The idea of cyclic living in attunement with the sun and the moon isn't new. In fact, it's the way our ancestors lived for tens of thousands of years - just that they didn't need a name for it. In today's conversation, my guest Flora Ware and I talk about the importance for us as a species of reconnecting with our most ancient sources of light and the rhythm they lend to our days, months and years. As a bonus, Flora is sharing her beautiful, printable cyclic living guide with all of our listeners. Equinox blessings to you all! WHAT WE COVER: - how artifiicial lighting has changed our attunement to the cycles of the sun - the importance of community, face-to-face interactions, and why we're not meant to do it alone - how to tell the phase of the moon by its position and timing in the sky - cyclic living with a menstrual cycle - today's medicine song: "All Night" by annathyst from her EP in the making, Fly Again - yearly cycles and the necessity of death and change for new beginnings - Flora's system of 7 sacred feminine archetypes and how they relate to the 7 chakras CONNECT WITH FLORA https://strengthandsoul.com/ | Instagram: @flora_ware | facebook.com/florawarestrengthsoul/ Take Flora's free Quiz: Which of the 7 Sacred Feminine Archetypes are you?: https://strengthandsoul.com/which-of-the-7-sacred-feminine-archetypes-are-you/ Flora's gift to our listeners: Download her [Cyclic Living Guide](https://strengthandsoul.com/cyclic-living-guide/ ) for free MEDICINE MUSIC BY ANNATHYST Instagram @annathyst11 (Anna is currently doing a social media detox, but this is where you'll hear about her upcoming EP first!) CONNECT WITH US https://floweringshe.com | @floweringsherose Book a [Flowering She Reading] (https://floweringshe.com/readings/) JOIN OUR SISTERHOOD OF THE ROSE on [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/floweringsherose) Support the show by helping us decorate our Altar of Roses and receive bonuses in return. _Did you enjoy the show?_ **Leave us a review** [on iTunes by following this link](http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1469425800), and I'll be sure to send some extra faerie dust your way.

Today I share about my journey in the past year with regards to reclaiming our feminine sexuality and our primordial power from the core of Gaia, and the role that my hibiscus plant played for me. This episode is a unique blend of guided meditation, plant spirit transmission and personal storytelling. I thought for a long time about wether to share this episode publicly, since it is so personal, and decided that what I experienced is just as much - if not more - for the collective. What to expect: - a short guided meditation into your root and pelvis - _today's plant spirit transmission_ from Hibiscus - my story of the connection between my yoni and hibiscus as a portal to the underworld - healing from a misplaced copper IUD and past life vows of suppressed feminine sexuality - our cervixes as gateways and rings of fire - why your blood _matters_ and why _matter_ is holy - how today's message connects to where we are in the wheel of the year: celebrating the earth maiden rising from core of Gaia - _today's medicine song_: "Holy River" by Høly River (featured with the artists' permission) MEDICINE MUSIC BY HøLY RIVER [Bandcamp](https://holyriver.bandcamp.com/album/holy-river-single) | [Website](https://www.holyrivermusic.com/) | [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/lobomarinomusic/videos) | [Instagram ](http://instagram.com/holyrivermusic) CONNECT WITH ANAHITA https://floweringshe.com | [@floweringsherose](https://www.instagram.com/floweringsherose) JOIN OUR SISTERHOOD OF THE ROSE on [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/floweringsherose) Support the show by helping us decorate our Altar of Roses and receive bonuses in return. _Did you enjoy the show?_ **Leave us a review** [on iTunes by following this link ](http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1469425800), and I'll be sure to send some extra faerie dust your way.

