Livity n Wellness

06/24/2022

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06/11/2022

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Sharing this important paper on increased cardiovascular events after vaccination roll out in Israel.Link to paper here:https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159...

06/09/2022

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🌿June is Indigenous History Month in Canada, and we want to zoom in on the folks in W8ban Aki First Nation (Abenaki) who are exploring their roots through medicinal plants.

“Learning the names of the trees and the plants that are part of the traditional pharmacopeia was like a precious piece of understanding who she was and where she came from.

She says that plants are potent medicine for us, and it’s our responsibility to heal and take care of them.” the author writes about Evelyne Benedict a member of Abenaki First Nation.

The preservation of Abenaki culture has been deeply impacted by the presence of European settlers, but in recent years members of Abenaki First Nation have begun to seek their roots and they are inviting the rich medicinal and nutritional forest plant wisdom back to their communities.

A problem Abenaki members face is due to 95% of the land in Quebec being privatized, they have very few natural areas to find plants. With this comes the importance of localizing and protecting habitats for medicinal plants in their communities. In 2019 they began documenting the medicinal and invasive plants found growing on both Odanak and W8linak reserves. This data is being used to help determine how climate change and invasive species are impacting the medicinal plants in the area.

The project has led to knowledge transfer among elders and community members, medicine making workshops, wild harvesting events and even a medicinal plant garden at the local health centre in Odanak.

You can read the full article here: https://unitedplantsavers.org/abenaki-medicinal-plants/

Art by Haudenosaunee creator Morningstar Designs
Website: https://morningstardesigns.ca/

05/25/2022

💜🌱You know what they say - "Sometimes the best medicine grows from weeds.”

Purple Dead Nettle (Lamium purpureum) is an easy to forage edible and medicinal herb which commonly shows up in the Spring.

The leaves and flowers can be eaten raw or cooked. You can add Purple Dead Nettle to your wild greens salad, pesto, stir frys or soups. The purple tops make a pretty herb garnish and they are slightly sweet, yum! You can dry the leaves and flowers to enjoy in soothing teas.

*It’s important to note that because this plant may have a laxative effect, be careful not to overdo it when consuming.

🌱📚 Have you wanted to explore the world of harvesting your own herbs like Purple Dead Nettle but don’t know where to start?

Check out our immersive, online mini-course Wild Harvesting with Clinical Herbalist Yarrow Willard. Learn how to harvest roots, barks, flowers and leaves, as well as proper drying and storage techniques. Learn all of the tools and tips you need to start foraging and harvesting confidently and ethically this season.

We are offering our Wild Harvesting online mini-course with Yarrow Willard online course for 30% off. That's $67.90 CAD (Regular Price $97) From May 16-26th only. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with the plant world this season

Sign up here: https://wildrosecollege.com/product/wild-harvesting/

Image from: Foraging and Feasting by Dina Falconi

05/15/2022

Give your nervous system some extra TLC during this full moon lunar eclipse + Mercury retrograde. Your mind, body, and spirit will thank you. 🧡

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05/12/2022

🕔 🚀 🕤 About 300 million years ago these horsetails were as tall as the cedars we find on the west coast, growing as high as ninety feet, in ancient tropical forests of horsetail trees! How amazing is that!?

When we say Horsetail (Equisetum arvense) is an old-time favorite, we really mean it. This plant is one of the most ancestral elders here on earth, and is considered a living fossil.

Herbalists gather Horsetail in the Spring for its strong therapeutic affinity with the musculoskeletal system: bones, muscles, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, joints, and connective tissue. As a connective tissue tonic, horsetail provides silica among other minerals and nutrients. This is only a small part of the benefits Horsetail shares with us.

This is just a sample of what you will learn in our free Spring Virtual Herb Walk. Get outside or walk with us virtually from indoors! This free mini course is only available until June and you have an entire year to access the content.

Sign up here: https://wildrosecollege.com/product/virtual-herb-walk/

05/05/2022

Let us be certain of who we want to be.
Let us choose for ourselves our path in life,
and let us try to strew that path with flowers ..

~ Émilie Du Châtelet ~

Artist Betty Berk

05/04/2022

05/04/2022

And the secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles ..

~ Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden ~

Artist Iris Scott

05/03/2022

Yup, there’s some lead in your juice.The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking action to reduce the amount of lead in apple juice and other juices. The FDA has issued draft guidance on steps …

05/03/2022

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