WEBVTT 00:00:00.430 --> 00:00:04.950 Welcome to the Plant Wisdom Circle. This is a 00:00:04.950 --> 00:00:08.269 space to share the wisdom of the plants, letting 00:00:08.269 --> 00:00:11.289 their voices ripple outward into ever -widening 00:00:11.289 --> 00:00:15.029 circles. Together, we honor the plants as medicine 00:00:15.029 --> 00:00:17.989 guides and living beings of healing consciousness. 00:00:18.649 --> 00:00:25.269 I'm your host, Amy Turepka. Welcome, plant friend. 00:00:25.390 --> 00:00:28.829 I'm excited to share Rosemary with you today. 00:00:29.109 --> 00:00:33.009 And this episode will be maybe different than 00:00:33.009 --> 00:00:37.289 the past episodes because I don't have a long 00:00:37.289 --> 00:00:40.229 -standing relationship with Rosemary aside from 00:00:40.229 --> 00:00:44.030 the more surface level of, you know, cooking 00:00:44.030 --> 00:00:47.490 with her and having her in front of my house 00:00:47.490 --> 00:00:50.270 and smelling her and just being in her presence. 00:00:50.310 --> 00:00:53.719 I haven't spent a lot of time, you know, sitting 00:00:53.719 --> 00:00:57.460 with her spirit and journeying with her. So I 00:00:57.460 --> 00:01:00.039 don't have a lot of past stories to share. We'll 00:01:00.039 --> 00:01:02.280 be mostly just exploring what came up in the 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:05.099 plant circle and another circle I held with her. 00:01:05.840 --> 00:01:08.459 But before we go into that, I want to remind 00:01:08.459 --> 00:01:12.180 local folks that these plant wisdom circles happen 00:01:12.180 --> 00:01:16.159 the second Friday of every month here in Portland, 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:20.840 Oregon, and we'd love to have you join us. And 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:24.980 for all of you, I have a live four -week online 00:01:24.980 --> 00:01:29.599 course happening coming up in May called Plant 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:32.560 Spirit Allyship. And I ran this for the first 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:35.700 time last year, and it was so beautifully amazing 00:01:35.700 --> 00:01:40.540 to be in dedicated circle with folks, all practicing, 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:44.200 communing with, and building relationship with. 00:01:44.939 --> 00:01:47.700 one specific plant ally over the course of the 00:01:47.700 --> 00:01:51.599 whole month. And it's just so rich and beautiful 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:55.939 community. So if you are feeling unsure about 00:01:55.939 --> 00:01:59.780 how to really trust in your intuitive capacity 00:01:59.780 --> 00:02:04.180 to communicate with the plants, this course will 00:02:04.180 --> 00:02:08.060 definitely help you trust in yourself and trust 00:02:08.060 --> 00:02:11.379 in the consciousness of the plants that you're 00:02:11.379 --> 00:02:14.229 receiving. And we'll also help you feel more 00:02:14.229 --> 00:02:17.009 confident in calling on the support of the plants 00:02:17.009 --> 00:02:20.310 for spiritual guidance and really weaving in 00:02:20.310 --> 00:02:24.050 the spiritual medicine of the plants into your 00:02:24.050 --> 00:02:26.770 daily life. It is one of my all -time favorite 00:02:26.770 --> 00:02:29.009 things that I've ever taught and I'm really excited 00:02:29.009 --> 00:02:32.689 to teach again. Although this is probably the 00:02:32.689 --> 00:02:35.830 last time I will teach it live. But we are in 00:02:35.830 --> 00:02:40.319 early bird. pricing right now through April 24th, 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:42.500 where there's a hundred dollar discount on the 00:02:42.500 --> 00:02:44.580 course, which is like a third of the price. So 00:02:44.580 --> 00:02:48.300 it's a pretty big deal to get in on early bird 00:02:48.300 --> 00:02:52.259 pricing. So if this is something that you feel 00:02:52.259 --> 00:02:56.039 excited about, it's a great time to jump in, 00:02:56.159 --> 00:02:59.560 especially right now. I just feel like the world 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:05.060 is so. And the plants have always been the ones 00:03:05.060 --> 00:03:09.280 for me who help me regulate my nervous system 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:14.379 to help me realign with my own self and my power. 00:03:16.009 --> 00:03:19.430 my medicine that I do carry for the world. They 00:03:19.430 --> 00:03:23.569 have been such incredible support systems for 00:03:23.569 --> 00:03:27.169 that and helping awaken and align my own energy 00:03:27.169 --> 00:03:30.770 body. So I do feel fortified in order to face 00:03:30.770 --> 00:03:35.979 what we're facing. They are just such gems of 00:03:35.979 --> 00:03:40.680 consciousnesses. And I'm so excited to deepen 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:44.379 with those who want to really make it a priority 00:03:44.379 --> 00:03:49.659 to weave back connection between humans and plants 00:03:49.659 --> 00:03:51.659 and the earth again, because I do believe that 00:03:51.659 --> 00:03:56.199 is the root of separation that's causing so much 00:03:56.199 --> 00:03:59.460 harm on the planet right now. So take a look 00:03:59.460 --> 00:04:02.080 in the show notes for the link for Plant Spirit 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:04.879 Allyship, and you can also hop on my newsletter 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:08.599 to make sure you stay up to date with when that's 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:11.759 coming out and all of the details around it. 00:04:13.020 --> 00:04:15.360 So today we're going to get into the medicine 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:19.500 of rosemary, rosmarinus officinalis, I think 00:04:19.500 --> 00:04:22.519 I'm saying that right, or salvia rosmarinus. 00:04:22.519 --> 00:04:24.439 I think those are both kind of interchangeable 00:04:24.439 --> 00:04:28.339 names. And when we work with rosemary, we are 00:04:28.339 --> 00:04:32.040 specifically talking about the leaf and the flower. 00:04:32.220 --> 00:04:37.800 Those are the edible parts. And in the plant 00:04:37.800 --> 00:04:42.139 circles, we ingest some of the tincture, which 00:04:42.139 --> 00:04:47.480 is the leaf and flower infused in alcohol and 00:04:47.480 --> 00:04:51.560 or just nibbling on the... the leaf the resinous 00:04:51.560 --> 00:04:54.939 leaf which is so powerful so it does help when 00:04:54.939 --> 00:04:57.279 you're sitting with a plant to taste the medicine 00:04:57.279 --> 00:05:00.459 in your mouth it gives a lot of information about 00:05:00.459 --> 00:05:02.899 the quality of the plant and how your body is 00:05:02.899 --> 00:05:06.019 immediately responding to the plant but you also 00:05:06.019 --> 00:05:08.779 don't need to ingest any medicine when you sit 00:05:08.779 --> 00:05:12.639 with plants you can call on their energetic presence 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:16.939 their spiritual presence or just sit in person 00:05:16.939 --> 00:05:20.139 with the plant And again, if you want to get 00:05:20.139 --> 00:05:23.839 really experienced and practiced with this level 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:26.600 of working with the plants, I really highly recommend 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:30.220 taking Plant Spirit Allyship, which begins May 00:05:30.220 --> 00:05:33.240 5th. So I'll share a little bit about Rosemary's 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:35.660 physical medicine, and then I'll go into some 00:05:35.660 --> 00:05:38.579 general spiritual and energetic themes of Rosemary 00:05:38.579 --> 00:05:43.079 and our experiences from the Plant Wisdom Circle 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:45.860 and another circle I held with Rosemary this 00:05:45.860 --> 00:05:50.040 month. So physically, Rosemary has long been 00:05:50.040 --> 00:05:54.399 known for her work with the brain, the memory, 00:05:54.699 --> 00:06:00.819 focus, clarifying the mind. Long ago in herb 00:06:00.819 --> 00:06:03.860 school, I learned the phrase Rosemary for memory, 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:07.959 which I think a lot of herbalists learn early 00:06:07.959 --> 00:06:11.399 on when they're baby herbalists. Rosemary helps 00:06:11.399 --> 00:06:14.779 circulate the blood, get the blood moving through 00:06:14.779 --> 00:06:18.180 the whole system, but especially into the brain. 