Avraveda

07/03/2025

said - pose like you would if you were looking at kali uchis and here i am.

listen,
social media is such a funny place!!
it’s so weird innocent
and so strangely malignant

who the f**k am i

she luh the plants
and the words
and the community
and the reverence

and she also
a LUNATIC

who loves clothes
and fun
music and boys
and dancing

and kisses
and mayhem

i will always be that girl

and i feel like u haven’t fully been able to show it here

but yeah ahem here she is

be you be true be real

because honestly baby
that’s all we got

she’s an herbalist
she’s a bartender

she lives in the city of angels and actors
only to pretend she is one of them
😈

when you’re following me
you’re looking at a girl ready to advocate for all
because she understands the entirety of all
as her whole true self

dazzzzzz it

this is for kali and doja and all the pretty girls in between
i am you
and i love you

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amen
❤️🌿

26/02/2025

updates on our second wave of herbal wildfire relief kits. we made 100 more kits, 200 total! each kit has 6 different products within it, including two teas - a tincture - an electuary - and various lovingly handmade herbals.

this round’s creation was a quieter affair, as we worked side by side with each other and the plants. everyone brought their full heart to the table, embracing our range of emotions and experiences. it felt good to formulate teas and tinctures together, working through the generous herbal donations, simples, and ready-made remedies so many of you beautiful farmers, herbalists, and healers sent our way.

thank you, thank you, thank you. 🌿

we were happy to distribute at and have been placing these kits directly into the hands of those who lost their homes in the altadena fires.

we’re now planning for wave iii, aiming to provide support for the first 90 days post-wildfires, beyond the initial tragedies. these upcoming kits will focus on continued care of the nervous and respiratory systems.

if you or someone you know is in need of herbal care due to the LA wildfires, please reach out. we want to get these into the hands of those who need them most.

herbs for the people. immense gratitude to the land & soil that nurtures these herbs, and to all who have supported us. endless gratitude to the hundreds of hands that made this project possible from all over the country.

with love,
LA herbal mutual aid coalition 🌿

25/02/2025

here’s ten things i’d focus on if i were now beginning my journey into herbalism.

🌿 blooming herbalists, what did i miss?
🌱 budding herbalists, what do you want to learn?

🌀🌀🌀

what draws you to the plant path?

24/02/2025

This is definitely what I’ve leaned into in my herbal practice. I take my time, and know I will learn what I need to learn. Experience is key, we will really LEARN something once we taste, touch, hear, see it. Our senses are our greatest teachers ;) If you’ve been on your plant path for a while, what have you learned thus far? If you’re new, what do you wish to learn? 🌿🌀🌟

13/02/2025

she was where I inherited my love of roses. my yiayia. we drank herbal tsai together and she said to me, Κάτσε να μιλήσουμε, “sit down & lets talk”, as she stirred in honey and added a squeeze of lemon to the rosemary and cinnamon greek mountain tea. her presence was soothing in a way that kept you alert, like a strong dose of Greek coffee, and also, relaxed - nourished - seen, like the essence of the Mediterranean Sea itself.

her wisdom was that of an olive tree, timeless, sometimes gnarled, always highly revered.

yiayia was a force to be reckoned with, and a storm we were willing to brave because of her heart of gold and courage. to be part of her legacy alongside 5 other beautiful humans who are my cousins, is of the greatest honors.

my ferocity and streak of unhinged fire that those closest to me know, sometimes too well, comes from her. containing and controlling it will unveil the greatest of my super powers.

at her funeral yesterday, grief moved through our family members, connected by the blood of my grandmother, in waves. i watched emotion move as the energy it is, from one to another. the powers of community healing through shared experiences was palpable. i could hear her happiness that we were there to celebrate her life, there to mend and tend to our lineage, the present and what is to come in the future.

yiayia taught me how to stuff grape leaves from the vine in her backyard.

she had the same dreams for me, that i have for myself.

she loved avraveda, she believed in herbal medicines, and she believed in me.

she was an OG barter system woman who gave what she had, in excess, for what she needed. she loved the art of giving gifts.. and receiving them. something i also inherited from her.

to have her as an angel by my side will bring e to new places, now, i know. and i am ready for what lies ahead.

in loving memory of my grandmother,
the fiercest Leo laid down to rest on the Leo full moon of 2025 (she knew what she was doing), going out in full style, grief, laughter, and everything in between.

melpomene, you are a great light of my life.

for you, here reading.. be your ancestors greatest dream come true. i know i will be. ❤️

04/02/2025

23/01/2025

Updating you all on our LA Fires Herbal Mutual Aid project:

We made our first 100 herbal kits in direct response to the Los Angeles wildfires. It was absolutely incredible to unite the forces of several medicine weavers, coming together to create these kits. 

We used your herbal donations + monetary donations to create -
1. Respiratory tea blend
2. Nervous system tea blend
3. Soothe the Lungs Electuary
4. Supportive tinctures (for the heart, for the lungs, for the nervous system)
5. Lung Formula, Tulsi Tabs and Stress Ease Capsules  
6. Rosemary bundle for cleansing the environment
We will be distributing these to folks in need - directly displaced by the fires who are exposed to environmental toxins and bad air quality, and our first responders and firefighters who helped to pacify these unprecedented fires. 

We are receiving herbal donations + monetary donations to create our second and third wave of kits to distribute. To help with this project, please visit our LA Fire Herbal Mutual Aid page (linked in bio) - https://ancestralarts.co/mutual-aid.  If you are interested in offering your hands and participating in the next wave of herbal kit creation, please fill out the form we have linked in our bio as well. 

Our first creation day was a total, heartwarming success. Thank you to our volunteers, to space for hosting this incredible initiative of herbalists, pooling resources, and creating these most heartfelt herbal kits. 

We are humbled + honored to be doing this work and to be serving our Los Angeles community with the plants guiding our way.

23/01/2025

Updating you all on our LA Fires Herbal Mutual Aid project:

We made our first 100 herbal kits in direct response to the Los Angeles wildfires. It was absolutely incredible to unite the forces of several medicine weavers, coming together to create these kits. 

We used your herbal donations + monetary donations to create -
1. Respiratory tea blend
2. Nervous system tea blend
3. Soothe the Lungs Electuary
4. Supportive tinctures (for the heart, for the lungs, for the nervous system)
5. Lung Formula, Tulsi Tabs and Stress Ease Capsules from  
6. Rosemary bundle for cleansing the environment
We will be distributing these to folks in need - directly displaced by the fires who are exposed to environmental toxins and bad air quality, and our first responders and firefighters who helped to pacify these unprecedented fires. 

We are receiving herbal donations + monetary donations to create our second and third wave of kits to distribute. To help with this project, please visit our LA Fire Herbal Mutual Aid page (linked in bio) - https://ancestralarts.co/mutual-aid.  If you are interested in offering your hands and participating in the next wave of herbal kit creation, please fill out the form we have linked in our bio as well. 

Our first creation day was a total, heartwarming success. Thank you to our volunteers, to space for hosting this incredible initiative of herbalists, pooling resources, and creating these most heartfelt herbal kits. 

We are humbled + honored to be doing this work and to be serving our Los Angeles community with the plants guiding our way.