This podcast episode is a five-minute excerpt from a longer conversation between Sydney Kale and Heather Sanderson where they came to an "ah-ha" moment of realization and wanted to share it with you! In it they discuss the challenges of conveying experiential knowledge, particularly in fields like plant communication and energy modalities. They explore the tension between needing scientific explanations and valuing personal experiences, emphasizing that multiple truths can coexist and that individual experiences serve as valid answers. See what resonates with you as you listen!

About Sydney: Sydney Kale is a Ph.D. student of Wisdom Studies at Ubiquity University, focusing on plant intelligence and phenomenology. Her plant-relationship practice culminates in an exploration of co-authorship with plants in both academic and creative works. While her primary focus is plant studies, these inquiries provide a lens to explore plantness, humanness, and aliveness through deep listening, attunement, and embodied knowing. She is the author of The Love Language of Plants, a collection of essays written with plants at her home in Asheville, North Carolina. She also publishes a blog sharing her curiosities about the felt experience of being a human and a plant in a non-academic creative forum.

About Heather: Heather Sanderson is a multi-talented writer with a focus on the healing arts. Her Dreaming with the Plants series has twenty-two titles in print, and focuses on spiritual and practical plant medicine for modern times. A yoga instructor, reiki master, and sacred plant expert, Sanderson is deeply immersed in healing on many levels. Her mission in life is to help people remember their magic. The Dog Who Wanted to be a Butterfly is her first children’s book.

Links to More:

Sydney's Substack: https://sydneykale.substack.com/
The Love Language of Plants a book by the plants and Sydney Kale: https://www.sydneykale.com/the-love-language-of-plants
Dreaming with the Plants Book Series: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09TX6GTFR
The Future is Possible Book Series: https://majesticwisdompublishing.com/books/
Follow Heather on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heather.sanderson/

Welcome to Wave 2 of Majestic Wisdom Podcast!

Wave 1 included 23 episodes of co-created interviews between Heather Sanderson and others who were sharing their wisdom and bringing their magic into the world. These interviews also sparked the creation of seven books in a series called The Future is Possible.

After three years of that first wave of podcast creativity feeling complete, this second wave has appeared to Heather all of a sudden. The inspiration comes from the connections and wisdom shared by others at book readings for her first kids book, The Dog Who Wanted to Be a Butterfly!

In this first nine-ish-minute episode she shares the wisdom that came from a seven-year-old girl. This young girl had a great perspective about a brand new box of crayons that included some with broken-off tips. Even since recording this, Heather has had several more insights about the significance of what she told us all. She hopes by sharing this story with you, it inspires your own connections and wisdom too! And she looks forward to sharing other moments of wisdom in the form of short stories like this one with you in future episodes because we all do have wisdom to share.

It feels good to be back!

Thank you for listening.

Mentioned in this episode:

The Dog Who Wanted to Be a Butterfly: https://majesticwisdompublishing.com/the-dog-who-wanted-to-be-a-butterfly/

The Future is Possible Book Series: https://majesticwisdompublishing.com/books/

Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heather.sanderson/

Follow Gérome Barry on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geromebarry/

Creative Being: A Conversation with Gérome Barry: https://majesticwisdompublishing.com/creative-being-a-conversation-with-gerome-barry/

About Heather Sanderson:

Heather Sanderson is a multi-talented writer with a focus on the healing arts. Her Dreaming with the Plants series has twenty-two titles in print, and focuses on spiritual and practical plant medicine for modern times. A yoga instructor, reiki master, and sacred plant expert, Sanderson is deeply immersed in healing on many levels. Her mission in life is to help people remember their magic. Her first children's book, The Dog Who Wanted to be a Butterfly is now available worldwide.

For more about her and her books visit www.majesticwisdompublishing.com

In this episode of Majestic Wisdom Podcast Heather co-creates with Wild Woman Healer, Reiki Master, Integrated Energy Therapy Instructor, Vortex Healer, Intuitive, Holistic Health Counselor, Herbalist, Reflexologist, Interfaith Minister, Yoga Teacher, and founder of Be Wild Woman, Kiana Love. Kiana talks about her work of healing the sacred feminine and helping women who have experienced complex trauma discover how to feel empowered and safe in their bodies.

Kiana shares what reclaiming and being "wild" means (and the definition may surprise you), why this is an essential part of life, how she approaches a healing session, and how to cultivate peace in the body and in the world. She also guides us into a trance-like-state and then back again.

Heather offers a plant spirit reading for Kiana, connected to her work and this point in her evolutionary process. We hope that this podcast will help you sense into the wild parts of yourself and explore ways to embody the ways of being you'd like to see in the world.

