Before there was prayer, before there was song, before there was language, there was breath. Across ancient traditions, breath and spirit were understood to be one and the same, revealing air as one of the most intimate ways we experience the sacred.

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Drawing from mythology, spirituality, and personal reflection, I explore the goddesses Iris and the Sibyls, the role of sound and transmission in divine communication, and what it means to reclaim the voice in a world that often encourages silence and self censorship. I also reflect on the wounds of the air element, from environmental pollution to the social and spiritual forces that make authentic expression feel increasingly difficult.

I introduce the herbs of the episode, Elder and Tulsi, two beloved plants that embody the wisdom of air through their gifts of protection, resilience, clarity, and connection.

In this episode I explore:

 • Breath as the meeting place of spirit and body

 • The Divine Mother as voice, song, and inspiration

 • Iris, the Sibyls, and the archetypes of transmission and prophecy

 • The environmental and spiritual wounds of the air element

 • Elder and Tulsi as herbal allies of voice and vitality

 • The arrival of voice as a form of homecoming

This episode is an invitation to breathe deeply, trust what wants to be expressed through you, and remember that your voice is not separate from spirit. The Divine Mother sings through birdsong, prayer, wind, poetry, music, and human speech. When we allow ourselves to speak what is true, we become part of that song.

 Resources

Herbal Tarot Deck by Michael Tierra and Leslie Tierra - https://www.amazon.com/Herbal-Tarot-Michael-Tierra/dp/0914171834 

Elder Tree - Sacred Plant - https://www.herbrally.com/monographs/elder  

Tulsi (Holy Basil) - Sacred Herb - https://www.herbrally.com/monographs/tulsi  

Humming and Sound Therapy Research - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6369174/ 

Tarot Card Meanings and Spiritual Guides - https://www.spiritlibrary.com/tarot 

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🌱 HERBAL FOUNDATIONS APPRENTICESHIP

A 12‑month online journey designed to help you weave herbal medicine into the fabric of daily life. This is the place we begin, learning to make our own remedies, meeting the plants in our backyards and kitchens, and connecting deeply with the rhythms of nature. It is a foundation built not just of facts, but of relationship and trust in the green world.

👉 Become a herbalist → https://skyh.to/roots  

🌿 SECOND YEAR: HERBAL INTEGRATION & PRACTICE

For those who have laid the first stones and are ready to walk further into the woods. This second year focuses on the art of advanced formulation, clinical skills, and discovering your unique seat of service as a community herbalist. Here, we refine our listening and deepen our apothecary practice, moving from student to practitioner.

👉 Second Year Details →  https://skyh.to/bloom  

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🌼 GARDEN GATHERINGS

A sacred, seasonal monthly gardening circle where we root our hands in the soil and our hearts in community. We explore medicinal plants, create herbal medicines, plant inspired art, and tend to both the earth and our own nervous systems. All levels of gardening experience are welcome. Classes are in-person in the Minneapolis metro area.

👉 Explore Garden Gatherings → https://skyh.to/garden 

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🌸 GENTLE FRIDAYS

A live gathering for plant spirit support in changing times. Each session includes a check‑in, a short reading, and simple practices with medicinal herbs that support stress, depletion, and emotional overwhelm. We draw plant spirit cards for symbolic guidance. This is a calm, supportive space to settle, listen, and be held by plants and shared wisdom. Come as you are—quietly listen, participate in the chat, or simply rest in the hour.

👉 Join Gentle Fridays  → https://skyh.to/events

In this episode of The Divine Mother Series, I explore fire as an expression of the Divine Mother through the lenses of desire, devotion, and the ancient practice of tending the sacred flame.

Drawing from the stories of Hestia, Vesta, Brigid, and the lineage of women who have served as keepers of the hearth across cultures and centuries, I reflect on what happens when our deepest desires are shamed, suppressed, or forgotten. Together, we explore the sacred nature of longing and why the Divine Mother calls us not to extinguish our inner fire, but to tend it with care and devotion.

I share how desire can transform into rage when it is denied, how the untended flame can become numbness and exhaustion, and how reclaiming what we truly want is often the first step toward healing. Through mythology, ritual, and personal reflection, this episode invites us to remember that our longing is not a problem to solve but a sacred force that can guide us home.

