WEBVTT 00:00:01.929 --> 00:00:06.450 Welcome to the Plant Wisdom Circle. This is a 00:00:06.450 --> 00:00:09.810 space to share the wisdom of the plants, letting 00:00:09.810 --> 00:00:12.789 their voices ripple outward into ever -widening 00:00:12.789 --> 00:00:16.530 circles. Together, we honor the plants as medicine 00:00:16.530 --> 00:00:19.489 guides and living beings of healing consciousness. 00:00:20.149 --> 00:00:25.370 I'm your host, Amy Turepka. Welcome back, plant 00:00:25.370 --> 00:00:29.469 friend. I am really excited to share the medicine 00:00:29.469 --> 00:00:35.250 of rose with you today. who has been really storming 00:00:35.250 --> 00:00:37.609 to the forefront of collective consciousness, 00:00:37.810 --> 00:00:41.530 in my opinion, over the last few years, like 00:00:41.530 --> 00:00:46.490 no other plant spirit I've ever seen. And she 00:00:46.490 --> 00:00:49.549 just always draws so many people to the circle. 00:00:49.609 --> 00:00:54.549 And she just has a lot of really important wisdom 00:00:54.549 --> 00:00:58.820 for these times. So before we begin, I want to 00:00:58.820 --> 00:01:02.320 remind local folks that these plant circles happen 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:05.439 the second Friday of every month here in Portland, 00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:08.879 Oregon, and we'd love to have you join in the 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:14.620 magic. And I'm also opening up applications for 00:01:14.620 --> 00:01:17.579 my six -month Goldenstone Immersion Program. 00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:21.299 I'm opening these to the public starting July 00:01:21.299 --> 00:01:27.560 14th, and this is a six -month deep dive for 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:31.980 the sensitives empaths soul seekers plant people 00:01:31.980 --> 00:01:35.879 witches who are ready to claim their inner magic 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:40.180 to clear away what has been preventing you from 00:01:40.180 --> 00:01:44.180 claiming your magic for this world for claiming 00:01:44.180 --> 00:01:49.189 your sensitivity as a gift to pull the power 00:01:49.189 --> 00:01:52.989 that is yours innately back into the body, into 00:01:52.989 --> 00:01:56.989 this place of deeply knowing yourself and to 00:01:56.989 --> 00:02:01.370 anchor that spiritual magic of the body into 00:02:01.370 --> 00:02:04.609 the living earth around you. It's a really profound 00:02:04.609 --> 00:02:09.409 invitation and initiation through the dark six 00:02:09.409 --> 00:02:11.270 months of the year. We start at fall equinox 00:02:11.270 --> 00:02:14.550 and go through spring equinox. And there's four 00:02:14.550 --> 00:02:17.900 plants that guide us. in the six month program. 00:02:18.039 --> 00:02:21.780 One of them is Rose and she often becomes a favorite 00:02:21.780 --> 00:02:25.500 for folks. She's such a supportive guide for 00:02:25.500 --> 00:02:28.960 unraveling tension in the body, for opening up 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:33.080 ourselves to more pleasure and joy and our own 00:02:33.080 --> 00:02:37.460 power to help us face our own shadow with courage 00:02:37.460 --> 00:02:42.800 and grace. She's just such a gift. becomes a 00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:45.719 very powerful ally for the folks who go through 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:49.340 the immersion so if this is something that calls 00:02:49.340 --> 00:02:51.599 to you you can find more details in the show 00:02:51.599 --> 00:02:55.060 notes this is my most in in -depth program I 00:02:55.060 --> 00:02:58.460 offer every year and it's always such a beautiful 00:02:58.460 --> 00:03:01.860 community and group of people that show up for 00:03:01.860 --> 00:03:06.740 it so as you can guess the plants weave themselves 00:03:06.740 --> 00:03:10.960 into everything I offer from the immersion program 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:14.500 to all the teachings inside the Golden Stone 00:03:14.500 --> 00:03:18.000 Wisdom School and always come in my one -on -one 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:20.979 healing sessions in my practice, Groundwater 00:03:20.979 --> 00:03:27.340 Healing. And they are just so excited and committed 00:03:27.340 --> 00:03:30.439 to helping us, to helping us remember that we're 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:34.080 a part of the earth body again and graciously 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:37.479 willing to support us whenever. We ask. They're 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:41.099 just such sweet beings. And so I hope that this 00:03:41.099 --> 00:03:46.180 podcast helps you receive them a little bit more 00:03:46.180 --> 00:03:50.479 fully into your heart, into your body, and into 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:55.080 your spiritual practices. And again, if you want 00:03:55.080 --> 00:03:57.639 to learn more about how to work with me, you 00:03:57.639 --> 00:03:59.680 can take a look in the show notes where I have 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:03.669 links to my free community. inside the Golden 00:04:03.669 --> 00:04:07.449 Stone Wisdom School, as well as a masterclass 00:04:07.449 --> 00:04:12.710 on communicating with plant consciousness. So 00:04:12.710 --> 00:04:19.029 let's get into rose, the rosa genus. There are 00:04:19.029 --> 00:04:25.990 so many species of rose that are native to the 00:04:25.990 --> 00:04:29.529 temperate regions of the globe. all across the 00:04:29.529 --> 00:04:35.529 Americas, Europe, Asia, but also so many that 00:04:35.529 --> 00:04:39.750 have been cultivated over the thousands of years 00:04:39.750 --> 00:04:43.250 that we have had a love affair with rose. And 00:04:43.250 --> 00:04:49.389 I often intermix different roses into my tinctures 00:04:49.389 --> 00:04:54.939 for a well -rounded... impact of the rose possibility 00:04:54.939 --> 00:04:59.579 but I do always make a special tincture with 00:04:59.579 --> 00:05:04.220 the wild rose which I just love so much the rosa 00:05:04.220 --> 00:05:08.579 nutcana I believe is how you say it or the nutca 00:05:08.579 --> 00:05:12.639 rose and there's a couple other wild rose varieties 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:16.199 here in the Portland area but the nutca rose 00:05:16.199 --> 00:05:18.420 is just there's something so special about her 00:05:19.100 --> 00:05:21.699 I also love the cultivated roses. They do have 00:05:21.699 --> 00:05:24.680 slightly different qualities to me, but I'm going 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:28.139 to be talking about all of Rose here, all of 00:05:28.139 --> 00:05:32.199 her expressions here as a group, because they 00:05:32.199 --> 00:05:36.000 really do support us with similar things. They 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:38.019 just maybe have slightly different approaches 00:05:38.019 --> 00:05:40.160 or slightly different energies. Maybe the color 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:43.899 of the rose is helping align with a different 00:05:43.899 --> 00:05:46.540 energy or frequency or chakra, but they all really 00:05:46.540 --> 00:05:51.360 are. doing similar things with our energy body. 00:05:51.660 --> 00:05:54.060 And when we work with rose, we work with the 00:05:54.060 --> 00:05:58.519 flower. Although I will also add some thorns 00:05:58.519 --> 00:06:02.540 to my tinctures to include that energetic of 00:06:02.540 --> 00:06:04.740 them because that's a really important part of 00:06:04.740 --> 00:06:08.579 rose medicine. And so that's what we do when 00:06:08.579 --> 00:06:10.639 we sit in the plant circles. We take a drop or 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:13.540 two of the plant tincture just to get the medicine 00:06:13.540 --> 00:06:17.060 in our system and then sit with how that medicine 00:06:17.060 --> 00:06:21.500 is moving through our bodies and the images and 00:06:21.500 --> 00:06:24.800 information and insights that come through. But 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:28.620 you also do not need tincture to sit with the 00:06:28.620 --> 00:06:31.360 plants, to sit with rose, but it can help just 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:35.259 to have that in your system. So I'll share a 00:06:35.259 --> 00:06:38.740 little bit about Rose's physical medicine and 00:06:38.740 --> 00:06:43.180 then go into the general spiritual and energetic 00:06:43.180 --> 00:06:47.220 themes of Rose and my own experiences with Rose 00:06:47.220 --> 00:06:50.319 and other people's experiences from the plant 00:06:50.319 --> 00:06:55.779 wisdom circles. Rose is cooling, slightly cooling. 00:06:55.939 --> 00:06:58.899 She's astringent, which means kind of tightening 00:06:58.899 --> 00:07:02.980 and toning the tissue. She's anti -inflammatory. 