Beautiful. Thank you for leading by example and helping your fellow humans to re-connect with their Great Mother through your devotional, attentive, mindful and loving interactions with the plant and fungal realms.
In my day job (landscape installation) I get to work intimately with the roots or many trees and plants as I help them from the nursery to find forever homes in the living Earth. I have found that through being mindful of the fragrances and visual cues of the roots these plants can communicate to me the types of medicinal gifts they can offer humans. Two examples are the fragrant roots of the Tulip tree or Liriodendron tulipifera (which offer a peppery/minty almost eucalyptus like aroma when exposed) and the vibrant almost turmeric-esk appearance of Barberry roots.
In both instances these aromatic and visual cues gave me information that indicated similar medicinal properties I had come to recognize in other species which I was then able to confirm through learning from local indigenous elders and/or scientific research after the fact.
I feel like developing these sensory/intuitive pattern recognition and plant mindfulness practices is extremely important in this time when so many are depending more and more on technological crutches. There may come a time when our access to these handy computers is suddenly not possible for long periods of time, and it will be those who have nourished their innate sensory based tools for measurement, medicine detection and intuitive knowing that will be capable of continuing to thrive regardless of outside circumstances in such a situation.
I really appreciate how your fierce stance on rewilding does not include apps, it is about fully being in presence with the plants. And I think that these apps are exciting for people starting out to identify, as it mimics how we have learned in school, immediate and clear feedback. yes or no. But in order to rewild, we have to learn in new ways too. I think the relationship we grow with plants as we learn to identify them through appreciation of their uniqueness, then allows us to consider to harvest them. It goes in tandem and is a relationship, and its a relationship that must be grown with the whole ecosystem.
Beautiful. Thank you for leading by example and helping your fellow humans to re-connect with their Great Mother through your devotional, attentive, mindful and loving interactions with the plant and fungal realms.
In my day job (landscape installation) I get to work intimately with the roots or many trees and plants as I help them from the nursery to find forever homes in the living Earth. I have found that through being mindful of the fragrances and visual cues of the roots these plants can communicate to me the types of medicinal gifts they can offer humans. Two examples are the fragrant roots of the Tulip tree or Liriodendron tulipifera (which offer a peppery/minty almost eucalyptus like aroma when exposed) and the vibrant almost turmeric-esk appearance of Barberry roots.
In both instances these aromatic and visual cues gave me information that indicated similar medicinal properties I had come to recognize in other species which I was then able to confirm through learning from local indigenous elders and/or scientific research after the fact.
I feel like developing these sensory/intuitive pattern recognition and plant mindfulness practices is extremely important in this time when so many are depending more and more on technological crutches. There may come a time when our access to these handy computers is suddenly not possible for long periods of time, and it will be those who have nourished their innate sensory based tools for measurement, medicine detection and intuitive knowing that will be capable of continuing to thrive regardless of outside circumstances in such a situation.
Thanks for the inspiration!
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Tulip tree medicnal info:
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33939429/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31444719/
Barberry roots medicinal info:
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6885761/
I really appreciate how your fierce stance on rewilding does not include apps, it is about fully being in presence with the plants. And I think that these apps are exciting for people starting out to identify, as it mimics how we have learned in school, immediate and clear feedback. yes or no. But in order to rewild, we have to learn in new ways too. I think the relationship we grow with plants as we learn to identify them through appreciation of their uniqueness, then allows us to consider to harvest them. It goes in tandem and is a relationship, and its a relationship that must be grown with the whole ecosystem.
Love this.