I also explore the ancient tradition of sacred smoke and the herbs that have long been offered to the fire as prayer, including sage, rose, lavender, chamomile, mullein, cinnamon, and frankincense.

In this episode I explore:

 • The Divine Mother as hearth keeper and sacred flame

 • Desire as a spiritual and creative force

 • Hestia, Vesta, Brigid, and the lineage of women as fire keepers

 • Rage, numbness, and the consequences of an untended fire

 • Sacred smoke rituals and herbal allies for devotion

 • How to tend the flame of the soul through daily practice

This episode is an invitation to trust what your soul desires, to stop apologizing for what is calling you forward, and to remember that the fire they tried to put out may be the very fire that lights the way home.

Resources:

Cards - The Mary Magdalene Oracle Deck by Meggan Watterson - https://amzn.to/4fl3pHa 

Gail Faith Edwards - Benedictaria Southern Italian Folk Medicine - https://blessedmaineherbs.com/ 

Book - Asteroid Goddesses by Demetra George and Douglas Bloch - https://amzn.to/4xhNPCG 

HERBAL COURSES

🌱 HERBAL FOUNDATIONS APPRENTICESHIP

A 12‑month online journey designed to help you weave herbal medicine into the fabric of daily life. This is the place we begin, learning to make our own remedies, meeting the plants in our backyards and kitchens, and connecting deeply with the rhythms of nature. It is a foundation built not just of facts, but of relationship and trust in the green world.

👉 Become a herbalist → https://skyh.to/roots  

🌿 SECOND YEAR: HERBAL INTEGRATION & PRACTICE

For those who have laid the first stones and are ready to walk further into the woods. This second year focuses on the art of advanced formulation, clinical skills, and discovering your unique seat of service as a community herbalist. Here, we refine our listening and deepen our apothecary practice, moving from student to practitioner.

👉 Second Year Details →  https://skyh.to/bloom  

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🌼 GARDEN GATHERINGS

A sacred, seasonal monthly gardening circle where we root our hands in the soil and our hearts in community. We explore medicinal plants, create herbal medicines, plant inspired art, and tend to both the earth and our own nervous systems. All levels of gardening experience are welcome. Classes are in-person in the Minneapolis metro area.

👉 Explore Garden Gatherings → https://skyh.to/garden 

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🌸 GENTLE FRIDAYS

A live gathering for plant spirit support in changing times. Each session includes a check‑in, a short reading, and simple practices with medicinal herbs that support stress, depletion, and emotional overwhelm. We draw plant spirit cards for symbolic guidance. This is a calm, supportive space to settle, listen, and be held by plants and shared wisdom. Come as you are—quietly listen, participate in the chat, or simply rest in the hour.
👉 Join Gentle Fridays  → https://skyh.to/events 

In this episode, the second in my Divine Mother in Water series, I go somewhere more personal and more tender than the first. I share two near-drowning experiences I had while surfing in Costa Rica, and what happened to my relationship with water afterward, the panic attacks, the years of avoidance, and the long, slow path back to trust. I also hold space for a listener who shared something extraordinary in the comments of the first episode, a woman who witnessed her mother drown as a child and has spent years working to heal her fear of water. Her courage in naming that opened this episode for me

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Water wounds are real, and they run deep. In this talk we explore why trauma involving water can be so particularly stubborn and disorienting, and what the path of healing actually looks like, including the somatic and EMDR work that helped me reclaim my own relationship with water after years of fear. 

We will also look at the dark aspects of water, and how we can hold both its destructive and healing properties at the same time

In this episode we explore:

        •       Why water trauma cuts so deep and how the nervous system holds it differently than other kinds of shock

        •       The slow, non-linear nature of healing water wounds, and why patience and gentleness are not optional

        •       My personal journey from near-drowning to reclaiming swimming, surfing, and a sense of safety in water

        •       Somatic retraining and EMDR as pathways back to the body and back to trust

        •       The role of the divine mother in water healing

I also share two flower essences, Star of Bethlehem and White Pond Lily, that I’ve found supportive for those working to heal a difficult relationship with water.