00:07:03.629 --> 00:07:08.310 So she reduces heat, clears excess heat from 00:07:08.310 --> 00:07:11.370 the blood, from the body. She tones and tightens 00:07:11.370 --> 00:07:15.209 the tissues. She's a nervine, which means she 00:07:15.209 --> 00:07:18.769 helps soothe the nervous system and relax the 00:07:18.769 --> 00:07:23.589 body. She softens anxiety and worry. She's really 00:07:23.589 --> 00:07:26.589 great at bringing the busyness of the mind into 00:07:26.589 --> 00:07:29.339 the felt experience of the body and heart. So 00:07:29.339 --> 00:07:33.220 bringing us into our sensual self more fully, 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:37.459 the experience of the body more fully. She's 00:07:37.459 --> 00:07:41.100 been worked with as an aphrodisiac for thousands 00:07:41.100 --> 00:07:44.759 of years, bringing that energy out of the mind, 00:07:44.819 --> 00:07:48.300 softening the body, bringing energy into the 00:07:48.300 --> 00:07:52.220 pelvis and softening just general tension that 00:07:52.220 --> 00:07:56.620 can inhibit the relaxation that's needed for 00:07:56.620 --> 00:08:00.589 arousal. And a big part of her medicine is her 00:08:00.589 --> 00:08:05.610 smell, right? The scent of rose softens us. She 00:08:05.610 --> 00:08:08.550 really has that kind of melting quality. She 00:08:08.550 --> 00:08:13.350 brings us into the parasympathetic state and 00:08:13.350 --> 00:08:18.689 just her smell is so healing. So, you know, going 00:08:18.689 --> 00:08:21.370 out and smelling roses or... Getting some rose 00:08:21.370 --> 00:08:25.149 hydrosol and spritzing it has a lot of the same 00:08:25.149 --> 00:08:27.949 qualities and same medicine as taking the tincture 00:08:27.949 --> 00:08:33.830 internally. She's also very healing to the skin 00:08:33.830 --> 00:08:38.409 and helps with wound healing. She's used in a 00:08:38.409 --> 00:08:41.870 lot of skin formulations for her calming and 00:08:41.870 --> 00:08:43.750 soothing properties as well as the tightening 00:08:43.750 --> 00:08:47.110 and toning medicine. And she contains compounds 00:08:47.110 --> 00:08:50.179 that brighten and repair the skin. There's a 00:08:50.179 --> 00:08:56.220 lot of vitamin A and vitamin C in her. And she's 00:08:56.220 --> 00:08:59.080 also been worked with for musculoskeletal pain 00:08:59.080 --> 00:09:02.759 to, again, soften that tension and reduce inflammation 00:09:02.759 --> 00:09:07.419 throughout the body. There is more to her physical 00:09:07.419 --> 00:09:09.259 medicine, but I'm going to leave it there for 00:09:09.259 --> 00:09:13.820 now and jump into the psycho -spiritual themes 00:09:13.820 --> 00:09:16.860 that we see with her medicine because that is 00:09:16.860 --> 00:09:24.240 what this podcast is about. So first, I want 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:28.179 to talk about that softening quality that I mentioned 00:09:28.179 --> 00:09:31.519 with the physical medicine. And this is something 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:36.899 I see over and over and over again, especially 00:09:36.899 --> 00:09:40.419 in my one -on -one healing practice. Rose comes 00:09:40.419 --> 00:09:43.919 in all the time. She's one of the top. plant 00:09:43.919 --> 00:09:46.799 allies that supports me and supports my clients 00:09:46.799 --> 00:09:50.740 on the table. And she's just been such a gift 00:09:50.740 --> 00:09:56.679 to so many people over the years. She softens 00:09:56.679 --> 00:10:03.960 tension. She is a master at finding places in 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:08.320 the body that have been constricted, closed off. 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:14.539 or armored from injury, from trauma, from emotional 00:10:14.539 --> 00:10:19.460 holding. I often feel the inner child in these 00:10:19.460 --> 00:10:24.679 places that she's just so loving with and comes 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:27.740 in and acts kind of like this mother and holds 00:10:27.740 --> 00:10:32.980 these places so then people can soften and open 00:10:32.980 --> 00:10:37.690 to life again. And so often when I give people 00:10:37.690 --> 00:10:40.830 rows in these sessions and I'm kind of directing 00:10:40.830 --> 00:10:45.629 where the medicine's going and listening and 00:10:45.629 --> 00:10:49.669 feeling how she's working, there's often a release 00:10:49.669 --> 00:10:53.350 of tears when things start to unravel and soften. 00:10:53.450 --> 00:10:59.100 There's such a relief and release as... the tension 00:10:59.100 --> 00:11:01.659 dissolves as these parts that have been closed 00:11:01.659 --> 00:11:06.759 off feel held feel protected feel seen feel loved 00:11:06.759 --> 00:11:11.340 feel that compassionate presence and then they're 00:11:11.340 --> 00:11:14.539 able to surrender they're able to let go they're 00:11:14.539 --> 00:11:19.740 able to open in ways that they haven't in years 00:11:19.740 --> 00:11:25.779 maybe even in a lifetime so i have you know tons 00:11:25.779 --> 00:11:28.559 of stories about this, but really it's the same 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:31.700 process that happens with Rose. And she gives 00:11:31.700 --> 00:11:37.519 people this opportunity to feel liberated again, 00:11:37.659 --> 00:11:42.059 depending on where the tension was in their body. 00:11:42.139 --> 00:11:45.120 Rose really can go anywhere. She loves the womb. 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:47.480 She loves the heart, but she can really go anywhere. 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:50.139 And I'll talk about this more later, but the 00:11:50.139 --> 00:11:53.860 same thing happens, the same story when Rose 00:11:53.860 --> 00:11:57.269 comes in. There's a softening. There's an opening. 00:11:57.750 --> 00:12:00.789 There's a relief. There's a release. There's 00:12:00.789 --> 00:12:07.509 a sense of liberation. And love can come back 00:12:07.509 --> 00:12:10.789 into these places that have felt unlovable or 00:12:10.789 --> 00:12:17.409 closed off or unworthy. Again, this gift of hers 00:12:17.409 --> 00:12:21.169 to help people feel held and not alone. And like 00:12:21.169 --> 00:12:25.490 they have that loving mother or grandmother figure 00:12:25.490 --> 00:12:30.149 with them to be with them in their pain, in their 00:12:30.149 --> 00:12:33.250 deep wounding, in their emotions. And part of 00:12:33.250 --> 00:12:38.250 that is her fierce protection. Her thorns help 00:12:38.250 --> 00:12:42.090 hold and guard these tender places within us 00:12:42.090 --> 00:12:45.269 so they can feel safe enough to unravel. And 00:12:45.269 --> 00:12:47.350 this is something I've always found fascinating 00:12:47.350 --> 00:12:51.730 with Rose in her way of working. Because her 00:12:51.730 --> 00:12:54.750 physical medicine is, you know, mildly cooling 00:12:54.750 --> 00:12:57.169 and drying and astringent. It tightens the tissues. 00:12:57.389 --> 00:13:01.909 But she's also a supreme nervine who relaxes 00:13:01.909 --> 00:13:05.250 and soothes the body and calms the nerves. So 00:13:05.250 --> 00:13:07.570 it's like she comes in and tightens and holds 00:13:07.570 --> 00:13:11.070 the container in a place that has not been held. 00:13:11.490 --> 00:13:15.750 So then we can... soften and open. It's like 00:13:15.750 --> 00:13:19.490 she comes in and shores up the edges of our boundaries 00:13:19.490 --> 00:13:24.090 so that the parts of us who don't need to be 00:13:24.090 --> 00:13:27.549 holding can soften and allow more blood flow 00:13:27.549 --> 00:13:34.029 to move through. Rose is a heart medicine. She 00:13:34.029 --> 00:13:37.009 opens the heart on a spiritual and emotional 00:13:37.009 --> 00:13:44.009 level. She helps us get in touch with compassion 00:13:44.009 --> 00:13:47.009 and self -forgiveness and self -love like I mentioned 00:13:47.009 --> 00:13:51.309 earlier. And she reminds us to love ourselves 00:13:51.309 --> 00:13:54.610 and care for ourselves on a really deep level. 00:13:55.149 --> 00:13:57.950 So again, she's really helpful and supportive 00:13:57.950 --> 00:14:01.250 when we're working with those deeper inner parts 00:14:01.250 --> 00:14:03.710 of ourselves, the inner child, these parts of 00:14:03.710 --> 00:14:06.950 ourselves in the shadow that we've sequestered 00:14:06.950 --> 00:14:10.509 off, that we've found unlovable, that we've deemed 00:14:10.509 --> 00:14:15.120 bad. She can really help integrate the shadows 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:20.580 like none other. And it's not only the self -love 00:14:20.580 --> 00:14:24.460 that's the crucial part of the process, but she 00:14:24.460 --> 00:14:28.620 helps us feel a sense of self -respect and dignity 00:14:28.620 --> 00:14:32.279 in those places, in those places of shame, because 00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:35.000 most often the places in the shadow have been 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:39.059 deemed unworthy or bad because of a sense of 00:14:39.059 --> 00:14:45.279 shame. And she's just so loving and dignified. 00:14:45.580 --> 00:14:49.620 And she doesn't take bullshit. And she knows 00:14:49.620 --> 00:14:51.820 her boundaries and helps us with our own. So 00:14:51.820 --> 00:14:56.220 she helps those places feel that sense of inner 00:14:56.220 --> 00:15:00.879 worthiness, that place of self -respect. So we 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:04.299 can enter into healthy relationship with that 00:15:04.299 --> 00:15:07.179 part of ourself again, but also then healthy 00:15:07.179 --> 00:15:13.460 relationship with others. She's not just a soupy 00:15:13.460 --> 00:15:17.080 mush of like love and compassion, which she is, 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:19.779 but then at the same time, she's like, okay, 00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:22.980 like this is true and you are so lovable and 00:15:22.980 --> 00:15:27.059 let's stand in some dignity. Let's stand in some 00:15:27.059 --> 00:15:31.000 self -respect and worthiness. And because of 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:35.899 those boundaries and self -respect and dignity. 00:15:36.220 --> 00:15:38.840 She's one of the best medicines and allies I 00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:42.399 know of for highly sensitive people and empaths, 00:15:42.399 --> 00:15:45.399 people who tend to merge with other people's 00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:48.039 energy, people who are really hypersensitive 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:50.080 to the world. So I've guarded off and protected 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:53.759 themselves from too much coming in. She helps 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:56.059 protect our energy fields and our energy body 00:15:56.059 --> 00:15:59.139 from energies that are coming in that feel like 00:15:59.139 --> 00:16:02.620 too much. And she helps us recognize our own 00:16:02.620 --> 00:16:06.340 energy. versus someone else's. So when we take 00:16:06.340 --> 00:16:10.940 on other people's energies, it can be an act 00:16:10.940 --> 00:16:14.539 of self -harm. It's like throwing ourself in 00:16:14.539 --> 00:16:17.600 the fire of other people's traumas or emotions 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:21.000 or going along for an emotional ride that's not 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:26.320 ours. And the sensitives can get lost in the 00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:30.019 soup of others and not be able to take care of 00:16:30.019 --> 00:16:32.940 ourselves, let alone. know who we are sometimes. 