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Be Wild, Coromandel town, New Plymouth (2025)

05/12/2025

If you listen carefully, there are times when you can weave with the planets and enter the very fabric of the world... *such are Gingko's words for this Full Moon* 🌿

Come and join the dance with the Plants, and co-create from there, as our ancestors have been since the beginning of time. Welcome to my upcoming Herbal Medicine Retreat called "Into the Green Fabric of the World", 10th-12th March at Mana Retreat Center 💚

Beginners, plant lovers, elders, seasoned herbalist, all welcome!!

More info & to book: https://manaretreat.com/event/a-herbal-medicine-retreat/

Happy Full Moon !!

29/11/2025

*✨️🌿Retreat🌿✨️*
I am so delighted to announce that I'll be holding a Wild Herbal Medicine Retreat at Mana on March 10th-12th called "Into the Green Fabric of the World"...

Immerse yourself into the subtle realms of herbal medicine and (re)discover your special gifts with the green world, right there within you!

In this one, we'll get deeper into fine tuning our communication with the plants, and shift our perception to listen to their medicine. And of course forage and craft wild plant remedies. Self-care with the plants, herbal extracts, tinctures, resins, infused oils, herbal exfolient will be on the menu, along with the incredible facilities & delicious food that Mana offers, and the peaceful surroundings of native bush... 🌿

What's more, there seems to be a strong call for music, and sound frequencies. So, I am so honored to have my beautifully talented musician and friend Matthew Pike on board, to enrich our soundscape, gently sing to our souls and nourish our journeys with the plants. ✨️

Welcome to Into the Green Fabric of the World!!
Tues 10th-Thur 12th March at Mana Retreat Center
From $435 all meals included ❤️
To book: https://manaretreat.com/event/a-herbal-medicine-retreat/
Any question, just pm me 🙏🌿🌸

17/11/2025

*Scorpio time *

Alright, so, some of us might be experiencing some pretty rough time at the moment... emotionally charged, needing approval or proof of love, washed by anger, going through power dynamics, old wounds reignited... and all the joy of relating and communicating with others...

Yes, we are at the end of Scorpio season, and Venus, the Sun, the Moon, and retrograding Mercury are about to meet in the last degrees of Scorpio for a terrific reunion! That means all our unprocessed emotions have the potential to come back our way. The way we welcome them belongs to each and everyone of us... Within the next three days might not be a good time to engage deep conversations with your loved ones. Or being conscious of the intensity of the moment, it might be the perfect time as well...🦂

Just remember, keep calm and... drink Nettle tea!! I like mine very dark, steeped overnight 😊🌿✨️

Enjoy and happy new moon in a few days!

01/11/2025

*Beltane blessings*
With flowers, food, drum, fire and intentions, we released our love and blessings to the cosmos by boat... such a beautiful ritual...
May all be happy 🌸🌿🦄✨️☀️🌊🌬

26/10/2025

"Les fleurs répandent leur parfum sur les mains qui les offrent"
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So blessed to have been invited to share about herbal essences at Mana Retreat Center this weekend. Such a beautiful workshop going in the depths of where the natural scents come from and how to welcome the medicine of smells 🌸🙏🥰 thanks to a brilliant and fun group!! 🤸🧚‍♀️✨️🌿🦄❤️ can't wait for the next!

23/10/2025

✨🧙‍♀️️🌿 Scorpio Plants & Rituals 🌿🧙‍♀️✨️
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Since yesterday, the rain is back, along with deep grief, some old patterns coming back with their lot of fear at night.. Shadows and addictions knocking at the door... and the urge to clear, aiming for the light. There is no doubt about it, the Sun has moved into Scorpio yesterday!
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Below is a little toolkit of simple practices and rituals that can help to navigate the intense waters of this Scorpio season... namely, washing your face with morning dew on flowers, Kawakawa poultices, Kumarahou soap, some ancient Love rituals for Beltane, and even... Nettles beating on sore joints... for the keen ones!!! 😬🌿✨️
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Here is our subscription page to find the recipes and some insights from the plant world for each New Moon and Full Moon along the zodiac seasons. Check it out: https://www.patreon.com/posts/scorpio-plant-141834475?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

12/10/2025

✨️🧚‍♀️🌿🌸 Back to flow time! 🌸🌿🧚‍♀️✨️
Today felt like the very first day of actual Spring!!! All I wanted to do was to bathe in the stunning fragrances and.... to make flower crowns... so I did!
Hop hop hop i'm gone with my basket on the flower track following my nose, and back i am with an overflowing bunch of sensual aromas. Just for the sake of having fun and for taking part of nature's celebration of Love! Full heart medicine! 🌸 i tell you, it is quite a healing in itself to wear the flower crown!! 🌸

Such is the vibe of this Libra month.