00:06:18.899 --> 00:06:21.800 Rosemary has an affinity for the brain, so really 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:25.879 helps with memory and brain function as a whole. 00:06:26.899 --> 00:06:30.199 Seja Popham talks about rosemary being ruled 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:33.680 by the sun. which we can see in forming her medicine 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:37.180 with the heart and the circulatory system, and 00:06:37.180 --> 00:06:41.120 also how rosemary supports digestion. She really 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:44.360 stimulates digestion. She brings warmth to the 00:06:44.360 --> 00:06:48.079 digestive organs, a digestive fire to the solar 00:06:48.079 --> 00:06:52.839 plexus, and helps build heat in the body while 00:06:52.839 --> 00:06:55.939 also simultaneously circulating it around so 00:06:55.939 --> 00:07:00.910 it doesn't get trapped or stagnant. She's been 00:07:00.910 --> 00:07:04.949 supportive for moving blood to the hands and 00:07:04.949 --> 00:07:07.889 feet. So if you have cold hands and feet, rosemary 00:07:07.889 --> 00:07:10.750 helps bring the blood there, bring circulation 00:07:10.750 --> 00:07:14.329 there, bring warmth there. And again, has this 00:07:14.329 --> 00:07:17.750 special affinity with the brain. Her medicine 00:07:17.750 --> 00:07:24.269 is very antimicrobial and her volatile oils physically 00:07:24.269 --> 00:07:28.509 cleanse and purify the air. as they also enhance 00:07:28.509 --> 00:07:32.750 our cognition. The smell, the oils enhance our 00:07:32.750 --> 00:07:36.589 cognition. Greek scholars used to wear rosemary 00:07:36.589 --> 00:07:39.189 on their body when they studied, which is really 00:07:39.189 --> 00:07:41.569 interesting because now there's been studies 00:07:41.569 --> 00:07:45.910 that rosemary helps prevent the breakdown of 00:07:45.910 --> 00:07:48.850 acetylcholine in the brain, which is a brain 00:07:48.850 --> 00:07:51.529 chemical attributed to improving cognitive function, 00:07:51.769 --> 00:07:56.600 boosting alertness, and concentration. And smelling 00:07:56.600 --> 00:07:59.720 rosemary actually ignites the neurotransmitters 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:03.639 to release acetylcholine. So I'll link the article 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:05.959 that I found this in in the show notes below 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:08.339 if you want to read further about this. But it's 00:08:08.339 --> 00:08:11.819 been studied now how rosemary really enhances 00:08:11.819 --> 00:08:17.379 the clarity of the mind, which is something folk 00:08:17.379 --> 00:08:20.420 herbalists and humans all over the world have 00:08:20.420 --> 00:08:24.889 known for thousands and thousands of years. Spiritually, 00:08:25.009 --> 00:08:28.470 rosemary has also been called upon for millennia 00:08:28.470 --> 00:08:31.930 as a protector, as a cleanser, as a clarifier. 00:08:32.450 --> 00:08:37.049 In Egypt, rosemary was seen as a spiritual protector 00:08:37.049 --> 00:08:40.850 when souls traveled between worlds after death. 00:08:41.169 --> 00:08:45.149 So rosemary would be placed on tombs. And in 00:08:45.149 --> 00:08:49.169 European folklore, rosemary talismans were carried 00:08:49.169 --> 00:08:52.110 for protection while traveling so there's something 00:08:52.110 --> 00:08:55.509 about rosemary that helps the travelers whether 00:08:55.509 --> 00:08:59.649 it's soul travel spiritual journeying or just 00:08:59.649 --> 00:09:03.549 physical travel there's a protection that rosemary 00:09:03.549 --> 00:09:07.529 brings us as we are moving around and not at 00:09:07.529 --> 00:09:10.600 home There's also so much information out there 00:09:10.600 --> 00:09:13.460 about rosemary being clarifying and purifying 00:09:13.460 --> 00:09:17.500 to both the physical spaces like in our homes 00:09:17.500 --> 00:09:21.399 and also in the body. So purifying, clarifying, 00:09:21.460 --> 00:09:26.860 moving energy out, protective, opening those 00:09:26.860 --> 00:09:30.399 kind of energies. And spiritually, rosemary is 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:33.159 also associated with the third eye and crown 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:36.769 chakras in part because of the... purpley blue 00:09:36.769 --> 00:09:40.090 color of the flowers, but also because of the 00:09:40.090 --> 00:09:43.470 way she enhances the energy in the head, the 00:09:43.470 --> 00:09:46.970 mind, the vision. So that's what I've learned 00:09:46.970 --> 00:09:48.590 about Rosemary and kind of what I knew about 00:09:48.590 --> 00:09:54.830 Rosemary coming into our sits with her. So I 00:09:54.830 --> 00:09:58.269 found it so fascinating what folks experienced 00:09:58.269 --> 00:10:01.000 because some of these themes. definitely come 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:03.860 through. But also there's other aspects of her 00:10:03.860 --> 00:10:06.639 that feel really important to share about her 00:10:06.639 --> 00:10:11.019 wider personality that are not talked about really 00:10:11.019 --> 00:10:14.899 in depth anywhere that I've found online. The 00:10:14.899 --> 00:10:18.500 first thing I want to share is that before we'd 00:10:18.500 --> 00:10:20.899 gone into our meditation at the Plant Wisdom 00:10:20.899 --> 00:10:23.360 Circle and folks were introducing themselves 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:26.980 and their experiences they had had with Rosemary 00:10:26.980 --> 00:10:33.090 before, beautiful hedgerow of rosemary come and 00:10:33.090 --> 00:10:36.149 surround the entire circle just really organically 00:10:36.149 --> 00:10:39.250 it just happened and it's really interesting 00:10:39.250 --> 00:10:41.070 because most often I'll feel the plant we're 00:10:41.070 --> 00:10:44.629 working with coming down into the center of the 00:10:44.629 --> 00:10:48.529 circle so this gesture of surrounding us in what 00:10:48.529 --> 00:10:52.429 felt like protection and like a warm hug was 00:10:52.429 --> 00:10:56.669 really special and I think speaks to her medicine. 00:10:57.549 --> 00:10:59.629 So some of what was shared in the beginning before 00:10:59.629 --> 00:11:04.169 we actually sat with her was that Rosemary feels 00:11:04.169 --> 00:11:07.730 to folks like an old friend, like a really generous 00:11:07.730 --> 00:11:11.850 and warm presence when they encounter her on 00:11:11.850 --> 00:11:15.250 their walks in the neighborhood. And so many 00:11:15.250 --> 00:11:19.070 people share their experience of wanting to dive 00:11:19.070 --> 00:11:22.850 into her, like dive into her scent and her leaves. 