The Green Wisdom of Herbalism with Rekara Gage

09/06/23 • 45 min

*Audio Note: Volume and clarity varies during some parts of this interview.

Rekara Gage (she/her) is an herbalist who focuses on the importance of ritual, safety and community when it comes to personal healing and growth. Her approach to wellness is based in food medicine and spirituality, emphasizing new ways to add plant medicine to the routines that you already have in place. She loves helping people reconnect with their intuition and do things with meaning, making everyday feel special. In her practice, it's important to provide access and information to the public so that they can make the best health choices for themselves. Rekara is a student of Traditional Western Herbalism with Julie James at Green Wisdom Apothecary and School of Herbal Studies in Long Beach.

Episode Highlights

Thank you to our grounding plant medicines and their energies: dandelion root (clarity), mullein (lung support + moisture), tulsi ( aids with stress + clear headed + relaxation) , and elecampane (breathwork).
Rekara shares with us about her healing journey and how the medicines and magic of storytelling, food, movement, plants, family, community and curiosity play active roles in finding herself and herbalism.
We learn about the medicines of ritual and practice that Rekara partakes in throughout her personal herbalism journey, and how they are connected to her culture.
We learn what herbalism is: understanding plant medicine (the chemistry), how we can benefit from plants being here, how we can learn from them, and how they support us.
Rekara reminds us that when working spiritually with herbs and plants, important aspects to explore and consider include: connection, intention and being open to answering the call to mindfully interact and work with them.
Rekara drops an herbal tea recipe that will nourish our queer hearts, bodies, spirits , and souls. Thank you to these plants for sharing their medicine and energies:
Rose (color + reminder of boundaries + protection + safety)
Tulsi (aids with stress + clears the mind)
Damiana (spicy + sassy + libido + reminds us who we are)
Cinnamon (unsung hero that moistens us + grounding + supportive)

Web links

Find Rekara online at Re-ngage.com
You can also connect with her on Instagram @rekaraneal & @rootedherbalcollective
Find Green Wisdom Herbal Studies & Apothercary & IG @greenwisdom

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*Audio Note: Volume and clarity varies during some parts of this interview.

Episode Highlights

Thank you to our grounding plant medicines and their energies: dandelion root (clarity), mullein (lung support + moisture), tulsi ( aids with stress + clear headed + relaxation) , and elecampane (breathwork).
Rekara shares with us about her healing journey and how the medicines and magic of storytelling, food, movement, plants, family, community and curiosity play active roles in finding herself and herbalism.
We learn about the medicines of ritual and practice that Rekara partakes in throughout her personal herbalism journey, and how they are connected to her culture.
We learn what herbalism is: understanding plant medicine (the chemistry), how we can benefit from plants being here, how we can learn from them, and how they support us.
Rekara reminds us that when working spiritually with herbs and plants, important aspects to explore and consider include: connection, intention and being open to answering the call to mindfully interact and work with them.
Rekara drops an herbal tea recipe that will nourish our queer hearts, bodies, spirits , and souls. Thank you to these plants for sharing their medicine and energies:
Rose (color + reminder of boundaries + protection + safety)
Tulsi (aids with stress + clears the mind)
Damiana (spicy + sassy + libido + reminds us who we are)
Cinnamon (unsung hero that moistens us + grounding + supportive)

Web links

Find Rekara online at Re-ngage.com
You can also connect with her on Instagram @rekaraneal & @rootedherbalcollective
Find Green Wisdom Herbal Studies & Apothercary & IG @greenwisdom

Join the private Queer Spirit Community to continue the conversation and connect with other listeners.

Join us for First Saturday's FREE meditation & breath work circles online.

Grab your FREE Mini-Course: The Self-Confident Queer - start here.

And follow us on Instagram!

Join our mailing list to get news and podcast updates sent directly to you.

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Creating Dreams out of Chaos with Crystal Mason & Jason Wyman

Crystal Mason (they/them) is an artist, activist, dreamer, consultant and coach. They believe in the power of community and necessity of hope. Jason Wyman (they/them) is Queerly Complex. Using appreciative inquiry, deep listening, and creative conjuring, Wyman taps the Cosmic Mysteries in all to reveal moments of Chaos Poetry. They live, love, and create on Yelamu / San Francisco, and share a home and family with their husband and pride of house and feral cats.

Episode Highlights

Crystal + Jason share their personal queer-stories and drop some queer wisdom nuggets
Sweetness alert: We get cozy + comfy while Jason + Crystal take us for a saunter and share about how they met and their connection.
We learn about the medicine + magic of dreaming in public and how sharing those dreams with others can lead to co creation and action.
Crystal leads Nick + TanyaMarck through a dream practice that includes a share/reflection of what we experienced.
Behind the scenes and during our shared time, Jason has been alchemizing some chaos poetry which they share with us; it’s very queer + yummy.
We learn about the offerings and practices that both Jason + Crystal share with our collective.

Jason's chaos poetry from our collective dreaming practice lead by Crystal:

Take a deep breath... Take a deep breath & soften your gaze... Take a deep breath & flow... Flow like a river as it snakes its way through the jungles... through the forests... through the deserts... through the valleys... through the mountains... through the prairies... through the lands of your ancestors & ancestors of these lands, including those unnamed & unknown... Listen for the birds, the animals, the critters, the wind blowing from the Southwest, from the energies of dreams & wishes... Smell the flowers & the lush green flora thriving all over this world... Flow on this river & arrive in queer paradise... Where the water glistens & glitters... And queer beings of all bodies-- clothed & naked... serene & making love... joyous & free... alone & in community-- Celebrate completely... "I do not want to leave..." "Me neither..." Remember... This dream is within you always & in all ways... You can come back here... Take a deep breath... Lay in your hammock... Dream queer dreams... Here we will always be free.

Web links

Find Crystal online at CrystalMason.net & on Instagram @ham_job1
Find Jason at QueerlyComplex.com & on Instagram @queerlycomplex
And their collective work at TreeOfChange.net

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Exploring Queerness, Akashic Records + Tarot with Ruth Camillia

Ruth Camillia (they/she/ella) is a bilingual, bicultural, healing arts practitioner, reiki master, akashic records practitioner, and tarot reader. With maternal Indigenous roots from Los Altos de Jalisco, México, they integrate curanderismo and other ancestral practices into their daily life and work. As an intuitive and trauma-informed practitioner, Ruth believes healing is sacred.

Episode Highlights

Ruth shares their queer journey and story in the most delightful ways. And we explore aspects of Queerness alongside them.
We get curious about and drop into the Akashic Records. Ruth collaborates on a reading for Nick.
Ruth offers a Tarot reading for the queer collective - it’s cute + juicy.
Thank you magic and animal medicines of: hawk + black phoebe + Akashic Records, Cosmic Tarot by Norbert Losche, Sanskrit tools and practices
Queer spirit fingers to Leah Garza @crystalsofaltamira + Linda Howe @drlindahowe + Salva @salvatattoo.

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