Mentioned in this episode and extra links:

For more about Kiana: https://bewildwoman.com/

Connect with the Plants:

Plant and Tree Spirit Short Reads by Heather: http://majesticwisdompublishing.com/books/ and you can follow her author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Heather-Sanderson/e/B0829HZNQZ for future book offerings

More with Heather:

For classes, workshops, Reiki sessions, and other offerings: https://journeythroughyoga.com/

In this episode of Majestic Wisdom Podcast Heather co-creates with visual artist, author, teacher, and all-round creative force, Janet Morgan. Janet shares brilliant insights about how some of her best work started out with a failure, rejection, and/or making a mess. For Janet, this connects to the creative process, problem-solving, and finding her way through something that may feel like it’s not working, so that she can do what it is she wants or needs to do (in art and in life).

By exploring the outrageous, the foolish, and the divine (including painting deities and landscapes), Janet shares deeply about what art is and what it can be, especially in relation to community and community building. We talk about her new book, Coney Island Awakes, and how many of these themes are present in this magical work and, mostly, we had a lot of fun creating together! We hope you have fun listening too!

Heather offers a plant spirit reading for Janet, connected to her work and being. We hope that this podcast will help you immerse yourself in the outrageous or foolish, so that you find your own way to connect to the energies (and deities) around you too. Maybe you’ll even create a new one!

Mentioned in this episode and extra links:

For more about Janet: www.janetmorgan-art.net

Janet on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JanetMorganArts

Janet on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janetmorganarts/

Janet’s Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Janet-Morgan/e/B09HSP4CFW

Coney Island Awakes: https://www.amazon.com/Coney-Island-Awakes-Phoenix-Arises/dp/1734702923/

So many more of Janet’s links!: https://linktr.ee/janetmorganarts?fbclid=IwAR15D4Bv3Ee8IUkyJ4pIiP1311Wg1Oh4kc1qDUWEIniDKMeRG05txXG4kXQ

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition: www.BWAC.org

Art Front Galleries: https://artfrontgalleries.com/

Tabla Rasa Gallery: http://tablarasagallery.com/

Connect with the Plants:

Plant and Tree Spirit Short Reads by Heather: https://majesticwisdompublishing.com/books/ and you can follow her author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Heather-Sanderson/e/B0829HZNQZ for future book offerings

More with Heather:

For classes, workshops, Reiki sessions, and other offerings: https://journeythroughyoga.com/

For Plant Medicine Readings: https://majesticwisdompublishing.com/plant-medicine-reading/

Sign up for Heather’s newsletter: https://journeythroughyoga.com/enewsletter/

Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heather.sanderson/

Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/majesticwisdom/support

In this episode of Majestic Wisdom Podcast Heather co-creates with Mason Hutchison, founder and owner of HerbRally, an ever-growing online offering and ecosystem that connects people with plants (and with plant people) both virtually and in body.

Mason shares his journey of where HerbRally came from, what it is, what it means to him, and how both it, and he, continue to evolve through this offering. He also talks about a new creation, The Art of Frugal Nutrition, an ever-expanding class series that has been in his heart for some time (and touches on Dumpster Diving with Guisepi Spadafora too). In this episode, you'll hear more about these concepts, and Mason's thoughts and approach to what he brings to the world, and to life.

Heather offers a plant spirit reading for Mason, connected with his being. We hope that this podcast will help you expand your mindset, try something new, and listen to your heart.

Mentioned in this episode:

For more about Mason: https://www.herbrally.com/about

Connect with the Plants:

Plant and Tree Spirit Short Reads by Heather: http://majesticwisdompublishing.com/books/ and you can follow her author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Heather-Sanderson/e/B0829HZNQZ for future book offerings

More with Heather:

For classes, workshops, Reiki sessions, and other offerings: https://journeythroughyoga.com/

In this episode of Majestic Wisdom Podcast Heather co-creates with Sojourner Walker Williams, Integrative Healer and author of Natural Beauty from the Outside In. Sojourner shares her personal journey of traveling the world, discovering healing remedies, how the book became a book, her work with Ayurveda, Reiki, yoga, herbal medicine, making skin care products, and the Akashic Records.

In addition to her offerings, Sojourner shares deep insight into what it means to meet yourself where you are, expand your container, develop a growth mindset, and thrive in life. She also discusses the concept of a birthright, living harmoniously, and the importance of uncovering the authentic Self.

Heather offers a plant spirit reading for Sojourner, connected with her being. We hope that this podcast will help you peel away any layers that aren’t serving you so that you can find your own beauty from the outside, in to reflect it back out again into the world.

