"I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars". ~Walt Whitman

Choose only one master: Nature. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669)

"Nature doesn't hurry, yet everything is accomplished.." Lao Tzu

"Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do". ~ Michel de Montaigne.

"The art of healing comes from nature and not from the physician. Therefore, the physician must start from nature with an open mind." Paracelsus

"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature" Frank Lloyd Wright

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The mission of the Earth Medicine Institute is to create psychological, intellectual and spiritual structures that nourish us and our home in profound ways. We recreate the sacred in our lives under the umbrella of Earth-centered living. We take responsibility for our quality of life and choose to become a positive environmental force on our Planet.

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Welcome

If we are to survive we must return to our roots. Literally. Learn how…

We are refugees from our own biology.

 We are profoundly disconnected from the Earth, from our bodies, from our unconscious “shadow”, and from each other. Somatic awareness is not just some New Age concept; it is our natural state that has been smothered by countless layers of cultural conditioning. “Body-thinking” is our birthright … it aligns us to our core, to our ancestors, and to the Earth itself.

We must reactivate the part of our nervous system that lies dormant. This is our wild nature and it will not be denied.

We can reclaim our birthright. We deserve to feel this Planet within our spine. We deserve to feel our Belovéd’s pain and joy within our belly.

We deserve to come home to who we are.

           

As mammals, our primary needs (in no particular order) are:

  • Breath

  • Touch

  • Movement

  • Nutritious Food

  • Clean Water

  • Warmth

  • Safety

  • Bonding

  • Sex

As humans, our primary needs (in no particular order) are:

  • Connection to Spirit

  • Creativity

  • Confrontation of the Great Mystery

  • Love

  • Rites of Passage

  • Personal and Collective Meaning in our Lives

  • Emotional Integration

  • Intellectual Stimulation

These needs are also our primary medicines. All other medicines follow these.

Our medicines bring us back to Center and help to heal the fractures in our lives. We use them to heal our traumas, our injuries, our families, and our karma. As the Earth Medicine Institute grows, we will offer more and more certifications to help us address these needs as healing modalities.

We want to co-create with you a new medicine, a medicine that uses all the tools that are available to improve our quality of life and that of those we love. While our focus is plant medicine, Earth Medicine is not just about plants. Earth Medicine is concerned with the reclamation of the sane core of our humanity and the health of our planet.

If you have something to teach or something to learn, join us.

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"At times we look like moving trees, reaching arms from our trunks to the moon and the stars, gathering nourishment from the ground under our feet, our energetic roots. J. Ruth Gendler