"The way I think about it is: we are actually bringing 5D here. And we are bringing Heaven to Earth. We're not going anywhere." -- Sena Maria As humans, we are made of the stars, and we are made of this earth. And I believe that humanity's awakening process is really a journey of bringing back Eden by remembering how to not only live in a regenerative, symbiotic relationship with all of life, but to bless this Earth that we call our home by cultivating even more beauty. In today's episode, my guest Sena Maria and I explore how we can get to that place by remembering the magic in the mundane. Sena Maria is an ascension guide, a star speaker, an earth lover and a cacao mama. She recently co-created the Medicine of Being Human Community, a council space for heart knowledge sharing on how to be a human in a good way. There she explores how we can bridge cosmic intelligence with earth stewardship, in order to holistically align us from Heaven to Earth in all areas of life. WHAT WE COVER: - the medicine that lies in the human journey - Sena's co-creation: The Medicine of Being Human Community - how to balance online and offline community in a way that allows us to benefit from both spaces - why our ascension process is really a descension process - earth as a cosmic being, and bringing 5D here - Sena's three key steps in her process of planting roots - how to use astrology as a tool that validates our inner guidance vs. giving our power away - Sena's main allies: cacao and mushrooms, and why they are more powerful together - _today's medicine song_: "Mama Cacao" by Sena Maria and the Cacao community _Sena is offering a free download of "Mama Cacao" as a bonus to our patrons, so that you can incorporate it into your personal cacao ceremony or practice singing it yourself._ CONNECT WITH SENA Sena's Instagram: [@sena__maria](https://www.instagram.com/sena__maria/) [The Medicine of Being Human Community ](https://medicineofbeinghuman.com/) Find the [lyrics to "Mama Cacao"](https://senamaria.bandcamp.com/releases) on Bandcamp Learn more about [Firefly chocolate](https://ceremonial-cacao.com/), the ceremonial cacao company that Sena works for CONNECT WITH US https://floweringshe.com | [@floweringsherose](https://www.instagram.com/floweringsherose) JOIN OUR SISTERHOOD OF THE ROSE on [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/floweringsherose) Support the show by helping us decorate our Altar of Roses and receive bonuses in return. _Did you enjoy the show?_ **Leave us a review** [on iTunes by following this link ](http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1469425800), and I'll be sure to send some extra faerie dust your way.

I thought ceremonial cacao was a fad, a new way of marketing chocolate, a trend that would bloom and fade. Until I participated in a life changing cacao ceremony, which helped me shift long held patterns of relating that were holding me back. Fast forward to earlier this year, when I met the fellow fairy and cacao practitioner Laura Durban of @kakaozauber for a shamanic drum building workshop. Fueled by this real life connection, we decided record a conversation about our personal stories with mama cacao, and why it's way more than unsweetened hot cocoa. If the taste of cacao ends up lingering on your lips after this episode, and you would like to try it out for yourself, Laura is creating a special guided heart meditation for our [Patrons](https://www.patreon.com/floweringsherose) (rosebud level and up), which you can listen to during your own cacao ritual. In case you were wondering, Laura's two favorite sources of ceremonial cacao (which she is not being paid for recommending ;)) are [Cacao Love](http://www.cacaolove.net)'s cacao from Peru and [Keith's cacao](https://www.keithscacao.com) from Guatemala. She is also sharing a 5% discount code for Keith's cacao with all of our listeners, which can be used worldwide, to be found on our [Patreon page](https://www.patreon.com/floweringsherose). WHAT WE COVER: - Laura's story of her deepening relationship with cacao: from health booster, to creativity catalyst, to precious plant medicine - how heart-opening can apply to the outer AND inner world - how cacao can help us to dive deeper and integrate our shadows - my personal story of heart-opening with cacao - _today's medicine song_: "Hologram" by Karl Scott from his album Supporting Life (featured with the artist's permission) - the difference between commercial and ceremonial cacao - production chains and why every step of the way matters - cultural appropriation and is there such a thing as a traditional cacao ceremony? - ways to incorporate cacao into your life if you're too sensitive to consume it daily - how cacao can heighten our creativity and what to do when the ideas come flooding in CONNECT WITH LAURA [Kakaozauber on facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Kakaozauber-288186008745927/): cacao ceremonies in Freiburg, Germany | [@kakaozauber on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/kakaozauber/) [Visual art website](https://lauradurban.com/) | [Nymphs and the elements: a video ](https://vimeo.com/286747707) MEDICINE MUSIC BY KARL SCOTT [Bandcamp](https://karlscott.bandcamp.com/) |[ Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/KarlScottMusic/) | [SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/karl-scott-music) | [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/KarlScottMusic) CONNECT WITH US https://floweringshe.com | [@floweringsherose](https://www.instagram.com/floweringsherose) Book a [Flowering She Reading] (https://floweringshe.com/readings/) JOIN OUR SISTERHOOD OF THE ROSE on [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/floweringsherose) Support the show by helping us decorate our Altar of Roses and receive bonuses in return. _Did you enjoy the show?_ **Leave us a review** [on iTunes by following this link ](http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1469425800), and I'll be sure to send some extra faerie dust your way.

