I've not been posting as much on social media, and it feels very good.

Instead, I've been immersed in my own integration. Letting everything weave into new patterns.

After a full on fall and winter of deeply working with plants in one way or another, I've been on a break for 6 weeks.

I've been tending to the pieces that have been uprooted, rewiring my nervous system, re-writing my beliefs, and addressing deeply held patterns in the body (through network chiropractic and structural integration).

My mind-body-spirit is thanking me.

I've always been an advocate of integrating the deep work, lessons and shifts from working with the plants in real time. And this is what I teach and guide clients to do. To cultivate their own system, their own practices, their own way of being with themselves, and how they tend to the relationships with the plants that they work with.

And to listen when it is time for a break.

I didn't realize how much I needed one.

Guiding a group of women through micro-dosing this week, I felt the call of the medicine, and my own desire to reconnect. I thought of micro-dosing alongside with them, but the message was clear.

"𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 - 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀. 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱."

I see a lot of people pushing themselves in overload with plant medicines. Not realizing how much of a toll it can take. And not realizing the depth of the integration work that is truly required to make the deep long-lasting shifts that they are desiring in their lives.

I think many get caught in the excitement, the anticipation of what's next, the need for stimulation or a new experience. Running from ceremony to ceremony, medicine to medicine. Is there an unconscious hope of "finally making it" or "finally healing"? What is the grasping all about?

What if instead - we rested in what is already alive?

The plants are eternal, always here for us with their wisdom and teachings. They would never guide us in a rush to the finish line. And instead teach us how to S L O W.  D O W N.

To be present. To be aware. To take responsibility for every aspect of our lives.

"𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: 𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗺, 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲, 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Slowing down to listen to the subtlest messages, the deepest guidance, never fails.

Usually this time of year, I'm heading back to my home in the jungle to be with the plants I love so dearly.

This year, I'm taking extra time to integrate, rest, to embody the deeper layers of what they've so generously helped me to transform.

I have the gift to fully allow my integration to nourish all parts of my mind-body-spirit. So that when I do return to the jungle (which I will soon enough), I am even more ready to receive them.

I am forever grateful for the beauty of weaving plant medicine practices into every aspect of my life. And now I am taking the time to honor the deepest shifts.

If you are working with plant medicines and want to get into the depth of their teachings, reach out. I love guiding people to feel, listen and grow with the plants, in the pacing that is truly supportive.

༄ 𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘 ༄

The practice of a plant dieta is a sacred time.

It requires us to prepare the temple of our mind, body & spirit.

We prepare by creating sacred space within ourselves.

A place away from the normal busy-ness of our mind and the distractions of our world. 

We cleanse and detox our bodies.

We carry with us our prayers, desires and intentions for the deep journey ahead.

Inside the temple, it is quiet, still, and sacred. An otherworldly dimension opens up.

Emotions rise to the surface and move through, all in a beautiful surrender to something greater.

As we invite a plant spirit into the temple that we've cultivated, we open ourselves.

To be guided by the plants on a journey through consciousness, in ways that we would never go on our own.

To be moved, to allow our thoughts, sensations, emotions, and energy to be infused by the spirit of the plants.

To receive their gifts of wisdom, energy, and healing.

We listen. We heal. We learn. And we grow.

We rediscover our truest visions and our deepest longings.

We step into a new way of being. One intimately interwoven with the plants, the Earth and all her wisdom.

Committing to this practice, is an act of love. And of trust.

For oneself, for the beauty of the plants, and the greater mystery.

Today, I'm honoring the commitment and courage of those who are about to enter into their own temples to welcome in the wisdom and magic of bobinsana.

A powerful and beautiful journey is about to begin!

༄ This cohort for 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚: 𝗦𝗢𝗙𝗧 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗧𝗔 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗕𝗢𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗔 is full. The next one is planned for June! And there will also be a group forming for micro-dosing with her medicine. Reach out if any of this calls to you!