Mentioned in this episode:

Visit Sojourner’s author website: sojournerwalkerwilliams.com

Connect with the Plants:

Plant and Tree Spirit Short Reads by Heather: http://majesticwisdompublishing.com/books/ and you can follow her author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Heather-Sanderson/e/B0829HZNQZ for future book offerings

More with Heather:

For classes, workshops, Reiki sessions, and other offerings: https://journeythroughyoga.com/

In this episode of Majestic Wisdom Podcast Heather co-creates with herbalist, sound healer, licensed acupuncturist, and owner of Joy Alchemy Acupuncture, Annie McDonnell. Annie shares her entry point into the healing arts and sciences, and we walk down the garden path of her journey to Traditional Chinese Medicine with a focus on acupuncture and many other healing arts that she incorporates into her practice, culminating in a new offering called Wellspring.

In addition to her offerings, Annie shares deeply about the "witch wound," past lives and reincarnation, the fears around opening her own business, and what it means to work with joy as a healing practice.

Heather also offers a plant spirit reading in relation to Annie's work. We hope that this podcast will help you find an entry point to your own personal wellspring, and continue to tend to it.

Mentioned in this episode:

Visit Annie's website: https://www.joyalchemyhealing.com/

Connect with the Plants:

Plant and Tree Spirit Short Reads by Heather: http://majesticwisdompublishing.com/books/and you can follow her author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Heather-Sanderson/e/B0829HZNQZ for future book offerings

More with Heather:

For classes, workshops, Reiki sessions, and other offerings: https://journeythroughyoga.com/

In this episode of Majestic Wisdom Podcast Heather co-creates with Juan Lee, transformational speaker, coach, and author of Love Made Simple: A Guide to Inner Peace, Contentment and Success. Juan shares his vision for love as a system and framework that humanity must invest in so that we can survive.

His confusion about love as it was presented to him in Christianity as a child, mixed with his life experience in the military, helped form his journey into understanding the essential nature of love: what it is and how it helps everyone. We talk about capitalism, love-ability, death, seeing how system of love emulates nature, and how love fortifies weaknesses both individually, in groups, and ultimately, in the entire system that we call humanity.

Heather also offers a plant spirit reading in relation to humanity's healing the force of love. As Juan himself says, he talks about love made simple, not easy, and there are plants willing to help in this crucial planetary evolution.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Visit Juan's website: https://juanleetheauthor.com/

Connect with the Plants:

Plant and Tree Spirit Short Reads by Heather: http://majesticwisdompublishing.com/books/and you can follow her author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Heather-Sanderson/e/B0829HZNQZ for future book offerings

More with Heather:

For classes, workshops, Reiki sessions, and other offerings: https://journeythroughyoga.com/

In this episode of Majestic Wisdom Podcast Heather co-creates with Deanna Green, yoga teacher and owner of Shambhala Yoga and Dance Center in Brooklyn, NY! Deanna shares how her journey with yoga started and how it has become an integral part of her work not only in owning a studio, but in her personal healing, and healing within the collective.

Through yoga, Deanna has discovered tools that helped her uncover her authentic Self, and she creates a safe space for others so we can all be “unapologetically ourselves.” Here, she talks about her growth through yoga, including many different kinds of challenges, how she meets them, and the flexibility that comes through self-inquiry. We talk about ways in which what she has learned “on the mat” translates into her life and the importance of sharing these teachings with others.

Heather also offers a plant spirit reading in relation to Deanna’s work and experience. We hope that this podcast will encourage you to explore where you feel safe, what authenticity means for you, and what you want to bring into the world.

Mentioned in this episode:

Visit Shambhala Yoga and Dance’s website: https://www.shambhalayogadance.com/

Connect with the Plants:

Plant and Tree Spirit Short Reads by Heather: https://majesticwisdompublishing.com/books/ and you can follow her author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Heather-Sanderson/e/B0829HZNQZ for future book offerings

More with Heather:

For classes, workshops, Reiki sessions, and other offerings: https://journeythroughyoga.com/

In this episode of Majestic Wisdom Podcast Heather co-creates with the plants! Originally released by HerbRally, for this podcast, Heather listened in to what the plants had to share about working with their consciousness, how they help develop your intuition, and what this all means for healing individually and collectively.

Heather also offers a guided meditation that you can do outside, with a physical plant, or inside, calling on the energy and spirit of that plant. You might be inspired to try both and see what happens!

This episode also marks the 1-year anniversary of Majestic Wisdom Podcast! Heather is honored by each guest who has come to share their magic, hearts, and selves with the world. Thank you all!

Connect with the Plants:

Plant and Tree Spirit Short Reads by Heather: https://majesticwisdompublishing.com/books/ and you can follow her author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Heather-Sanderson/e/B0829HZNQZ for future book offerings

More with Heather:

For classes, workshops, Reiki sessions, and other offerings: https://journeythroughyoga.com/