00:16:33.299 --> 00:16:40.460 So Rose comes in and helps us stand in our throne 00:16:40.460 --> 00:16:44.720 of dignity, helps us have boundaries, self -respect, 00:16:44.740 --> 00:16:48.799 and simultaneously helps us find that deep well 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:51.460 of self -compassion for all the ways in which 00:16:51.460 --> 00:16:53.840 we've abandoned ourselves for the sake of others. 00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:58.399 And again, for those highly sensitive folks who 00:16:58.399 --> 00:17:02.330 are taking in and on. excess information all 00:17:02.330 --> 00:17:05.269 the time, she gives us permission to retreat, 00:17:05.410 --> 00:17:09.269 to own our gift and the perception that it gives 00:17:09.269 --> 00:17:13.029 us and gives us the deep tenderness that we need 00:17:13.029 --> 00:17:17.750 and deserve to really tend to ourselves, to really 00:17:17.750 --> 00:17:20.349 care for ourselves in these precious vessels. 00:17:20.569 --> 00:17:27.490 So again, Rose is crucial in this deeper shadow 00:17:27.490 --> 00:17:32.509 work and helping us claim ourselves more fully 00:17:32.509 --> 00:17:37.150 in our power. So I can't even tell you all the 00:17:37.150 --> 00:17:39.509 times that Rose has helped me come back to myself 00:17:39.509 --> 00:17:42.630 after getting lost in other people's energy or 00:17:42.630 --> 00:17:46.990 emotions. How many times she's helped me feel 00:17:46.990 --> 00:17:52.109 to cry and reset. And she's been one of the biggest 00:17:52.109 --> 00:17:54.329 allies in helping me notice, like again, those 00:17:54.329 --> 00:17:57.390 places of tension and constriction are often 00:17:57.390 --> 00:18:02.539 places that are held with emotion that we haven't 00:18:02.539 --> 00:18:06.200 felt. And so with her softening, again, there's 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:10.519 often tears, there's often feeling. And with 00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:13.420 that feeling, there's a clearing and a liberation. 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:17.400 And she's taught me how to really immediately 00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:21.559 tend to myself in hard situations rather than 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:25.400 blame or shame myself. And really, I can give 00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:30.349 credit to Rose for a huge part of why I do not 00:18:30.349 --> 00:18:33.630 talk to myself negatively or harshly anymore. 00:18:34.089 --> 00:18:37.529 I've learned to be so gentle and loving and affirming 00:18:37.529 --> 00:18:41.630 to myself. And again, that's because of her. 00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:45.579 So in the Golden Stone Immersion, she leads the 00:18:45.579 --> 00:18:49.140 module where we're exploring how to soften and 00:18:49.140 --> 00:18:52.880 open to pleasure, how to receive, how to claim 00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:56.799 our power and work with our inner child who needs 00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:59.160 a lot of tenderness and protection and love. 00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:02.160 She's one of my favorite allies for inner child 00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:06.220 work because most of the time our inner child 00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:09.640 needs exactly that type of medicine that she 00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:14.119 offers, which I've already explained. She's also 00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:18.859 a plant that loves beauty. She's long been associated 00:19:18.859 --> 00:19:23.039 with beauty and feeling beautiful and beautifying 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:26.839 spaces. She helps us feel beautiful within and 00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:30.059 also to appreciate the beauty of the world. She 00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:34.880 really wants us to feel present to the beauty 00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:39.200 of life and the beauty that emerges within all 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:42.980 stages of life. all aspects of life. She helps 00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:47.059 us find that connection to present embodiment 00:19:47.059 --> 00:19:51.559 in every moment, no matter where we are on the 00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:55.539 life cycle or the seasonal cycle. She's a plant 00:19:55.539 --> 00:20:02.380 of eros and love, the erotic. She helps us feel 00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:06.819 empowerment on that level. the empowerment to 00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:10.920 own our sexuality, the empowerment to own our 00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:15.339 eros and the erotic nature of life. She helps 00:20:15.339 --> 00:20:19.500 us feel sexy and alive and radiant and vital. 00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:25.519 And she wants us to open to that life force and 00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:30.799 the vitality of the erotic that feeds life, that 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:36.180 births life, that creates. And I think she wants 00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:39.700 us to feel all the way alive. And that's why 00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:42.279 she helps us heal the places in us that have 00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:48.220 cut off to experiencing life. She's also very 00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:53.319 much a medicine for the womb space as well. Not 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:56.059 only in female bodies, but the sacral chakra. 00:20:58.089 --> 00:21:02.009 Really beautiful for helping connect us to the 00:21:02.009 --> 00:21:06.869 source of feminine power and creative juiciness. 00:21:06.930 --> 00:21:10.509 She's very connected to the divine feminine wisdom 00:21:10.509 --> 00:21:14.089 and the goddess traditions. Rose is a common 00:21:14.089 --> 00:21:18.450 symbol of the frequency and lineage of the divine 00:21:18.450 --> 00:21:21.809 feminine. And she's often associated with Mary 00:21:21.809 --> 00:21:25.490 Magdalene and her teachings of the heart and 00:21:25.490 --> 00:21:31.619 love. And also the rose lineage is the unbroken 00:21:31.619 --> 00:21:35.980 lineage of spiritual teachings and ancient goddess 00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:39.059 traditions that are traced back through Mary 00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:44.519 Magdalene and into Egypt and Mesopotamia. Mary 00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:47.700 Magdalene was a student of these ancient wisdom 00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:52.319 traditions that honored the wisdom of the goddesses, 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:58.680 the wisdom of Venus and Isis. Inanna or Ishtar, 00:21:58.759 --> 00:22:04.480 Hathor and other goddesses and the schools of 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:08.579 feminine wisdom that were born from these places. 00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:11.960 So this is the rose. This is the rose teachings, 00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:16.920 the rose lineage. And a big part of this is rose 00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:21.259 being the symbol, one of the symbols of Venus, 00:22:21.339 --> 00:22:26.400 who in ancient times was representation of the 00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:30.079 goddess in the sky who goes through her cyclical 00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:34.000 underworld journey, which is represented in the 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:38.160 story of Inanna and Persephone. And also Venus's 00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:41.380 orbit in relation to the earth creates a five 00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:44.019 petal geometric shape that's known as the Rose 00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:47.099 of Venus in the sky over an eight year period 00:22:47.099 --> 00:22:51.180 of time. It's a really beautiful symbol. So she's 00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:55.500 really interwoven throughout the The priestess 00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:57.839 path, the rose priestess lineage, the goddess 00:22:57.839 --> 00:23:03.140 traditions, especially through Egypt and Mesopotamia, 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:07.819 Mary Magdalene, etc. Rose really embodies the 00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:12.779 divine feminine here on earth. She embodies both 00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:16.900 the soft and fierce qualities of the feminine, 00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:21.269 the soft and fierce qualities of love. She's 00:23:21.269 --> 00:23:23.869 said to have the highest vibrational frequency 00:23:23.869 --> 00:23:27.609 of any plant and therefore can help us access 00:23:27.609 --> 00:23:31.329 this connection to the higher spiritual dimensions 00:23:31.329 --> 00:23:35.670 and the divine. But her wisdom, again, is that 00:23:35.670 --> 00:23:39.109 feminine is to not ascend out of the body to 00:23:39.109 --> 00:23:42.789 get there. Her teachings are in and of the body. 00:23:43.609 --> 00:23:46.829 just as the teachings are of the divine feminine. 