118: Staying Connected To Your Ancestors + Plant Medicine w/ Miranda at Mariposa

Miranda is a studying clinical herbalist remembering her ancestral curandera ways. She created Mariposa as a digital community space and an apothecary to help others return to their roots and uplift the intersections of eco and social co-liberation.

She testified that ancestors are still with us after they pass and plants talk to us and you can start to explore that in your life. She also shared some plant medicines for grief. She let us know more about plant medicines and how she learned to connect with plants.

Golden Nuggets From This Episode:

✨ “Little act of kindness makes such a big difference.”

✨ “Ancestors are still with us after they pass.”

✨ “Mullein is a plant medicine for the respiratory system and good for grief.”

✨ “The lungs represent the organ of grief.”

✨ “Rose can be a powerful medicine for grief.”

✨ “Flower essence are energetic imprint of the plant and works on the emotional body”

✨ “Plants talk to us and you can begin to explore that in your life.”

More things we discussed: 

03:14   Curandera practice that was passed through her ancestry

04:40   Sharing her journey of the death of her grandmother and how she has been able to work with that.

07:25   How did she received her ancestral gifts

08:46   Herbs that are good for grief

12:48   How she gets connected with plants

18:11   How she incorporates plant medicine into her life

20:54   Ways and resources on how to connect with plants

26:05  Offerings Miranda have and how people can find her

Resources Mentioned: 

Schools/herbalist

https://www.wellofindigenouswisdom.com/

https://www.schoolofthesacredwild.com/

Book:

The Secret Life of Plants

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99442.The_Secret_Life_of_Plants

Flower Essences:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ResonanceApothecary

https://www.etsy.com/shop/XalishMedicines

https://www.potionsbyliri.com/

More of Miranda:

Instagram: instagram.com/mariposajournal

The Healer Series Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thehealerseries

Website: www.mariposa-journal.com

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