Create a memorable, welcoming atmosphere for summer get-togethers with diffuser blends you create yourself. Whether it’s cheerful citrus, lively mint, sultry jasmine, or your own creation, botanical fragrance is a key element of setting the mood.
“La Vie en Rose: health & beauty elixir ~ This rose elixir has enhanced my vibrancy of life. Any moment I treat myself to this sweet nectar I feel like I am healing, like my body is bowing to me for taking action and believing I deserve sweet love within.… Read more
Every year, the Ojai Raptor Center takes in 500-1000 sick, injured, or orphaned birds of prey.
Injured birds recuperate and receive medical care. Babies learn to fly and feed themselves. Whenever possible, the birds are then released back into the wild.… Read more
Chakras are spiritual energy centers in our bodies, and each of the seven chakras is associated with a specific energy and healing theme. Essential oils, flower essences, and other botanicals can work with these healing themes to bring us into balance and flow.
Stability. Rootedness. Security.… Read more
Watch this short video to learn the difference between exotic and medicinal flowers, and why perfumers say “no jasmine, no perfume.”
An Excerpt From Pharmacy Of Flowers With Floracopeia’s David Crow, L.Ac.
Certain plants are perfect for boosting our creative capacity to manifest blessings in our life. I think of manifestation as the utilization of our creative will—an innate function of our foundational Jing energy—and the co-creative partnership we make with these potent plant allies. In celebration of the New Year, I’m going to share my personal simple manifestation tips utilizing ‘power plants.’
First, I get in touch with a deep part myself by focusing on my heart and determine what I truly would like to see happen.… Read more
There is a flower that surpasses all others in terms of its enduring usage and reputation to significantly impact beauty. A time-honored treasure that cannot be matched in terms of its ability to impact whole body health with its exceptional emphasis on skin appearance, health and radiance.
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Credit: Article written by Joe Smith of Nature.org
“‘Not all pharmacists are human.’ So begins a 1993 review article on the use of medicinal plants by animals. Reading on, we learn that pharmacists can be chimpanzees, Kodiak bears, starlings and grackles.… Read more
By Stephanie McCann
Many of the herbs we use as medicine today have long traditions spanning back thousands of years, but sometimes their uses seem a bit superstitious and outdated. Although folklore has provided us with great direction in understanding the benefits of various plants, modern science is beginning to confirm the merits of these historical uses.… Read more
Are you curious why we have an Icelandic Flower Essence line?
Then watch the below video!
Flower essences coming from extraordinary environments will naturally embody the qualities of that ecosystem. Iceland, the land of fire and ice, is very dynamic boasting dramatic waterfalls and geothermal activity.… Read more
Ayurvedic Doshas
Ayurveda, the traditional medicine of India, translates best as “the science of life”. Ayurveda, using the five sense therapies, seeks to restore the true inherent nature in ourselves that was present at our birth. This true nature is called “prakruti” and we all have a unique thumbprint of a combination of the three doshas.… Read more
The nectarine and plum trees outside my kitchen window are just starting to show the brilliant white and fuchsia blooms, harbingers of spring here in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. We have lived here on this homestead for over 10 years now, and I still find myself anxiously awaiting the flowers of spring, which signal the beginning of days of tending the plants in the greenhouse, tilling fertile garden beds and singing awake the soil for the season of planting ahead. … Read more
We caught up with one of our favorite herbalists, David Winston, to ask him a few questions about treating depression with herbal medicine. David is is an Herbalist and Ethnobotanist with 46 years of training in Cherokee, Chinese, and Western herbal traditions. He has been in clinical practice for 39 years and is an herbal consultant to physicians, herbalists and researchers throughout the USA and Canada.… Read more
In this informative video, Sara Crow L.Ac. dives into the uplifting and grounding qualities of our Flower Essence Tinctures, the healing qualities of Rose and the soothing effects of Lavender to the empowerment of Calendula.
By: Sara Crow L.Ac
Coconut is a surprisingly talented traditional oil that has been used as both food and medicine for thousands of years in tropical cultures. Coconut oil is derived from what is commonly called the ‘Tree of Life’, the coconut palm, known for its ability to meet a great number of basic human needs: food, fuel and shelter.… Read more
Join us for a weekend of botanical education and inspiration in the blooming desert! Registration includes all lectures.
Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine, April 8 – 10 2016, Tempe, AZ… Read more
Using a body-based contemplative approach, students will be shown how to perceive the inner dimensions and deeper meanings of these fundamental medical and spiritual principles as understood by ayurvedic, Tibetan, and Chinese medicine, including prana and chi (life force), ojas and jing (nutritional essence), shen (spirit), and agni and soma (essence of sun and moon).… Read more
An Evening Workshop
Sara Crow, L.Ac.
Thursday, Sept. 22 – 6:30pm-9:30pm
Members: $35 / Nonmembers: $45
Flower essences are energetic preparations of flowers that work directly on the acupuncture meridian system to stimulate the healing of the body, mind and spirit. They are a primary treatment for what Traditional Chinese Medicine calls Shen, our psychological health and well-being.… Read more
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