The Quintessence of Honey

01/06/2024

Somewhere between functional and mystical, a broth was conjured with healing plants harvested from the holy mountain on which we live.
I was sick, and needed not to be. I searched high and low for a chicken soup that was nourishing to the body and soul, but found myself negotiating with trans fats and high sodium, a sign of the times and mission for my apothecary.
I decocted osha (one of my dearest plant allies and a fantastic agent for cough, pneumonia, respiratory infections and bronchitis) and astragalus root (another old friend I call on when immune support is needed) then added a ton of ginger, garlic, veg, and free range chicken, some herbs, and voila! Instantly transported to those magical moments where it’s just me, in the sun, face to face with the bear, digging roots and offering to***co. As for the cold, I won this round.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency “loves” when I add things to things that aren’t on our approved Canadian food pyramid. Hi Janet! I’m doing it again ✌🏼

12/18/2023

I wanted to work this wild rose oil I made in the summer into a nourishing lip butter, so I formulated it with (all organic) cacao butter, shea butter, beeswax, coconut oil, vitamin E, honey and hyaluronic acid. I’ve always been a chapstick gal so I’m looking for the perfect texture that is nourishing, au naturel, and glidey, but not sticky and thick.
I whipped up a matching lip scrub, and call it Mountain Lips.
I ordered biodegradable lip balm containers for good measure, incase it falls out of your pocket and into our streams :)

12/14/2023

It’s been such a hot minute it took me a whole 3 days to figure out where this page lives~

Assembling a new Moon in Sagittarius ritual bath: blue lotus oil infused with lapis lazuli, corn flower essences, lotus petals and epsom salts.
Since antiquity, we have been using Blue Lotus as a mystical ally to induce meditative states, relaxation and euphoria. When we infuse this with lapis lazuli, we increase the potential for heightened awareness, purification of the throat and third eye chakra, increased intuitive faculties, spiritual protection and transcendental experiences.

*this did not produce a “Thing 1 and Thing 2” type of situation in the bathtub after the magic hit*.

07/22/2020

I may have outdone myself ✨ celebrating Leo season and a rebirth with an elixir fit for Queens, colloidal GOLD and hibiscus 🌺 here’s little snap of the medicine wheel we created this year, it’s really starting to bloom with these solar vibes we’re finally bathing in ☀️ with Love and honey

03/15/2020

Baby Ashwagandha!

10/19/2019

Grandmother Sage, Salvia Officinalis

I work with this medicine with deep reverence, as she holds the ancient teachings of my ancestors within her. As one of my greatest plant allies, I was thrilled we decided to grow sage from seed this year (warnings of overharvesting white sage from southern regions being a contributor to my decision for sure) and planted her in all four corners of our property.

I regularly work with Salvia in our home to reset energy, cleanse tension that may be lingering from the day, to ground, to invoke dream state, and to protect our home from any unwanted astral interference.

This fall I felt called to work with Salvia medicine in a new way. With the onset of the air season, I could feel my Vata energy through the roof!!! I felt cold and dry, with a tendency towards nervousness, anxiousness, ungrounded, in the sympathetic state, and was otherwise physically exhausted.

I knew it was time to nourish my nervous system with oils, and increased omega 3/6/9 in a daily elixir. But, to my surprise, what was even more effective, was the daily herbal body oiling practice I implemented.

I harvested sage under moon rulership. I imagined a layer of protection between my sensitivities and the stimuli we are subjected to on the daily. I imagined a cleansing of the auric field from the astral debris I collect on my travels throughout the city. I imagined a deep and nourishing treatment for my nervous system to bring me back to a state of calm embodiment.

There is nothing quite like the next level of fresh plant extraction, that is where the heart of the medicine lays, where the transmissions between plant and human occur, and where the deepest healing happens ~

Suniai: deep listening.

With Love and 🍯

10/15/2019

Ensouled organic to***co, blended with healing botanicals and infused with intention, for those of us who enjoy a little sacred smoke from time to time 😏🌿

10/03/2019

Nock. Draw. Loose ♐️

Take the leap today. If there’s something you’ve been waiting to initiate, now is the time!

I’ve been getting increasingly specific when choosing magical elections (auspicious moments that have the greatest access to positive celestial influence, or initiating events at a time that will result in fortunate outcomes), and today is a great day for everyone to do magic, ritual, or start a project that needs a little secret sauce 🌌✨

With the moon (the vital force of the moment) applying to a conjunction with Jupiter (expansion, honours, success, optimism and aspiration) in his home of Sagittarius, then later today making a sextile to Venus (connection, relation, desire, love, sensuality, artistic experience) who is also in her home of Libra, there is no shortage of cosmological helping hands.
To increase the potency of your endeavour, it helps to know where your Sagittarian arrow is pointing. That is, which house Sag falls into in your natal chart. Is it your 2nd house of money? Or your 7th house of partnerships? Your 10th of career? (If you don’t know you can find your natal chart on Astro.com).

Shoot any questions my way, and keep me posted!!! Bless, love and 🍯💫 j

📸 creds to the always fab, mystic mama

09/13/2019

the moon in Pisces mini series ~ Jupiter herbs harvested on Jupiter day and hour, jupiter stones and essential oils, silver flecks in an antique silver sugar bowl, beeswax goodness ~

09/13/2019

09/13/2019

The last sips of summer for these little dream weavers~