
- What is Evolutionary Herbalism and how it’s rooted in universal patterns of ancient wisdom and traditions, while incorporating modern science and knowledge
- How can we work with plant medicines on a soul level and work with our soul evolution as well as heal our physical bodies
- How we got to the point of disconnection from these ancient systems of medicine, and what “convenience” has to do with it
- The importance of seeing the map of the human body as gardens and ecosystems rather than thru the western “machine-minded way”
- The power of plants in our perception shifts
- How reconnecting to our sources of food, water, and medicine is critical for us in developing a relationship with our home, where we live
- How I came to the “plant path” through play, activism, and the journey of self-discovery and self-healing
- My own experience with healing trauma by building relationships with plants and their medicine on all levels
- How the health issues I went through reflected what was going on within my emotional and spiritual body after an abusive relationship
- My first plant ally and how it was like a homecoming that helped me to reconnect and receive healing
- The various kinds of trauma and the chronic PTSD that most of us are experiencing in modern times
- Ways to connect with plants and how growing your own garden is one way to help heal our disconnection
- Getting outside of the allopathic mindset of using herbs, which can encourage disempowered thinking, by exploring what herbs were used by your ancestors
- The levels of healing trauma: working with the nervous system and heart with restorative nervine herbs
- How trauma can be stored in emotional memory of the heart space, and my top plant allies for healing the heart from traumatic experiences
- The importance of trusting in the ancestral, intuitive, and instinctual wisdom and connection to plants that we already have
- Some of the biggest challenges or blocks that most people first starting on the plant path and budding herbalists have, including fear and lack of confidence + trust.
- Why it’s essential to practice and study with other herbal teachers and schools as well as have direct and personal experience with plants
- What “wild” means to me, and how reconnecting to an ancestral way of living is feeding my wild
- The one game-changing practice that feeds my soul + wild in a deep way, and how it’s realigning my hormonal cycles and rhythms
