Herbs to Support the Heart in Times of Grief :: 💔🌿❤️🌹Grief isn't a subject that’s fun to feel into, easy to confront, or effortless to talk about. With the English language being so limited, there’s no real translation meticulous enough to render how this tumultuous heartache really feels on the inside.
Sometimes grief feels so grueling to face, that attempting to turn a blind eye seems easier – I know I’ve hoped the heavy feelings would just slip away into desolate winds… but this is simply not the case.
The green allies can help so much in supporting and building the heart whole once again, helping us find strength, courage, and relief as we move through these emotions into greater healing. The intelligence of these beings is so brilliant, that sometimes we might need to accept that we don't have the capacity to understand them in our limited human mind and simply trust that these plants will shine a light that will open our hearts towards a healing that we may have not known possible.
Swipe through to learn about a few plant allies who may shed some light into those of you who may be also experiencing grief right now👉🏼🌹
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After losing two sisters in less than a year, I was gifted a colony of wild roses.
Every day I'd bask in their scent and the loveliness of all that pink.
After reading this book, I'm feeling more confident that the roses were not accidental.
They were there to comfort me.
That's incredible to contemplate!
It's interesting that you ended all this with that particular comment, because throughout reading all of these, I was thinking "do the herbs we need, come to us somehow? Will I find exactly what I need, withou knowing or looking, as I walk along?"
Someone gave you rose plants? I had roses in my first garden over 40 years ago, but I pulled them all up - they were infested with all sorts of diseases and I had to spray them with toxins to keep the foliage looking good. This past year, I tried again with a Rosa Rugosa, but I don't think it gets enough sun where I put it. I really want the fragrance, and the medicinal properties, of roses now!
I have the perfect spot for yarrow, which I have never been successful with before. Maybe this year's the year, because it sure sounds like an herb I need.
I ordered the book! I'm in Nashville now, so it will be delivered to me here. We've had glorious weather, my airbnb is spectacularly comfortable and in a great neighborhood, my daughters will both be with me for Christmas, and I am feeling fine!
WISH YOU WERE HERE!
The roses are wild - planted by birds!
I had been cutting them back every year, knowing how "invasive" even a native can be.
Then I just let them go.
And it's as if they know: here, have a riot of roses, and trust that your sister live on in Nature (somehow).
You bought the book!
Which quote fit - this one?
".... we might need to accept that we don't have the capacity to understand them in our limited human mind and simply trust that these plants will shine a light that will open our hearts towards a healing that we may have not known possible."
I'd love to be with you in Nashville!!!!