Ancient healing for a modern world
Plant spirit medicine treatments have benefitted me so deeply I hardly know where to begin! It feels as if after each treatment I step closer to living more authentically, both on a physical and emotional level, but also on a spiritual level. It has opened up a world to me that is closer to nature.
Rose
“Plant spirit medicine is low tech; it produces healing purely through good relationship with the natural world.”
– Eliot Cowan, Founder PSM.
About plant spirit medicine
Our ancestors lived with a sense of grace in the world, intimately connected to nature. Illness was understood as an imbalance, and the healer’s role was to return balance and harmony for that person and thereby restore their health.
Plant spirit medicine treats the source of any imbalance, renewing your health, and helping you to live fully from your own, true essential nature; just like our ancestors. This medicine is just as effective today as in times past.
Can this medicine help me?
All of us, at some stage in our lives, are presented with something that is beyond our capacity to cope with. It may be the loss of a loved one, a traumatic event or an illness or health concern. We may feel stuck, stressed, overwhelmed or unable to make good decisions. We may feel racked by frustration, anxiety or sadness. At some point we acknowledge to ourselves that we can no longer cope on our own and reach out for help.
Plant spirit medicine recognises that we are more than our symptoms and diagnoses. It is through symptoms that nature calls for help with an underlying imbalance. This medicine answers that call, creating balance and harmony for our body, mind and spirit and restoring our wellbeing and capacity to live the lives we are meant to live.
No matter what life presents, this medicine has something to offer you.
What is plant spirit medicine?
Plant spirit medicine combines the Classical Five Element tradition with the indigenous practice of using the spirits of plants for healing.
The key ingredient is the living relationships the healer develops with plant spirits. In return for this friendship, when called upon, the plant spirits share their medicine with us. The plants remove obstacles for our patients, helping them live meaningful, joyful and balanced lives.
This medicine is for anyone looking for a healing path that supports their spiritual growth. Those willing to take the time to engage in their health in this way find the medicine deeply nourishes their core.
No substances are prescribed or administered in this healing method, nor as healers do we diagnose or treat illness or symptoms. Continuing to work alongside your medical provider is encouraged when engaging with plant spirit medicine.
The way of plants
Some people assume that we are superior to plants and that they are simply resources here for our exploitation. Plant spirit medicine, like traditional cultures, offers a different approach, placing great emphasis on developing relationships with the plants. We can learn to relate to them as our brothers and sisters.
In my training I opened myself to the possibility that plants are more than their physical bodies and chemical components. I began to see them as wise and knowledgeable with a lot to teach us.
The way a plant relates to the world is its medicine. Wherever we find plants we can observe them in a joyful dance with nature, providing benefit to the world around them. They invite us towards a balanced relationship with the natural world, living in harmony with the earth, the rain, the air and the sunshine.
The medicine’s roots
The roots of plant spirit medicine are deep and reach back thousands of years. It is a medicine grounded in the Classical Five Element system of medicine combined with the indigenous practice of using the spirits of plants for healing.
The Classical Five Element methodology is a unique and effective system of medicine, one that has been continuously practiced for more than five thousand years. This tradition demonstrates to us that the fundamental elements of creation, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water and Wood, give rise to and maintain life’s natural order. The spirit of these elements is what sustains life, and gives us our sense of purpose, growth and fulfilment.
Throughout human history people have built relationships with the local plant spirits for healing. Though largely forgotten in modern times, indigenous cultures still maintain this practice today. Plant spirit medicine rekindles in us something ancient, our innate capacity to dream in union with the plant people, to learn from them and bring their extraordinary medicine into our lives.
Plant spirit medicine embodies these ancient practices in a way that is accessible, and highly effective, in today’s world.
