Sycamore Mama

04/18/2024

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🌼 Linné's Floral Clock, where each hour on the dial corresponds to the opening and closing of the flower petals. Linné created this composition in summer in a garden in Uppsala, Sweden, at a latitude of 60 degrees. The results would have been different at another latitude or season.

On the bottom left side, starting at 6am, are the plants that open in the morning. Some of these would be:
5-6 am: dandelion, sow thistle, morning glory, spotted cats ear
6-7 am: hawkw**d, water lily, garden lettuce
7-8 am: scarlet pimpernel, proliferous pink
8-9 am: Field marigold, gentians
9-10 am: Helichrysum, California poppy, calendula
10-11 am: Star of Bethlehem
11am-noon: passionflower, goatsbeard

In the right half of the sphere, beginning at twelve o'clock, are the plants with flowers that close in the afternoon between:
12-1pm: Chiding pink, marsh sow thistle
1-2 pm: Scarlet pimpernel
2-3 pm: Hawkbit
3-4 pm: small bindw**d, California poppy, ice plant, calendula
4-5 pm: Rough hawkbit, spotted cats ear
5-6 pm: Evening primrose, moonflower, white waterlily

02/02/2024

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01/06/2024

Daily consumption of clean water is the foundation of your life, especially when on a healthy breast journey.

Water flushes impurities from your system, helps your body absorb nutrients, prevents constipation and dizziness, keeps your brain hydrated, regulates the digestive process, and provides countless other benefits.

However, toxic water—especially water that includes PFAS and other damaging chemicals—can substantially harm your health.

Fortunately, we have the information and products needed to proactively drink clean and nourishing water—at any time, anywhere.

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12/27/2023

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12/27/2023

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Happy Holidays! Like many people, you may have over indulged on the holiday treats. Eating a lot of sugar can leave our bodies feeling tired, with achey joints and excess congestion. Milk Thistle Seed is used by many to aid the liver in detoxing the body and relieving those pesky sugar side-effects.

12/24/2023

🌿 💫 Medieval lore states those who smelled rosemary on Christmas Eve would have a year of health and happiness.
Rosemary translate to ~remembrance, friendship~ in the Language of Flowers. 💫 🌿

11/21/2023

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"Cravings are clues. When we’re out of balance, we develop a craving for the flavor that will correct that imbalance."

Let’s talk about cravings! How many of you have a pesky craving for sweets...

10/26/2023

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03/24/2023

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Reishi is sometimes called “the mushroom of immortality” because it has so many health benefits. Long used in Traditional Chinese Medicine and other systems of medicine around the world, this adaptogen is considered tonifying to the entire body. Modern research confirms the antioxidant and immune-modulating activity of reishi. A 12-week randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical study was performed using 350 mg of beta-glucans from reishi delivered in yogurt to healthy children, aged 3 to 5 years old. The study found that the β-glucans in yogurt increased the frequency of both innate and adaptive immune system cells in the peripheral blood cells, critical in the defense against infectious threats, compared to placebo yogurt. Reishi is a wonderful adaptogen with a special affinity for the immune system!

Read the study here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30317947/

03/19/2023

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I don't know who needs to hear this today, but here's a gentle reminder that setting boundaries is good for your health!⁠
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Being chronically overwhelmed can jack up our cortisol and impact our mental health, digestion and microbiome, sleep, blood sugar, hormones, moods, and more. It's called allostatic load - it's the impact of life-stress on our nervous system, and in turn, our health.⁠
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Too often we say yes because of fear of disappointing others, FOMO - as in missing out on an opportunity, or due to economic or career fears. Believe me, I've been there, done that, and at times felt like my work/money/relationships required it of me.⁠
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It's not true! We don't have to give into busy or urgency culture. We don't have to - and can't - sustainably say yes to everything and everyone - and still be and give our best. And we don't have to people please to be loved, wanted, successful, or anything else of value!⁠
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So next time you feel the internal pressure to say yes when your health and life really need you to say no:⁠
- Take a step back and recognize that the anxiety, fear, or pressure feelings are a result of a triggered stress response⁠
- Take 4 deep breaths⁠
- Now think about what's REALLY on your plate - do you REALLY have the true capacity to take on one more thing with ease and without neglecting your own needs?⁠
- Ask yourself what you're really afraid of in saying no: is it stress, FOMO, fear of disappointing others? What would really truly happen if you declined in favor of your health and peace?⁠
- Breathe again and say No, No thank you, Not this time, or if you need to, I'll think about that and get back to you. But truly, no explanations are required!⁠
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Not great at no? For guidance on how to decline, and say no with grace, listen to my podcast or read my article Why Boundaries are Important for your health at the link.⁠
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You won't disappoint anyone who truly respects and cares about you. In setting healthy boundaries, you'll start to define who those people are and what's really important to you. And when you say no to the things that aren't necessary, you open up a lot more room to say YES to the things and people that are! ❤️
https://avivaromm.com/setting-healthy-boundaries/

01/28/2023

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Easy not Peasy. First Time Medicinal Herb Garden consists of full-sized seed packets of: Holy Basil (Temperate Tulsi) (Ocimum africanum), organic Mixed Calendula (orange and yellow flowers) (Calendula officinalis), organic True Comfrey (Symphytum officinale), organic…

01/28/2023

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The Kidneys are responsible for holding the vitality of the body and controlling water. They are associated with brain function, the lower back, hearing issues, reproduction, aging, and feelings of will power. The adrenals are part of the Kidney system. Therefore, when the Kidney system is healthy, so are the adrenals.