This episode is for anyone who has been hurt by water, who carries a fear they don’t fully understand, and for anyone on the long path back to something they loved before it frightened them.

Watch when you have a quiet moment. Link in the comments.

Blessings    

In-Person Events:

June - September - Garden Gatherings, Saturdays once a month - https://www.skyhouseherbs.com/garden-gatherings 

Summer Herbs for Home Medicine, July 10th in Minneapolis - https://www.peopleandcraft.org/summer-herbs-for-home-medicine 

Resources:

Therapist - Sara Sheik LSW, EMDR trained- Inner Foundations Healing - https://www.innerfoundationscounseling.com/about-me 

About EMDR - https://www.innerfoundationscounseling.com/faq-new 

HERBAL COURSES

🌱 HERBAL FOUNDATIONS APPRENTICESHIP

A 12‑month online journey designed to help you weave herbal medicine into the fabric of daily life. This is the place we begin, learning to make our own remedies, meeting the plants in our backyards and kitchens, and connecting deeply with the rhythms of nature. It is a foundation built not just of facts, but of relationship and trust in the green world.

👉 Become a herbalist → https://skyh.to/roots  

🌿 SECOND YEAR: HERBAL INTEGRATION & PRACTICE

For those who have laid the first stones and are ready to walk further into the woods. This second year focuses on the art of advanced formulation, clinical skills, and discovering your unique seat of service as a community herbalist. Here, we refine our listening and deepen our apothecary practice, moving from student to practitioner.

👉 Second Year Details →  https://skyh.to/bloom  

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🌼 GARDEN GATHERINGS

A sacred, seasonal monthly gardening circle where we root our hands in the soil and our hearts in community. We explore medicinal plants, create herbal medicines, plant inspired art, and tend to both the earth and our own nervous systems. All levels of gardening experience are welcome. Classes are in-person in the Minneapolis metro area.

👉 Explore Garden Gatherings → https://skyh.to/garden 

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In this episode of The Divine Mother Series, I explore water as one of the deepest expressions of the Divine Mother through stories from my recent pilgrimage to Italy, reflections on sacred wells and Marian traditions, and the healing wisdom of rivers, springs, and holy waters.

I share how water has long been understood as a source of memory, devotion, prophecy, and healing, weaving together mythology, herbalism, ecology, and nervous system restoration. From the Sacred Madonna traditions of southern Italy to the science of “blue mind,” this episode explores why the feminine divine so often reveals herself through water.

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I also introduce the herb of the episode, Blue Flag Iris, a powerful medicine of purification, flow, and transformation that teaches us how to move what has become stagnant within us.

In this episode I explore:

• Sacred wells, pilgrimage, and Marian traditions

 • Water as memory, oracle, and living intelligence

 • The healing relationship between water and the nervous system

 • Blue Flag Iris and the medicine of purification

 • The qualities of water as expressions of the Divine Feminine

This episode offers practical ways to engage with water as daily spiritual practice and to remember that the voice of the mother is still speaking through the living waters of the earth.

I hope you find this conversation to be engaging. It is with a most humble heart that I try to explore what they complex archetypes can show us in modern times.

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Resources:

Gail Faith Edwards - Book- “Benedictaria: The Blessing Way of Southern Italian Folk Medicine

https://blessedmaineherbs.com/pages/books 

Veda Austin - The Secret Intelligence of Water: Hydroglyphs and Water Intelligence - https://www.vedaaustin.com/ 

Blue Iris - Iris versicolor - Flower Essence - https://www.sovereigntyherbs.com/stock-shop/essences/blue-flag-iris 

HERBAL COURSES

🌱 HERBAL FOUNDATIONS APPRENTICESHIP

A 12‑month online journey designed to help you weave herbal medicine into the fabric of daily life. This is the place we begin, learning to make our own remedies, meeting the plants in our backyards and kitchens, and connecting deeply with the rhythms of nature. It is a foundation built not just of facts, but of relationship and trust in the green world.

👉 Become a herbalist → https://skyh.to/roots  

🌿 SECOND YEAR: HERBAL INTEGRATION & PRACTICE

For those who have laid the first stones and are ready to walk further into the woods. This second year focuses on the art of advanced formulation, clinical skills, and discovering your unique seat of service as a community herbalist. Here, we refine our listening and deepen our apothecary practice, moving from student to practitioner.

