
The power of silliness to expand our perspective and how shame is the ultimate “disconnect” emotion
How shame what drew Asia powerfully to plants - the lack of judgement, and shame as a gremlin in the closet
Asia’s perspective on how she believes we are meant to operate in this world and the work we need to do to get back to it
The main challenge that HSPs deal with, and how to address it - and why reframing self-care
Asia’s take on dreams, where we go in dreamtime and her belief that dreams are of the most potent and spontaneous sources of intuitive information that we can receive
Asia’s struggle with insomnia and her insight about the root cause related to being overwhelmed, and how she’s had to shape her bedtime routine to support her sleep in the best way
Words of wisdom for people who are living busy lives and feel challenged to bring in self-care, silence, or alone time
Why being in our heart space is incredibly important for making good decisions, noticing and what can open in our awareness when we open our hearts
How to open our hearts through gratitude and how are hearts are taking in collective wisdom for an expanded perspective and awareness of possibilities
How her experience healing from lyme brought her into a deeper sense of compassion and gratitude, and how she learned that gratitude
Hawthorn as the gatekeeper of the heart and a doorway to enter and access the otherworld including elementals such as fairy realm, and how physiologically hawthorn is one of the most used heart tonics and plant medicine for the cardiovascular system
How opening our heart changes our perception of time and possibilities
How the doctrine of signatures of Hawthorn shows us its essential gifts and Asia’s own Hawthorn flower essence with a dash of thorniness
How all-weather walks is feeding Asia’s wild right now
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Ep. 45 Decolonizing Health :: Hood Herbalism & Bruja Wisdom with Berenice Dimas
Berenice Dimas is the brains, bruja and visionary behind her herbal medicine line "Espejos Apothecary," community based herbal education project "Hood Herbalism," and creative writing outlet Bruja Tip.
“Sometimes we want to be doing something with our life that we feel like we have to do, and there’s something that we’re here to do that’s beyond that. And that’s one of the many reasons why some of us feel so unsatisfied.” ~ Berenice Dimas
Berenice Dimas is the brains, bruja and visionary behind her herbal medicine line "Espejos Apothecary," community based herbal education project "Hood Herbalism," and creative writing outlet Bruja Tip.
We dive into the important work of community herbalism and plant medicine as the people's medicine, reclaiming ancient wisdom and discuss the importance of decolonizing health, herbalism, our bodies, and our spirit. Berenice shares her story of her soul path unfolding, reminding us that life is truly a co-creation, filled with gifts and obstacles, and the importance of cultivating trust in one’s allies, guides and ancestors.
Berenice shares so much pragmatic wisdom on how to start the reclamation process, the most accessible ways to work with plants, and how wellness is often sold through a lens of “whiteness.” She speaks to the power of bringing back the spirit and soul to herbalism and health, and how looking at the spiritual practices and folk medicine of our ancestors can assist in this process of decolonization for all of us.
Show Notes
In this episode, we discuss:
Berenice’s journey through grad school on track to being a university professor and how her life changed
How being alone and silence allowed space for Berenice to dig into self discovery
How rejection can be a blessing, even when you don’t have plan B
Berenice shares how life led her down unexpected paths and how she learned to trust what the universe provided, and that her ancestors and guides were helping her get to where she needed to go
How being a high school teacher taught her a lot about love, compassion, patience and how to hold space
How Berenice’s upbringing and her mom’s practice of folk herbalism seeded the knowledge of herbalism early on
How Berenice’s desire to heal her relationship with her mom brought her back to her roots
The disconnection that happens thru colonization, devaluing folk medicine and wisdom, and her work in trying to reclaim that
How her experiences as a high school teacher, restorative justice worker, and herbalism teacher led to the concept of Hood Herbalism to deepen folks’ connection to plants
The moment she knew exactly what she was supposed to be doing, and what the plants wanted her to do
How Berenice is learning to find a balance between what she feels like she has to do to survive in a capitalist society and to also fulfill her soul’s purpose for being here.
Berenice shares some of the hardest things she’s had to work through in her journey, and how she’s grateful for her experiences despite how hard they are
Berenice reminds people not to get lost in the words and theory of decolonization – “…feel it, live it, and understand what it means in your life, and that’s what our grandmothers did.”
