Romina is a passionate and devoted crafter and natural cosmetics formulator of high quality skin care, working primarily with plants grown in the Upper Midwest bioregion. In this episode, Romina shares the origin story of ROMI Apothecary and some of her favorite skin care routines as a way to deepen in relationship with yourself, engage in ritual care and create energetic boundaries. Romina discusses the importance of working with abundant, bioregional plants and supporting growers in the process. Romina hopes to empower others to take their health into their own hands. Listen all the way to the end to hear a special honoring of the resilience of her grandmothers and family ancestry.

Romina Takimoto is native to Honolulu, Hawaii and has been living in St.Paul MN for 15 years. She is the founder and natural cosmetics formulator of ROMI Apothecary, a collection of artisanal skincare products made from Minnesota grown medicinal herbs. Romina's plant path was sparked in 2016 after meeting Rosemary Gladstar at the Midwest Women's Herbal Conference. Romina realized that plants have been there for her all her life and it was just a matter of tuning in to cultivate that rich connection. 

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Astro Phil is an astrologer and homesteader outside Berea, Kentucky. The mission of his astrology work is to help others realize and hold deep alignment with their divine selves, and in doing so, bring Earth closer to balance. You can learn more at his website, outofboundsastrology.com.

In this conversation with someone who has devoted their life to studying the movements and symbolic language of the planets, sun, moon and stars, hear Phil's journey of how astrology has allowed for a depth in understanding and navigating relationship with himself and others. Phil shares his insights on what's happening in 2020, the pluto energy of death & rebirth and upcoming energy shifts for this year. He touches on biodynamics, pattern recognition and the magic of astrocartography for learning your optimum place to live and thrive. Thanks for listening!

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In this episode Linda shares about her journey towards living in community for the past 25 years, her special connection with rivers and how these human and environmental lessons have informed her work. Linda emphasizes the importance of experiential learning and advocates for playfulness and exploration in higher education.

Linda Buturian teaches at the University of Minnesota and is the author of World Gone Beautiful: Life Along the Rum River, and The Changing Story: digital stories that participate in transforming teaching & learning. She and her family live in an intentional cul-de-sac with four families in rural Minnesota along the wild Watpa waken (Dakota for Spirit river), also known as the Rum river.

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Ayana shares her story of coming into place based connection, her love of the wild and deep gratitude and commitment to being in integrity with this life. She honors some of her teachers, both human and other than human, and emphasizes the importance of sinking into deep rest, feeling into ourselves and following our passions through becoming effective earth stewards and whatever we are in service to. Ayana shares more about her newest project with For the Wild and the necessity of creative community response in trying times. We hope that you enjoy this rich episode.

Ayana Young is a podcast and radio personality specializing in intersectional environmental and social justice, deep ecology and land-based restoration. With an academic background at the intersections of ecology, culture, and spirituality, Young was studying at Columbia when the Occupy Wall Street movement began and amid the burgeoning resistance in Zuccotti Park, she co-created the Environmental Working Group. Since then Ayana has been the force behind a native species nursery and research center, including the establishment of the 1 Million Redwoods Project, which was acclaimed as the most backed farm project in Kickstarter history, the film When Old Growth Ends, an ode to the complex interweaving of the irreplaceable Tongass National Forest during its last stand as a distinctly wild place in Southeast Alaska and the For The Wild podcast a weekly show featuring thought-leaders at the forefront of environmental, artistic, scientific, political and cultural shift. Learn more about Ayana at For The Wild >

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Sacha Louise, "Forest Warrior," walks us through her journey of synchronistic magic and how her childhood story wove the path of connection to her life's work and purpose. She shares about grieving as a way of moving towards greater healing and intuition, reconnecting to earth and our innate intuitive abilities.

Sacha Louise is a trained herbalist who found her sacred path by realizing the magical synchronicity that happened between her and the other-than-human world. Through the years she has developed her skills as an intuitive; connecting with trees, plants, fungi, animals, elementals, and the unseen. She is primarily a teacher and guide to empower others with tools to connect with their own sacred inner guidance and healing. You may find her blog and vlog called Earth Messages at barerootawakenings.com. 