00:11:24.029 --> 00:11:28.970 nuzzle up to them and put the branches and leaves 00:11:28.970 --> 00:11:34.350 on their faces and just this magnetism that Rosemary 00:11:34.350 --> 00:11:41.470 has and wanting to be close to her. And someone 00:11:41.470 --> 00:11:46.230 else has the experience with Rosemary of her 00:11:46.230 --> 00:11:50.169 helping her see things as they are and not how 00:11:50.169 --> 00:11:53.509 she thinks they should be. which makes a lot 00:11:53.509 --> 00:11:56.090 of sense with the clarifying qualities of her 00:11:56.090 --> 00:11:59.730 medicine. And then in the sits with her, one 00:11:59.730 --> 00:12:03.549 of the biggest and most prevalent theme was images 00:12:03.549 --> 00:12:07.570 of eyes and increased awareness of the eyes or 00:12:07.570 --> 00:12:11.669 the vision in general. This was also seen and 00:12:11.669 --> 00:12:16.009 experienced in the way folks had these perspective 00:12:16.009 --> 00:12:20.110 shifts happening, both physically and mentally. 00:12:22.330 --> 00:12:25.649 Community and ecosystem -mindedness was also 00:12:25.649 --> 00:12:29.590 a strong theme that came through. And kind of 00:12:29.590 --> 00:12:33.629 shifting our focus from the individual to the 00:12:33.629 --> 00:12:38.759 community to ecosystem perspective. Warmth also 00:12:38.759 --> 00:12:41.940 came in a lot, as did awareness and presence. 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:45.879 Many folks saw her as a mother or grandmother 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:49.840 figure who was very protective. And it was also 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:53.559 common for folks to feel a deep sense of love 00:12:53.559 --> 00:12:56.940 from her, but very strong boundaries. Like she 00:12:56.940 --> 00:13:01.240 has this firmness and directness in her communication, 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:06.370 which could sometimes be seen. as harsh or just 00:13:06.370 --> 00:13:10.850 direct, but always coming from love. So here 00:13:10.850 --> 00:13:15.929 are the people's experiences. The first person's 00:13:15.929 --> 00:13:19.529 experience took place behind her eyes, and she 00:13:19.529 --> 00:13:21.889 felt a little scattered at first, and then her 00:13:21.889 --> 00:13:25.970 entire presence was reoriented to behind the 00:13:25.970 --> 00:13:30.029 eyes and back into the brain. Like her eyes were 00:13:30.029 --> 00:13:33.970 softening back into her whole body rather than 00:13:33.970 --> 00:13:36.370 having the sense of being kind of pushed forward 00:13:36.370 --> 00:13:40.149 or looking outwards. And she felt the presence 00:13:40.149 --> 00:13:43.149 of her eyes wherever she was in her body. So 00:13:43.149 --> 00:13:47.509 kind of this interoception or awareness of the 00:13:47.509 --> 00:13:50.669 body through that internal felt sense, except 00:13:50.669 --> 00:13:54.049 for instead of the felt sense, it was like her 00:13:54.049 --> 00:13:58.779 eyes could see as she was sensing. And this next 00:13:58.779 --> 00:14:02.720 person had a really similar experience. She experienced 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:07.620 this balance between being aware of her experience 00:14:07.620 --> 00:14:11.580 internally, like visually, mentally, and also 00:14:11.580 --> 00:14:13.919 experiencing it through her body somatically. 00:14:14.620 --> 00:14:19.059 And when she tried to control her experience 00:14:19.059 --> 00:14:23.179 and kind of search for it, she was using her 00:14:23.179 --> 00:14:27.679 eyes and her inner vision. And it almost felt 00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:31.700 like she had to let her eyes see without controlling 00:14:31.700 --> 00:14:36.220 them. And she likened this to those magic eyes 00:14:36.220 --> 00:14:41.539 that we used to see all over in the 90s, I think, 00:14:41.580 --> 00:14:46.559 where you kind of soften your gaze so then clarity 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:50.419 comes. It's like loosening focus in order to 00:14:50.419 --> 00:14:53.899 gain more clarity inside. So like releasing. 00:14:55.129 --> 00:14:59.029 the control so she could feel more information 00:14:59.029 --> 00:15:04.230 through her body. And so this was happening via 00:15:04.230 --> 00:15:09.529 the eyes and, you know, my perspective and perception 00:15:09.529 --> 00:15:13.129 is from that inner eye, from the third eye. So 00:15:13.129 --> 00:15:18.070 really turning that intuitive center on and getting 00:15:18.070 --> 00:15:21.830 more clarity for what is intuitively present 00:15:21.830 --> 00:15:26.379 in the body. And in general, with intuitive work 00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:30.480 and practicing intuition, the more we grip and 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:34.179 control and try, often the harder it is because 00:15:34.179 --> 00:15:37.419 we're closing that channel. So it seems like 00:15:37.419 --> 00:15:41.820 rosemary is helping loosen the control so we 00:15:41.820 --> 00:15:46.179 can open up that intuitive inner eye center so 00:15:46.179 --> 00:15:50.679 we can see and perceive more fully. especially 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:52.899 information that's moving through the body, but 00:15:52.899 --> 00:15:56.379 I'm guessing also elsewhere. And so this person 00:15:56.379 --> 00:15:58.679 said the focus was moving from the third eye 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:02.100 space to her heart center and kind of this connection 00:16:02.100 --> 00:16:04.840 moving between these two centers. So the intuitive 00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:08.220 center at the third eye and the heart center 00:16:08.220 --> 00:16:13.080 and really highlighting two of the main areas 00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:16.659 in the body that Rosemary activates. And aside 00:16:16.659 --> 00:16:20.200 from this very somatic and inner vision experience, 00:16:20.440 --> 00:16:24.519 the images she saw involved eyes, lots of eyes, 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:28.639 and seeing the profile, like specifically the 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:32.059 side view of the face, but focused in on the 00:16:32.059 --> 00:16:35.179 eyes and their expressions. And what's interesting 00:16:35.179 --> 00:16:38.899 is that a lot of people saw eyes and side views 00:16:38.899 --> 00:16:41.519 of eyes, but also ended up physically laying 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:46.149 on their sides. which is unusual for these circles 00:16:46.149 --> 00:16:49.830 and I don't fully understand it but something 00:16:49.830 --> 00:16:53.889 about that perspective shift is interesting and 00:16:53.889 --> 00:16:57.139 just something curious that was happening. So 00:16:57.139 --> 00:17:00.559 this next person also had an image. The first 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:03.679 image that came into her head was the side eye 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:07.859 profile and felt the energy of Rosemary, her 00:17:07.859 --> 00:17:13.160 essence kind of akin to a cat who is affectionate, 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:16.640 but on her own terms. And Rosemary felt very 00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:20.440 comforting and strong to her, but not. overly 