That time I flew James W Jesso over and we hang out for a couple weeks sharing psychedelic stories round Australia! @jameswjesso found some old pics of us being goofy Long live Rebel Herbal! #rebelherbal #entheobotanica

Hey plant friends, I'm Rachel, a herbalist and life long plant student. I'm 10 years into my apprenticeship now. My journey with plants has taught me that... - Healing is about relationship, not constituents. - More medicine doesn't equal more healing - Stronger isn't always better, not if it takes us away from the perception of subtlety - Slow goes deeper - We can't make healing a career or we make sickness a career So remember that you are well, you are whole, and rather than weeding out every problem, many things are best addressed through: JOY, CREATIVE EXPRESSION, MOVEMENT, SONG and PRAYER. I know that can sound abstract and woo woo. I used to vomit a little at talk like that - back when my brain sat upon my body like a tyrant. I was a head without a body, cut off from my primary organs of perception. I was naive and reductionist. I was reduced into something small and isolated, and pretended I was so very big and full of knowing. But I was just parroting my culture. Blah Blah Blah. It got boring. And life's for living, not just healing! Thanks to 10 years of plant apprenticeship I have grown into a woman with her own authorship now. I consult directly with the living intelligence of the world, not a dominating system of control that tells people what to think rather than how to think. And you can do that to. Interface with the decentralised intelligence of Gaia. There is much socio-cultural change being called in now. The terrain of the culture is sick, and we can't just pull it out by the root. We can't weed out a demon, without growing a ally, or another nasty weed comes back. So start growing seeds of positive change and they will take up space in you. 🙂

Flashback to some of our first markets at ZenFest # 1 2019. Where it all began back on the Sunshine Coast.

Burning back the dead wood. Growth isn't always upwards and outwards. Contrary to the appearance of our civilisation, growth is also downwards and inwards. Death and decay are ripe territory for growth. I often tell my clients " DON'T RUSH THE REBIRTH " it's a dopamine trap. The moments of striping back, of shedding, of falling apart - these are some of the most powerful times of your life. And if you don't want to be there, then honour the process enough to not have to return there very often. Honour the process by lingering there - let the process be your guide, not your own desires. Leaping into the new vision of who you are before the funeral service is an unsustainable culturally groomed approach to life - it reveals how unbalanced we are on any footing other than our preferred stance - that os standing on top of and controlling something. Burning back the dead wood is a way of regenerating the land so that we can also be regenerated. What about your dead wood? If you are longing for a rebirth, and a break through, and a wake up, and a change of scenery. Then decay is inevitable. But decay needs to be tended to in a different way that you may be used to. It isn't something you dominate, it's something you surrender to. It requires trust, it requires guidance, it requires humility. Here's an Auntie I spent some time with in the middle of Australia tending to her ancestral land. She knows how to work with fire regularly so it doesn't get into trouble territory.

Jump onto the shop to try it out 🙂 #iboga #floweressence #rebelherbal #entheobotanica

A lot of special moments in the garden right now The ibogas flowered (first time in a few years actually so they must be happy again) and I have a flower essence that extracted over the new moon and new year. I have some elliptica about to flower 🌸 and have repotted the acacia courtiis getting them ready for being planted in the front yard as gate keepers. #iboga #medicinegarden #entheobotanica #rebelherbal

A bit about us.. FUN FACTS:: Elijah joined my plant world 4 years ago, and I told him early on - you're gonna have to really like some pretty full on plant teachers for this to work out! Turns our he does, and now he works with me behind the scenes on our family business. FAVOURITE TEA:: Elijah is out tea master, and brews his intuitive daily concoction. Honestly get off the coffee people and get into tea drinking, it's limitless! Currently in love with a blend of Guayusa, White Tea, Peppermint, Tulsi, Siberian Ginseng, little Licorice, maybe a splash of Rose petal. FAVOURITE ANIMALS:: Our family totem as the Kindreds is a Dingo for its playfulness, loyalty and warmth. My personal totems are the Owl to see through the dark and the Green Tree Frog for transformation. Eli is very connected to Dragon Flys for their protection of the water and agility. He loves Owls too for their Perception. The Blue Fairy Wrens have shown up for us a lot in life as cheeky little fellas, and we tend to follow bird songs and feathers along the trail of our lives. WHY PLANTS? The Plant queendom makes planet earth bearable. Looking at the sea of green forest calms my heart. Breathing a forest helps me let go of my sadness. Burying my hands and feet in the dirt of the soil grounds me. The taste and small of the vegetal world invigorates my senses. From flowers, to essential oils, to teas, spices, and good fresh food. I'm kind of obsessed with resins and like to burn things and smell their smoke. So overall, I think loving plants is how I love being human. It's a sensory experience. But that doesn't even begin to explain the world of plant medicine and relationship. But that's another story.. Thanks for reading, Rach

Inside each of us is the fire that never goes out. This fire will save your life, daily. It is in fact a small piece of the sun inside your blood. To learn to harness this fire into the manifest world is when life gets really interesting! #firemedicine #entheobotanica #rebelherbal

We love turkey bush from the top end! It's got an incredible aroma, and flowers in the dry season. Native smudges that grow in inabundance from Australia's soils are a great alternative to rare overharvested overseas options. During dry season the pink flowers of Calytrix exstipulata, a Myrtaceae, can be seen lighting the bush up with colour. It smells divine and keeps bugs at bay. Here's a few reasons why to chose native aromatic plants like lemon myrtle, lemon tea tree and eucalypt smudges: - It connects us to our own soils & sense of belonging - Wild foraging is a beautiul way to connect with our landscape, but we can't wild forage plants that don't grow here - Native plants connect us to the culture that birthed from this landscape, allowing reverance and respect for the old ways of lore and the story of the medicine - Natives connect us to the season's that we live in, they aren't abstract they are relevant - Natives share our land so they tackle the same problems we are dealing with on the day to day #entheobotanica #turkeybush #nativeplants #bushmedicine #australianmedicine #smudge #rebelherbal