Part of reclamation is acknowledgement
How to start your own legacy for your future generations
The changes she sees in young people through the process of decolonizing health, and how we have to take care of the earth by starting with our own plates, home and communities
The most accessible ways and practices to start the reclamation process and working with plants
The misconceptions that a lot of communities of color have, and how wellness is often sold through a “white lens”
How the children are teaching us a lot right now and what Berenice hopes adult do about it
How Berenice uses social media with a purpose, and the question she asks herself to keep herself grounded and on the path despite the anger she feels for what’s happening in the world and move through the funk
Berenice’s advice for people who want to start working with plants and within their community, and why she prefers not to recommend books or online resources
What is feeding Berenice’s wild
What else Berenice is up to and all of the fun new projects she’s working on to create spaces for these important dialogues
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Ep. 44 The Transformative Power of Flower Essences with Katie Hess of LOTUSWEI
“Personal life coaches in a bottle”...
That’s how Katie Hess, flower alchemist, author of Flowerevolution and founder of LOTUSWEI, one of the world’s leading floral apothecaries, describes flower essences…
“Personal life coaches in a bottle”...
That’s how Katie Hess, flower alchemist, author of Flowerevolution and founder of LOTUSWEI, one of the world’s leading floral apothecaries, describes flower essences.
In this interview, we dive deep into flower alchemy and flower essences, how they work and why they’re so powerful. Katie breaks down how to make flower essence remedies, and the most important component when preparing them. Katie also shares the incredible transformations that she started seeing working with clients in the first decade of her business. You’ll hear Katie’s top travel tips (having traveled all over the world), including her fave flower essences, teas, superfood hacks, and non-negotiable practices, and the flower essence that Katie’s working with right now for setting boundaries and has her “over the moon.”
With her signature elixirs featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, The New York Times and the LA Times, Katie’s flower-powered community is thriving. Katie teaches mindful-awareness practices at Flowerlounge events around the world, hands out flowers to strangers in urban Flower Flash Mobs + hosts the Flowerlounge Podcast with listeners in over 60 countries. Whether it’s a retreat in Costa Rica, her meditations, or her travels to find the planet’s rarest flowers... the essence of Katie’s work is to bring people into a whole new world, from the inside out.
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The top five flowers we recommend for wild creativity, fearless innovation + laser focus
Exquisite rituals for dissolving resistance and unleashing your inner visionary
20+ tips on how to stay inspired, trust your intuitive abilities + liberate your creative energy!
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Show Notes
In this episode, we discuss:
What is flower alchemy and flower essences, how they work and why they’re so powerful
How flower essences are one of the most sustainable forms of herbal medicine and the major differences between flower essences and essential or herbal oils
How flower essences are like personal life coaches in a bottle
Katie breaks down how to make flower essence remedies, and the most important component when preparing them
How playing in nature was a refuge for Katie as an only child, living in small towns
Katie’s long journey into flower essence that started in Mexico, and how it all clicked for her
How Katie first started her business, and how it felt like a struggle and uphill battle
The incredible transformations that Katie started seeing working with clients in the first decade of her business (10s of thousands of hours!)
What Katie devoted herself to in order to support her business and spiritual path, and how her business is a big part of her spiritual path
Some of Katie’s favorite remedies to use for fear and anxiety, such as Arctic lupen flower helps you feel supported, peaceful and calm
What to expect when you start taking flower essences - Katie breaks down the 3 phases in a timeline, including the honeymoon, the insight months, and the manifestation + embodiment period
How the flower essences taught Katie about her own impatience
How flowers are our mirrors
What your favorite flower says about you
Why Katie chose the name LOTUSWEI and what it means
Katie’s intuitive business building process and evolutionary journey of with her work
How Katie believes we need more sacred beauty time to find ourselves again amidst technology and epidemic of busy-ness
The positive effects that take place when a group of people come together and meditate
The unseen forces that are at play supporting Katie’s work
The intuitive method that Katie has learned to trust in her work with flower essences that is far superior than using the mind
How to get started making flower essence remedies
Katie’s advice on how to get started using flower essences for personal wellness and growth
One of Katie’s favorite exercises to get to your top flower essences and figure out where to start
How Katie is being guided and examples of ways to tune into this guidance
The meditation practices that Katie does everyday that has supported her to heal herself, and the importance of a pure motivation
Flower essences Boundless Wisdom - heals old traumas, creates spaciousness, brings insights that helps you practically figure out your whole life
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What is feeding Katie’s wild right now - she shares 3!
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