#037 - Join us for an incredible conversation with Holistic Herbal Chef Wilnise Francois on the nourishing, sensual connection we have with food and how plants help us to reawaken the light body.  In this episode, Wilnise shares wisdom on the experience of Manje Limyè (eat light) in connection with plants, and physical and spiritual wellness. She also offers profound insight on how her lineages in Haitian and African indigenous herbalism influence and shape her embodied lived experience, and...

#36 - Join us for a wonderful conversation with Plant Medicine Teacher, Researcher, and Herbal Practitioner Nikki Darrell on plant consciousness and the value of listening to the inspirations we find in Nature. In this episode, Nikki shares wisdom on plant sentience and how people and plants communicate with each other. She also offers helpful insights on the importance of slowing down and noticing the seasons, and how dreaming supports tuning into the inspirations embedded in the Nature...

#35 - Join us for an amazing conversation on the magic & medicine of flowers and our relationship with Nature with Renee K. Smith (Ifagbaye Esubola Ayelaagbe Egbesina), flower essence practitioner and founder of Akika Flower Essences & Apothecary. In this episode, Renee shares how flowers can help to open layers of awareness in the process of healing and transformation, and how they help us in creating new pathways for how we want to walk in the world. She also offers wisdom on the...

#034 – What wisdom can we learn from the Mushroom of Immortality? Join us for an amazing conversation with Brandon Gilbert, founder of Hyperion Herbs. In this episode, Brandon shares about the supportive and life-changing power of adaptogens and tonic herbs. He offers profound insight into the nature of Reishi, long known as the Mushroom of Immortality, and why it’s important to know plants and mushrooms in their natural, raw state. He also shares how his connection with Eastern...

#033 – Join us for an incredible conversation with Nana Xochiketzalli on the powerful healing practice of Curanderismo and ancestral medicine. In this episode, Xochiketzalli shares about working with plant limpias in the ancient healing practice of Curanderismo and her experience of training with maestras and K'iche Mayan Curanderas Nana Tomasa & Nana Sebastiána. She also offers wisdom on offerings of reciprocity and the power of working directly with the Earth for transmuting energy in...

#032 - Join us for an amazing conversation with Flower Farmer, Floral Designer, and Flower Fairy Melanie Plies on the joys of collaborating with flowers throughout the seasons. In this episode, Melanie shares how working closely and being in relationship with flowers can support the healing journey, with special insight into the timeless wisdom of Tulsi Basil. She also offers ways to connect deeply with plants and flowers in the winter months through crafts, botanical adornments, medicine...

#031 - Join us for a wonderful conversation with 5th generation Australian herbalist Ian White on the power of flower essences as a potent modality for healing. In this episode, Ian shares about the power of listening and collaborating with the plant realm and some specific essences that are supportive for collective challenges people are currently experiencing, particularly with stress and sleep issues. He also offers deep insight into the results of global research being done with flower...

#030 - Join us for an incredible conversation with Storyteller, Writer, and Herbalist Robin Rose Bennett on the joy and wisdom of connecting with our Plant Elders. In this episode, Robin Rose shares about the power of connecting with joy as medicine and how herbalists can help connect people with plants for healing. She also offers deep insight into the nature of Rose medicine and how we can embody the teachings of the plants.  She also shares a bonus sneak peak into the life wisdom of her...

#029 - Join us for an amazing conversation with seed grower Chris Hardy on the regenerative power of biodiverse seed saving, and why this practice is so key for supporting long-term food systems. In this episode, Chris shares about regenerative farming practices, how people can get involved with the heritage grain seed library, and how connecting with ancient diverse grains around the world have impacted his work with seeds and growing food. He also shares about his experience with...

#028 – Have you ever had a plant teacher whose clarity and depth of humble wisdom resonates as clear as a bell in the core of your being? Olatokunboh Obasi is an herbal teacher like this, and in this very special Plant Spirit Podcast episode, she shares profound insight into the nature of our connection with plants, the elements, and all Nature. She also offers wisdom on the value of connecting with the plants that grow directly around us, and how plants teach us how to relate better to...

#027 - Join us for a wonderful conversation with Flower Essence Practitioners Kathleen Aspenns & Rochana Felde on how flower essences offer wisdom and support to people in times of transition and healing. ⁠ In this episode, Kathleen and Rochana share key messages from essences they’ve been working with recently and why flower essences are such an effective medicine for highly sensitive people. They offer wisdom on the value of plant-centric flower essence education and how an experience...

#026 – What are the ancient teachings of primordial plants, and what messages of healing are they offering to us now? Join us for a very special Plant Spirit Podcast conversation with Culturalist and Alchemist Ke’oni Hanalei, who honors the ancient plant medicine lineage of his Maui grandmother (tūtū), Kau'ikeonalani, in his work and connection with plants. In this episode, Ke’oni offers profound insight into the ancient, timely wisdom of Pohala (to recover consciousness), and how plants...

