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Jacqui Wilkins + Naturopathic Doctor, Plant Medicine & Herbal Wisdom, Markham, ON (2026)

05/30/2026

May we always make time to listen to songs of Creation, to connect with the Land, ourselves, those we love 💚

Some moments of Medicine making, gathering Plant Medicines to hold us, beauty & time on the Land this Spring. Gratitude + grief weaving 🌧️🌸 {slide 15, wait 🦅}

Preparing for the Spring Strawberry Moon update {June 6th, 9:30am PST} 🍓✨

A little prayer this Full (Blue) Moon time:
"May we remember that while our time here is fleeting, it may be impactful. May we be guided to remember the Medicine we carry, our Hearts 💕
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May we move with courage in creating change we vision, even if it seems impossible, may we remember that linear time is an illusion. Future generations will feel all we pour into this time.

May we make time to sit with Stone kin & listen to their stories of change, millions of years old... understanding our roles here, our paths.

May we hear our Ancestors hopes, prayers & stories held in the Land. Even ones that feel like they may break us. May we be held tenderly as we remember.

May we return to the Earth in all ways, reminded how to move in harmony with one another & also these cycles of time.

May we remember that our body is Nature, separation is an illusion. May we tend to the Earth & our bodies with the care we would a loved one.

May regret & longing be met with compassion + tenderness. May we let rage & grief transmute & transform us.

May we greet these cycles with trust. Knowing that while we may not come out of them who we were, we will return to who we are & always have been.

May we listen to bird song on a Spring day if they visit, may we let these vibrations move us to protect all of Life here. To honour all those who have walked before us & those to come.

May the beauty of life crack our Hearts open to alchemize grief & excruciating pain that exists here too.

May we remember our place among Creation. How to listen to the stories of the Earth, Stone kin, Waters, one another ~ those held within our own bodies 🌧️🍃

May we build worlds we vision & on the hard days, may we be held by the Earth 🦋 {Making Medicines to hold us too; find them in the Strawberry Moon update, 6/6 at 9:30am PST, xo 🍓

05/29/2026

Your Liver impacts so much! Spring is a time to support our Liver, Gallbladder & detoxification pathways. Easing irritability {yes} & moving stuck, stagnant energy 💚

Our bodies have detoxification systems, but sometimes they can get a little stuck, overburdened, stagnant 🌼

They may need some extra love & support! Think of it like Spring clearing for our bodies. *and not just for Spring

In TCM Spring is correlated with the Liver & Gallbladder meridians. The colour is Green, fitting as the Land unfurls in the most beautiful shades of green! The emotion is anger, irritability. How many of us are feeling that heightened (valid) irritability + anger right now?

Our Liver wants to flow, to move, to move energy throughout our entire bodies as it directs Qi. If our Livers are overwhelmed we may begin to notice disharmony in other parts of our bodies as well. Excess irritability, anger, are some common symptoms with Liver stagnation. And, they are also valid.

When we can see, vision, different Worlds + ways of being, yet still are living within these harmful systems, still witness to the continued violence on human + more than human (Earth) kin, it makes sense we may feel stuck.

Having to push against systems, and hold that energy of ‘resistance.’ Plants can help support us as we create change & show up in ways we are called.

Supporting our Livers & detoxification during Spring can of course be potent for our physical health, but also for our emotional + spiritual. We can ‘vision’ (eyes are connected with Liver) ways forward, we feel motived & clear on taking embodied action to create change. We may have more energy, vitality! See slides for symptoms of imbalanced Liver.

Some of my fave "Liver Herbs" {more info in slides}:
✽ Oregon Grape
✽ Dandelion
✽ Milk Thistle
✽ Buplerum
✽ Goji Berry
✽ Reishi
✽ Burdock
✽ Bitter Spring greens

You can find many of these Medicines in the upcoming Spring update, June 6th, 9:30am PST! I can’t wait to share them all with you. Be on the lookout especially for West Coast Citrus Bitters {the BEST} & Green Goddexx lymph + liver support 💚

05/28/2026

Save the date, kin!! Xálish Strawberry Moon drop next Saturday June 6th at 9:30am PST// 12:30pm EST on the Xálish W3BSITE 🍓

It's a busy time of tending, gathering & crafting so many beautiful Medicines. 35+(!!) new & re-stocked Medicines, whew! 🌸

I can't wait to share this all with you! Months of tending, growing, harvesting, crafting, coming together 💫 The Spring update is filled with so much vitality, renewal & sweetness. Themes of regeneration, Flowers holding us.

