Earthly Pearls

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Holistic health, herbal healing, sustainable living, organic skin and hair care.

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Holistic health, herbal self heal, sustainable living, environmentally friendly.

i believe we are all connected with mother gaia.
i am here to share the pearls mother Gaia has to offer, this information should be free to all who live here.
In return we should all be living in harmony and peace with Gaia, which means living in the most sustainable way possible to respect the environment and all that live here.
Live from the heart.
peace

A SIMPLE HARVEST RITUAL
Harvest at ease, in rhythm and focus.
Sit for a while with the plants you want to harvest. Treat
yourself to the splendor of their beauty; enjoy the well-being
you share.
Seek out the grandmother plant, the elder of the community.
Focus on this plant and yourself together. Place intimate
energy around the two of you by visualizing warm light
surrounding you or by shaking a rattle and feeling a eld of
cohesive energy encircle you (nature spirits and human babies
love the sound vibrations of rattles … remember?).
Be still in body and energy. Slow down your pace of thought
and action with a ceremonial oering to the grandmother and
her clan. This adjusts your normal human pace to better align
your energy with the energy of the plants. Just sit with the
stillness and empty your mind. Meditate. Tune to your inner
hearing. Plant spirit speaks to these ears.
Communicate clearly your harvest intent and clarify to the
plant and again to yourself the purpose of the medicine you
plant and again to yourself the purpose of the medicine you
wish to prepare.
Ask permission to harvest, asking when to harvest, where,
how, and how much. Plants, when listened to, inform you how
best to harvest and receive their gifts.
At this point, it is possible that you might sense a “no”
answer. Honor this. Not all of a plant’s medicine energy is
contained or accessed merely in its physical body. Be content
for the moment to harvest plant communion and
companionship. Come back again later or visit another
community and extend another request.
When you feel permission to harvest, harvest softly. Impact
the plant community and the ecosystem minimally. You only
need enough herb for the year. Upon feeling a sense of
permission, you will have strongly connected with the plant
and infused your harvest with its spirit. As you work through
the harvesting action, maintain communication with the
individual plants you are taking, and sustain focus on your
intended uses. Genius is focus.
As a conclusion to your harvest, express your gratitude to the
plant community. Grandmother will be smiling and you will
know it.
As you are leaving, pause for a moment and look back at the
plant community. Ask yourself if you harvested softly. Does it
show that you were there? How much does it show? Be with
your feelings about this. Learn from them; they are your truth.
A novice’s mistake of eecting an over-enthusiastic harvest is
always forgivable; but it is a teaching to be valued and taken to
heart. Visualize the healing energy of the medicines you are
about to make with the plants given to you by this community
and bid farewell.
Return to your home and process your harvest immediately.
Go dancing that evening. Dance the energy and character of
Go dancing that evening. Dance the energy and character of
the plant spirit you harvested. Dance with your plant allies.
Dance your happiness and your gratitude. A plant person’s life
is an expression of joy and companionship.