There are many perspectives and pathways to awakening, knowledge and success, and sometimes it's hard to know which way to go. Some traditions ask us to focus on transcendence, meditate in stillness, exhale anger and inhale love. Others ask us to go down and in, to find an opening through our embodied deepening and to alchemize our darker emotions. In today's episode, Zoe Eccles and I talk about bridging the masculine and feminine pathways to awakening, science and mysticism, intellectual and embodied knowledge. Zoe is a storyteller, historian and photographer. She is engaged in a lifelong journey, both through the physical world, which she travels, living for parts of the year on the road, and through the world of thought. Her current projects cover a vast area, as she aims to bridge various disciplines and fields: the scientific, the historic and the spiritual; the literary and the photographic; to find a larger story that will spark a change in society. **Please note that the Patreon bonus has changed since I recorded the intro. Zoe is now granting our patrons (at the $5/month rosebud level and up) FREE access to her online mindfulness course BE, which is usually priced at $110. It is a beautiful four-part course filled with information, poems, journal prompts, audio meditations and videos.** WHAT WE COVER: - how Zoe's blogs and businesses "life gazing" and "earth being" were created - returning to true presence in the day and age of social media: living first, storytelling second - the various pathways of awakening: how the "upward" path of ascension and transcendence needs to be balanced by the "down and inward" return to the earth and embodiment - facing our humanity: balancing our inner angel and our animal instincts - the reconciliation of masculine science and feminine mystery and embodied gnosis - finding the beauty in difference and dualism as the foundation of our existence - the big bang, nothingness and the fertile womb - today's medicine song: >> Molten Starry Skies << by The Feelings Parade from their album "Live on Scott's Birthday" (featured with the artist's permission) - Zoe's creation process and how she manages to travel the world without much money - Zoe's online offering "Portals": our ancestral heritage through the wheel of the year - real talk: personal doubts and hopes around creating content in an oversaturated online world RESOURCES MENTIONED - Zoe's YouTube videos on [how to talk with trees ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9hHHK3fytw)and [how to see fairies ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlv2J32hMX8) - the song I sing in the end: Hit my Heart by Boy CONNECT WITH ZOE - visit Zoe's blog [Life Gazing & Wild Strawberries](http://www.life-gazing.com/) to read her stories and sign up for her New Moon Letters - enter Zoe's magical online portals, join her mindfulness course or book a goddess photoshoot on [earth-being.com](https://www.earth-being.com/) - follow Zoe on Instagram [@life.gazing](https://www.instagram.com/life.gazing/) MEDICINE MUSIC by THE FEELINGS PARADE [Patreon] (https://www.patreon.com/TheFeelingsParade) | [YouTube] (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aUbKu0wsrihdPVOnVO-7g) | [Website] (https://thefeelingsparade.com/home) | [Bandcamp] (https://thefeelingsparade.bandcamp.com) CONNECT WITH US https://floweringshe.com | [@floweringsherose](https://www.instagram.com/floweringsherose) Book a [Flowering She Reading] (https://floweringshe.com/readings/). JOIN OUR SISTERHOOD OF THE ROSE on [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/floweringsherose) Support the show and receive bonuses and the chance to win in our give-aways. _Did you enjoy the show?_ **Leave us a review** [on iTunes by following this link ](http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1469425800) and I'll be sure to send some extra faerie dust your way.

When was the last time your skin was covered with mud? And your entire body kissed by the sun? What if our awakening was just a sensual forest bath away: in ecstatic Union with nature. In today's episode, my guest Christina Louise and I talk about how earth-based awakening and the playful, sensual energies of the faerie realms can help us deepen our intimacy on all levels: not just with the living world around us, but also with ourselves and in our inter-human relationships. WHAT WE COVER: - Christina's intimate connection with nature and beings beyond the veil - the faerie realm and its role in assisting humans in this time of great awakening - _today's medicine song:_ "Bite my Tongue" by Aviva Le Fey from her debut album Lovesick (featured with the artist's persmission) - reclaiming our intimacy with nature, and how that affects our intimacy with ourselves & one another - practices for exploring the energy of Eros in nature - Christina's upcoming course ["Sidhe Alchemy: Fairies, Sex & Relationships"](https://sidhealchemy.com/) _(all [Patrons](http://www.patreon.com/floweringsherose) starting at the "Rosebud" tier will receive a coupon code for 10% off her course or 20% off a 1:1 session with Christina!)_ CONNECT WITH CHRISTINA LOUISE [Website ](https://rainbowempress.wordpress.com/)| [Instagram @christinalouise.k](https://www.instagram.com/christinalouise.k/) MEDICINE MUSIC BY AVIVA LE FEY [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/avivamusic) | [Bandcamp](https://avivalefey.bandcamp.com/) | [Instagram @avivalefey ](https://www.instagram.com/avivalefey/) CONNECT WITH US https://floweringshe.com | [Instagram @floweringsherose](https://www.instagram.com/floweringsherose) JOIN OUR SISTERHOOD OF THE ROSE on [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/floweringsherose) Support the show and receive bonuses and the chance to win in our give-aways.