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:24.279 embracing or smothering like able to be close 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:28.039 but stay in her own energy which to me speaks 00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:30.640 of strong boundaries the ability to hold strong 00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:33.140 boundaries which I do believe Rosemary helps 00:17:33.140 --> 00:17:36.940 us with and then this person got the message 00:17:36.940 --> 00:17:39.859 in a very matter -of -fact way that there's a 00:17:39.859 --> 00:17:42.400 lot of areas in her life where she's replaceable 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:46.799 but then there's also some places that are just 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:50.869 for her And to focus on the areas where she's 00:17:50.869 --> 00:17:54.190 not replaceable and hold the difference in a 00:17:54.190 --> 00:17:58.369 really loving but matter -of -fact way. And I 00:17:58.369 --> 00:18:01.049 just love this because this is the same tone 00:18:01.049 --> 00:18:03.349 that she told me a message in that I'll share 00:18:03.349 --> 00:18:06.869 at the end. So this next person had a lot of 00:18:06.869 --> 00:18:10.130 like hot water imagery, which is interesting. 00:18:10.250 --> 00:18:13.450 It reminds me of rosemary heating and warming 00:18:13.450 --> 00:18:18.480 the body and circulating the blood. She was shown 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:21.440 various ecosystems around the world that were 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:24.579 similar to this one, like in Japan and other 00:18:24.579 --> 00:18:28.619 places. And this message of like, we're not any 00:18:28.619 --> 00:18:31.119 more special than other places. And we should 00:18:31.119 --> 00:18:34.319 be in communion with these other places and acknowledging 00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:37.559 these other places and people. And again, this 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:42.640 like very matter of fact way of saying we're 00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:47.779 not special. but shifting our focus to a more 00:18:47.779 --> 00:18:52.039 community -minded, ecosystem -minded viewpoint 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:55.700 or perspective. And then she was brought into 00:18:55.700 --> 00:18:59.220 different experiences of life, like becoming 00:18:59.220 --> 00:19:04.400 a grasshopper and feeling the experience of being 00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:08.180 a grasshopper and then turned into her child 00:19:08.180 --> 00:19:11.299 self who was playing in the grass, trying to 00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:14.559 catch the grasshopper. and then became the dogs 00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:20.619 playing in her lawn with her, and just being 00:19:20.619 --> 00:19:23.680 one with all of the creatures and the pieces 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:27.099 of earth, and really noticing, becoming aware 00:19:27.099 --> 00:19:34.519 of how her perspective shifts as she is embodying 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:39.359 these different aspects of earth. And then she... 00:19:39.769 --> 00:19:42.990 was invited to lay down on her side which is 00:19:42.990 --> 00:19:47.490 again interesting here and shown how it reoriented 00:19:47.490 --> 00:19:51.890 her perspective in a way that she hadn't experienced 00:19:51.890 --> 00:19:56.769 before she was just so aware of that perspective 00:19:56.769 --> 00:19:59.730 shifting and all the ways to perceive a situation 00:19:59.730 --> 00:20:05.930 or a moment which is so cool and then had this 00:20:05.930 --> 00:20:09.690 experience of floating on top of the water and 00:20:09.690 --> 00:20:13.890 she was invited to fully rest and conserve and 00:20:13.890 --> 00:20:17.390 bring her energy back to herself and as she was 00:20:17.390 --> 00:20:20.230 laying there she did this sort of self -baptism 00:20:20.230 --> 00:20:22.730 dunking her head back under the water and when 00:20:22.730 --> 00:20:26.029 she did that she shot up out of the water with 00:20:26.029 --> 00:20:30.170 so much energy and had this massive reality shifting 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:35.359 with a bright light coming across her whole vision 00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:39.940 and whole body. And like she'd been flipped around 00:20:39.940 --> 00:20:45.940 and turned over and went through this like really 00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:52.420 big reorientation. So a lot of perspective shifting, 00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:55.539 putting us not in the center of things, but also 00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:58.660 helping us understand more of a community and 00:20:58.660 --> 00:21:02.710 ecosystem. perspective. This next person had 00:21:02.710 --> 00:21:04.990 the experience of Rosemary creating kind of a 00:21:04.990 --> 00:21:09.910 hammock for her lungs and heart. And breathing 00:21:09.910 --> 00:21:13.089 got really fun, she said. It was a really wonderful 00:21:13.089 --> 00:21:16.009 feeling to just have her heart and her lungs 00:21:16.009 --> 00:21:19.930 be cradled in this hammock. And she opened her 00:21:19.930 --> 00:21:22.289 eyes, which is not typical for her during these 00:21:22.289 --> 00:21:27.950 experiences. And saw the twinkle lights twinkling 00:21:27.950 --> 00:21:32.589 and noticing how pretty they were and this message 00:21:32.589 --> 00:21:35.730 just coming through of being present and especially 00:21:35.730 --> 00:21:39.569 present through her vision and her eyes and taking 00:21:39.569 --> 00:21:43.650 in the moment with her eyes and she felt like 00:21:43.650 --> 00:21:46.990 there was this kind of sparkle magical quality 00:21:46.990 --> 00:21:51.230 of being present, like touching into the present 00:21:51.230 --> 00:21:55.069 moment with her sight in particular made things 00:21:55.069 --> 00:22:00.829 very sparkly. And she just felt very alert and 00:22:00.829 --> 00:22:05.990 aware and present. This next person experienced 00:22:05.990 --> 00:22:11.609 Rosemary as a grandmother type energy and said 00:22:11.609 --> 00:22:16.640 her Essence was similar to the tree from Pocahontas, 00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:20.160 who I don't remember, but who she said was very 00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:24.960 stern but loving and felt Rosemary was really 00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:29.240 good at cutting out intrusive thoughts, especially 00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:32.980 regarding self -doubt. And Rosemary felt like 00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:35.809 a spokesperson for the plants. Like she's so 00:22:35.809 --> 00:22:39.349 old and ancient and has so much experience and 00:22:39.349 --> 00:22:42.430 history on this earth working with humans. So 00:22:42.430 --> 00:22:47.569 she really speaks for the plants and that aligns 00:22:47.569 --> 00:22:52.609 with the experience I have of her of being so 00:22:52.609 --> 00:22:57.710 community minded. She's not just thinking about 00:22:57.710 --> 00:23:00.170 her own self, but all of the plants and our relationship 00:23:00.170 --> 00:23:03.980 with all of the plants. And this person received 00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:07.819 the