Earth Speak with Natalie Ross and Friends: Herbalist Geraldine Lavin on Cultivating Deep Connection with the Earth, and Being a Responsible Land Steward [episode 41]

Herbalist Geraldine Lavin on Cultivating Deep Connection with the Earth, and Being a Responsible Land Steward [episode 41]

Feb 26, 2021

Geraldine Lavin shares how she is empowering people to make their own high-quality medicine. You’ll also hear about

What is Spiritual Ecology and Bioregional Herbalism
Engaging with the senses and inviting play into your garden
On being a responsible herbalist and land steward
Co-creating biodiversity on old farmland

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Geraldine is a clinically trained herbalist, gardener, and botanical dyer. The thread that weaves her work together is the concept of bioregionalism. Geraldine has been studying herbalism for over a decade. She has taught classes on herbal medicine making and theory at Yale University, Bard College, conferences, retreats, food coops, lifestyle stores, many farms, even a music festival. After every class, she receives feedback that her style is organized, thorough, and students feel like they have expanded their understanding of the subject matter. Geraldine believes that each class is an opportunity to empower her students and demystify the world of plant and mushroom medicine.

We are excited to share that Geraldine will be teaching a workshop with Earth Speak this March, on Tending the Earth: A Sensual Gardening Workshop. In this workshop you will learn about tending to a garden as an act of reciprocity, daily rituals for earth tending and working with the cycles of the land, the moon, and nature. We will go through the basic building blocks of gardening, and go into different techniques and tips you can implement to help your plants thrive effortlessly.

In this episode, we talk about:

Growing up spending summers in Ireland
Ditch spirits and the story of the Banshee
On stewarding a farm and studying the lineage of the land
Putting Spiritual Ecology into practice in the everyday life
How Geraldine has been connecting with the medicine of Angelica
Cultivating a diverse landscape and garden
Why observing the language of the land can save you time and energy
How Geraldine was making medicine from a young age
On creating a daily ritual of Earth connection and Earth-honoring
Inviting the wild beauty of nature into your garden, with thoughtful planning
Geraldine shares the story of how she came to work with the plants
Receiving the lessons from each garden you co-create
How growing just a few plants can change everything
Geraldine shares the qualities that she looks for when planting a garden
The challenges of disconnection that Geraldine faced during COVID
Experiencing your intuition as trust and presence
On cultivating a practice of letting go
On reconnecting with your purpose
Geraldine shares a grounding mantra
How Geraldine is empowering people to make their own high-quality medicine
On being open and vulnerable
What is Spiritual Ecology and Bioregional Herbalism
Geraldine shares about her online gardening and herbal medicine classes
How we are conditioned to achieve and do it all
Engaging the senses and inviting play into your garden
Geraldine shares a little of what she will be teaching in the
Tending the Earth workshop
Why anyone can create a garden, even in the city
On being a responsible herbalist and land steward
And so much more!

Bonus Secret Episode! Get the secret episode with Geraldine Lavin on sacred adornment and plant-dyed garments, at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret.

Earth Speak with Natalie Ross and Friends

Herbalist Geraldine Lavin on Cultivating Deep Connection with the Earth, and Being a Responsible Land Steward [episode 41]

Herbalist Geraldine Lavin on Cultivating Deep Connection with the Earth, and Being a Responsible Land Steward [episode 41]

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