00:23:47.069 --> 00:23:50.369 So Rose helps us bring the divine into the body, 00:23:50.490 --> 00:23:54.069 into the sensual lived experience, which is exactly 00:23:54.069 --> 00:23:56.930 what's being called for right now, not to ascend 00:23:56.930 --> 00:24:03.170 out of these bodies or wait for redemption from 00:24:03.170 --> 00:24:07.829 some god in the sky to save us, but the recognition 00:24:07.829 --> 00:24:13.130 that the holy is the body, the holy is... the 00:24:13.130 --> 00:24:17.410 flesh and is the earth and the lived experience 00:24:17.410 --> 00:24:23.130 of that feminine wisdom to bring the divine down 00:24:23.130 --> 00:24:25.609 and in and through the vessel of the body and 00:24:25.609 --> 00:24:27.710 through the vessel of the womb and into this 00:24:27.710 --> 00:24:32.450 earth plane. She's very magnetic. She draws the 00:24:32.450 --> 00:24:35.670 energy in and she doesn't need to prove herself 00:24:35.670 --> 00:24:38.670 in any way. She holds herself with this magnetic. 00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:45.180 which I often associated with the feminine. And 00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:50.880 this experience of holding these higher purification 00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:56.579 frequencies alongside the erotic nature is something 00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:58.779 that she showed me a few years back when I was 00:24:58.779 --> 00:25:04.279 sitting with her. This was in 2003. And when 00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:08.769 I first... took the tincture I saw a light pink 00:25:08.769 --> 00:25:13.349 china rose and I was held inside and caressed 00:25:13.349 --> 00:25:19.410 by the many of the stamen in the center and then 00:25:19.410 --> 00:25:23.390 I journeyed deeper into the rose and was met 00:25:23.390 --> 00:25:27.849 by a bright white illuminated rose and it felt 00:25:27.849 --> 00:25:34.789 like purification and divine innocence and She 00:25:34.789 --> 00:25:37.329 was bringing me into the remembrance of my divine 00:25:37.329 --> 00:25:41.390 purity and the innocence deep in my womb, which 00:25:41.390 --> 00:25:46.029 I really needed at that time for healing. And 00:25:46.029 --> 00:25:52.349 once I felt and remembered that there, she also 00:25:52.349 --> 00:25:58.930 showed me the empowered sexual being that lives 00:25:58.930 --> 00:26:02.930 there too. within this purity, how they're not 00:26:02.930 --> 00:26:06.150 distinct or separate, how they're one in the 00:26:06.150 --> 00:26:09.410 same, how they feed one another, and how they're 00:26:09.410 --> 00:26:14.910 both connected to my regalness. When I can own 00:26:14.910 --> 00:26:22.029 my sexuality as this pure, also innocent, if 00:26:22.029 --> 00:26:24.569 you want to call it that. Innocent is such an 00:26:24.569 --> 00:26:27.069 interesting word, but that's the word that she 00:26:27.069 --> 00:26:33.950 was using with me. holding the both and inside 00:26:33.950 --> 00:26:39.589 the womb space, there was the sense of that grounded 00:26:39.589 --> 00:26:44.769 empowerment. I was standing tall. My heart was 00:26:44.769 --> 00:26:48.730 forward. I was in my knowing of my divinity. 00:26:49.990 --> 00:26:54.329 And I would say erotic divinity. And it was so 00:26:54.329 --> 00:27:00.140 peaceful and so strong simultaneously. So this 00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:03.000 idea of erotic divinity is something that she 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:08.720 holds so purely. And it really calls for us to 00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:13.420 heal so many of these wounds that we have around 00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:18.720 sexuality and the distortions that our culture 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:26.099 has created with sex and what's okay and what's 00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:32.319 not okay. if our bodies are dirty, if we're having, 00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:36.779 quote unquote, impure thoughts, to weave that 00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:42.480 purity back into sexuality is such a game changer 00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:45.059 and something we really need right now on this 00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:48.079 earth. And the last thing I want to say before 00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:52.799 I go into sharing other stories is that she's 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:59.839 been given as offerings to the goddess. And historically 00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:06.680 over centuries and again, this sense of holy 00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:11.880 connection to the spiritual planes and the body 00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:16.539 of Rose offering herself as gifts to the holy. 00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:21.440 This idea that her body is holy and our body 00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:26.460 is holy and that offering to the. The goddess 00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:34.680 and the divine is a representation of that. So 00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:40.420 I'm going to share some stories from folks in 00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:44.539 the plant wisdom circles. And you can see how 00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:50.559 her themes weave through these shares. So this 00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:54.940 person was called to lay down. and immediately 00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:59.039 felt a pang of pain in her stomach like right 00:28:59.039 --> 00:29:05.480 away and saw a ball of vines and thorns that 00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:09.420 was just so tight and deep in her belly. And 00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:12.519 she was told by Rose to raise her arms in the 00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:18.299 air and the vine started to creep up her body. 00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:23.339 slowly, and slowly loosen itself from the belly. 00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:27.980 And Rose told this person, you need to open up. 00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:31.220 And so the person then opened her arms and the 00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:34.859 flowers opened down her arms and were blooming 00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:39.779 all across the chest and the arms. And they felt 00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:43.859 a sense of openness and protection. So again, 00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:45.960 those two qualities coming in simultaneously. 00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:50.829 And after a while, Her body was covered in roses 00:29:50.829 --> 00:29:55.490 and the vine from the belly had spread out and 00:29:55.490 --> 00:30:00.509 loosened and relieved the pain. And she said 00:30:00.509 --> 00:30:04.190 it felt beautiful and strong and also so soft 00:30:04.190 --> 00:30:09.029 and delicate at the same time and was feeling 00:30:09.029 --> 00:30:13.869 into a wide range of all the ways to move in 00:30:13.869 --> 00:30:16.950 the world and all the ways she can exist in the 00:30:16.950 --> 00:30:22.269 world. So again, Rose coming in with this soft 00:30:22.269 --> 00:30:27.230 and strong medicine and showing all of the possibility 00:30:27.230 --> 00:30:32.410 of ways to exist, like how she exists in all 00:30:32.410 --> 00:30:37.289 her myriad ways and colors. This person also 00:30:37.289 --> 00:30:41.890 from two years ago had the experience of Rose 00:30:41.890 --> 00:30:45.190 showing her how she can just really meet. any 00:30:45.190 --> 00:30:48.990 moment. The rose can meet any moment that's needed. 00:30:49.410 --> 00:30:52.630 So the breadth of her medicine, she can be the 00:30:52.630 --> 00:30:56.170 like $2 cheap rose you give to someone or the 00:30:56.170 --> 00:31:02.470 bush of wild rose in the forest and all of these 00:31:02.470 --> 00:31:10.509 ways of expression that can meet any moment that's 00:31:10.509 --> 00:31:15.990 needed, basically. This next person became the 00:31:15.990 --> 00:31:19.170 Rose Bush as well. She had been through some 00:31:19.170 --> 00:31:22.309 intense emotional stuff in the last six months 00:31:22.309 --> 00:31:26.450 and has been kind of looping in a lot of coulda, 00:31:26.450 --> 00:31:30.210 shoulda, woulda stories. And Rose was inviting 00:31:30.210 --> 00:31:34.049 her to just let go of those stories, let go of 00:31:34.049 --> 00:31:37.589 those thoughts and be in this moment and was 00:31:37.589 --> 00:31:41.039 reminding her that she has the power. that it's 00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:46.579 in her and that her and Rose are one. And when 00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:49.480 she felt that, because it's not just a telling 00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:51.900 in these experiences, right? It's like this embodied 00:31:51.900 --> 00:31:55.779 knowing and feeling like, oh my gosh, I am Rose. 00:31:56.200 --> 00:32:00.220 And there's a lot of tears. And she was really 00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:04.299 feeling the way that she is Rose and Rose lives 00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:08.480 in her and the power that's there. And it was 00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:11.579 very healing and felt like she was letting go 00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:15.559 of a lot and making space for what wants to come 00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:20.480 in while also just being open to enjoying the 00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:24.819 moment. So that kind of illustrates the same 00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:27.900 pattern that I see over and over and over again 00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:29.980 with Rose in my healing sessions. She's just 00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:33.900 like, you can let go. you can remember your power 00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:37.339 and open to the joy of this moment. I mean, it's 00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:41.759 so simple, but so beautiful and so deep and powerful. 