I just got back from more bush time doing a 3 day hike with a few friends. This is how I stay grounded as a human being, and not lose sight of who I am. When I'm out on country.. - My thoughts slow down, and move from rational to abstract. I actually stop thinking altogether at times. - I feel grounded and strong in my physical body - My senses open, especially my smell and intuition - I need way less food, and way less sleep that citizen mode me dose - Everything seems to reset, my eating reduces, my back feels great, the worries and stress are forgotten, i reset my phone use, I appreciate very simple things and my hormonal system gets to reorganise itself according to natural light and real time, time resets like the clock is dialled back to now and the calendar means nothing - Cool things happen, interactions with the fire, the stars, the water, the rocks, trees, insects, birds, and the more than human world opens Most of my problems are kind of just gone, again, by the time I get home. And I feel my spirit recharged to carry me through the next season. Thanks country, you ol legend.

Ayawaska maderecita shumu di di di di di #entheobotanica #ayahuasca #rebelherbal #plantmedicine #entheogen

I actually really like cobblers peg. Its easy to pull up, it makes an immune boosting tea, the tincture supports the mucous membranes… there will always be weeds around they help protect the soil and recover ecosystems. So pick your favourite and don’t be so hard on them. #entheobotanica #rebelherbal #plantmedicine #herbalism #herbalmedicine

6 Years ago I was here recording my first tracks on a little EP. It was a PROCESS to say the least - peeling away the grip of blame, shame, and embarrassment inside me. So many stories were holding me back from being a musician. Even though music was channeling through me, I was burdened by stories of not being supported, missing out on opportunities by having to carry myself through life from teenagehood up and becoming financially independent at 17 years old, feeling alone, trying to teach myself music whilst healing intergenerational trauma.. it was a bit of a noisy terrain. That terrain is WHY I needed music, and it's where most of my songs birthed from, but it was also that same content that was preventing me from recording and performing in the way my soul was yearning. So I ended up here, with Fred on the Mountain trying to hold back tears and find my voice to step out and get into a new story. The process of recording was immensely healing. Now I have started my new album. It's a body of work that has come through slowly and quickly to speak to the cultural change and personal growth required of each of us. It is music from the depths, a place I have done my 10,000 + hours in and can navigate with purpose and relative ease now (as easeful as any underworld journey can ever be). We spent the whole weekend recording and learning. Those old stories are so far away now that I barely feel them in my chest, and my head is busy with creativity and problem solving now, no more blame and shame. When we step away from the story of wealth accumulation & consumption through money and Wetico, we need a space to spend meaningful time in. That place is spirituality and the arts. It is a treasure trove of wealth. I'll be spending the rest of my life there please.

Frog energy all around - The greatest leap of faith is into a new unknown form, letting go of your identify and shifting into someone new. Essentially a stranger, but this stranger will feel familiar and warm and part of your birth rite. Thing is, if you don't leap, the longer you wait, the harder it is to let go. And we all have to let go. So either practice your jumping now, let a life crisis push you unwillingly, or fall from your legs giving way - in all scenarios part of you has to die, and you have to jump. info@entheobotanica.com if you'd like to explore

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.