message from Rosemary to support plants by 00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:09.900 being present and acknowledging them as we walk 00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:14.779 by. And that the plants are here supporting us 00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:18.960 too. And it's a really powerful feeling to remember 00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:24.440 this relationship, especially when feelings of 00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:26.960 self -doubt and intrusive thoughts come in. So 00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:30.829 when we're doubting ourselves and... Maybe going 00:23:30.829 --> 00:23:34.750 into self -criticism or wondering what we're 00:23:34.750 --> 00:23:38.869 doing here. The plants are here supporting us. 00:23:38.910 --> 00:23:42.009 They are here and cheering us on and loving us 00:23:42.009 --> 00:23:45.730 and really here wanting us to build relationship 00:23:45.730 --> 00:23:50.029 back with them again. Which is something I feel 00:23:50.029 --> 00:23:54.049 over and over and over again whenever we sit 00:23:54.049 --> 00:23:56.430 with plants. This is a very strong theme that 00:23:56.430 --> 00:24:00.259 the plants want. us to know. All of the plants 00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:04.259 want us to know this. This next person had themes 00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:09.759 of attention and grandmotherly energy come through. 00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:13.619 She felt her 83 -year -old grandmother come into 00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:17.299 the space who is alive and ask, why don't you 00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:21.579 call me? And this person told her that she's 00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:24.319 scared of getting too close to her because she's 00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:28.180 going to die soon. And Then Rosemary kind of 00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:31.500 stepping into this situation and telling her 00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:35.640 that attention is a love bath. It's an incredible 00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:39.759 gift to be present and to direct energy towards 00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:44.140 someone. And it was very clear that it wasn't 00:24:44.140 --> 00:24:48.299 just a cold attention, like you're just standing 00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:50.920 there staring at someone, but really the attention 00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:54.859 of bringing in warmth, like bringing warmth and 00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:58.579 delight. in your presence enjoying them taking 00:24:58.579 --> 00:25:02.420 time with them taking them in and how we can 00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:05.700 do this with ourselves too delighting in ourselves 00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:09.680 as a nurturing act pouring our attention towards 00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:14.579 ourself and others so again these themes of grandmother 00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:19.079 attention presence warmth and how that matters 00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:23.579 so much this next person felt like she hadn't 00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:27.660 been in her seat, as she called it, like her 00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:30.220 seat of power, not sitting in her own energy 00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:35.039 for a little while. And Rosemary was showing 00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:40.180 her her fears and showing her that she needs 00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:42.180 to sit with things that she's been resisting, 00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:45.259 which is why she hasn't been able to drop more 00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:48.750 fully in. And Rosemary put her in contact with 00:25:48.750 --> 00:25:50.890 an inner child that she hasn't been acknowledging, 00:25:51.009 --> 00:25:53.589 which was the main reason why she hasn't been 00:25:53.589 --> 00:25:58.549 in her seat. And this person was able to really 00:25:58.549 --> 00:26:00.950 be present with her inner child and give her 00:26:00.950 --> 00:26:04.650 a huge hug and so much love and could feel all 00:26:04.650 --> 00:26:09.069 of this devotion and love and warmth towards 00:26:09.069 --> 00:26:11.529 this little girl inside and helping her feel 00:26:11.529 --> 00:26:15.329 like a priority. Again, with that. attention 00:26:15.329 --> 00:26:19.710 as a love bath kind of vibe and she felt like 00:26:19.710 --> 00:26:23.750 rosemary and earth both were helping her land 00:26:23.750 --> 00:26:29.849 finally land deeply into her body and she really 00:26:29.849 --> 00:26:32.990 needed that acknowledgement and reminder to connect 00:26:32.990 --> 00:26:35.829 with her inner self her inner child so again 00:26:35.829 --> 00:26:38.410 it's this perspective shift on what we're putting 00:26:38.410 --> 00:26:43.539 attention on what matters, how we can be more 00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:48.380 fully in our own energy and also give the currency 00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:53.460 of our warmth and attention to things that really 00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:57.319 matter. A few more interesting pieces I'm going 00:26:57.319 --> 00:27:02.019 to drop in. One person felt Rosemary as a mother 00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:05.319 and divine protector energy, but also simultaneously 00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:09.759 holding a soft vulnerability. And Rosemary specifically 00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:13.500 told her to make sure she's growing in front 00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:16.819 of your house as a protector, which is so great 00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:18.359 because I have her growing in front of my house. 00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:23.140 So yay. And she wants our moon blood as an offering. 00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:29.039 And the another person also fell into the softness 00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:32.220 and resiliency balance and heard Rosemary asking 00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:36.460 for moon blood as well. And she felt her as an 00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:40.980 elder and a grandmother and felt in her body 00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:45.619 a softening happening internally with her presence, 00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:49.200 like a softening and opening. This next person 00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:52.990 saw a lot of imagery of. groups and clusters, 00:27:53.230 --> 00:27:57.670 groups of people, organized bundles or bunches. 00:27:57.750 --> 00:28:01.150 And it felt like Rosemary was showing her the 00:28:01.150 --> 00:28:06.029 energy of the group and the importance of community 00:28:06.029 --> 00:28:12.569 and groupings. And in her body felt the energy 00:28:12.569 --> 00:28:17.009 was very sobering and clarifying for her mind. 