If you'd like to learn a few tricks with plants, and honour yourself through the seasons, check out our subscription! This one talks about flower crowns, flower aura spray and more: https://www.patreon.com/posts/libra-plant-139453658?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

✨️🧚‍♀️🌸Happy flower power!!!🌸🧚‍♀️✨️

07/10/2025

🌿🔥✨️Happy Full Moon in Aries! ✨️🔥🌿
I'm back in the Southern hemisphere, and i have made it passed the Solar eclipse's embrace and the Spring Equinox. Phew!

After all the cleansing, this Full Moon in Aries brings a lot of renewal energy, a bright spark, and powerful agency to move forward! A wonderful momentum that lifts up the moods and gives a bit of direction. If I understand well the currents of this month, we better enjoy these next few days under the influence of Aries, because we will soon be back into the feminine and artistic flow of Libra until the end of this cycle. So here is to a Full Moon time, proper kiwi style, "to.get.things.done."!!

Simultaneously, Mercury is moving into Scorpio the day of the Full Moon, joining Mars there. This is a good time to express the deep, the unsaid, clear conversations that cut through the mondane, birth the unknown and expose hidden subjects. This is not to declare war though, but rather to make peace with our fears. To invite our demons to the table and make them our allies. Mars in Scorpio says the art of peace and harmony is to befriend our enemies - common enemies being a person, an illness, an ailment or an emotion. Pouring love into what destroys us, from the inside.

The plant coming strong for this Full Moon in Aries is the Tōtara tree. Chief standing tall, Tōtara brings such a powerful medicine to support our bold actions. She says, you've got all the mighty help of your ancestors in your veins, and now is the time to birth projects into life. Uncover the uncomfortable truths, and be at peace within. Tremendous medicine for tough colds and fevers, she will teach you the language of imm-unity. That really the path to health stands in befriending your "ennemies".

Tōtara for the strength.
Greenhood orchid for hidden truths

For more plants insights through the seasons, check our patreon, about Plants and Stars : https://patreon.com/thehouseofrootsandstars

Happy Full Moon in Aries 🌕

02/06/2025

*Bye bye & big sale*

Some of you might know, I'm going away for 3 months to visit my family in France, and so I'm doing a big sale of my products.
One week when you can get my Body & Mind oils with 25% off. Orders between the 2nd June till 6th June ❤

And here is the range, crafted from the wild & with Love:

SOURCE is a rich body & face oil providing a deep tissue repair, and an uplifting perfume. For damaged skin, tendons, the nervous circulation, spine & feet. 💚
Comfrey, Kawakawa, Lemongrass, Calendula, Helichrysum, Lavender, Frankincense.

SUBLIME is a divine & sensual perfume oil, providing a gorgeous nourishment. Designed for the sacral area and the breast, it brings a sense of deep love. ❤
Red Clover, Chamomile, Pohutukawa, Rosehip, Artemisia, Geranium, Cinnamon.

FIRE is a powerful anti-inflammatory oil supporting sore joints, arthritis, belly aches, liver detox. For the solar plexus.
Ginger, Kawakawa, Turmeric, St John's Wort, Ivy, Yarrow, Tarata, Mahoe, Wintergreen, Peppermint.

BREATHE is a lung opening oil. Allows taking space & respiratory comfort. Designed for the lungs, heart and breast, it is helpful for chest infections.
Eucalyptus, Kawakawa, Sweet Violet, Rosehip, Wintergreen, Ravintsara.

HARMONY is a very delicate serum designed for fragile & reactive skin. Soothes eczema & allergies. Support scar healing. Enhances peace, ease & self-care.
Kānuka, Calendula, Tī kouka, Helichrysum.

HAPŪ MĀMĀ is a loving & nourishing oil for pregnant and breastfeeding women. Deep self-love, protection & playful serenity. Connection to the baby & the divine.
Roses, Daisy, Kānuka, Rose absolute.

