Nurture the Soul with Nature

05/13/2023

12/21/2022

After years of research, Mahkihkiwa, a Myaamia Ethnobotanical Database is ready for the community to use! Mahkihkiwa or ‘herb medicine’ in English, was chosen as the name to signify the important r…

12/18/2022

“In my work with Medicine for the Earth, which I started teaching in the 1990, I found that people were getting stuck on reciting spiritual teachings and ideas without truly understanding the energy behind the words. And I felt I could only take my groups so deep into mysteries when the words were more of something our mind embraced but our body did not get the true energy, nurturance, and magic to absorb from the words.

“Words are magic. And you have seen me share again and again that shamans are gardeners of energy. Shamans take the words and break the form down into what is the energy and frequency you are calling into your life with a word. For often we are unaware of what we are calling into our lives and the collective when we speak. Words are seeds that grow into plants. What plants are you are growing in your inner garden?

“ … go outside in nature and imagine saying different words that embrace the energy of ‘gratitude’ and ‘thank you’ and experience for yourself the energy you are calling in and try and absorb the energy into your cells …

“Or you can perform a shamanic journey where you experience yourself in nature saying words out loud and watch the dance of energy the words create.

“You should feel energized and nurtured by the words you speak. And then when we speak about gratitude it might have a deeper meaning for you.”
~ Sandra Ingerman

Photo of beaver lodge by Lori Matthews

10/18/2022

Come into the Miami County Artisan Gallery on Wednesday, Oct 19, 2022, from 2-7 for the Miami County Recording Studios open house. Nurture the Soul with Nature and Bear Woman Herbs will extend the hours on Oct. 19 from 12 pm to 7 pm to be open for visitors of the open house. https://www.facebook.com/MiamiRecordingArtsStudios

10/18/2022

11/04/2021

"Detroit Voters Approve Psychedelics Decriminalization Ballot Measure.

Detroit voters approved a ballot initiative to widely decriminalize psychedelics, making it the latest in a growing number of jurisdictions to enact the reform.

Unofficial results on Tuesday evening showed the measure, which states that the city will “decriminalize to the fullest extent permitted under Michigan law the personal possession and therapeutic use of Entheogenic Plants by adults,” leading by a margin of 61 percent to 39 percent, with 100 percent of precincts reporting.

The new policy will also 'make the personal possession and therapeutic use of Entheogenic Plants by adults the city’s lowest law-enforcement priority.'"

Source: Marijuanamoment (link in comments)

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