This week we are rebroadcasting episode 72 with Sajah Popham, Evolutionary Herbalism :: Tending To The Inner Cosmos With Holistic Plant Medicine, which was our top listened to podcast episode of 2019! It's a wonderful compliment to the free trainings he's offering right now, which you can access right here and learn more below.
I also give you a sneak peek into a super special bonus I'm offering in partnership with Evolutionary Herbalism, plus we'll be continuing the conversation next week with a brand new episode where we cover the topics of Vitalism, herbal healing as an act of sovereignty, and supporting the immune system holistically!
In this encore episode, Sajah talks about his own plant path and how he went from being on track to becoming a doctor to then studying various herbal and healing traditions, uncovering universal truths that led to his goal to honor both the physical and spiritual.
Sajah walks us through what is evolutionary herbalism and the 5 pillars of evolutionary herbalism. We talk about the importance of “learning by heart” and how to practice transformational medicine, working with plants for transformational healing and assist us in reclaiming our true natures and support us in working through traumas and breaking through conditionings.
Sajah shares how he uses medical astrology to translate patterns within a person’s life and the difference between a “hope herbalist” and a holistic herbalist, and how an evolutionary herbalist.
We cover how to tend to the inner cosmos and Sajah walks us through a fantastic case study to ground these principles into practice, including planetary patterns, plant medicine, and energetics for healing body, mind and spirit.
{FREE} VITALIST HERBALISM MINI-COURSE
My friends Sajah and Whitney Popham, founders of The School of Evolutionary Herbalism, just released an amazing free mini-course outlining some of the core principles behind how to practice herbalism according to methods that have been used for thousands of years in medical traditions from around the world.
The teachings in these videos will give you some incredible insights and perspectives into how you use plants for healing, as well as how you can better be of service to those you help with herbal medicine. Not to mention they created an awesome workbook to help you on your plant path.
Click here to register for their totally free Vitalist Herbalism Mini-Course
They will only be offering it for a short period of time, so be sure to check it out while you can.
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Show Notes
In this episode, we discuss:
How Sajah knew he wanted to work in medicine as a kid and how the plant path pulled him from the track of becoming a surgeon
Sajah’s realization that healing is so much more than fixing what’s broken
How Sajah considers himself more of a spiritual seeker before an herbalist
How Sajah began studying various herbal and healing traditions, uncovering universal truths that led to his goal to honor both the physical and spiritual
How the current education system structures our way of thinking and the importance of “learning by heart” - gnosis cardiaca, and Sajah’s interest in the “perennial truth”
The importance of the natural world and the light of nature being the core pillar of evolutionary herbalism
The 5 pillars of evolutionary herbalism
3 primary energetic patterns at the basis of herbal medical traditions and cosmic science: the 3 principles, 5 elements, and 7 planets
Universal herbalism is understanding how these patterns are reflected in life and health, and traditions of herbalism throughout the world and ages
Transformational medicine which addresses the mind, heart, body, and soul
“The body is the most material aspect of the soul, and the soul is the most volatile aspect of the body - they’re not separate.”
Pillar #5: Know thyself -
The spiralic journey and the nonlinear energetic patterns of nature
Sajah’s perspective on dogma and how we’re usually all saying the same thing in different words
How we can work with plants for transformational healing and assist us in reclaiming our true natures and support us in working through traumas and breaking through conditionings
How Sajah uses medical astrology to translate patterns within a person’s life
The significance of archetypal forces and patterns within medicine, plants, and people as a bridge
How to tend to the inner cosmos and Sajah walks us through a fantastic case study to ground these principles into practice, including planetary patterns, plant medicine, and energetics for healing body, mind and spirit
How working with plant in an alchemical way helped to heal the expression of the pattern and archetype of the person
How working with a single plant that is a “match” energetically to the patterns of the person can be profoundly powerful in the healing process
The difference between a “hope herbalist” and a holistic herbalist, and how an evolutionary herbalist is looking at the spiritual and archetypal expression too
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