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Gigi Stafne MH, ND is an enthusiastic educator, entrepreneur, clinician and writer in the health justice and natural medicine fields. She is Director of the Green Wisdom School of Natural & Botanical Medicine and former long time Executive Director of Herbalists Without Borders International, a national and international non-profit organization addressing issues of health and social justice globally. Gigi has been a practitioner of natural and botanical medicine for 3+ decades with substantial clinical, health, environmental, social justice and entrepreneurial experience. Gigi teaches at numerous national and global venues via Green Wisdom School of Natural and Botanical Medicine and Herbalists Without Borders International including being a national-international trauma trainer. Earth ethics, ecology, sustainability and environmental health are woven into every level of her organizing and teaching. A national and global trauma trainer, Gigi collaborates with domestic and international trauma specialists to promote the agenda of health, non-violence, environmental, social and health justice.  She has more than 40 years of Naturopathic and Botanical Medicine clinical and teaching experience combined with years of Crisis Intervention work in the anti-violence field coordinating projects such as the Trauma Trainings, Peoples Clinics, The Mandatory Arrest Monitoring Project, Gender Bias in the Judicial System in Domestic Violence, Child Protective Services/Domestic Violence Cross Trainings and numerous international Anti-Violence Against Women exchanges, as well as health care delegations.  She invites you to join with her in co-creating peace, health and solidarity.

Contact information for professional bookings:

www.greenwisdom.weebly.com
[email protected]

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In this conversation Megan sits down with Cody (of Land by Hand) as they talk partnership, attention, freedom and responsibility in showing up for our life's work.

Learn more about Land by Hand at: landbyhand.org

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In this conversation we explore: 

• Kathryn’s plant path & serendipity
• Teaching through environmental ed
• Heart connection and sensory experiences with plants
• Connecting with kids & nature
• Movement & body awareness
• The power of playfulness 
• Honoring our teachers and mentors along the journey
• Yoga as community gathering space 
• Trusting yourself on the journey of self awareness & authentic expression 
• Mutualistic learning with elders 
• Authority vs creating the space to see who shows up
• Owning the “I don’t know”
• Everyone can be a teacher and has something to share
• Teaching as an art form
• Walking the edge of a “good middle path”

Learn more about Kathryn at:

Pure Grace

Other Resources:

Herb Pharm

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In this conversation we explore:

• Plants as the foundation of culture change work 
• Relocalizing health care & relationship 
• Freedom School and emergent practice 
• The two sides of the culture change movement 
• Clowning - “interrupting the old story with love and clowns” 
• Bridging the worlds of mindfulness and Earth based ritual 
• Artistry 
• Self healing & self realization 
• Breaking the chains of silence & unlocking creativity 
• Spirituality & Activism 
• A Vision of Sanctuary 
• Addressing leadership 
• Permaculture 
• Human healing journeys 

Johanna's Projects:
WildFarmacy
Tea for the People
Driftless Herbal Exchange Network

Resources:
Economics of Happiness - https://www.localfutures.org/programs/the-economics-of-happiness/ Transition Town - https://www.transitionus.org/transition-town-movement 
Awakening Sovereignty Collective - http://tribeofawakeningsovereignty.com/ 
Rainbow Gathering - https://www.welcomehome.org/

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In this conversation we explore: 

• Deep listening - "the feelings underneath the words" 
• Lessons from the water and the trees 
• The wildness inside us 
• Possibilities in the edges 
• Earth grief & the ecological unraveling Reconnection & Relationships 
• The "mythical, imaginal attunement to the earth" Aesthesis - exchange of soul essence 
• The exiling of beauty Cultural Depression Initiation 
• Trauma, loneliness and the longing for connection 
• Resilient support systems Anchor practices & Beauty Altars 
• Grief & Shame / Grief & Love Protector Energy and Anger as "the beautiful desire to protect something." 
• Grief as the "e-motion of feeling... the energy that moves through us and reshapes us" Grief & Joy Ritual Keeping alive the energy & ability to nurture 

Shante's Projects:
Earth Poet Edge Weaver
Shante' Sojourn Zenith

Resources:
Francis Weller
Simon McBurney's The Encounter
Malidoma Some
The Withdrawal Project

Pat McCabe

Stephen Jenkinson
Azul Valerie Thome & Grief Composting Circles

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