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:21.140 This next person received that Rosemary just 00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:25.539 wanted to be nuzzled and to be drank in the morning 00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:29.460 in place of coffee, which is so cool because 00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:32.059 of her impact on awakening the brain and alertness 00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:35.019 and bringing circulation there. Someone else 00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:37.579 had Rosemary help her with her headache that 00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:41.319 she was experiencing and felt Rosemary's medicine 00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:45.160 working in and around her third eye. And she 00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:51.039 had a huge expansive feeling like Rosemary's 00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:54.980 strength and resinous qualities were pulling 00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:58.680 out all of the stuckness and stickiness from 00:28:58.680 --> 00:29:03.559 her. So like the stickiness, the resinousness 00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:09.640 of Rosemary's leaves was matching anything that 00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:13.619 felt sticky inside of her head and was just pulling 00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:17.359 it out. And it felt very clarifying. And again, 00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:20.220 we have the words that this felt like a very 00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:25.559 strong yet soft presence simultaneously. Another 00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:29.079 person had the words mother's milk come in strongly 00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:32.619 and was given some different combinations of 00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:35.599 plants she could drink, all with the theme of 00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:40.279 receiving nourishment of mother's milk through 00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:43.240 her medicine. So like the strong femininity coming 00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:49.039 through and like this elixir of nourishment from 00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:53.930 the mother was what Rosemary was. teaching her 00:29:53.930 --> 00:29:57.809 and showing her. A little side note here in general 00:29:57.809 --> 00:30:03.450 rosemary is thought to dry up the mammary glands 00:30:03.450 --> 00:30:08.309 or dry up the milk in nursing mothers so it's 00:30:08.309 --> 00:30:12.049 not used to increase mother's milk in the physical 00:30:12.049 --> 00:30:15.329 body but I don't think that's what rosemary was 00:30:15.329 --> 00:30:18.740 imparting here so I just want to clearly make 00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:20.720 that distinction. If you are a nursing mother, 00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:23.759 it's not going to strengthen your milk supply. 00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:27.059 So I'm going to share about my experiences here 00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:31.640 with Rosemary. I first had the experience of 00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:36.700 Rosemary coming deep into my center and then 00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:42.019 radiating a clearing, a clarifying energy outwards. 00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:45.700 Like I was clarifying myself from the inside 00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:50.559 out. and then i saw the image of a grandmother 00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:54.599 figure inviting me to lay down and her brushing 00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:59.960 out my mind with a rosemary branch and she was 00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:04.519 very warm and inviting but i could also feel 00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:07.940 she had really strong boundaries and she cackled 00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:14.680 a lot she was full of laughter and i had a lot 00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:20.509 of Images and impressions coming in that eventually 00:31:20.509 --> 00:31:23.410 filled out into a larger picture of what she 00:31:23.410 --> 00:31:27.730 was expressing. The first image was a hearth 00:31:27.730 --> 00:31:32.529 at the center of the home. This central fireplace 00:31:32.529 --> 00:31:37.049 for warming, nourishing, gathering, cooking, 00:31:37.569 --> 00:31:45.029 meal sharing, etc. And it felt like she is. the 00:31:45.029 --> 00:31:47.970 hearth of the home and the community and really 00:31:47.970 --> 00:31:53.630 so community minded and oriented and some imagery 00:31:53.630 --> 00:31:56.990 of meal sharing with large groups of people and 00:31:56.990 --> 00:32:03.289 laughter sharing warmth and I see her at the 00:32:03.289 --> 00:32:08.450 hearth expanding roots wide in all directions 00:32:08.450 --> 00:32:14.930 and this sense of a community hub and a story 00:32:14.930 --> 00:32:18.950 keeper holding the memory of the community through 00:32:18.950 --> 00:32:25.410 story and sharing and also in this kitchen with 00:32:25.410 --> 00:32:28.750 her so much kitchen witchery was taking place 00:32:28.750 --> 00:32:32.250 potions caring for the whole family and the whole 00:32:32.250 --> 00:32:35.829 community's well -being and the sense of her 00:32:35.829 --> 00:32:40.890 wanting to show us how to infuse medicine and 00:32:40.890 --> 00:32:43.940 magic into everything we do It's not just for 00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:47.480 special occasions, but for living life. So like 00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:52.500 this idea of magic in the mundane, in every aspect 00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:55.140 of life. And I think this is so cool because 00:32:55.140 --> 00:33:01.240 she is such a culinary herb. She has been woven 00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:07.259 into so many of our lives without conscious intention, 00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:11.180 right? But she's bringing warmth and she's bringing 00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:15.359 her medicine. Even when we're not fully aware 00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:18.140 of it or actively working with her magic, she's 00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:20.960 just coming into our meals and wafting through 00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:23.180 the air as we're outside walking our dogs, you 00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:27.839 know? So it's really beautiful that she's living 00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:33.339 this and has landed inside all of our homes in 00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:37.819 our cooking and in our meals and weaving herself 00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:42.079 through. bringing her magic into these mundane 