Spiral Roots Sanctuary

01/11/2025

A cartoon by Adam Douglas Thompson.

See all the cartoons from this week’s issue: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Xr-824

12/05/2024

I’ve been playing around with some new products lately!

Maybe you can tell if you’ve been on my website recently. ;)

I made these Lavender Citrus Pillow Sprays for ~

Made with all natural essential oils, they smell sooo good and make for a luxurious and peaceful atmosphere when spritzed on your pillow and around your room. ✨

What do you think, should I make them for the website too??

I’d love your thoughts!

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11/30/2024

Supporting small businesses is more important than ever right now.

When you shop small, your money is going directly into the hands of those who put their time, money, and energy into the products they create and the services they provide.

I am so grateful for everyone who chooses to shop with me and buy my handmade goodies for the holidays! Your support truly means so much to me as it directly helps me get through the winter. ❄️

Right now I’m offering a 5% off my Etsy store through Monday!

Happy Small Business Saturday!

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11/24/2024

Hi Friends!
I just added some *New Yummy Goodies* up on the website and I have a big ole' favor to ask!

If you were intending on ordering from me, will you please order from my Etsy site vs. my actual website? While my website ultimately brings me more abundance, Etsy sends traffic to me that is much improved with the more orders (and positive reviews!!!) that I receive.

Someone a few years ago left me a three star review because she didn't brew her tea long enough and then blamed it on the tea (she later came back and re-wrote the review after I gave her a run down on steep times, but she still left the three stars...) and it really hurt my ratings!
I really need to get back to 5 stars on Etsy and I need your help to do it!

Order from my Etsy in the next week and I will include a *FREE GIFT* with your order! Just make a note in your order that you saw this post!

Thank you so much for your support! The Holidays are a comin' and I have lots of sweet goodies to choose from (and more I will be posting up soon!!)

With love,
Ashae ❤

P.S. ~ L!nk in C0mments

04/27/2024

04/22/2024

📸- MiDNR

01/22/2024

Cold weather can be a big trigger for aching joints and stiff muscles. ❄️

My Cayenne Lemongrass Joint & Muscle Rub is handcrafted with oils infused with anti-inflammatory herbs such as Arnica, Comfrey, Lobelia, & St. John’s Wort + blended with blood circulating herbs like Rosemary, Ginger, and of course, Cayenne!

Cayenne is a wonderful anti-inflammatory and pain reliever. The compound capsaicin has been know to desensitize the nerves that send pain signals to the body. When applied to sore joints and muscles, it can support in reducing pain and discomfort to these areas and provide the relief needed to keep on keepin’ on! 💪

Plant allies are such good friends, and I am never ceased to be amazed at how much they can support us when we are in need!

❤️🧡💛❤️🧡💛❤️

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01/20/2024

I have been *super* into candles lately! 🕯️✨ 🕯️

In the past month and a half, I’ve made probably dozens of my own ~ beeswax, soy wax, molds, pours, herbs, crystals, essential oils…I’ve been having so much fun using my creative energy in this way! 🌀

I’ve also been lighting candles in my home daily. Without a wood stove, sometimes I struggle with *finding the light* during the cold & dark winter months. I’m finding the warm flickering fire light even from a few small candles is giving me a spark of hope through these seasonal blues. 🔥

Ímbolc is just around the corner (February 1st) and I can’t help but muse that my candle obsession lately is more ancestral than a random crafty inspiration. During these frigid times, my Celtic ancestors would also be awaiting this celebration to one of the most revered goddesses, Brigid~ goddess of the home, hearth, black smithing, and the birthing of animals. Ímbolc is a time of remembrance that though cold days are still upon us, the darkest days are now behind us and the flame of hope for the future burns within us. 🔥
The Christianized version of Brigid, Saint Brigid, celebrates this day as Candlemas. 🕯️

Do you enjoy lighting candles in the winter? If you’re feeling the winter blues, I suggest giving it a try! You just might find that sitting with a little firelight can ignite within you the reminder that this too shall pass, and that warmer and abundant seasons are just around the corner…✨

If you’re in the Asheville area, join us for an Ímbolc ceremony on February 3rd at Mandala Springs to dance, chant, and set intentions for Brigid’s day together!

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01/17/2024

Sometimes, life gives us roses with thorns. 🌹

They can go deep, and even get lodged under our skin where they’re hard to seek out.

