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The one good thing with a fresh snow fall is that everything is super bright ✨🍃

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Witchy things — 🔮✨🌷🕯

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Tips for a Woodland Nature Witch

Go outside Witch ~

🌿Keep an observation journal with you always, especially during nature walks and nature meditations. Draw and take notes of your environment. Notice the shapes and textures of leaves, the color of sunlight, clouds passing, birds moving about, insects all around, listen for the wind. Hear the flowers dancing and singing their joyous songs.

🌿Start your journal entry with the date, time, weather, sunrise + sunset, moon phase, what you hear and what you see, write down a few reflections of the day. mount pressed leaves and flowers on your journal pages with or without tape if you don’t want to draw.

See: Soften your eyes, take in your surrounding area until you start becoming it.

Listen: Hear the crushing sounds of leaves beneath you, birds above you, water within you.

Touch: Close your eyes and FEEL the trees, the moss, the rocks, the bark, the leaves.

Taste: Bite into an evergreen needle

Smell: Take in the smells of damp wood, rich earth, spicy ferns.

The best antidote to the unknown is to learn as much as you can.

Blessed be,

Rosemary Milk 🌹

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Fresh & Clean 🌿✨

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Woods, woods, woods

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ancient nature spirit goes for a dip 🌿 

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Roots by Don Seymour

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8 meditation tips for the very begginer 🌹

Everybody can meditate. If you have always wanted to meditate but you find it hard for you to focus, or straight up uncomfortable, here are some tips if you would like to get started.

1.- You DON’T NEED to sit a certain way. You don’t need to be in a lotus position, or do anything with your hands if you dont want to. My yoga instructor had us lay down to meditate at the beginning. Just get comfortable, if crossing your legs cuts your circulation when you stay like that for a long time (as it happens to me), THERE’S NO NEED TO DO IT.  

2.- Maybe take five or six deep breaths at the begining, BUT THAT’S IT. For me one of the beauties of meditation is to just observe myself existing. If you’re focused on following a rythm of breath someone’s giving you, you might even fell light headed if you’re not used to it. Just let your breath do what it needs. For me, if I’m very concentrated, my breath is so faint it seems like I’ve stopped breathing, so don’t worry about deep breath.

3.- DON’T TRUST JUST ANY YOUTUBE GUIDED MEDITATION VIDEO. Not all of them are good. Watch a little bit of it before using it. I highly recommend you instead use either meditation music (which is generally good), or find one with alpha waves. Those are great. 

4.- LET YOUSELF GO. Don’t try and be in total control all the time. Remember, its a trip to the quiet side of the mind. I find when I relinquish control some pretty wacky awesome things happen. 

5.- Don’t force images to pop in your head, and don’t force them to go. If you wander out of focus, bring your attention back gently. 

6.- If you’re into exploring you subconscious, which requires practice, I would keep a notepad to write down immediatly as you come back what you saw, felt or expereinced. 

7.- Aromatherapy. I’ve come to associate certain smells with the stillness of meditation because I use them during sessions. You can use them in other scenarios and itll trigger the same feeling of calm. I use vanilla incense :)

8.- If you still feel like this is a little challenging (ADD/ADHD babies I got you) there’s a great app called The Meditation Game that’s great if you have trouble focusing for long periods of time. I use it quite a bit and it’s so useful if you have to squeeze meditation time at the weirdest hours or places.

Happy meditating everyone! 💚

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Dangerous Herbs

Listed below are dangerous herbs and herbal combination and explanations as to why they are dangerous. Do not try any of these herbs, orally, on the skin, or in any other way ever (or during pregnancy or nursing, if listed as such).

*Some of the herbs mentioned are safe in small doses are are written as such. Other herbs are toxic in small doses or any amount. This is not a complete list.

Belladonna - Nightshade, bittersweet nightshade is an extremely poisonous herb and is absolutely deadly. It is related to Henbane. Side effects can include dry mouth, enlarged pupils, blurred vision, red dry skin, fever, fast heartbeat, inability to urinate or sweat, hallucinations, spasms, mental problems, convulsions, and coma.

Blue Cohosh - Can cause miscarriages, especially during early pregnancy. This herbs in combination with other herbs has been used as an aborfacient. It works by loosening and relaxing the uterine muscles. This is why it is often suggested as a remedy for pms and menopause.

Black Cohosh -  Can cause miscarriages, especially during early pregnancy. This herbs in combination with other herbs has been used as an aborfacient. It works by loosening and relaxing the uterine muscles. This is why it is often suggested as a remedy for pms and menopause. 

Chaparral - This herb can cause serious liver damage, liver failure, and acute hepatitis. 

Comfrey - Comfrey can be taken in small doses for upset stomach and pms, but using a lot is dangerous. Comfrey contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids, a type of poison that causes liver and kidney failure as well as cancer. They can be absorbed through the skin as well. 

