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My name is Martina Drassl. I created the blog www.homewithin.org to inspire healing and to advocate life with its depths, highs and lows.

May the inspiration continue on this page!

25/04/2026

🌹"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses”.

🥀Alphonse Karr’s quote reveals how thin the line is between complaint and celebration. For me, the rose is a lesson in duality, blending assertiveness with grace and strength with delicate beauty.

👏I choose to celebrate this duality: The Rose and the Thorn.

19/04/2026

🌊Often when I am near water, I feel myself drifting into deeper currents of thought, carried by a sensation that pulls me into the bittersweet embrace of nostalgia.

💔When I find myself enveloped in this feeling, I am never quite sure whether my nostalgia is the suffering of an unfulfilled yearning to return, as Milan Kundera describes, or simply the echo of a profound longing and desire.

I remind myself that this feeling has a purpose.

💫Rather than letting it pull me into longing combined with suffering, I try to let it spark a gentle desire—one I can hold lightly and not tightly.

09/04/2026

⛈️Cenotes in Quintana Roo, Mexico stand as proof of water’s quiet magic. Rain and minerals shape breathtaking stone creations. It is no surprise that the Mayas held these places sacred.

💧The persistence and consistency of water create something truly extraordinary. Its creations unfold slowly, hidden from view at first. This reminds me that on a healing journey, it can be difficult to keep moving forward when transformation is not immediately visible.

❤️‍🩹The magnificence of the cenotes reminds me that patience and persistence can shape wonders—unique, enduring, and strong, just like some results in a healing journey.

02/04/2026

🎨"Colour is a power which directly influences the soul".
Wassily Kandinsky

💫Anything that touches the soul in a kind and benevolent way is medicine. In the plant world, color is a powerful force; it conveys vibrancy and aliveness. When my inner world loses its spark, I soak in the vibrant colours of nature and reach for the part of me that still pulses with vitality.

🎨What color speaks to your soul?

Leave your choice of colour in the comments below 👇

18/03/2026

".... have patience with everything unresolved in your heart
and to try to love the questions themselves
as if they were locked rooms or books written
in a very foreign language.
Don't search for the answers,
which could not be given to you now,
because you would not be able to live them.
And the point is, to live everything.
Live the questions now."

~ Rainer Maria Rilke ~
(Letters to a Young Poet, translated by Stephen Mitchell)

💫This passage from Maria Rilke's poem “Über Geduld,” which means “About Patience,” has become a cherished mantra for me whenever I am working with a Master Plant.

🍃A Master Plant opens the door to the unresolved corners of my inner world. It brings my shadows into the light and reveals that, just beyond the door threshold, there is space to grow when I allow myself to simply live the questions.

🛖If you feel called to a healing journey with an Amazonian Master Plant and want to learn more about my retreats, I invite you to join my mailing list (🔗 in Bio) or send me a message.

06/03/2026

🪵Roots within

❤️‍🩹Finding safety and security within myself has become one of the most fulfilling milestones on my healing path. For so long, I tried to anchor my sense of security in external validation, achievements, or by holding tightly to situations and people.

🌲But those roots never truly took hold.

👐It was only when I turned inward, integrating and renegotiating survival strategies, nurturing safety within my own body, remembering my worth, my essence, that I began to feel a foundation strong enough to stand on, rest upon, and move from.

💪Those roots are continuously growing and branching, and slowly but consistently they are becoming solid.

01/03/2026

🪻This “lirio andino” or Andean lily stands solitary and bold, its quiet majesty a symbol of the courage it takes to stand alone.

🍃Often, I feel like the Andean lily, exposed and solitary in the wild, sending roots deep into the earth to anchor myself.

🪻The lily just is, although on her own, and so take her as an example, as she shines in bright colours reflecting beauty even in solitude.

24/02/2026

🌵 If you feel called to walk these lands with reverence and curiosity, I’d love to share more.
👉 Join my email list (link in bio) to learn about my next journey to this sacred place.

07/02/2026

❄️Walking through the canyon of my home village, I follow the river as it rushes forward, its energy alive while the bushes on its banks remain brittle and pale in the crisp winter air.
..and inside me, a quote rises up like the river itself, alive and powerful

"I was still water, held by my surroundings.
I am now a river, carving my own path."
Scott Stabile

03/02/2026

Rooted in the Andean highlands, this temple wasn’t just stone and sky — it was a living relationship with the natural world.
For the people of Chawpin, Huachuma was understood as a teacher plant, one that opens perception, softens the boundaries of the senses, and invites deep listening — to the land, to the body, to the unseen rhythms of life.

These ancient spaces remind us that healing was once communal, earth-based, and guided by plants that helped humans remember their place within nature, not above it. The wisdom wasn’t about escape — it was about connection, balance, and returning to center.

🌵 Curious about the history, symbolism, and healing role of Huachuma at Chavín de Huantar?
👉 Read the full article to explore how plant wisdom shaped this sacred site — and learn how you can join my next trip there.

30/01/2026

❄️The ability of flowers to break through the hard, icy earth and blossom in January warms my heart and feels uplifting.

🪻How much willpower must a flower possess to prove, against all odds, that it can unfold its petals despite the challenges of its environment and surroundings?

🌸Today, I want to draw inspiration from the flower.

🌱I look to nature and realize that, despite my tiredness and sometimes feeling defeated, I can continue to unfold with willpower like a flower's petals in cold January.

18/01/2026

🍃I am excited to announce that I will be leading a two-week Amazonian Master Plant retreat in June, alongside my brother, Markus, and my friend and colleague, Dr Joe Tafur. We will be guided by our Maestro, Ricardo Amaringo, at Nihue Rao, Centro Espiritual in Iquitos, Peru.

🛖If you are interested in healing with Master Plants in the heart of the Amazon under our facilitation and guidance, please send me a direct message with your email address. I will then share the full flyer with more details.

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