👉 Second Year Details →  https://skyh.to/bloom  

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🌼 GARDEN GATHERINGS

A sacred, seasonal monthly gardening circle where we root our hands in the soil and our hearts in community. We explore medicinal plants, create herbal medicines, plant inspired art, and tend to both the earth and our own nervous systems. All levels of gardening experience are welcome. Classes are in-person in the Minneapolis metro area.

👉 Explore Garden Gatherings → https://skyh.to/garden 

──────

🌸 GENTLE FRIDAYS

A live gathering for plant spirit support in changing times. Each session includes a check‑in, a short reading, and simple practices with medicinal herbs that support stress, depletion, and emotional overwhelm. We draw plant spirit cards for symbolic guidance. This is a calm, supportive space to settle, listen, and be held by plants and shared wisdom. Come as you are—quietly listen, participate in the chat, or simply rest in the hour.
👉 Join Gentle Fridays  → https://skyh.to/events

In this first episode of The Divine Mother Series, I explore the archetype of the Divine Mother through the power of Earth, place, and sacred sites. I weave in reflections from my recent travels to Italy, encounters with sacred images of the Goddess, and contemplations on hunger, craving, and earth grief in a rapidly changing world. I weave together the symbolism of Mary Magdalene, the Black Madonna, pilgrimage traditions, and personal spiritual practices that help me reconnect with the sacred feminine and remember what has been lost and what still lives within us.

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This episode is an invitation to slow down, listen deeply, and rediscover devotion through the

body, the land, and the wisdom carried within ancient traditions. I also reflect on the emotional

reality of environmental desecration, the longing many of us feel for rootedness and belonging,

and how sacred remembrance can become a healing practice in daily life.

In this episode I explore:

• Earth grief and spiritual disconnection

• Mary Magdalene and the Black Madonna traditions

• What it means to “sanctify” a place and why holy places “feel” different

• Practices for reconnecting with the Divine Mother

• Questions to keep you close to the mother in your heart

I hope you enjoy this episode and please share your reflections and if anything you heard was

helpful in your own spiritual journey.

HERBAL COURSES

🌱 HERBAL FOUNDATIONS APPRENTICESHIP

A 12‑month online journey designed to help you weave herbal medicine into the fabric of daily life. This is the place we begin, learning to make our own remedies, meeting the plants in our backyards and kitchens, and connecting deeply with the rhythms of nature. It is a foundation built not just of facts, but of relationship and trust in the green world.

👉 Become a herbalist → https://skyh.to/roots  

🌿 SECOND YEAR: HERBAL INTEGRATION & PRACTICE

For those who have laid the first stones and are ready to walk further into the woods. This second year focuses on the art of advanced formulation, clinical skills, and discovering your unique seat of service as a community herbalist. Here, we refine our listening and deepen our apothecary practice, moving from student to practitioner.

👉 Second Year Details →  https://skyh.to/bloom  

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🌼 GARDEN GATHERINGS

A sacred, seasonal monthly gardening circle where we root our hands in the soil and our hearts in community. We explore medicinal plants, create herbal medicines, plant inspired art, and tend to both the earth and our own nervous systems. All levels of gardening experience are welcome. Classes are in-person in the Minneapolis metro area.

👉 Explore Garden Gatherings → https://skyh.to/garden 

──────

🌸 GENTLE FRIDAYS

A live gathering for plant spirit support in changing times. Each session includes a check‑in, a short reading, and simple practices with medicinal herbs that support stress, depletion, and emotional overwhelm. We draw plant spirit cards for symbolic guidance. This is a calm, supportive space to settle, listen, and be held by plants and shared wisdom. Come as you are—quietly listen, participate in the chat, or simply rest in the hour.

👉 Join Gentle Fridays  → https://skyh.to/events 

In this episode, I explore what it means to see clearly in a world that often does not want to see.

I weave together personal stories of rage and anger and share the story of Cassandra, the woman who was never wrong yet never believed. I will talk about what that pattern feels like in the body and in everyday life. Living in the suburbs, raising children, and moving through a culture that feels disconnected from the earth, I speak honestly about the tension of holding truths that are not always welcomed.