Both the Kidneys (Yin) and Adrenal glands (Yang) are part of the body’s stress response system, including the fight-or-flight reaction. To view this in the simplest of ways, Kidney Yin is calming and connects to the parasympathetic nervous system. Kidney Yang is active and connected to the sympathetic (reactive) nervous system.

When one experiences chronic stress, or unending stress, the adrenals become unable to meet the body's demand. Hormonal imbalance occurs and the adrenals are exhausted. Simultaneously, the Kidney system becomes compromised since there is no longer enough aldosterone to help maintain proper water-sodium balance in the body. In TCM’s perspective, this is the point where the Kidneys become depleted of vital Qi.

When we think of stress we tend to think of financial, work, and daily life stressors. What also stresses the body and especially the Kidney system are lifestyle habits— lack of proper relaxation, sleep imbalances, overexertion, substance abuse, improper work and life balance, poor diet, too much caffeine, and living in a fearful state regarding the future.

How can we help?
〰️Acupuncture, Qigong, meditation all work to relieve stress and create proper Blood and Qi flow.
〰️Adaptogens are plants and mushrooms that help your body respond to stress, anxiety, fatigue and overall well being.
〰️Magnesium encourages relaxation abilities, reducing stress and anxiety.
〰️Lifestyle habits like proper rest, natural stress relief, proper diet, decreased caffeine intake, no caffeine on an empty Stomach.
〰️Check the Kidney highlight for foods and tips.

📍Kidney Recharge is a traditional formula to boost Kidney vitality and to help balance the adrenals.
📍Adaptogens to help include Schisandra, Rhodiola Root, and Astragalus.
📍For those dealing with lots of stress and emotional imbalance use Liver Recharge.

01/23/2023

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“ There are many great alternatives that will hold water and air as well as peat moss does.
In fact, some will even do a better job than peat moss by adding nutrients and fostering microbial life.”

In the world of horticulture, peat moss possesses many qualities we want in a growing medium. Peat moss has a lightweight and spongy texture. It has the uncanny ability to hold on to air and

01/20/2023

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We are the earth.
Made from her body, we go back into it when we pass.
This time of disconnection has not served us well.
All the solutions exist, in our hearts, in the earth body.
There are no solutions to this crisis in a laboratory, with our political “leaders”, in the destructive economic systems we have created.
The only solution involves turning towards a simple life. One where we restore those broken connections on all levels. Restoring communities, living soil, drinkable rivers, abundant seas, thriving ecosystems, sweet clean air.
The only solution starts at home.
Whether it’s a garden, a community garden, a window box or a balcony, start today by offering it back to nature. Pour your love into the wild native plants and creatures that find refuge there. This is how you start to restore your own connection with the earth.
This is how we must all begin the work of restoration of life. Of hope.
At home.
www.wearetheark.org

01/17/2023

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One thing we realize as we gain life experiences and grow is that no one is going to force you to reach your highest potential. You have to see it in your mind and then go there yourself. That can be uncomfortable, lonely, tiring, and seem like the more difficult road. With that said, this road is also revelatory, healing, strengthening, and completely life-changing!

The only way to get what you want, or the life that you want, is through yourself! To change, you must experience different ways of life than the ones that lead you to where you may not want to be.

Small, consistent changes lead to big results. The kind you can implement daily without massive resistance. The kind that builds up over time and becomes habit. The type that lasts and does not fade.

What is a small change that greatly impacted your life for the better?

01/15/2023

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“You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” ~ Maya Angelou✨

Creativity = Manifesting power 💫

The more creativity you feel flowing in your life, the more magnetic you tend to be.

Synchronicity happens. Things fall into place. Ideas flash at the perfect moment. Solutions are easier to find. Things are more fun. And, interesting. And , refreshing. And, exciting.

One of the easiest ways to make space for more creativity is to curate what you consume— on social media, tv, news, books, in conversations, all of it.

When you consume less— or, really choose what’s most valuable for you to consume— you have more space to to tap into your own thoughts and inner guidance.