Reminders of beauty that exists here too. Of our interconnection, kinship responsibilities. That we aren't alone 💚 I hope they support & hold you.

Love + prayers for collective l1beration, healing, harmony, Ancestral remembering poured into these Medicines. Knowing they guide & sustain us.

Some Mugwort Flower wands will be back! 🌼

There are NEW Medicines that I can't wait to share also! Coastal Forests Seaweed + Cedar, Nettle BODY Oil with Gotu Kola & Coastal Mugwort will be back… so beautiful. Also Elixir of Life Mushroom Adaptogenic tincture for cortisol & mitochondrial support!

Seasonal faves like Magnolia Oxymel, Green Goddexx Lymphatic + Liver support & Lilac Elixir will also be back! {they're back just once a year!}

Strawberry Moon Adaptogenic Elixir (SO yummy!), Wormwood salve, Makwa Cottonwood + Birch salve, Hypericum salve, Heart Song, Sweetgrass + Rose spray, Aki 2.0, Calm & Spirit Moon will all be in!

As well as womb/creative energy center Medicines: Nectar of Life, Memories of the Womb & Tilíwal Blood building Elixir. Plus Wildflowers ritual bath! 🦋

I'm excited to share Intertidal Plant + Seaweed infused Blue Tansy facial Serum, rejuvenating Blue Clay + Kelp face mask & two beautiful Hydrosols {Yarrow, Sweetgrass, Rose, yes!}… a big drop 💗

Reminders that offerings usually sell out quickly as they’re limited, seasonal, batches. The Medicines always find their way, there are many amazing makers. I'm sending out a full list soon if you'd like to know what will be available.

May the Medicines we seek find us 🌺 Blessings, kin. Deep gratitude for this work, for you all making it possible, for supporting micro businesses & trusting me to share these offerings 🌱

05/27/2026

When you speak with Plants, you speak from your Heart 💗

We all once shared a common language with Plants, Creation. We can still communicate, speak, listen to their wisdom. Especially when we move from our Hearts. Attuned to the vibration of the Cosmos, Land, Source. In Harmony with all that is.

Listening & communing w Plants looks different for everyone. Some hear, some feel, some receive music, or memories, some dream, some see words, images, etc.

Coming from our Heart space, respect & openness is vital for clear communication in any relationship, isn’t it? The Plants are no different.

Some of my favourite Medicines to make are for our Hearts. For Love. I ask myself why, and this is part of it. If we are to relate to our Tree, Animal, Plant Kin, one another, we must be coming from our Hearts. Attuned with Creation. Spirit. Of course, boundaries & discernment too.

Vibrational resonance. Not superficial love, but deep unconditional Love. Like the Love Creator, the Land, has for us - us for them. Love that moves us to protect the Sacred & one another. To honour & protect life.

Our Heart produces an electromagnetic field, which can be felt by others from a ways away! An actual energetic field. The Plants, Stones, Water, they have energetic fields as well ~ as all life here.

We can commune. FEEL one another. I often can sense a Plant’s presence before I see them. They call & guide through my Heart, body. But. I have to be attuned to hear. Present.

As such, I like to approach new Plant kin slowly. Letting our fields meet, introducing myself. Then asking permission, to touch, to sit together. Respect.

Getting to know one another. Making offerings if asking for advice, just as you would offer to an Elder. Engaging just as you would in connecting with a new friend. Patience. Listening.

Regardless of the conversations, they are always anchored in our Heart + Spirit 🌸💓 How is your Heart, kin? Can you hear the Plants, Land speaking? Imagine if we all could be this tender with one another🌹

P.S stay tuned for NEW Plant Medicines & alll the Flowers coming Sat. June 6th, 9:30am PST Strawberry Moon update! Heart & Horse month 💕

05/23/2026

The answer has always been returning to the Land, the Plants, Water ~ to Nature. Remembering we are Nature embodied, not separate from the Earth, our environments 💚

These systems want us to feel disconnected, exhausted. Disconnected from our bodies, the Earth, our Hearts, from our Food, Medicines, each other.

But we cannot be disconnected from who we are.

You cannot be disconnected from the Land, as you are the Land. We just have to remember.

