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Women and Self-Care: Herbal Practices for Empowerment and Healing
‘Self Care’ is rooted deep in generations, the herstory of caring for ourselves, our friends, children and sisters out of necessity.
Self-reliance is the survival aspect of Self Care.
Control of women’s bodies has never been ‘care’ for them. We’ve had to provide that care to each other, and, radically, to ourselves. Our resilience has been through community, like underground, mycelial networks, sustained by compassionate understanding.
There is a fatigue that comes from constantly advocating for one’s dignity and sovereignty.
In the face of disempowering forces, both internal and external, may we focus our attention, and our resources into caring for each other. This care is fuel to build rich networks and, like the mushrooms, enables us to break down and metabolize the most formidable structures.
Resources:
Sister Song Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective
Latinas for Reproductive Justice
Latest Journals
Apoptosis: Herbal Support for Healthy Cell Renewal and Detoxification
Apoptosis is your cells’ way of knowing when it’s time to peace out. In the biological processes of repair, growth and renewal, apoptosis is the inner knowing of the cell to die to make way for the next crop of cellular life.
Herbs for Wildfire Support: Plant Protection and Respiratory Relief During Fire Season
If we are able to look more deeply into what’s happening in LA, we also get views into sublime beauty: people showing up for each other, the community net, the resilience and care that crisis also ignites in us.
Menu of Meaning and Medicinals: An Herbal Feast
Four recipes we'll be throwing down this season. We see the holidaze as a time to revel in the ginger and spice, to balance all the things that aren’t so nice. The flavors of the winter seasons are warming, stimulating, reminders of our sensual capacity.
Practitioner Spotlight: Meghan Henshaw on Herbal Healing and Bodywork
Meghan Henshaw is an herbalist, educator, and owner of Ocotillo Herbals. She was also the inaugural member of our Practitioner Program, and we want to share her magic with you, our community. We had the opportunity to interview Meghan and get the full scope of the expertise she brings into her practice and the world.
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