00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:46.359 The next person felt the power of the rose hips 00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:49.960 and received a message that everything comes 00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:53.680 to fruition and that it just takes time and to 00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:56.740 be with the journey and that everything will 00:32:56.740 --> 00:33:00.420 fruit into something. And was shown how the rose 00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:03.680 hips provide so much healing and nourishment 00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:08.319 for us on these journeys. And this just a reminder 00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:11.140 of being with the moment and the ripening process 00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:14.740 will happen in its own time. This next person's 00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:18.440 experience was very sensual. And she had a visceral 00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:22.740 memory of a petal brushing her cheek. And experiencing 00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:28.339 how good and sweet and tender that feels. gentle 00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:33.140 touch and the times in her life when Rose has 00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:38.579 been there and like the petals at her wedding 00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:41.920 ceremony on the path of her wedding ceremony 00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:46.160 and in her wedding bed. And then she was imagining 00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:51.220 everyone in the world having a rose at their 00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:54.160 heart space. having Rose where their heart is, 00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:58.339 and how powerful and different the world would 00:33:58.339 --> 00:34:02.880 feel if everyone had Rose leading their hearts. 00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:07.319 Someone else had the same image of the heart 00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:14.360 as a rose, and she was brought into this. beautiful 00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:18.820 open meadow. And she could really sense and feel 00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:23.000 that she's blossoming into the next phase of 00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:26.559 transformation in her life. And that felt really 00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:31.059 affirming and beautiful. So we had another person 00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:35.119 turn into Rose as well. Her heart was the center 00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:41.280 area full of the soft tiny petals and giant pollen 00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:45.210 molecules. And her hands were the dancing petals 00:34:45.210 --> 00:34:49.630 and her and Rose just danced and moved together. 00:34:50.829 --> 00:34:55.969 And then she was a bee also dancing in the center 00:34:55.969 --> 00:35:00.429 of her soft rose petal heart. And then she heard 00:35:00.429 --> 00:35:06.809 a voice say, you need your thorns. Use your thorns. 00:35:06.909 --> 00:35:13.710 This world needs them now. So again, this. invitation 00:35:13.710 --> 00:35:16.809 into not only opening to our softness and dancing 00:35:16.809 --> 00:35:23.210 and being in that beautiful pleasure body, but 00:35:23.210 --> 00:35:26.309 the reminder that we have thorns, that we can 00:35:26.309 --> 00:35:29.769 step into our dignity, that we can use our boundaries, 00:35:29.869 --> 00:35:32.690 that we can be fierce when the times call for 00:35:32.690 --> 00:35:38.949 them, which is currently someone else felt. thorns 00:35:38.949 --> 00:35:43.949 as boundaries as well. And this mix of the softness 00:35:43.949 --> 00:35:47.409 that Rose has accompanied with those boundaries. 00:35:47.710 --> 00:35:52.349 And Rose was teaching her about responsibility 00:35:52.349 --> 00:35:56.469 and showing her the responsibility that she's 00:35:56.469 --> 00:36:00.150 holding as a leader and that she needs to start 00:36:00.150 --> 00:36:03.110 opening up to share that responsibility soon 00:36:03.110 --> 00:36:07.610 in her work. And Rose was helping to soften and 00:36:07.610 --> 00:36:11.730 open her so she can trust someone else to be 00:36:11.730 --> 00:36:16.230 let in to share that responsibility. And Rose 00:36:16.230 --> 00:36:19.730 invited her to lay on the floor in the center 00:36:19.730 --> 00:36:22.530 of the circle on her stomach. And it was kind 00:36:22.530 --> 00:36:26.789 of a fierce or forceful command by Rose. And 00:36:26.789 --> 00:36:29.670 she didn't want to because she felt like she'd 00:36:29.670 --> 00:36:32.010 be taking up too much space in the center of 00:36:32.010 --> 00:36:38.500 the circle. But she did and had an experience 00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:41.119 of a spiritual surgery happening in the back 00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:44.760 of her heart, removing blockages around her own 00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:47.579 sexual and sensual nature that have been blocking 00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:50.940 her and the ways in which she hasn't felt safe 00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:54.179 in the world because of these old patterns not 00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:57.949 being. or feeling safe in her full sexuality 00:36:57.949 --> 00:37:01.190 and her full sensuality her full sensual expression 00:37:01.190 --> 00:37:04.369 and rose was showing her how she's become afraid 00:37:04.369 --> 00:37:09.269 of being in her sexual energy but that when she's 00:37:09.269 --> 00:37:12.510 not in her full sexual energy she's not fully 00:37:12.510 --> 00:37:15.710 committed to herself that she's not in her full 00:37:15.710 --> 00:37:20.039 self And so it was this gentle unraveling process. 00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:26.280 And she said she felt so held and felt Rose weaving 00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:32.059 her ability to be in that sexual energy and not 00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:34.699 be so impacted by other people's projections 00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:39.980 of her and removing all the expectations of her 00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:44.320 in her work and her leadership role and how she. 00:37:44.909 --> 00:37:47.769 keeps thinking she needs to show up like asexually 00:37:47.769 --> 00:37:51.710 and can't be in her sexual power in her work. 00:37:52.110 --> 00:37:55.630 And Rose kind of dismantling those beliefs and 00:37:55.630 --> 00:38:00.809 reminding her that her sexual power is her power. 00:38:01.369 --> 00:38:03.889 So I thought that was just so, so beautiful. 00:38:04.909 --> 00:38:10.230 So potent for all of us to remember. So I'm going 00:38:10.230 --> 00:38:14.900 to read this next person share from the first 00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:20.099 person. She wrote it out for me. So here is her 00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:24.300 experience. I saw rabbits lounging in the grass, 00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:28.699 lying out on their abdomens. Then one took me 00:38:28.699 --> 00:38:31.079 down the rabbit hole like Alice in Wonderland 00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:34.840 to the roots of the rose, reminding me to ground 00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:37.760 before seeking the heady world of the mind and 00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:41.400 the cosmos. I was taken to the Queen of Hearts 00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:45.059 from Alice in Wonderland, part as a warning and 00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:48.480 as a calling. I need to lead and use my battle 00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:51.400 cry to rally the people to shift our reality. 