00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:46.299 aspects of life. And then this image was expanded 00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:50.599 upon in the next circle I held, which showed 00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:54.339 her as this central fire. Again, this image of 00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:58.519 her as a central fire, and then this fire igniting 00:33:58.519 --> 00:34:02.839 smaller fires around her in a circle, and then 00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:06.839 those small fires igniting fires even wider out. 00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:10.179 and expanding wider and wider and wider in the 00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:16.059 sense of when we're connected to our own inner 00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:19.860 fire and passion and warmth, that it ignites 00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:24.239 others around us and that warmth and love is 00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:27.739 spread. And our warmth and love really ripples 00:34:27.739 --> 00:34:31.420 so much farther than we can ever know. But when 00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:38.590 we have that intention of bringing our love and 00:34:38.590 --> 00:34:43.309 our warmth and our hearts to the world the web 00:34:43.309 --> 00:34:48.889 of relationality that we can impact is so profound 00:34:48.889 --> 00:34:53.489 and that is really a part of why we're here she 00:34:53.489 --> 00:34:58.409 was also showing me her hardiness and how she's 00:34:58.409 --> 00:35:01.309 able to be so hardy because she's so community 00:35:01.309 --> 00:35:05.360 oriented And she's receiving from all around 00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:08.599 and can also withstand so much because she carries 00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:12.920 so much resilience and resource in herself from 00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:15.519 knowing herself so well. That's what she told 00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:19.539 me. And I think that kind of speaks to what others 00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:23.480 were perceiving in her boundaries and her strength 00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:28.900 and this feeling like she's not going to be overly 00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:34.860 giving of herself. She knows her capacity. And 00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:37.960 she knows herself so well. And she anchors in 00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:41.559 that and she's cultivated this resiliency. And 00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:44.420 because of that, there's this heartiness that 00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:49.380 she carries alongside all of the love. So I just 00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:52.880 feel like she's such good medicine for community 00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:57.480 activists who, who tend to just pour their hearts 00:35:57.480 --> 00:36:01.900 out to others to help them have a little bit 00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:05.320 more internal strength and resiliency internal 00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:09.579 boundaries so there's not a sense of martyrdom 00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:12.800 that it can come from a place of being well resourced 00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:15.960 and to know when it's time to really take care 00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:19.400 of the self and when you have the energy and 00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:22.980 the hearth and the fire within that can be spread 00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:26.780 and then I asked her if she had a message for 00:36:26.780 --> 00:36:29.599 everyone and she said it's not always about you 00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:33.920 very firmly And then proceeded to show me of 00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:37.260 images of people stuck in their own heads and 00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:40.760 their own wallowing in the hyper individualism 00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:44.699 of our culture and her kind of waking people 00:36:44.699 --> 00:36:49.800 up out of the self -absorbed stupor and looking 00:36:49.800 --> 00:36:53.099 around with their eyes and seeing the world and 00:36:53.099 --> 00:36:55.880 how we're all connected. So there's just this 00:36:55.880 --> 00:37:00.599 beautiful balance in what she brings us with. 00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:05.260 helping get us out of our own hyper -individual, 00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:10.619 self -consuming, stuck, maybe more victim -minded 00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:17.119 ways, but also being able to then not go far 00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:21.340 in the other direction of overgiving and overly 00:37:21.340 --> 00:37:24.659 martyring yourself and putting everyone else 00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:30.340 first. She's so good at the balance. There's 00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:33.219 a humility in her medicine, but there's also 00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:36.739 a boldness in it. And understanding yourself 00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:41.380 so well and your place here amongst the community. 00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:44.960 So she's really good for people, again, like 00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:49.780 stuck in self -pity or martyrdom or victimization 00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:55.159 or weighed down by dark thoughts or demons. She 00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:57.639 helps people look up and out into the world. 00:37:58.300 --> 00:38:01.199 awakening and clarifying the energy and mind 00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:05.300 so we remember we're all connected, which is 00:38:05.300 --> 00:38:10.679 a big part of why being in that self -consumed 00:38:10.679 --> 00:38:15.059 state feels so bad because we forget that we're 00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:20.059 all connected. And she's a medicine that makes 00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:23.960 you feel so welcome and that you belong here. 00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:27.750 She brings you in. Everyone's welcome. And she 00:38:27.750 --> 00:38:30.849 reminds you to do that for others too. And I 00:38:30.849 --> 00:38:34.110 think of everyone sharing about being on walks 00:38:34.110 --> 00:38:37.969 and just being magnetized to Rosemary and Rosemary 00:38:37.969 --> 00:38:41.650 being this central hub of the community and feeding 00:38:41.650 --> 00:38:45.409 people and being this hearth and letting folks 00:38:45.409 --> 00:38:49.030 feel like they're a part of this ecosystem because 00:38:49.030 --> 00:38:56.440 they are and helping ignite their fires. for 00:38:56.440 --> 00:39:00.960 the community. So it doesn't land on one person 00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:05.280 