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We move into the deeper teaching that anger is not a problem to fix but a message to listen to. Through the story of Demeter and my own experiences, I reflect on what our anger might be asking of us and how we can begin to work with it instead of pushing it away.

Alongside these stories, I share three plant allies that support this process:

- Blue Vervain for the nervous system that is holding too much 

- Black Cohosh for diving into the subterranean subconscious and ancestral patterns of darkness and rage

- Dandelion for helping the body move and transform anger into something life giving.

Sky House Herb School Website: https://www.skyhouseherbs.com/ 

I also introduce the Black Madonna as a symbol of the dark knowing feminine, the one who has sat in grief and come through with clarity and strength. I also share some practical ways you can sit with your own darkness and “basement material” to see what your anger is trying to tell you.

This episode is an invitation to return to yourself in small, tangible ways. To sit with what you know. To honor what you feel. And to begin the healing process from within.

If you are someone who feels deeply, sees clearly, and is learning how to live with both, this space is for you.

HERBAL COURSES

🌱 HERBAL FOUNDATIONS APPRENTICESHIP

A 12‑month online journey designed to help you weave herbal medicine into the fabric of daily life. This is the place we begin, learning to make our own remedies, meeting the plants in our backyards and kitchens, and connecting deeply with the rhythms of nature.

👉 Become a herbalist → https://skyh.to/roots  

🌿 SECOND YEAR: HERBAL INTEGRATION & PRACTICE

For those who have laid the first stones and are ready to walk further into the woods. This second year focuses on the art of advanced formulation, clinical skills, and discovering your unique seat of service as a community herbalist. Here, we refine our listening and deepen our apothecary practice, moving from student to practitioner.

👉 Second Year Details →  https://skyh.to/bloom  

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🌼 GARDEN GATHERINGS

A sacred, seasonal monthly gardening circle where we root our hands in the soil and our hearts in community. We explore medicinal plants, create herbal medicines, plant inspired art, and tend to both the earth and our own nervous systems. All levels of gardening experience are welcome. Classes are in-person in the Minneapolis metro area.

👉 Explore Garden Gatherings → https://skyh.to/garden 

──────

🌸 GENTLE FRIDAYS

A live gathering for plant spirit support in changing times. Each session includes a check‑in, a short reading, and simple practices with medicinal herbs that support stress, depletion, and emotional overwhelm.

👉 Join Gentle Fridays  → https://skyh.to/events  

Resources:

The Mary Magdalene Oracle Deck - https://amzn.to/49ekiPA 

Mary Magdalene Revealed by Meggan Watterson - https://amzn.to/4dg6RQL 

Organic Tinctures of Blue Vervain, Black Cohosh Root, and Dandelion - Herbalists & Alchemists - https://www.herbalist-alchemist.com/ 

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Chapters: Rage and the Goddess: When Anger Becomes Sacred Vision

0:00 Intro

2:30 Rage

6:30 Darkness

11:30 Basement

16:30 Cassandra

21:00 Madonna

24:30 Vervain

27:00 Cohosh

31:00 Anger

34:00 Dandelion

37:30 Light

In this Herb of the Month episode, I share one of my favorite heart centered nervines, Motherwort. Leonurus cardiaca is an ancient plant with a long history of use for nervousness, heart rhythm support, insomnia, and overall cardiac care.

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I take you into my garden to meet this plant in its natural rhythm, growing both wild in the yard and cultivated in the garden beds. You will learn how to recognize Motherwort in early spring by its unique leaf shape and deep textured creases.

In this episode, I cover:

• How Motherwort supports the nervous system and helps ease anxiety

• Its connection to the heart and to themes of mothering and emotional care

• Traditional uses in Chinese and European herbal practice

• How to identify Motherwort in the wild

• Dosing strategies and safety considerations

And yes, you will also catch a glimpse of my dogs happily running through the woods alongside me.

I hope you enjoy spending time with this beautiful plant. Be sure to explore more Herb of the Month videos to continue learning about the plants growing all around us!