00:38:52.019 --> 00:38:56.239 That cry is not meant to be angry. She saw the 00:38:56.239 --> 00:39:00.599 queen scowl and growl while clawing at the air 00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:04.579 above her people. But instead, when this person 00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:09.269 took her place, it came out as a song. A strong, 00:39:09.289 --> 00:39:14.449 uniting, powerful note speaking my truth. Next, 00:39:14.449 --> 00:39:17.429 she was shown that painting the roses red scene 00:39:17.429 --> 00:39:23.469 and was reminded to lead with authenticity. You 00:39:23.469 --> 00:39:26.170 cannot make the roses red by painting over them. 00:39:26.269 --> 00:39:29.719 Their true nature is... to be white and in researching 00:39:29.719 --> 00:39:32.420 that scene after i was reminded that the gardeners 00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:34.960 planted the wrong rose and are trying to cover 00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:37.760 up their mistakes a good reminder from rose that 00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:39.960 we all make mistakes and covering them up helps 00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:42.400 no one instead we should learn from them and 00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:44.699 lead others to feel safe admitting their mistakes 00:39:44.699 --> 00:39:48.280 i saw how rose can be resilient and protective 00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:51.780 while also soft and nurturing i became a spider 00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:55.590 on the rose resting in her petals A human sniffed 00:39:55.590 --> 00:39:58.230 at me, and I felt our connection, and that all 00:39:58.230 --> 00:40:00.449 things are connected. Then I remembered that 00:40:00.449 --> 00:40:02.550 a spider from the rose I brought to the circle 00:40:02.550 --> 00:40:05.510 ended up on my arm in my car on the drive over. 00:40:06.889 --> 00:40:19.059 This took me down the path of adventure. Again, 00:40:22.059 --> 00:40:35.070 that comes in. Those words are so powerful. I 00:40:35.070 --> 00:40:37.590 am meant to heal myself through healing others. 00:40:37.710 --> 00:40:40.170 I'm not meant to fix their problems or take on 00:40:40.170 --> 00:40:43.369 their worries, but lend support, help hold and 00:40:43.369 --> 00:40:46.929 emanate loving kindness. She then invited me 00:40:46.929 --> 00:40:48.849 and perhaps at the same time, I invited myself 00:40:48.849 --> 00:40:51.550 to help her provide healing energy to the rest 00:40:51.550 --> 00:40:53.889 of the circle. So I joined her in that mission. 00:40:55.309 --> 00:40:58.269 So there's a lot here, a lot of layers here, 00:40:58.409 --> 00:41:01.769 but you can see those same themes coming through 00:41:01.769 --> 00:41:05.760 of that. leadership, calling us into that dignified 00:41:05.760 --> 00:41:10.940 leadership strength that the fierceness doesn't 00:41:10.940 --> 00:41:14.900 have to be angry and scowling like the Queen 00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:18.599 of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland, but this power 00:41:18.599 --> 00:41:24.079 of our song that's strong and uniting and this 00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:27.760 invitation again to become the rose, to become 00:41:27.760 --> 00:41:34.940 both this beauty and protection and love and 00:41:34.940 --> 00:41:40.760 how that's healing for everyone. And I have another 00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:45.340 story that I'm going to read from the first person 00:41:45.340 --> 00:41:49.599 experience. So first I want to say in the beginning 00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:53.219 of the plant circles, when we first call in the 00:41:53.219 --> 00:41:56.460 container and call Rose in before taking the 00:41:56.460 --> 00:42:00.340 tincture officially, Sometimes, oftentimes people 00:42:00.340 --> 00:42:05.000 feel the spirit coming in. And this person said 00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:08.519 Rose was calling to her at the very beginning 00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:11.940 of the evening and said, will you let yourself 00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:16.039 be open to me bringing lusciousness to your longings? 00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:20.239 And then I'm going to read the first person meditation 00:42:20.239 --> 00:42:24.139 that this person had with her. I was feeling. 00:42:25.159 --> 00:42:29.039 the sense of longing to keep healing and finding 00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:32.739 more ways back to myself when I lose touch with 00:42:32.739 --> 00:42:37.239 embodied belonging. And Rose said, lay down on 00:42:37.239 --> 00:42:39.860 your back, on the ground, on your kitchen floor, 00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:43.780 now on your garden path. I feel my back against 00:42:43.780 --> 00:42:47.039 the earth, holding me warm and deeply present. 00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:50.679 I look into the soil and see all the mycelial 00:42:50.679 --> 00:42:54.760 beauty. and visible, potent, vital life. I feel 00:42:54.760 --> 00:42:57.300 surprised but so grateful she is bringing me 00:42:57.300 --> 00:43:00.820 to her root medicine as I am so often oriented 00:43:00.820 --> 00:43:04.400 to her blooms, her silkiness, her scent, her 00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:09.139 upper medicine. She says, look how interconnected 00:43:09.139 --> 00:43:12.440 my roots are, how strong and how they belong 00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:16.679 in this woven earth and to me. I feel my lungs 00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:20.059 fill with easeful, calming breath. Then I see 00:43:20.059 --> 00:43:22.559 and feel her strong, deep, interconnected roots 00:43:22.559 --> 00:43:25.380 moving through me as if they are becoming my 00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:28.300 tendons and muscles, and I feel even more secure 00:43:28.300 --> 00:43:31.340 and held and connected. She moves through my 00:43:31.340 --> 00:43:34.139 whole body, and I feel a deep relief and a sense 00:43:34.139 --> 00:43:37.139 of aliveness and safety that feels really vital 00:43:37.139 --> 00:43:41.920 and tender. I am teary and grateful. I end with 00:43:41.920 --> 00:43:44.949 an image of my eight -year -old self. on a beautiful, 00:43:45.090 --> 00:43:48.750 warm, breathing horse like the ones I had when 00:43:48.750 --> 00:43:52.170 I was that age. And I am lying across the body 00:43:52.170 --> 00:43:55.409 of the horse, relaxed, totally at ease, and I 00:43:55.409 --> 00:43:59.070 feel that this horse is my body and that it is 00:43:59.070 --> 00:44:02.469 also my body on the earth. I whisper my thanks 00:44:02.469 --> 00:44:06.010 to Rose, wiping healing tears from my eyes and 00:44:06.010 --> 00:44:10.329 breathing much deeper and more full. So I love 00:44:10.329 --> 00:44:13.349 that Rose has been bringing people into her roots 00:44:13.349 --> 00:44:17.789 and showing her that depth of medicine and that, 00:44:17.849 --> 00:44:23.250 again, she has this range of medicine that I 00:44:23.250 --> 00:44:25.409 will share more from what I received from her, 00:44:25.469 --> 00:44:32.289 but this ability to hold the totality of things. 00:44:33.449 --> 00:44:37.730 This next person had a lot of images around death. 00:44:38.429 --> 00:44:41.389 And she was able to talk to an ancestor for the 00:44:41.389 --> 00:44:44.050 first time since they had passed. So that's all 00:44:44.050 --> 00:44:47.590 the notes I had for this person. But there was 00:44:47.590 --> 00:44:51.530 a couple people in the circle that were reminded 00:44:51.530 --> 00:45:00.170 of people who had passed and also this part of 00:45:00.170 --> 00:45:04.789 the life cycle. So again, Rose helping us be 00:45:04.789 --> 00:45:10.480 present and accepting of the beauty of every 00:45:10.480 --> 00:45:13.059 aspect of the life cycle. So I just love that 00:45:13.059 --> 00:45:17.099 death came in and through the circle too, because 00:45:17.099 --> 00:45:21.559 it's a part of the life cycle. And I think it 00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:25.059 would have been not complete without the teachings 00:45:25.059 --> 00:45:32.449 of death and this aspect of life. And this kind 00:45:32.449 --> 00:45:35.150 of ties into this next person's journey with 00:45:35.150 --> 00:45:38.949 Rose, which was all about flow and non -resistance. 00:45:39.650 --> 00:45:43.449 So Rose was showing her how she has been resisting 00:45:43.449 --> 00:45:48.050 the moment and the flow of life. So resisting 00:45:48.050 --> 00:45:50.829 getting out of bed, resisting her day, resisting 00:45:50.829 --> 00:45:53.949 going to bed, every aspect of it, there was resistance. 00:45:54.289 --> 00:45:58.309 And she hadn't been aware of this pattern. And 00:45:58.309 --> 00:46:01.809 Rose showed this to her through the repetition 00:46:01.809 --> 00:46:05.989 of observing and being a rose in all of her stages 00:46:05.989 --> 00:46:09.590 of growth and life. So the sprout, the bud, the 00:46:09.590 --> 00:46:12.750 bloom, the release of the petals down to the 00:46:12.750 --> 00:46:17.869 earth, the rest, the seeding, and then repeating 00:46:17.869 --> 00:46:20.989 again. And so this was repeated over and over 00:46:20.989 --> 00:46:25.000 again. Her as the rose, blooming. Her as the 00:46:25.000 --> 00:46:28.480 rose releasing her petals and dying back and 00:46:28.480 --> 00:46:32.800 all of those stages again and again. And at first, 00:46:32.820 --> 00:46:37.139 every stage felt uncomfortable to her, as in 00:46:37.139 --> 00:46:40.460 like when she was blooming, she was resisting 00:46:40.460 --> 00:46:43.260 it because it was so wide and felt uncomfortable 00:46:43.260 --> 00:46:46.599 and then resisting the release of the petals 00:46:46.599 --> 00:46:50.400 because she felt. sad about that and she could 00:46:50.400 --> 00:46:53.400 hear her voice of resistance inside her saying 00:46:53.400 --> 00:46:57.420 no as the rose would move forward in the cycle 00:46:57.420 --> 00:47:02.840 and the petals would drop and this pattern again 00:47:02.840 --> 00:47:05.639 and again happening over and over again she started 00:47:05.639 --> 00:47:10.119 to feel and really experience each stage of the 00:47:10.119 --> 00:47:14.630 cycle and as she started to really just be in 00:47:14.630 --> 00:47:18.269 each stage, the resistance started to fade and 00:47:18.269 --> 00:47:22.050 she started to feel a joy in all of the moments. 