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36. Magic Makes Us Human & Plants Keep Us Rooted- Rebecca Altman
FromMedicine Stories
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98 minutes
Released:
Jan 14, 2019
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Podcast episode
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How strategic inefficiency can make us more efficient, knowing your personality type, and being deeply rooted in place. IN THE INTRO: What time can do (my recent family emergency) Ancestral Lineage Healing Lion's mane mushroom & hawthorn berry medicine IN THE INTERVIEW: How the journey through grief, depression, and getting on and then getting off 5 different pharmaceuticals at once led Rebecca to herbalism Meeting the spirit of a place/seeing your home with new eyes Sexy desert plants: creosote (chaparral/Larrea) & ocotillo Where there is no word for magic because it's just a normal part of life & why believing in magic makes us human The West's missing rites of initiation & why we have such a hard time adulting Realizing that no one else is going to tell you that you belong, that you have the gift, that you are magical The humoural approach to herbalism & healing: why knowing your personal balance of temperaments (sanguine, choleric, meloncholic, and phlegmatic) can help you to know yourself better The debilitating cultural preference/lie embedded in The Hero's Journey The virtues of working inefficiently A practice to get you rooted and step you back inside yourself: reconnecting to what we cut off in order to get things done quicker & better Root medicine: shatavari & ashwaganda LINKS: Rebecca's websites: King's Road Apothecary and The Wonder Sessions Ancestral Lineage Healing Intensive in Berkeley 2/8-10 My website MythicMedicine.love Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses) The Medicine Stories Facebook group Take my fun Which Healing Herb is Your Spirit Medicine? quiz Mythic Medicine on Instagram Music by Mariee Sioux (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes) Malidoma Somé
Released:
Jan 14, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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