#025 - What can plant music teach us about being human? Join us for an amazing conversation with Plant Music Composer & Sound Healer Shane Mendonsa on his experience of co-creating with the plants through generative music. In this episode, Shane offers deep insight into how connecting with plants through plant music can help us connect to a state of healing. We first recorded this for the Plant Spirit Herbalism Summit, and it was such a gem of a discussion that I wanted to share it...

#024 - What does it mean to be a Green Witch? Join Sara Artemisia for an incredible conversation with Herbalist Lupo Passero of Twin Star Herbal Education and Community Apothecary on the experience of remembrance and the path of the Green Witch. In this amazing Plant Spirit Podcast episode, Lupo shares about the importance of listening to plant and human elders, how we all have plant people in our lineage, and the importance of coming from a space of gratitude and love when reclaiming the...

#023 - Join us for an amazing conversation with flute player and crafter Geri Littlejohn on the reciprocal nature of our relationship with trees and the sacred process of making and playing flutes. In this episode, Geri shares about her process of connecting with the spirit of trees and the experience of working with the breath as an instrument. She also graciously plays a song on an Elder tree flute that she recently made and shares about the journey and process of making this particular...

#022 - Join us for an incredible conversation with artist, plant whisperer, and wayshower Lisa Estabrook on how flowers create space for healing.  In this episode, Lisa shares about the timely medicine of her close ally Dandelion and what it means to tend the garden of the soul. She also offers wisdom about her experience with flower medicine as story medicine, and how Nature helps us connect with the power of witnessing, observing, and being compassionate towards the self and others....

#021 - Join us for an amazing conversation with plant medium, educator, and writer Elsie Lopez on how the land is holding a healing language right now that can help us transform layers of grief and connect to a state of presence. In this episode, Elsie shares profound wisdom on accessing healing codes and being in a co-creative process with plants and the land. She also offers key practices for learning how to communicate directly with the landscapes around us, and insight into the...

#020 – What would this world look like if kids were taught from a young age to cultivate connection with the wisdom of the Earth?  Join us for an incredible conversation with Patricia Walsh-Collins on how to help children connect with the living relationship between Nature, people, art, and the self.  In this episode, Patricia shares about her experience with Earth School and why it’s important to cultivate awareness of the connection between inner wisdom and Nature from a young age. She also...

#019 - What are the Four Sacred Gifts of the Eagle Hoop Prophecy? Join us for a very special Plant Spirit Podcast conversation with Nahua (Aztec) and Mexican American author Dr. Anita Sanchez on Indigenous Wisdom for Modern Times. In this episode, Anita offers profound insight into the wisdom of the Four Sacred Gifts in the Eagle Hoop Prophecy and how this provides guidance on how to be in right relationship with the self and all life at this pivotal time on the planet. She also shares...

#018 - An incredible conversation with Pip Waller and Lucy Wells on working with plant spirit medicine healing and engaging with Nature on a deeper level.    In this episode, Pip and Lucy offer profound insight into how people can communicate with plant spirits, and the role that plant spirits have for human evolution at this point in history. They also share about the added layers that working with plant spirits can bring into all forms of healing work.    Pip Waller and Lucy Wells are Plant...

#017 - Join us for a powerful conversation with pioneering Plant Spirit Healer Pam Montgomery as she shares about plant initiations & how the plants are driving our spiritual evolution. In this episode,  Pam also offers deep insight into what it means to live a life in service of the plants, and to be in relationship and co-creative partnership with Nature. We first recorded this for the Plant Spirit Herbalism Summit, and it was such a gem of a conversation that I wanted to share it...

#016 - Do you ever work with herbs while dreaming? Join us for a very special conversation with herbalist and flower essence practitioner Katie Rose Browning on the power of listening to and embodying herbal messages in the dreamtime. We recorded this in the rainforest of Costa Rica where Katie and her family are stewarding and living in relationship with the land at Casa Vida Flor. So you will hear all the sounds of the environment including the river, birds, wind, rain, and children...

#015 - Join us for an amazing conversation with Suhaly Bautista-Carolina of Moon Mother Apothecary on the power and experience of diving into the depths of the plant path. Suhaly is an AfroKisqueyan herbalist, artist, educator, and community organizer. And she’s the founder of Moon Mother Apothecary, a practice and offering of heart-centered, moon-powered medicines created in the traditional wisdom and knowledge of her ancestors. In this episode, Suhaly shares about how working with...

#014 - Dana Lynn Peterson is an incredible plant spirit artist, and she created the art for this year’s Plant Spirit Herbalism Summit. Join us in this episode where Dana shares a behind-the-scenes look at the magic and beauty of plant spirit art and her process of painting with plant essences. Exploring ways to express the energy and spirit of the plants into a two dimensional art form is what truly makes Dana’s heart bloom, and one of the most amazing aspects of her art is how she weaves...

#013 - Don Tipping of Siskiyou Seeds is incredibly knowledgeable and wise in the way of life and seeds. He brings an embodied philosophy of experience in his work and has an amazing way of weaving connections between seeds and the relationship with Nature, life, and cultures across space and time.    Join us in this episode where Don shares about:   * Fascinating accounts on the intersection of plant lore and seed stories that are interwoven through global cultures over time.  * How growing...