The Elder Tree Podcast
Dec 7, 2022
11. Listening with the mythic imagination: Jacqui Bushell on Sacred Herbalism
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Mythologist and herbalist Jacqui Bushell regales us with evocative stories about Celtic healers, Persephone's journey to the underworld and the Delphi Oracles' unusual use of Mugwort. She shares her own journey of hearing issues, and how this taught her to listen with her bones to the earth and the plants. Show notes: Find Jacqui's work at: Sacredpresence.com.au And https://www.facebook.com/jacqui.bushell.52 Plant Spirit & Council of Trees Meditation by Jacqui Bushell: https://youtu.be/wFBWNKj5pEU Check out Stephanie's upcoming 6-week course: Five Plants for Mood & Mind https://events.humanitix.com/five-plants-for-mood-and-mind
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35. Astrology as a map of changes and plant energetics: Benjamin Haynes on Sacred Herbalism
Astrologer, Ayurvedic Herbalist and Marketing consultant Benjamin Haynes talks to Stephanie Hazel about how his shift from sought-after marketing and advertising strategist to yoga teacher and Ayurvedic practitioner are all part of his astrological chart. They discuss how astrology offers us a map of the archetypal energies that shift and change in the living world of which we are a part, and how this map can also be applied to plants, both using astrological terms and using the fundamental map of ancient herbalism, herbal energetics. They ponder on the importance of getting out of the mind and into the heart to our capacity to tune in to the sacred that is everywhere.
Check out Benjamin's website: themedicineman.com.au or find him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/medicinemansydney/
and you can book a consultation directly on this number: 0405 650 588
To find out more about The Elder Tree visit the website here and donate to the crowdfunding campaign here.You can also follow The Elder Tree on Facebook and Instagram and sign up to the newsletter.Find out more about this podcast and the presenters here. Get in touch with The Elder Tree at: asktheeldertree@gmail.comThe intro and outro song is "Sing for the Earth" and was kindly donated by Chad Wilkins. You can find Chad's music here and here.
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May 27, 2023
34. Dynamic Groups, Eco-village Living & Elemental Prayer: Robin Clayfield on Permaculture Herbalism
Robin Clayfield is a Permaculture pioneer, educator, facilitator and best-selling author who is passionate about healthy groups, organisations and communities, their structures and governance and most importantly, their facilitation and group dynamics. She presents and consults around the world to support global health, group and personal well-being, and whole systems change through using Permaculture, Social Permaculture, Deep Ecology and her 'Dynamic Groups, Dynamic Learning' methodology. Robin loves Ritual and Ceremony, supporting people to have their own deep experience of nature, cycles and patterns, rites of passage, transformation and celebration. She also loves and nurtures a Permaculture garden and a 1-acre lot at Crystal Waters Ecovillage, where she's lived happily for 35 years.
In this conversation, Robin speaks openly about her pioneering days as an activist, her role in social permaculture, and what that looks like in her work and offerings, including a five-part series of books soon to launch. I have personally attended her courses and utilised her practical resources as helpful tools when providing group facilitation and dynamic decision-making services, aswell as at any time I am teaching permaculture. We can thank her for bringing the Spirit Care ethic into join the Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share ethics embodied in the framework of permaculture design.
She speaks of Turmeric as her must-have herbal plant. She shares her golden milk recipe and other kitchen witching ways that she regularly utilises plants from her garden, including Moringa, Gotu Kola and Brahmi, Lesser Galangal and her go-to first aid herbs. Plus, a reminder to 'eat your greens' wisely and flavour salads with seasonal herbs for taste and health benefits.
We also discuss how rituals and ceremonies play an important part in her life, her annual labyrinth-making installation and how Deep Ecology continues to be a source of inspiration and inclusion in her many course offerings. She reminds us to be grateful for the gifts of nature and kindly permitted me to share her elemental prayer aptly called 'Thank You For The Five Sacred Things'. I hope you enjoy listening to this wise woman as much as I did!
Show Notes:
Upcoming 'Dynamic Groups, Dynamic Learning' workshop 23rd to 28th July. https://www.facebook.com/events/2609079422566907
Robin's Permaculture Design Course at Crystal Waters in August from 13th to 27th - https://crystalwaters.org.au/permaculture-design-course/
Connect:
Website: Earthcare Education + Dynamic Groups: http://www.dynamicgroups.com.au/
Courses & Workshops: https://dynamicgroups.com.au/courses-and-workshops/
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You can also follow The Elder Tree on Facebook and Instagram and sign up to the newsletter. Find out more about this podcast and the presenters here.
Get in touch with The Elder Tree at: asktheeldertree@gmail.comThe intro and outro song is "Sing for the Earth" and was kindly donated by Chad Wilkins. You can find Chad's music here and here.
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May 21, 2023
33. Building a Culture of Collaboration in the Herbal Community: Cat Green on Herbal Education
Today's interview is a great discussion with Cat Green from Everyday Empowered. Cat is a home herbalist and grassroots community herbal organiser and educator. She's passionate about making it easy -and normal - for people to make simple, effective herbal remedies at home.
She believes home herbalism is all about reclaiming our capacity to care for ourselves and our families, as well as reconnecting more deeply with the earth. Through Everyday Empowered, she offers a wide range of practical ways for people to learn about herbs - HerbFest, monthly workshops through the Herb Folk group, DIY Herbal Remedy Kits and online courses in collaboration with Heidi Merika (for more about Heidi Merika check out interview #9).
In this interview we learn about Cat's journey into natural medicine starting with spending 3 months with typhoid and dysentry in Indonesia. With a background communication for social change, Cat sees herself as a herbal community builder and she loves bringing people together and collaborating with other talented herb lovers. We talk about the deep importance of collaborating and creating mutual supportive relationships with others on the plant path- busting through the ultra-independent mindset of a dog-eat-dog world, building a "culture of collaboration" and having a community mindset rather than an industry mindset. She talks about the importance of "making us visible to each other" via herbal gatherings and online spaces like The Elder Tree podcast.We discuss the importance of embodied learning with the plants and the importance of creating simple and slow learning spaces to assist students to retain the information. We dream up a future of people living a better life more aligned with nature, with more connection to wild spaces. We envision the world full of home herbalists, taking the pressure off hospitals, and holistic practitioners working more closely alongside the modern allopathic medicine world. Thank you Cat for all of the potent work you are doing in the Australian herbal community. Thank you for sharing your vision for the future and having the strength and courage to work with others to create that future! We are dreaming this into being together.
Herbfest 18th June 2023:
https://everydayempowered.com.au/herbfest/
To find out more about Everyday Empowered:https://everydayempowered.com.au/
IG: @everyday.empoweredHerbal Starter Kits:To purchase a Herbal Starter kit use this affiliate link and 15% of the sale will go to The Elder Tree!:https://www.everydayempowered.com.au/?ref=xe741xvr
To find out more about The Elder Tree visit the website here and donate to the crowdfunding campaign here.You can also follow The Elder Tree on Facebook and Instagram and sign up to the newsletter.Find out more about this podcast and the presenters here. Get in touch with The Elder Tree at: asktheeldertree@gmail.comThe intro and outro song is "Sing for the Earth" and was kindly donated by Chad Wilkins. You can find Chad's music here and here.
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