The amount of PAs found in comfrey changes according to the time of harvesting and the age of the plant. The roots have 10 times higher amounts of PAs than the leaves.

Devil’s Claw -  Harpagophytum, means “hook plant” in Greek. Devil’s claw causes additive effects in many medications. It can cause changes in blood pressure as well.

Eucalyptus - Eucalyptus can not be consumed. Taking 3.5 mL of undiluted oil can be fatal. Even applying too much to the skin and absorbing large amounts is dangerous. (Use it very lightly, dilute it, or use a humidifier.) Signs of eucalyptus poisoning might include stomach pain and burning, dizziness, muscle weakness, small eye pupils, feelings of suffocation, and some others. Eucalyptus changes how many medicines break down in the liver.

Foxglove - Poisoning by this herb can cause stomach upset, small eye pupils, blurred vision, strong slow pulse, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, excessive urination, fatigue, muscle weakness and tremors, stupor, confusion, convulsions, abnormal heartbeats, and death. Long-term use of foxglove can lead to symptoms of toxicity, including visual halos, yellow-green vision, and stomach upset.

Golden Seal - This herb is a uterotonic; brain damage (kernicterus) has developed in newborn infants exposed to goldenseal. Do not use goldenseal during pregnancy or breast-feeding.

Hemlock -  Neuromuscular blockage can occur to the point of death if it blocks the respiratory muscles.

Henbane - Side effects include dry mouth, red skin, constipation, overheating, reduced sweating, vision disturbances, increased heart rate, urination problems, drowsiness, restlessness, hallucinations, delirium, manic episodes, and death. Henbane is poisonous and not safe for self-medication.

Kava - In the South Pacific, kava is a popular social drink, similar to alcohol in Western societies. It is used by some to treat anxiety, restlessness, and insomnia, but like many medicines used to treat these types of issues, Kava runs the risk of being too much of a ‘downer - oversedation.’ It can make you unable to operate machinery, fatigued, and worsen depression. Large doses can also effect the liver and cause yellowing of the eyes. Also, some of the dangerous chemicals in kava can pass into breast milk and might hurt a breast-fed infant. Avoid this herb if you have Parkinson’s disease or if you will undergo or have recently undergone anaesthesia as it effects the central nervous system. Alcohol, sedatives, and benzodiazepines interact with downers.

Licorice Root - This tasty herb, when taken in high doses, may cause tiredness, absence of a menstrual period in women, headache, water and sodium retention, and decreased sexual interest and function in men. It may also cause early delivery in pregnant women and miscarriage in early pregnancy. This root has also been seen effecting hormone levels in the body and interacts with oestrogen. It also seems to rid the body or potassium. It can also cause heart failure.

Mistletoe (European) - Can cause chills vomiting, diarrhea, cramping, and other side effects. Short-term, frequent use of European mistletoe might cause liver damage. Lowers blood pressure.

Mugwort - This herb is dangerous in large quantities. Thujone, a ketone and a monoterpene that occurs naturally in two diastereomeric forms:-α-thujone and-β-thujone is present in wormwood Thujones cause a slight high and a feeling of relaxation, which is why it is enjoyed by smokers and drinkers (as a tincture or bitters), can also cause breakdown of muscle, nightmares, seizures, dizziness, confusion, numbness of arms and legs, paralysis, and death. The chemical is also said to be responsible for absinthe’s hallucinogenic effects.

Mugwort might cause a miscarriage because it can start menstruation and also cause the uterus to contract.

Pennyroyal - Pennyroyal has been used as an antificant and can also kill pregnant mothers. Do not use this herb as a method for miscarriage. It can cause irreversible damage to the liver and kidneys, nervous system, brain, and cam cause dizziness, confusion, seizures, and death.

Peony - Peony can cause uterine contractions and is unsafe to use during pregnancy. It also slows blood clotting.

St. John’s Wort - This herb interacts with SSRIs and other types of medications for the treatment of depression. In bipolar, bipolar depression, mania, manic depression, and other related disorders, St. John’s wort can trigger a major upswing or manic episode in patients. This herb also interacts with birth control.

Wormwood - Wormwood one of the main ingredients in the alcoholic beverage, Absinthe. The latin Absinthium comes from the ancient greek word apsínthion, which some claim translates to “Undrinkable”, referencing the herb’s extreme bitter flavor. It is closely related to mugwort, which is toxic in large doses, but wormwood is even more so. The herbs also contained thujones. See Mugwort.

Valerian - This herb, especially the root, can cause oversedation. Alcohol, sedatives, and benzodiazepines interact with downers. Valerian can cause some side effects such as headache, excitability, uneasiness, and even insomnia in some people. A few people feel sluggish in the morning after taking valerian, especially at higher doses. It’s best not to drive or operate dangerous machinery after taking valerian. 

Wintergreen - This type of mint can be dangerous in high doses. Taking wintergreen oil or large amounts of wintergreen leaf can cause ringing in the ears, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, headache, stomach pain, and confusion.

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