One of my purposes in life is to be a bridge for plant and human consciousness. And today I got to have a conversation with a sweet sister on the same mission! Lillian is a plant spirit healer and visual artist, bridging the worlds of human consciousness and the ever-accessible, loving and wise, presence of Nature’s intelligence. Her healing business, Earth Prayer, was birthed from a deep desire to give voice to the Plants, weave Their prayers into writing and art, share flower essences, and serve her local community with plant spirit healing. We hope that this episode will spark your interest in developing personal relationships with these highly evolved sentient botanical beings! WHAT WE COVER: - Lillian's plant path: from ecological restoration, to farming, to herbalism and finally plant spirit healing - the subtle but profound impact of flower essences, and how they helped Lillian on her journey - plants as our ancestors and why every single one is a teacher - today's medicine song: >> Whispers << by Ayla Nereo from the album The Code of the Flowers (featured with the artist's permission) - what is plant spirit healing? - the difference between louder master plant teachers (such as Ayahuasca) and the quieter, more common plants (here's a secret: all of them are entheogenic, and here for the evolution of our consciousness) - what are plant initiations or plant diets? - a message from the spirit of Queen of the Night (selenicereus grandiflorus) CONNECT WITH LILLIAN Find her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earthprayer/ Check out her botanical pen & ink art and vibrational medicines on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EarthPrayerEssences MEDICINE MUSIC BY AYLA NEREO https://www.aylanereo.com/ https://aylanereo.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/aylanereo https://www.instagram.com/aylanereo RESOURCES MENTIONED Plant Spirit Medicine: A Journey into the Healing Wisdom of Plants by Eliot Cowan Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness by Pam Montgomery The Secret Teachings of Plants: The Intelligence of the Heart in the Direct Perception of Nature by Stephen Harrod Buhner The School of Evoluationary Herbalism with Sajah and Whitney Popham Intuitive Plant Medicine online course by Asia Suler CONNECT WITH US https://floweringshe.com Support the show by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/floweringsherose https://www.instagram.com/floweringsherose

"The Earth has a cure for forgetting. And the Earth has a cure for connection. And that is mushrooms." In today's episode, Dolly Sorenson and I explore the vast healing potential of adaptogenic and psychedelic mushrooms and the teachings of the mycelium. This show is for everyone who is interested in building a new world of connection to Earth and to each other. Dolly has experienced the quantum leaps of transformational healing, having her life change over night by syncing up with her most authentic self, merging with the mycelium of the planet. She now teaches about mushrooms and makes her own wildcrafted medicine, including an amanita muscaria essence. She will be giving away a bottle of this essence on our **Patreon**(https://www.patreon.com/floweringsherose)! (giveaway ends October 21st) WHAT WE COVER: - how Dolly's life transformed into a waking dream after going through the mushroom portal - how flower essences helped Dolly uncover who she was - how the mushroom entered Dolly's dreams and led her to her soul mate - the mushroom as a gatekeeper leading the way - _today's medicine song_: >> Rêve << by Justine Quetzal, an unfinished song from her second album in the making. _Many thanks for this special preview!_ - Dolly's story of initiation and how she was lead to making her first mushroom essence - the teachings of the mycelium - the medicine of recycling, resurrection and integration of shadow for more authentic being - adaptogenic mushrooms and how they allow our body to be its own healer - the power of psychedelic mushrooms to heal our imaginations, shift our consciousness and widen our reality - the mushroom's role in building a new world, leading the way to more sisterhood, village life and connection - how to start building a relationship with mushrooms (with or without ingesting them) Today's _plant spirit transmission_ tells the story of a personal journey of mine with magic mushrooms. It can be found on our Patreon, along with some bonus audio content, where Dolly talks more about the research around mushrooms and how science & spirit are merging in that field. CONNECT WITH DOLLY https://pollycompost.com | Instagram @pollycompost MEDICINE MUSIC BY JUSTINE QUETZAL Website: https://justinequetzal.com | Bandcamp: https://justinequetzal.bandcamp.com/releases | YouTube: Justine Quetzal Instagram: @justine_quetzal Check out her first album _Violet Flame Within_. Her second album will be released in the spring of 2020, with many more French songs. CONNECT WITH US https://floweringshe.com | Instagram @floweringsherose | Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/floweringsherose