00:47:22.409 --> 00:47:27.550 So Rose was really helping her embody this practice 00:47:27.550 --> 00:47:33.010 of presence and flow. And it started to feel 00:47:33.010 --> 00:47:37.349 really good and peaceful to flow with the seasons 00:47:37.349 --> 00:47:40.869 and flow with the cycles and surrender to that 00:47:40.869 --> 00:47:46.630 capacity, ever -changing nature of life. And 00:47:46.630 --> 00:47:49.349 this person wrote me that since the journey, 00:47:49.449 --> 00:47:53.769 she's noticed a really cool shift in her experience 00:47:53.769 --> 00:47:56.570 of life, that she's historically been a person 00:47:56.570 --> 00:47:59.909 who shows up late to things. And she thinks that 00:47:59.909 --> 00:48:01.869 this pattern has been related to the resistance 00:48:01.869 --> 00:48:04.389 pattern that Rose was showing her that she hadn't 00:48:04.389 --> 00:48:07.389 realized. So after the circle, without even thinking 00:48:07.389 --> 00:48:09.530 about it, she started to be on time for things 00:48:09.530 --> 00:48:13.170 or even early. And this started right after our 00:48:13.170 --> 00:48:17.010 Rose experience. So it hasn't been every time, 00:48:17.050 --> 00:48:19.449 but more often than not, she's been on time and 00:48:19.449 --> 00:48:21.869 other people have been noticing. So I just think 00:48:21.869 --> 00:48:26.989 it's so cool. Such affirmation of the teachings 00:48:26.989 --> 00:48:28.909 of the plants and the medicine of the plants 00:48:28.909 --> 00:48:32.829 when we sit with them in this way, in such a 00:48:32.829 --> 00:48:36.389 conscious, embodied way. They are literally shifting 00:48:36.389 --> 00:48:39.909 things in our lives at such a deep level. And 00:48:39.909 --> 00:48:42.929 again, it's embodied. It's like the knowing becomes 00:48:42.929 --> 00:48:45.570 woven into the tissues. It's not something that 00:48:45.570 --> 00:48:50.010 we just receive in our minds, but it turns into 00:48:50.010 --> 00:48:54.949 a lived experience. This next person also had 00:48:54.949 --> 00:49:00.889 some joy, a lot of joy, and was brought into 00:49:00.889 --> 00:49:05.670 the lifespan of the rose, feeling herself maturing 00:49:05.670 --> 00:49:09.280 and then seeing a vision of a grandma. She was 00:49:09.280 --> 00:49:14.380 contemplating our lifespan and each of us as 00:49:14.380 --> 00:49:18.480 a petal and how we're all connected to the lungs 00:49:18.480 --> 00:49:23.820 of life and was feeling the protective nature 00:49:23.820 --> 00:49:28.380 of Rose and the essence of beauty of her and 00:49:28.380 --> 00:49:32.920 how it's so raw and pure and deep within us. 00:49:33.099 --> 00:49:37.920 And the beauty is us. Also, like we are that 00:49:37.920 --> 00:49:41.920 rose, we are that depth of raw and pure beauty 00:49:41.920 --> 00:49:44.980 when we're not masking and we're not performing. 00:49:45.599 --> 00:49:51.119 And that each of us brings a medicine to the 00:49:51.119 --> 00:49:56.619 world of our own beauty. And the last thing she 00:49:56.619 --> 00:50:01.960 heard was, a man is not a plan. So remember that 00:50:01.960 --> 00:50:08.469 one, folks. Last person had the energy of the 00:50:08.469 --> 00:50:11.909 mother come and was feeling into the generations 00:50:11.909 --> 00:50:17.690 of mothers and saw images kind of like a kaleidoscope 00:50:17.690 --> 00:50:21.389 blooming and opening over and over again, how 00:50:21.389 --> 00:50:24.650 a kaleidoscope does that, like this endless becoming 00:50:24.650 --> 00:50:28.989 from the inside out and heard the words, all 00:50:28.989 --> 00:50:33.070 experiences and so many layers. She just heard 00:50:33.070 --> 00:50:36.460 that over and over again. And was shown to not 00:50:36.460 --> 00:50:41.480 grasp too hard through this image of taking the 00:50:41.480 --> 00:50:45.019 rose tenderly and not aggressively. So again 00:50:45.019 --> 00:50:50.739 this like don't grasp too hard to life. And it's 00:50:50.739 --> 00:50:53.440 just this always changing and becoming and blossoming 00:50:53.440 --> 00:51:00.280 experience. And then the words let down your 00:51:00.280 --> 00:51:05.320 expectations. When in her vision, some of the 00:51:05.320 --> 00:51:08.679 roses didn't have a fragrance or didn't look 00:51:08.679 --> 00:51:12.079 perfect. And this teaching of letting go of expectations 00:51:12.079 --> 00:51:16.420 of her mother. And again, seeing another image 00:51:16.420 --> 00:51:21.659 of endless blossoming of bowls of water inside 00:51:21.659 --> 00:51:24.780 one another, like the blossoming and fountaining 00:51:24.780 --> 00:51:28.500 of a water fountain. And it felt to her like 00:51:28.500 --> 00:51:31.880 the fountains of emotion. And then she heard 00:51:31.880 --> 00:51:36.239 it took so much courage for your mother to birth 00:51:36.239 --> 00:51:40.679 you. And you can birth yourself into another 00:51:40.679 --> 00:51:45.059 blooming, into another becoming, into another 00:51:45.059 --> 00:51:50.599 layer and experience. It's just so powerful. 00:51:52.719 --> 00:51:55.280 And I just want to share one more special moment 00:51:55.280 --> 00:51:58.039 in the circle. There was a couple of people who 00:51:58.039 --> 00:52:01.449 had brought shells to the altar. which is rare. 00:52:01.650 --> 00:52:05.090 And one person specifically had a clamshell from 00:52:05.090 --> 00:52:07.730 the Oregon coast. And we were talking about this 00:52:07.730 --> 00:52:12.289 and someone was asking about how clams open. 00:52:12.449 --> 00:52:17.530 And someone else said, clams default is openness. 00:52:18.539 --> 00:52:21.360 And it's the muscle of the adductor muscle that 00:52:21.360 --> 00:52:24.539 closes them. And when this person said clams 00:52:24.539 --> 00:52:28.000 default is openness, there's just this huge reaction 00:52:28.000 --> 00:52:30.460 through the circle. Like, oh my gosh, of course, 00:52:30.500 --> 00:52:34.320 this message coming through from Rose, from the 00:52:34.320 --> 00:52:42.280 circle, that our default state is openness. That 00:52:42.280 --> 00:52:44.579 had been such a teaching of Rose and the medicine 00:52:44.579 --> 00:52:47.480 that had been weaving itself together through 00:52:47.480 --> 00:52:50.039 our time and also through the altar even before 00:52:50.039 --> 00:52:53.880 we sat with her. So that was a really cool, cool 00:52:53.880 --> 00:53:00.360 moment. So my experience this time was really 00:53:00.360 --> 00:53:05.340 interesting. The metaphor that she was showing 00:53:05.340 --> 00:53:11.309 me was with music. And the most important thing 00:53:11.309 --> 00:53:15.789 Rose wanted me to see was her range, like her 00:53:15.789 --> 00:53:20.289 range of medicine, her vocal range on a musical 00:53:20.289 --> 00:53:24.469 scale and how and where she can work with us 00:53:24.469 --> 00:53:27.489 and how she can work in and through every chakra. 00:53:27.730 --> 00:53:31.090 She showed me that she can be up in the highest 00:53:31.090 --> 00:53:35.329 of frequencies and she has this pure divine. 00:53:36.599 --> 00:53:42.239 frequency, but also is so adept at helping us 00:53:42.239 --> 00:53:44.880 root deep into our bodies and being with our 00:53:44.880 --> 00:53:50.000 root and our womb and how because she has this 00:53:50.000 --> 00:53:54.440 range and lives in all of these chakras, she 00:53:54.440 --> 00:53:59.099 helps us harmonize all of the octaves. of life 00:53:59.099 --> 00:54:01.900 experience. She works on all of these levels. 00:54:02.079 --> 00:54:05.880 Her range and capacity is huge. And I kept feeling 00:54:05.880 --> 00:54:11.179 that her capacity, her range is so wide and she 00:54:11.179 --> 00:54:16.579 helps us open our own capacity again. And she 00:54:16.579 --> 00:54:19.639 was showing me that living in our modern world 00:54:19.639 --> 00:54:25.519 deadens our capacity for range and that our experiences 00:54:25.519 --> 00:54:29.789 with trauma. deaden that capacity too. Like these 00:54:29.789 --> 00:54:33.989 experiences shut off parts of ourselves and she 00:54:33.989 --> 00:54:38.550 comes in and helps us reawaken that particular 00:54:38.550 --> 00:54:42.829 octave of our being, that part of our system 00:54:42.829 --> 00:54:46.949 that's been shut down or closed off with a story 00:54:46.949 --> 00:54:52.849 of unworthiness or shame or trauma and reawakens. 00:54:53.579 --> 00:54:56.579 that part of us to sing their song again, sing 00:54:56.579 --> 00:55:00.559 in harmony again. So it reawakens that aspect 00:55:00.559 --> 00:55:05.579 of the song within us so we can harmonize with 00:55:05.579 --> 00:55:09.500 our wholeness and also not only harmonize with 00:55:09.500 --> 00:55:12.559 our wholeness, but harmonize with the earth again. 00:55:12.900 --> 00:55:16.079 She showed me that everything on earth sings 00:55:16.079 --> 00:55:19.840 and is singing and showing me the device. that 00:55:19.840 --> 00:55:22.599 we've created to hear the plants and kind of 00:55:22.599 --> 00:55:27.039 translate their electrical conductivity into 00:55:27.039 --> 00:55:32.159 a song into music which we got to hear on the 00:55:32.159 --> 00:55:34.900 retreat i just led and it was so beautiful we 00:55:34.900 --> 00:55:38.760 listened to cottonwood and aspen and juniper 00:55:38.760 --> 00:55:41.639 and they all had really different ranges and 00:55:41.639 --> 00:55:44.219 really different ways of expressing it was so 00:55:44.219 --> 00:55:47.619 beautiful so she was showing me that device and 00:55:48.590 --> 00:55:51.349 Showing me that humans have been causing this 00:55:51.349 --> 00:55:54.929 disharmonization because we're not singing in 00:55:54.929 --> 00:55:57.329 harmony with the earth anymore like we used to. 00:55:57.909 --> 00:56:01.190 And when we start to harmonize to get into our 00:56:01.190 --> 00:56:04.130 own resonance again, the entire earth is relieved. 