Resources: Book: Kerry Bone, “A Clinical Guide to Blending Liquid Herbs: Herbal Formulations for the Individual Patient 1st Edition” https://amzn.to/4cyoD12 

HERBAL COURSES

🌱 HERBAL FOUNDATIONS APPRENTICESHIP

A 12‑month online journey designed to help you weave herbal medicine into the fabric of daily life. This is the place we begin, learning to make our own remedies, meeting the plants in our backyards and kitchens, and connecting deeply with the rhythms of nature. It is a foundation built not just of facts, but of relationship and trust in the green world.

👉 Become a herbalist → https://skyh.to/roots  

🌿 SECOND YEAR: HERBAL INTEGRATION & PRACTICE

For those who have laid the first stones and are ready to walk further into the woods. This second year focuses on the art of advanced formulation, clinical skills, and discovering your unique seat of service as a community herbalist. Here, we refine our listening and deepen our apothecary practice, moving from student to practitioner.

👉 Second Year Details →  https://skyh.to/bloom  

──────

🌼 GARDEN GATHERINGS

A sacred, seasonal monthly gardening circle where we root our hands in the soil and our hearts in community. We explore medicinal plants, create herbal medicines, plant inspired art, and tend to both the earth and our own nervous systems. All levels of gardening experience are welcome. Classes are in-person in the Minneapolis metro area.

👉 Explore Garden Gatherings → https://skyh.to/garden 

──────

🌸 GENTLE FRIDAYS

A live gathering for plant spirit support in changing times. Each session includes a check‑in, a short reading, and simple practices with medicinal herbs that support stress, depletion, and emotional overwhelm. We draw plant spirit cards for symbolic guidance. This is a calm, supportive space to settle, listen, and be held by plants and shared wisdom. Come as you are—quietly listen, participate in the chat, or simply rest in the hour.

👉 Join Gentle Fridays  → https://skyh.to/events  

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Resources: Book: Kerry Bone, “A Clinical Guide to Blending Liquid Herbs: Herbal Formulations for the Individual Patient 1st Edition” https://amzn.to/4cyoD12

In this episode, I explore why spring is one of the most powerful times of year to support your digestion and metabolism. As the light shifts and days grow longer, your body naturally begins to reset. I walk through the science behind these changes, including how blue light influences your circadian rhythm, hormone balance, and energy levels.

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We look at how the brain and body respond to seasonal light, especially through the role of the SCN and its influence on cortisol and insulin sensitivity. I also share simple and practical ways to work with this seasonal momentum through herbs, foods, and daily habits that support clarity, energy, and digestive ease.

This is the perfect time to reset your system, and my hope is that this episode offers both understanding and tools to support you.

In this episode, I cover:

• Why spring is a powerful time physically

• How spring foods naturally support digestion

• What healing digestion looks like

identifying dryness, dampness, constriction, and relaxation in your body

• Four simple practices to support digestion and metabolism

Herbs featured in this episode:

• Violet

• Chickweed

• Arugula

• Dandelion

• Plantain

• And more

Let me know what you think and which spring herbs and practices you are using to heal your own digestive discomforts!

HERBAL COURSES

🌱 HERBAL FOUNDATIONS APPRENTICESHIP

A 12‑month online journey designed to help you weave herbal medicine into the fabric of daily life. This is the place we begin, learning to make our own remedies, meeting the plants in our backyards and kitchens, and connecting deeply with the rhythms of nature. It is a foundation built not just of facts, but of relationship and trust in the green world.

👉 Become a herbalist → https://skyh.to/roots  

🌿 SECOND YEAR: HERBAL INTEGRATION & PRACTICE

For those who have laid the first stones and are ready to walk further into the woods. This second year focuses on the art of advanced formulation, clinical skills, and discovering your unique seat of service as a community herbalist. Here, we refine our listening and deepen our apothecary practice, moving from student to practitioner.

👉 Second Year Details →  https://skyh.to/bloom  

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🌼 GARDEN GATHERINGS

A sacred, seasonal monthly gardening circle where we root our hands in the soil and our hearts in community. We explore medicinal plants, create herbal medicines, plant inspired art, and tend to both the earth and our own nervous systems. All levels of gardening experience are welcome. Classes are in-person in the Minneapolis metro area.

