Soft power, honoring our elders,
and banishing imposter syndrome by remembering that we’re in
service to the earth.
IN THE INTRO:
Honoring the lineage of plant healers that led
to this podcast
Intuitive breast care w/ herbs
What
every herbalist should know
IN THE INTERVIEW:
Kneeling to the earth- herbalism isn’t about
you, please don’t be afraid to share your voice
How
Rosemary’s name (which came from her two grandmothers) set her on
her path from an early age
Plants that carry soft power & the medicine of
rosemary (the plant)
What
Rosemary learned about plant healing from her Armenian
grandmother
The
necessity of recognizing our elders
How
Rosemary came into teaching herbalism to others during the American
herbal renaissance of the 1970s
How
herbalists seem to come to the same conclusions as one another over
and over again, and realizing that it’s because we aren’t figuring
new things out but simply stepping back into the ancient
human/plant relationship and the knowledge that comes with
that
The
importance of monitoring, conserving, preserving, and cultivating
wild plants and how United Plant Savers has changed the face of
American herbalism
How
plants that grow in abundance tend to be super nutritive plants
that our ancestors used in daily life as food and medicine, and how
rarer plants tend to have more specific medicine and were used more
sparingly in acute cases
The
ongoing Fire Cider controversy and what happens when folks choose
trademarks over traditions
Life
transitions, looking back on Rosemary’s incredible legacy, and
looking forward to what’s next
Music
byMariee Sioux(from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)
About the Podcast
Remembering what it is to be human upon the earth // Exploring the mythic journeys we undertake when coming to know ourselves through interviews with herbalists, story keepers, ancestral listeners, consciousness explorers, earth dreamers, and other wise folk.