Hello folks, here in the Canyon, the Wild Roses (Rosa woodsii) are just beginning to bloom, the Blisswort (Scutellaria potosina) is flowering beautifully (more on those very soon) and the land is green and lush with such an abundantly rainy Spring! I’ve been on a bit of a writing hiatus, and my time’s been consumed [...]
At long last! –– the release of the greatly anticipated
COURSE 1
of a 5 course program for the village herbalist:
From the Ground Up: Grassroots Training in Traditional Western Herbalism
FOUNDATIONS IN TRADITIONAL WESTERN HERBALISM
Written & Taught by Kiva Rose Hardin
After years of preparation, the essential first course in Kiva Rose’s comprehensive 5 course program has [...]
Spring has come a little late to the Gila but is now emerging full force, right in step with the tumultuous pace of the San Francisco River flooding its muddy banks. Thanks to snowmelt and significant rains, southwest New Mexico is remarkably well watered at the moment which most likely means a wildflower rich Spring! [...]
Many deeply rooted changes have been taking place here in the quiet of the Canyon during the cold months. As Spring slowly unfurls her foliate face, we’re increasingly incorporating these transformational shifts into our existing framework of education and healing work. Regular blog readers will first notice that my herbal blog has a new title, [...]
The following is the some of the new text for the Supporter page of the Animá website, describing the new forms for contributing financially to this place, practice and purpose. We eliminated the Memberships, as that made it sound like this was an organization rather than a school and sanctuary, and lowered the minimum Supporter [...]
I’m guessing that a fair number of my readers are parents, grandparents or caregivers for children, and that almost all of you are interested in herbs. If those two interests overlap at all for you, you’re going to want to check out this new herbal course created through a collaboration between John Gallagher of Learningherbs.com [...]
Intro: Recent changes at the Animá School have resulted in a continuing number of queries about both the 8 week Courses and what are now the year or longer Mentorships. For all students of the earlier year long courses, your lessons and time frame remains unchanged, the only difference is that your special course is [...]
This is just a short post to let all my blog readers, clients, students and other people awaiting emails, know that I am working madly away at the websites and Conference planning, and will be mostly out of touch until the end of this week. Sorry for any inconvenience and many thanks for your support [...]
Numen: The Nature of Plants
A review by Kiva Rose
Anyone who has ever experienced the bliss and connection of gathering Mullein flowers on a warm summer day or the satisfaction of facilitating wellness in another living being, who may have ever known the incredible healing power of the plants – is sure to be touched and [...]
Health Insurance: Disempowering for Patients, Harmful for Herbalists & Healers
By Jess Hardin
Yes, I am among the millions of unassured Americans. Unassured by industry claims, administration promises and congressional intentions when it comes to health legislation. No, I am not one of the privileged, able to slap down multiple plastic cards and receive the kind of [...]
~Snakeweed In Bloom~
The mountains are turning gold with Escoba de la Vibora (Gutierrezia spp), Limoncillo (Pectis angustafolia), Anil de muerto (Verbesina spp), Wild Sunflowers, Coneflowers and Goldenrod. It’s a been a long dry summer but the flowers are still wild and prolific, with purple Asters, white and pink Wild Buckwheat, lavender Beebalm and ivory [...]
The Matter of Prosperity
by Jesse Wolf Hardin
www.animacenter.org
www.animacenter.org/blog
Yes, the material matters… but we are so much more prosperous than we think.
In the year prior to my writing this, the international economy has contracted and weakened more than at any time since the Great Depression. The results in personal terms have been difficult and sometimes devastating, [...]
This month’s blogparty is, by far, our biggest yet! An impressive range of subjects and authors have gifted us with their wisdom, recipes, experience and wonderings.
So here we are, a wonderful array of perspectives on Sweet Medicine! I hope you all enjoy these many sharings and take the time to try and taste some of [...]
1st Annual Traditions in Western Herbalism Conference
September 17th-19th, 2010
Santa Fe, NM (at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu)
For those of you who’ve been keeping up with the Anima blog, are friends with me on FB or following me on Twitter, you’ve already read about the beginning stages of the herbal conference Wolf and I are organizing [...]
In addition to what Rhiannon mentions, there is also a wonderful review by herbalist, mama and Medicine Woman student, Angie Goodloe on her great blog, Authentic Mama that you’ll want to check out.
-Kiva
Hi Everybody! Thank you to all the people from all over the world who have bought my book! I love you so [...]