And… it’s easier to take the first steps to create your biggest masterpieces! 💫✨💖

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01/15/2023

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In ancient Greece, women were forbidden to study medicine for several years until someone broke the law. Born in 300 BCE, Agnodice cut her hair and entered Alexandria medical school dressed as a man. While walking the streets of Athens after completing her medical education, she heard the cries of a woman in labour. However, the woman did not want Agnodice to touch her although she was in severe pain, because she thought Agnodice was a man. Agnodice proved that she was a woman by removing her clothes without anyone seeing and helped the woman deliver her baby.
The story would soon spread among the women and all the women who were sick began to go to Agnodice. The male doctors grew envious and accused Agnodice, whom they thought was male, of seducing female patients. At her trial, Agnodice, stood before the court and proved that she was a woman but this time, she was sentenced to death for studying medicine and practicing medicine as a woman.
Women revolted at the sentence, especially the wives of the judges who had given the death penalty. Some said that if Agnodice was killed, they would go to their deaths with her. Unable to withstand the pressures of their wives and other women, the judges lifted Agnodice's sentence, and from then on, women were allowed to practice medicine, provided they only looked after women.
Thus, Agnodice made her mark in history as the first Greek female doctor, physician and gynecologist. This plaque depicting Agnodice at work was excavated at Ostia, Italy.

01/02/2023

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12/27/2022

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12/21/2022

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Traditionally, the Winter Solstice, December 21, was considered the birth day of the sun, that magnificent point in time when the sun begins its return to the Earth again. In the midst of the longest darkest night, deep in the earth, even the seeds begin to stir with hope.

In times past and present, people gathered around bonfires, lit candles, sang songs of holiness and joy, and danced together to welcome the return of the light and the promise of new life. Homes were decorated with evergreen boughs, the symbol of life everlasting, and great feasts were prepared. We can still do much of this!

Now, more than ever, when so many people are suffering, isolated and alone, and the Earth herself seems in crisis, it is important to honor and celebrate these great shiftings of Earthly cycles.

✨ We are the light, living stars on Earth reflecting our light back into the darkness. Our task is to remember to turn that light on in our hearts and souls. Let it reflect in who we are and what we do in the world and the possibilities are infinite.✨

This Solstice, join your energies with the thousands of others around the world who are lighting their fires and singing their songs into the darkness. Dance freely, set your intentions, let go, and release all that no longer serves you or humanity. Order your seeds, plan your gardens, dream your future, and never fear, the sun is returning again and a new dawn is on its way.

With love from Vermont,
Rosemary 🌿

12/09/2022

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January used to be the hardest month. Back to school, back to work, back to cold, intense urban environments. Now January is this… warm soup on lovely days. Writing. Researching. Planning. Walks on the beach. Morning prayers with the sunrise. Sitting by the fire in the evening. Meals with my belov...

12/05/2022

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11/13/2022

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I am making a home inside myself.

A shelter of kindness where everything is forgiven, everything allowed—a quiet patch of sunlight to stretch out without hurry,
where all that has been banished
and buried is welcomed, spoken, listened to
—released.

A fiercely friendly place I can claim as my very own.

I am throwing arms open
to the whole of myself—especially the fearful,
fault-finding, falling apart, unfinished parts, knowing
every seed and w**d, every drop of rain, has made the soil richer.

I will light a candle, pour a hot cup of tea, gather
around the warmth of my own blazing fire. I will howl
if I want to, knowing this flame can burn through
any perceived problem, any prescribed perfectionism,
any lying limitation, every heavy thing.

I am making a home inside myself
where grace blooms in grand and glorious
abundance, a shelter of kindness that grows
all the truest things.

I whisper hallelujah to the friendly sky.
Watch now as I burst into blossom.

~ Julia Fehrenbacher, “The Most Important Thing”
Painted Path
www.juliafehrenbacher.com

Art by Josephine Klerks :: SoulArt Klerks ::
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11/11/2022

“After the diagnoses, she had 15 inches of colon with 28 lymph nodes removed, and later 20% of her liver removed, she wrote on her website. But there was one important part of the mainstream oncology treatment that she declined to do – after researching her disease and treatment options herself, she completely refused chemotherapy.

Instead Ivelisse turned to homeopathic remedies and supplements, as well as mistletoe injections – a popular alternative cancer treatment in Europe. Seven years later in 2016, she said she was completely cancer free and is happy to say that she beat IV stage colon cancer that only 11% of patients survive.”

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She Refused Chemo & Instead Chose To Receive Injections of This Plant (Hint: It’s NOT cannabis)by AltHealth Admin | August 17, 2022 Ivelisse Page’s family has a history of colon cancer. Her father died from the disease in his late thirties. Knowing that she was at higher risk for developing the ...

11/10/2022

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Holiday season 🎄 is my favorite time of year bc I get to incessantly remind our followers over and over to rethink normalized gifting.

Rethink it. Get outside the consumer box. Secondhand it. Make it. Dig deeper.

Help with rent is not silly. It’s crucial. A hair cut gift card is not silly. It’s helpful. A pass to a children’s museum for a year is not silly - it’s freaking amazing.

Get ready for endless prompts on non-consumer, experiences, minimalistic, secondhand and sustainable gifts to give this holiday season and any time you want to give a gift of love.

Xoxo
Dani

11/03/2022

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