Coming back to the Land is coming back to ourselves, to Spirit, our well Ancestors. Awakening Blood memory. Who we are & our unique gifts, ways of being. Relating.

The Earth, Water, always brings me back.

If you're feeling out of your body, overwhelmed, can't focus, can't function, sit with Creation. Put your body in Water if you can. Feel the soil.

Feel a Tree's bark, mosses softness. Smell Spring flowers. Feel your own Heart. Listen to the birds. A loved one's voice, touch.

Nibble some Spring greens, drop some Flower Essences onto your tongue. Receive the colours, fragrances, wind...

Let the Earth, the Plants, help you come back to yourself, to each other.

I first shared these words over 6 years ago now. They felt fitting to share again. As more people are hearing these calls from the Earth to remember 🐚🌷

Gratitude to all those caring for the Earth, each other, to the Plant people, organizers, Medicine carriers, Land, Water, winged ones, parents raising future Earth protectors, the warriors, to the ones doing their best to listen, prepare, to the seen & unseen.

Can you remember a time you felt held by the Earth, a Sunrise, a close Tree kin, the Stars? Be here for a moment.

Lots of love, kin ~ Jacqui 🌿

05/21/2026

Lilac Magic 🌸 Spring embodied. Gathering their blooms brings much needed sweetness. So many memories held in their fleeting fragrance, blooms.

Nostalgia, inner child healing. Our collective love of Lilacs feels so tender. Like this shared connection of a part of us that often evokes tender memories, hope, care, connection.

Lilac is a beloved kin. Holding reminders of alignment, contentment, joy. A time when even for a breath, a moment, there was beauty. A sense of harmony. Presence. Awe + trust.

Lilac may help to release rigidity & control. There may be grief, anger, around a situation or path not going as planned, unmet expectations & lack of control of an outcome {ahem, how many are feeling? and yet, we do have control over our behaviours}. Lilac may help us navigate these spaces & keep going.

I esp love them in Flower Essence form, working on our subtle & emotional bodies. You can find them as a single Flower Essence or in the Spring Flower Trio on Xálish Medicines.

This year I was able to gather some for us ~ making Medicines to hold our Hearts, to help us remember the sweetness, the tenderness, the energy of Spring, possibility & hope.

Lilac Lemonade has been my {and my little one's} fave the last few years. I got a double batch made of the Lilac Elixir for the BIG Spring update {coming June 6th, 9:30am PST, set your alarms!}. It’s so beautiful, fragrant. The taste is distinctly Lilac, yet complex.

I also got a batch of Lilac & Fir Honey started! I love the colours of the purple & fresh green together, that new growth… holding codes of blooming, stretching, when it’s time. Tree Medicine.

Lilac may help reduce inflammation, as well as ease digestive upset, bloating, nausea. They may be supportive for respiratory conditions & cough. They move Blood & stagnation, which makes sense being a Spring Medicine. Helping us to clear & move stuck energy. Spring cleaning!

Really though, they’re just so beautiful & so delicious! Their fragrance has been shown to be calming, we feel it when we connect with them. I can’t wait to share these new Medicines with you all soon June 6th! 💜

05/19/2026

When we come back to the Land, we come back to ourselves, to Spirit, to our well Ancestors.

Disconnect is an illusion.

You cannot be separated from who you are. The Earth, the Waters, the Stars. We are woven as one🌀

When I speak of returning to the Land, it is literal. The physical + spiritual are woven. As we put our hands in the Soil, we no doubt will feel the Earth, hear Spirit, feel blood memory awaken, if we listen.

As we take to the Waters, for fishing, connecting, reverent exploring, for Ceremony, we come home to ourselves. We strengthen who we are - our Ancestors sing.

When we learn the names {ancestral} of the Plants around us, their personality & spirit, we remember they are also our Community. They are family. We strengthen our ties to the Earth, we may feel less despair & more connection, hope + purpose. Relational healing.

When we spend less time on modern tech (including AI) & return to Ancient tech, the lessons are endless. Patience, precision, timing, love, grief, grace, co-creating, interdependence, community. We rewire our neural pathways, we rebalance neurotransmitters.

When we grow our own food & teach young ones these ways, we protect future generations, we fill our bodies + spirits with nourishment from the Land. Our bodies recognize this. Our Spirits recognize this. We feel FED. We strengthen our bodies health.

When we seek Medicines of our people, we remember that we’ve always known these ways. We have the tools we need to heal {& we remember what ‘healing’ really means, we care one another}.