00:56:04.329 --> 00:56:06.969 And by healing our own resonance and capacity 00:56:06.969 --> 00:56:11.429 for harmonization, that heals the world. And 00:56:11.429 --> 00:56:15.010 a big part of that is being in our pleasure and 00:56:15.010 --> 00:56:18.849 joy, which have been cut off. Like those parts 00:56:18.849 --> 00:56:23.329 of ourselves have been deadened by the current 00:56:23.329 --> 00:56:26.590 state of the world, by all of the trauma we're 00:56:26.590 --> 00:56:30.929 seeing all of the time in the news. And so when 00:56:30.929 --> 00:56:35.050 we can open up that capacity again, reharmonize 00:56:35.050 --> 00:56:39.190 ourselves, we bring our full song to the world 00:56:39.190 --> 00:56:43.230 and the plants, the trees, the land, the stones, 00:56:43.230 --> 00:56:47.579 the water, they all... feel that relief of that 00:56:47.579 --> 00:56:51.000 harmony again. You know, when you hear people 00:56:51.000 --> 00:56:53.340 singing, and there's someone that's just like 00:56:53.340 --> 00:56:55.300 a little bit off key, which is probably usually 00:56:55.300 --> 00:57:00.420 me. But then like, they jump into key again, 00:57:00.519 --> 00:57:04.139 there's kind of this relief that flows through 00:57:04.139 --> 00:57:06.900 the whole song and the whole room. Like that 00:57:06.900 --> 00:57:11.099 is what the earth feels when we reharmonize ourselves 00:57:11.099 --> 00:57:17.360 again. So Everything benefits when we reclaim 00:57:17.360 --> 00:57:21.199 our joy and reclaim our pleasure body because 00:57:21.199 --> 00:57:26.719 this resonance, this harmony purifies, it aligns, 00:57:26.719 --> 00:57:31.079 it clears, it heals. And she told me that she 00:57:31.079 --> 00:57:34.659 specializes in the heart and the womb specifically 00:57:34.659 --> 00:57:38.659 because the heart is a place within us that also 00:57:38.659 --> 00:57:42.000 harmonizes things. It is the... center of the 00:57:42.000 --> 00:57:44.340 chakra system and a place where all is welcome. 00:57:44.760 --> 00:57:47.679 And that kind of harmonizes and balances the 00:57:47.679 --> 00:57:51.059 upper chakras and the lower chakras. And the 00:57:51.059 --> 00:57:54.960 heart can accept the whole experience of life 00:57:54.960 --> 00:57:59.699 in its totality. And the womb is a place of all 00:57:59.699 --> 00:58:02.739 creation, of all possibility. It's where the 00:58:02.739 --> 00:58:05.380 erotic is born and life is created through our 00:58:05.380 --> 00:58:09.179 sexual and creative life force. So harmonizing 00:58:09.179 --> 00:58:12.219 and healing these two centers in particular is 00:58:12.219 --> 00:58:14.880 so crucial to expanding our range and capacity 00:58:14.880 --> 00:58:18.280 internally. But of course, again, she was like, 00:58:18.320 --> 00:58:21.179 I can support any range and any chakra, but this 00:58:21.179 --> 00:58:25.380 is where I often focus because of the potency 00:58:25.380 --> 00:58:30.909 of these two areas. And so I think this is really 00:58:30.909 --> 00:58:34.489 interesting because Rose comes in every single 00:58:34.489 --> 00:58:36.869 color. She's one of the only flowers, not the 00:58:36.869 --> 00:58:39.349 only flower, but one of the only flowers that 00:58:39.349 --> 00:58:41.329 can be found in every single color of the rainbow 00:58:41.329 --> 00:58:44.389 and more like so many shades of all the colors 00:58:44.389 --> 00:58:49.550 of the rainbow. And she can fill any role. And 00:58:49.550 --> 00:58:55.159 when I asked her. how I could support her or 00:58:55.159 --> 00:58:58.820 what I could do to help expand her medicine in 00:58:58.820 --> 00:59:03.460 the world. She showed me images of me adorning 00:59:03.460 --> 00:59:07.199 myself and feeling beautiful because when I bring 00:59:07.199 --> 00:59:10.480 that energy of feeling good and beautiful into 00:59:10.480 --> 00:59:14.340 the world, it uplifts and beautifies everyone 00:59:14.340 --> 00:59:18.190 and everything. And by appreciating beauty in 00:59:18.190 --> 00:59:22.309 the world and adorning ourselves to be a carrier 00:59:22.309 --> 00:59:27.090 of that feeling of beauty in the world, we help 00:59:27.090 --> 00:59:31.849 to spread her frequency, which harmonizes all 00:59:31.849 --> 00:59:35.170 of Earth's song again. There's a frequency of 00:59:35.170 --> 00:59:39.070 beauty that is harmony. So when we look at something 00:59:39.070 --> 00:59:42.730 beautiful, there's something that innately harmonizes. 00:59:43.599 --> 00:59:46.639 Our resonance is what she was showing me. So 00:59:46.639 --> 00:59:51.079 when we can live in that beauty and feel ourselves 00:59:51.079 --> 00:59:55.019 as beautiful, that kind of innately shifts us 00:59:55.019 --> 01:00:00.579 into harmony with ourselves and the earth. So 01:00:00.579 --> 01:00:06.539 I just loved that metaphor. I'd never, I would 01:00:06.539 --> 01:00:08.500 never have thought of that on my own. And so 01:00:08.500 --> 01:00:11.539 I just know when I receive teachings like that, 01:00:11.579 --> 01:00:14.929 like it's definitely not coming from me. It's 01:00:14.929 --> 01:00:19.110 coming from the wisdom of the earth and the rose 01:00:19.110 --> 01:00:23.329 and the plants. So powerful. Isn't it just amazing? 01:00:23.929 --> 01:00:27.369 I just will never get over this. I've been playing 01:00:27.369 --> 01:00:29.489 with the plants in this way, exploring with the 01:00:29.489 --> 01:00:34.030 plants in this way for two decades. In 2006, 01:00:34.309 --> 01:00:38.050 I had my first plant apprenticeship and she kind 01:00:38.050 --> 01:00:40.210 of helped me open to the spiritual quality of 01:00:40.210 --> 01:00:46.440 the plants. And I literally will never get over 01:00:46.440 --> 01:00:51.159 how amazing this is to receive their teaching 01:00:51.159 --> 01:00:56.460 so directly into our bodies and have those experiences 01:00:56.460 --> 01:01:00.019 change the way we are in the world so immediately. 01:01:00.159 --> 01:01:06.119 It's just really, really beautiful. So with that, 01:01:06.159 --> 01:01:11.219 I will end here. I invite you to just take a 01:01:11.219 --> 01:01:15.320 moment to receive. Take a moment to let all of 01:01:15.320 --> 01:01:19.820 this percolate into your body. Roses, weavings 01:01:19.820 --> 01:01:24.039 of visions and experiences and teachings and 01:01:24.039 --> 01:01:27.440 wisdom, letting it all settle into your system, 01:01:27.719 --> 01:01:31.659 breathing it in, calling Rose to be with you, 01:01:31.780 --> 01:01:33.980 even though you probably already feel her here. 01:01:35.699 --> 01:01:42.079 Feel into... your wholeness, into your erotic 01:01:42.079 --> 01:01:50.420 energy, into your beauty, into places in you 01:01:50.420 --> 01:01:55.099 that you've closed off from that have stopped 01:01:55.099 --> 01:02:00.800 singing your own song and invite Rose to come 01:02:00.800 --> 01:02:04.500 in and help soften those places, help you reopen, 01:02:04.920 --> 01:02:12.099 reawaken. Their song again. Opening your heart, 01:02:12.159 --> 01:02:15.880 letting emotions move through you, letting life 01:02:15.880 --> 01:02:23.000 come back. So again, if you want to explore this 01:02:23.000 --> 01:02:27.659 particular practice more specifically, this is 01:02:27.659 --> 01:02:31.679 a big part of what we explore in the Golden Stone 01:02:31.679 --> 01:02:34.719 Immersion. And Rose, again, is one of our four 01:02:34.719 --> 01:02:39.739 plant allies. And she helps us reclaim these 01:02:39.739 --> 01:02:43.039 places in us that have been closed off. She helps 01:02:43.039 --> 01:02:48.340 us reclaim our power and open to life again, 01:02:48.400 --> 01:02:52.380 open to the life and our individual song that 01:02:52.380 --> 01:02:56.360 wants to be sung, that I could never tell you 01:02:56.360 --> 01:03:02.199 what that is, and helps us find and uncover and 01:03:02.199 --> 01:03:06.099 reveal. who we are and who that is and how we're 01:03:06.099 --> 01:03:11.380 in relationship with life all the time and reweave 01:03:11.380 --> 01:03:14.820 our song back into the song of the earth. That 01:03:14.820 --> 01:03:17.719 is the intention of the golden stone immersion 01:03:17.719 --> 01:03:23.199 at its heart. And I just love that so much of 01:03:23.199 --> 01:03:25.340 the intention of the golden stone immersion came 01:03:25.340 --> 01:03:29.280 through with Rose's teachings and how she has 01:03:29.280 --> 01:03:33.219 just been such a guide for me in cultivating 01:03:33.219 --> 01:03:37.239 this six -month experience over the years and 01:03:37.239 --> 01:03:43.099 such an ally to so many people. So until next 01:03:43.099 --> 01:03:50.039 time, may you soften and open to your sexual 01:03:50.039 --> 01:03:55.590 energy, your erotic energy, your... softness 01:03:55.590 --> 01:04:00.730 your tenderness may you feel the open expansiveness 01:04:00.730 --> 01:04:06.750 of your heart may you drop into your pelvis into 01:04:06.750 --> 01:04:12.849 the womb space if you have a womb and ground 01:04:12.849 --> 01:04:18.989 in that deep rooted interconnected nature of 01:04:18.989 --> 01:04:24.059 the earth the root systems, and flow with the 01:04:24.059 --> 01:04:29.559 moment of the ever -changing moment and find 01:04:29.559 --> 01:04:35.019 the beauty in every cycle of life, the seasons, 01:04:35.079 --> 01:04:39.780 your daily cycle, your menstrual cycle, the cycle 01:04:39.780 --> 01:04:50.139 of grief and joy and love. Let's open. ourselves 01:04:50.139 --> 01:04:54.579 to all of the octaves of our being awakening 01:04:54.579 --> 01:05:00.139 aligning purifying and harmonizing ourselves 01:05:00.139 --> 01:05:03.699 again thank you for joining the plant wisdom 01:05:03.699 --> 01:05:06.860 circle may the teachings of the plants continue 01:05:06.860 --> 01:05:10.019 to ripple through your life guiding you and nourishing 01:05:10.019 --> 01:05:12.800 you in the days to come if you'd like to keep 01:05:12.800 --> 01:05:14.840 weaving with the plants you can subscribe to 01:05:14.840 --> 01:05:17.559 the show leave us a review and share it with 01:05:17.559 --> 01:05:20.000 others who would love to listen This would mean 01:05:20.000 --> 01:05:23.579 so much to me and to the plants. Make sure to 01:05:23.579 --> 01:05:25.900 check out the show notes below to learn about 01:05:25.900 --> 01:05:28.460 any links, events, or classes I shared with you 01:05:28.460 --> 01:05:31.460 today. 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