Today I am taking you on a pilgrimage through the airwaves to a place very dear to my soul: Avalon. (The Patreon bonus audio for today's show will be a guided journey to meet the plant that acts as your portal to Avalon!) A quick news flash: Flowering She Rose now has its own Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/floweringsherose! If these conversations, plant spirit transmissions and medicine songs have touched, inspired or nourished you, then you can help decorate our virtual Altar of Roses and support the show by making a monthly donation. Head on over to find out how to receive exclusive patron rewards, such as guided meditations and journeys from myself and our guests, to support you in deepening your connection to the plants, your guides and your embodied knowledge. Our guest today is Bethan Sofia from Avebury in the UK, the place of the largest stone circle in Europe, and about an hour north of Glastonbury. Bethan is an artist, healer, oracle and guide, and an initiate of the Rose-Grail lineage anointed by Mary Magdalene – ISIS – Sophia the High Galactic Feminine. WHAT WE COVER: - my story of how I was called to the land of Avalon and the soul remembrance that sparked - Glastonbury as a Star Rose Temple, a place where the earth & stars merge - how plants can act as portals or gateways to Avalon and the fairy realm - _today's plant spirit story_: How Hawthorn called me to Avalon - how Bethan was initiated by the Goddess, opening her consciousness to the higher realms and the magic of Avalon - Bethan and Anahita's stories of womb awakening - two ways to start connecting with your womb (or your hara/etheric womb center) - _today's medicine song_: >>Whispering in the Deep<< by Ea Rose - the direct relationship between our womb and heart and the sacred trinity that is activated upon their marriage - my story of painful solar plexus activation - Avalon as the land of the Beloved and why many people think they're going to meet their twin soul there - Avalon as a synonym for the New Earth, where the feminine Christ consciousness has returned - Bethan's offerings: Avalon Rose Pilgrimages, Avebury Dragon Adventures and womb bloom sessions CONNECT WITH BETHAN Website: https://creatrixoflife.com/ | Instagram @bethan.sofia MEDICINE MUSIC BY EA ROSE Bandcamp: https://earose.bandcamp.com/releases | Rosalie's Instagram: @rosalie.amber.grace | Mackenzie's Instagram: @mackenzie.madrone RESOURCES MENTIONED Books: Anna, Grandmother of Jesus and Anna, Voice of the Magdalenes by Claire Heartsong Learn more about Sacred Inner Union with my teacher Leyolah Antara: https://leyolahantara.com/sacred-inner-union/ Background music for the plant spirit story by Royalty Free Background Music under a Creative Commons license LET'S CONNECT https://floweringshe.com | @floweringsherose on Instagram | https://www.patreon.com/floweringsherose

Today, on Mary Assumption, I'm releasing a special episode featuring the full story of how I was called to the plants by Mother Mary. It's all about the mythical unfolding of my path towards my calling. May this story bring you reassurance that we are all guided along the way and that our calling cannot be missed. Our path, as painful as it may be at times, is the one we're on right now, and the beauty comes when you begin to see the meaning and the threads connecting it all. SHOW NOTES In this episode, I share about: - the meaning of my given name, Anna Matuschka, and why I chose to use it for this episode - how I was introduced to Mother Mary and Anna, grandmother of Jesus, as my guides - Mary Assumption and the celebration of flowers and the bounty of life - my pilgrimages to Maria Kirchental, a pink church in Austria devoted to Mother Mary - how Mother Mary encouraged me to pursue my interest in plants - bringing reverence back to motherhood, and the sacred back to the mater-ial realms (mater = mother in Latin) - Angelica, mother and queen of the plant spirit realm - being initiated by plants to carry their essence and become the medicine - _today's plant spirit transmission_: Bridging Heaven and Earth in Service, with Angelica sylvestris - today's medicine song: Cycles and Rhythm by Mackenzie Madrone LINKS AND MUSIC: - the book Anna, Grandmother of Jesus (https://www.hayhouse.com/anna-grandmother-of-jesus-ebook) by Claire Heartsong - Maria Kirchental (http://www.maria-kirchental.at/home/) in St. Martin/Lofer, Austria - Amber Magnolia Hill's blog post (https://mythicmedicine.love/blog/angelica) about Angelica, Mama Bear of the Spirit Realm - Mackenzie Madrone's bandcamp (https://mackenziemadrone.bandcamp.com/) and instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mackenzie.madrone/) **Let's connect!** https://floweringshe.com | @floweringsherose (https://www.instagram.com/floweringsherose/) _Thank you so much for listening! If you liked this show, please subscribe and let your friends know!_