They can affect us for days , weeks, or perhaps even longer! We can limp around with this subtle pain, not knowing what to do about it, and it can influence us more than we realize! We can even try to ignore the discomfort for a while, hoping it goes away on its own. But suddenly, we are more sensitive, moody and perhaps even grumpy or feeling big feelings seemingly out of nowhere. It’s wild that what seems like such a tiny little thing can cause us so much pain!

Eventually, it becomes too much. Eventually, we have to find the source of the discomfort. We have to acknowledge it’s there and take action. We have to dig it out.

We use our tools, perhaps we find some extra support in the form of plant allies or a friend, and we dig. It hurts! It’s uncomfortable! But eventually, with enough discipline, focused attention, and willingness to sit with the pain, we find the thorn. And suddenly when the source is pin pointed, we finally find that it no longer hurts as much. We find relief.

Am I still talking about roses!? 😅

Perhaps I am, but perhaps there’s also a hidden metaphor in this musing…

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📸 of my Black Drawing Salve, a much gentler form of the traditional namesake, crafted with Activated Charcoal & Bentonite Clay, and infused with astringent herbs that help draw out toxins from bug bites, poison ivy, acne, splinters, and yes…even thorns 🥀

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01/15/2024

What does it mean to “live naturally”?

The word *natural* has become such a buzzword word that it’s almost lost meaning behind it.

But when we move past all of the greenwashing of the age of technology, and truly let ourselves steep in this question, we can allow ourselves to trace back to the root of this philosophy and up into the heart of it.

For me, this means living with the deepest knowing that I and all of us, are connected to all of life (and death). We are not separate and never were. 🌀
This knowledge allows me to have a deep sensitivity and presence that connects me directly to the Earth, all plants, animals and human beings. We are all one interconnected web! My intentions and actions create a ripple effect that affects everything around me. And so does yours! In this way, I do my best to walk a path of kindness, understanding, and service.

This also means being aware of what I am putting into and onto my body in the form of food, medicine and household products, and being aware of what is being put back into the earth when they are inevitably released into the environment.

It means living with the cycles of the Earth, stars and planets, and as a femme body, most especially the cycles of the Moon. It means knowing when to output energy and when to rest. It means knowing that all of life in the form of winter, takes the time to go more inward. To sit by the fire, stoke the flames of creativity and dreaming, and just be in the presence of the given moment with a hot cup of tea and a good book. 🔥 🫖 📖

To live naturally to me means to be in connection with Everything, in trust that time is more a spiral than any sort of straight line, knowing that nothing goes unaffected, to be rooted and grounded in a life that supports life for the sake of Love. I think for me it all really comes down to Love of Life at its purest essence.
❤️🩷🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🖤

So what about you?
What does the phrase “living naturally” invoke within your heart and soul? 🔥

📸by me at the Cobb House at

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01/14/2024

Struggle with dry skin in the winter months? I certainly do. Especially on my face!

This hydrating face serum is my go-to when I’ve just gotten out of the shower. (And I know I’m not the only one!!)

This formula is an epic balance of many different nourishing oils like jojoba, apricot, rose hip seed, and avocado infused with a myriad of brightening, soothing and firming organic herbs. Then to top it off, I’ve added a delightful blend of essential oils that leave you feeling refreshed all day long!

I’ve had so many of you say this is one of your favorite products in my line ~ are you a Dr. D’s believer? Drop a 🩵 if you’re one of the faithful followers of this Serum of Goodness!

Stay moisturized my friends! 💦

P.S ~ What do you think of the new packaging!?

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01/13/2024

~And she shall make the buds in Spring, and dance among the flowers. With Summer’s heat, her kisses sweet, she sings from leafy bowers. She sucks the corn and harvests grain when the fruits of fall surround her. Days grow old and Winter’s cold, she wraps her cloak around her…~ “Seasons Song” ~ author unknown (do you??)

And so the wheel turns! As we move past the darkest days of Winter Solstice, we journey towards the light of Ímbolc, Brigid’s day of remembrance that though we still have cold yet to endure, the light of hope shines brightly for the future.

Join us at on February 3rd for an evening of ecstatic dancing, Celtic chanting, and a powerful personal ceremony to burn away the final icy grip of last year’s holdings and welcome in new seeds of intention! Hosted by The Grove of

📸 taken from our Samhain ritual’s Ancestral Altar at

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