When we align w the cycles of the Moon + Stars, we remember our own rhythms & can discern when things are ‘off.’ We strengthen our intuition.

✨ We remember our original instructions.

Our mental health improves, blood sugars, cortisol + hormone balance, etc. We are meant to be in intimate relation with the Land, all of Creation.

Return to the Land, to the Plants. Return to yourself.

We strengthen our gifts, our Medicine, our health, we strengthen our Communities, Families. Remembering + Reclaiming 🌿 We all must remember. Stay tuned for the BIG Xálish Strawberry Moon update, June 6th, making lots of good Medicines to hold us 🌺🍓

05/15/2026

Herbalism is original Medicine, traditional healing. It is rooted in care & love for the Earth, for liberation of all kin (human & more than human).

It's not individualism wrapped up as “self sufficiency” that leaves the most marginalized out. Exploiting the Land, capitalizing on a longing to return to ways that many have been severed from (at the hands of colonization). It is for us all. It is remembering who we are, what we have always known.

It is a returning. It is living. Vital.

Returning to ways of life that actually sustain & NOURISH all life here. True abundance.

It is divesting from systems meant to harm, meant to keep us disconnected, divided. Hungry. Sick (so much to say on this as often the wellness + herb world also has a lot of abelism).

Herbalism is community care. It is health care. It is feeding one another, our families. It is economic sovereignty. It is Indigenous wisdom, knowledge systems, put into practice for the love & care of the Earth. 
It is not to further commodify the Plants, the Earth, the Water.

It is who we are. It is honouring our responsibilities as humans here.

Growing our own Herbs, Food, making Medicines is foundational to being. It can be resistance, yes, but that also requires our other actions to align with liberation.

I've been seeing more & more “Garden or Herb” content popping up that lacks connection. That is AI written, made. That takes from small makers, creators {seen this a few times with large herbal accounts that are big corporations}. Herbalism, Gardening, Land tending is for us all.

Don't let social media feed you this superficial idea of coming back to the Land & 'Nature' (you are Nature) 🌿 The Plants are waiting for us to just show up as we are, and truly listen. {and don't worry, I've got a Ta**us szn Flower post coming tomorrow, but this also needed to be said 💕}

05/12/2026

Nettle season!! Food as Medicine 💚 Spring greens for Ta**us szn 🌿 There's so much to these kin. They're one of my faves! Often known as nature's multivitamin they are full of minerals + nutrients.

They are also blood building, supportive for anemia. And astringent. They help tonify, or tighten, tissues. This can be helpful when there is excess dampness or bogginess in the tissues.

I love working with them for pre-conception & postpartum support. Helping to support the uterus, as well as building blood.

There is so much to their medicine! They also help reduce mucous {again, astringency} & overall inflammation. Supprtive for seasonal allergies.

They remind us how to walk* (move) in a good way. To pay attention to where & how we are walking. How to be in good relationship with all beings here 🌱

They're a fave food medicine too! I love love cooking with Nettles {& many Plants}. Making pestos, shortbread, pastas! {Comment if you'd like recipes!💚}

Reclaiming Ancestral ways through Food + sovereignty. Awakening our Spirit, bodies, moving stagnation, supporting detoxification pathways, gut & connecting🌞

Working with Spring greens reminds us that food tethers us here, to the Earth. To our own bodies. To me, it feels like it awakens my cells for Spring. Gentle liver + lymph love 💧

Also the Medicine & healing that comes from just being on the Land/garden. Hands in the soil. Many of these grow as so called ‘weeds’ & are accessible. They're a beautiful kin to grow!

The soil they are harvested from also contains microbes that may act as a natural mood support. Supporting our mental health & nourishing. Harmonizing our Gut which also ties into reclaiming our identity, truth & being.

Returning to the Land is returning to ourselves, making our Ancestors proud 💚

Find Nettle in SO many Xálish Medicines including Green Vitality tea, Sea Hair oil, Tilíwal Blood Building elixir, Coastal Forests body oil, Aláyt Seaweed + Nettle Bath, Green Goddexx lymph tonic... all will be back for the Spring update!! Likely June 6th :) Stay tuned 🌿💚

I'm sending out new Nettle recipes next week if you'd like some, head to my B10 to receive :)

Jacqui Wilkins + Naturopathic Doctor, Plant Medicine & Herbal Wisdom

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