SUNRISE KINGDOM is a vibrant cleanser & skin tonic oil. Clears sinuses & spleen, supports releasing anger. Cooling & cleansing. Brings focus & clarity. Perfect for meditation.
Gotu-Cola, Speedwell, Chickweed, Peppermint.

MOONLIGHT DREAM is a calming oil & nightly skincare. Clears tension and brings support through hormonal changes. Opens to vision and dreams. Relaxation.

27/05/2025

Gemini New Moon & Karamū

Since a few days, there seems to be a lightness in the air. All of a sudden, we are not so much aware of our bodies, we forget to eat or we are not hungry. We find ourselves engaging with long and happy conversations. Welcome to Gemini season!

In the wild, Karamū is welcoming me into the bush, and reminding me of a few things we can do to best receive these wonderful Gemini energies.

Karamū is one of these native shrubs found in most forests of NZ. With her bright green leaves growing opposite two by two, she is a beautiful one to understand the medicine of the other. That other people are complementary mirrors to us and not the enemy.

Her fleshy orange berries hold two seeds, like Coffee and Cacao. Indeed she is from the same family, and her berries bring a sharp focus in the mind and a surge of innocent creative energies. She gifts us with pure joy and childlike playfulness!

Brewing her leaves in a tea gives a mild anti-inflammatory effect, easing tensions at the end of the day. Very useful in times of fasting, to lighten the body to the soul.

In ancient times, it is said she was a naming tree, helping people to channel their soul's name, or the name of new born babies.

Karamū also reminds me that when my mind gets super active and I am indoors, my thoughts bounce to the corners of my square walls and come back, and I get overwhelmed going round in circle with thoughts and ideas. She says, once every now and then, just get outside and let yourself be under the sky. My thoughts then have the space to connect with the cosmos and keep me aligned with life here and now. Simple as that.

Then there is Pine, who has a whole lots of wisdom to share for this New Moon in Gemini.

If you're interested in knowing more, I'm currently sharing about plants resonating with each New Moon and Full Moon, and the herbal practices that can support through it. This is an online subscription about Plants & Astrology ❤ infos patreon.com/thehouseofrootsandstars

25/05/2025

*Summer festivals*

Coming back home after Sauna fest, I'm reflecting back on this summer and sending gratitude out wide...

What a summer! We've teamed up with my dear friend Maya from Persephone's Potions, and toured a score of 6 festivals, in the South and North Island of New Zealand.

With our wild potions, ranging from herbal tea blends, massage oils, herbal balms, smudge sticks, tinctures, elixirs and botanical perfumes, made from the plants we organically grow and harvest in the wild, I can tell you, we brought a lot of laughter, joy, home coming and self-care to many people. It was so beautiful to see the faces relax, closing their eyes, remembering their own relationship with the plants.

I very much treasured connecting with like-minded people, and see how our stall transformed at times into some witches reunion, sharing recipes, stories, memories of the old. At times it'd be a full-on first aid tent, at times a busy apothecary, a herb drying structure, at times a party hub, at times a soothing spot to rest and nap.

Of the six festivals, I will remember...
- Lunasa for the best sleeps, nested in a native beech forest on top of a crystal mountain. The frosty mornings. The epic dances of my own country with the never ending bal trad music.
- Hakea for the best composting toilets ever on Earth, like a five star hotel bathroom, clean, silent, no smell, comfortable & warm AND entirely composting back to soil. That, and the magical storytelling night under the full lunar eclipse in Virgo.
- Spirit Fest South Island for the incredible closing ceremony with Porangi from Turtle Island, living and creating music all together as a whole.
- Spirit Fest North Island for the best financial income in a long time, and meeting inspiring people.
- Earth Beat for the workshop I held with Keith, sharing our love for Plants and Stars & a journey with ceremonial Rose tea and Venus
- Sauna Fest for the rejuvenating sweats and cold plunges into Blue lake

Until next summer 🙏☀

10/05/2025

Just coming back from one of the most fantastic retreat I've held so far... at Mana Retreat Centre, collaborating with a mycelium goddess and this phenomenal land. I'm still blown away by the magic we created and by the willingness of everyone... my heart is full 💚🌿✨

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