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Pour yourself a cup of tea, pull up a chair, and let’s chat about plant medicines — how to use them, how to grow them, and how to make them in your own kitchen. I’m delighted to be sharing this wisdom about Green Medicine with you, and I’m eager to hear about your discoveries, too.

So make yourself comfortable, and let’s begin the journey!

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Dreaming Seeds: Spring Equinox

Dreaming Seeds: Spring Equinox

Gardeners dream in seeds. All winter those potent points of life slumber, waiting expectantly for the first stirrings of spring. Now, as the days pass the spring equinox, the light luxuriously out-stretching the dark, the gardener in me stirs. I read seed catalogs...

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Original Medicine: Deep Listening

Original Medicine: Deep Listening

Within a month of graduating from college, I headed West to Vision Mountain north of Spokane, Washington. That summer I spent four days sitting on the mountain, praying for a vision for my life. Never before had I sat in one place on the Earth for several days in a...

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Signs of Spring

Signs of Spring

Yes, spring has arrived. I know it by the violets emerging through last autumn’s half decomposed oak leaves, and the apricot boughs swelling and bursting with the first brave white blossoms. I say brave because spring is a risky business, and no gambler’s money is...

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Original Medicine

Original Medicine

For years I have worked with “classical medicine,” the deeper roots of medicine that recognize the body as an organism gifted with the wisdom to restore and repair itself. This paradigm is very different from the conventional view of the body as a machine with...

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Sovereign Territory of Love

Sovereign Territory of Love

I am celibate – partly by happenstance and partly by choice. At this point in my journey, I am grateful for my solitary status. After years of tending children and wrangling with teenagers, I rejoice in the recovery of my sovereign territory. Loneliness comes from...

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How often do you catch yourself yawning during the day? In 2020, Americans averaged 5.5 hours of sleep per night, far less than the 9 – 10 hours most humans require for optimal health. I know, I hear you. “I already have too much to do! How can I spare even one more...

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Walking for Body, Mind, and Spirit

Walking for Body, Mind, and Spirit

If you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you can sing. -African proverb Three times I’ve joined a gym and then abandoned the membership after a couple of months. Some people thrive on scheduled classes and delight in watching the TVs blaring in the aerobics...

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The Top 3 Natural Medicines for Autumn

The Top 3 Natural Medicines for Autumn

Judith Boice, ND, LAc, FABNO As the nights grow longer and the days colder, we naturally turn inward and spend more time in quieter activities. In Scandinavia, people take out their favorite sweaters and speak of hygge, happiness that comes from closeness, having more...

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