to be that driving force. We're all feeding each 00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:09.679 other and being fed by each other. And so we 00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:15.079 can maintain our strength and hardiness while 00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:20.139 also having strong boundaries and being generous 00:39:20.139 --> 00:39:24.840 at the same time. So there you have it, this 00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:28.619 weaving of Rosemary's experiences and teachings 00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:31.579 and wisdom. So just take a moment to breathe 00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:35.099 this all in. Close your eyes for a moment if 00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:38.500 you can and just invite Rosemary to be here with 00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:43.179 you. See if you can feel her with you, taking 00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:50.460 in her medicine of clarity, vision. awareness, 00:39:50.460 --> 00:39:57.219 perspective change, protection, community, nourishment, 00:39:57.320 --> 00:40:06.340 firmness, boundaries, love and warmth. There's 00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:09.900 so much here to learn and I'm excited to continue 00:40:09.900 --> 00:40:11.860 to work with her medicine and I hope you are 00:40:11.860 --> 00:40:16.659 too. And just remembering, if you want to connect 00:40:16.659 --> 00:40:19.059 with plants in this way, you just need to go 00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:23.840 outside and make the gesture. Find a plant or 00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:26.059 tree, maybe it's rosemary, maybe it's another 00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:29.079 plant that's been calling to you, and open yourself 00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:33.920 up to listen, open your heart, be present. Remember 00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:38.119 that you are a part of the same living ecosystem 00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:42.579 as this being. It's really simple. It's in our 00:40:42.579 --> 00:40:46.619 bones. It's in your DNA. It's so ancestral for 00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:50.539 you and for every human on the earth. And again, 00:40:50.579 --> 00:40:54.880 if you want to learn more deeply about this and 00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:59.440 really learn how to trust yourself in how to 00:40:59.440 --> 00:41:02.360 commune with the plants, my upcoming course, 00:41:02.420 --> 00:41:06.599 Plant Spirit Allyship, begins May 5th. And we're 00:41:06.599 --> 00:41:10.019 going to really practice and learn how to build 00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:13.480 relationships with these plants, the physical 00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:16.579 relationship, emotional, spiritual, energetic 00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:19.860 relationships. We're going to dive into all the 00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:22.260 levels of relationship we can have with plants. 00:41:22.659 --> 00:41:26.159 It's so rich. And I'll be teaching that live. 00:41:26.179 --> 00:41:28.179 And it might be the last time I teach it live. 00:41:28.239 --> 00:41:32.780 I'm not sure. But if you do want to keep updated 00:41:32.780 --> 00:41:36.079 about that. Join my mailing list. That's where 00:41:36.079 --> 00:41:39.599 I'll be sharing about it mostly. And you can 00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:43.300 also check it out in the show notes below. And 00:41:43.300 --> 00:41:47.599 I trust you. I trust that any way you move forward 00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:50.900 with the plants is going to be great. It's going 00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:55.719 to be meaningful as long as you have the desire 00:41:55.719 --> 00:41:58.579 to connect, as long as you open your heart to 00:41:58.579 --> 00:42:03.940 them, as long as you practice. perceiving them 00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:08.260 as these intelligent multi -dimensional beings 00:42:08.260 --> 00:42:11.599 that they are it's going to be really beneficial 00:42:11.599 --> 00:42:15.420 for both of you it is just so so needed right 00:42:15.420 --> 00:42:20.940 now and really a powerful way to help all of 00:42:20.940 --> 00:42:26.559 humanity heal our way that we've been living 00:42:26.559 --> 00:42:30.679 in this mindset of separation that has caused 00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:36.000 so much harm to this earth, to ourselves over 00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:39.579 the last several thousand years. So thank you 00:42:39.579 --> 00:42:43.159 so much for being a part of this movement of 00:42:43.159 --> 00:42:48.940 reconnection and re -enlivening the animistic 00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:54.400 relationship that is so innate to our human hearts. 00:42:56.230 --> 00:42:58.150 I really just believe how we will heal the world. 00:42:58.369 --> 00:43:00.690 There's this quote that I'm reminded of right 00:43:00.690 --> 00:43:03.710 now by Robert Tyndall, I think is how you say 00:43:03.710 --> 00:43:09.630 his name. And he says, the animistic perspective 00:43:09.630 --> 00:43:13.530 is the great equalizer. You cannot poison the 00:43:13.530 --> 00:43:16.690 earth if you instinctively recognize it as the 00:43:16.690 --> 00:43:19.389 organic extension of your own body and mind. 00:43:19.710 --> 00:43:24.590 Indeed, as your body and mind. So taking that 00:43:24.590 --> 00:43:28.920 in. taking that with you, taking the medicine 00:43:28.920 --> 00:43:34.539 of rosemary with you. And until next time, may 00:43:34.539 --> 00:43:37.539 you move through the world with eyes wide open, 00:43:37.579 --> 00:43:42.420 available to have your perspective shifted. Remember, 00:43:42.519 --> 00:43:45.840 it's not always just about you and that we're 00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:49.780 all a part of a wider community, that your warmth, 00:43:49.800 --> 00:43:53.829 your heart ignites others around you. and to 00:43:53.829 --> 00:43:57.510 take care of yourself, to be strong in your resource 00:43:57.510 --> 00:44:01.590 and your boundaries. Thank you for joining the 00:44:01.590 --> 00:44:04.449 Plant Wisdom Circle. May the teachings of the 00:44:04.449 --> 00:44:06.449 plants continue to ripple through your life, 00:44:06.670 --> 00:44:09.210 guiding you and nourishing you in the days to 00:44:09.210 --> 00:44:11.869 come. If you'd like to keep weaving with the 00:44:11.869 --> 00:44:14.349 plants, you can subscribe to the show, leave 00:44:14.349 --> 00:44:16.469 us a review, and share it with others who would 00:44:16.469 --> 00:44:19.170 love to listen. This would mean so much to me 00:44:19.170 --> 00:44:22.389 and to the plants. Make sure to check out the 00:44:22.389 --> 00:44:25.309 show notes below to learn about any links, events, 00:44:25.510 --> 00:44:28.550 or classes I shared with you today. You can find 00:44:28.550 --> 00:44:30.909 the next Plant Wisdom Circle and other classes 00:44:30.909 --> 00:44:34.690 and resources at groundwaterhealing .com. Until 00:44:34.690 --> 00:44:37.469 next time, may you walk gently with the earth, 00:44:37.510 --> 00:44:39.210 with the plants by your side.