👉 Explore Garden Gatherings → https://skyh.to/garden 

──────

🌸 GENTLE FRIDAYS

A live gathering for plant spirit support in changing times. Each session includes a check‑in, a short reading, and simple practices with medicinal herbs that support stress, depletion, and emotional overwhelm. We draw plant spirit cards for symbolic guidance. This is a calm, supportive space to settle, listen, and be held by plants and shared wisdom. Come as you are—quietly listen, participate in the chat, or simply rest in the hour.

👉 Join Gentle Fridays  → https://skyh.to/events  

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Chapters: Why Spring is the Best Time to Heal Your Digestion and Metabolism

0:00 Introduction

0:03 SCN

0:08 Greens

0:12 Patterns

0:17 Hacks

In this episode, I explore the energy of Venus in Aries and how it influences the way we relate, create, and express desire. This is a bold and activating placement, one that invites courage, passion, and movement, but can also bring intensity or imbalance if not supported.

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I weave together astrology, herbal medicine, and goddess mythology to offer a grounded and embodied way of working with this energy. You will learn how specific plant allies can help balance heat, support the heart, and bring clarity to your inner fire.

This episode is an invitation to deepen your spiritual practice while staying rooted in the body and connected to the wisdom of plants.

In this episode, I cover:

• The energetic influence of Venus in Aries

• How fiery and assertive energy can show up in the body and emotions

• Shadow and imbalance patterns of Aries energy

• How herbs can support grounding, balance, and heart centered awareness

• Mythological and symbolic connections to key plant allies

Herbs featured in this episode:

• Cinnamon

• Rosemary

• Ladies Mantle

• Peony

Let me know what you think and how you are experiencing Venus in Aries!

HERBAL COURSES

🌱 HERBAL FOUNDATIONS APPRENTICESHIP

A 12‑month online journey designed to help you weave herbal medicine into the fabric of daily life. This is the place we begin, learning to make our own remedies, meeting the plants in our backyards and kitchens, and connecting deeply with the rhythms of nature. It is a foundation built not just of facts, but of relationship and trust in the green world.

👉 Become a herbalist → https://skyh.to/roots  

🌿 SECOND YEAR: HERBAL INTEGRATION & PRACTICE

For those who have laid the first stones and are ready to walk further into the woods. This second year focuses on the art of advanced formulation, clinical skills, and discovering your unique seat of service as a community herbalist. Here, we refine our listening and deepen our apothecary practice, moving from student to practitioner.

👉 Second Year Details →  https://skyh.to/bloom  

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🌼 GARDEN GATHERINGS

A sacred, seasonal monthly gardening circle where we root our hands in the soil and our hearts in community. We explore medicinal plants, create herbal medicines, plant inspired art, and tend to both the earth and our own nervous systems. All levels of gardening experience are welcome. Classes are in-person in the Minneapolis metro area.

👉 Explore Garden Gatherings → https://skyh.to/garden 

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Resources:

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Book: “Flower Power” by Anne McIntyre - https://amzn.to/4ch3gm8

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Spring flowers carry unique personalities, life cycles, and ways of being in the world — and so do you. In this video, I guide you through a reflective quiz to help you discover your spring flower ally: the plant that mirrors who you are this season.

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Meet your five spring flowers:

∙   Violet — quiet resilience and hidden strength

∙   Trout Lily — patient unfolding and perfect timing

∙   Lady’s Slipper — sovereignty and rare beauty

∙   Pulsatilla — sensitivity and open receptivity

∙   Trillium — steady grounding and selective expression

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Once you find your flower, I share reflections on its personality, life cycle, and what it can teach us about growth and our relationship with the natural world. I also offer simple ways to connect with it as a seasonal companion and personal talisman.

This is a gentle way to deepen your relationship with plants — not just as medicine, but as mirrors on your path.

Tell me in the comments: which flower are you?

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Chapters: Which Spring Flower Are You? Find Your Seasonal Plant Ally

0:00 Intro

0:00:35 Quiz

0:05:00 Violet

0:08:52 Pulsatilla

0:10:00 Sensitivity

0:13:38 Questions

0:15:00 Troutlily

0:20:00 LadySlipper

0:25:00 Stories

0:30:00 Trillium

0:35:00 Course