Sep 10 2024 66 mins
Today on the podcast, Sarah and Nikki converse with the amazing Abrah Arneson, Clinical Herbalist, storyteller, and author of her most recent book, The Vessel: Women, Plants and Contraception. We explore memorable stories from the book, the nature of sharing this traditional herbal “herstory” and how contraceptive knowledge was passed from woman to woman empowering them in their reproductive health. We discuss the medicalization of women’s bodies, Abrah’s journey into herbalism, and the delicate balance between the analytical scientific gift of herbs and the feminine lens of coming into a relationship with them.
Abrah is also the author of The Weaving: Plants, Planets and People, The Herbal Apprentice: Plant Medicine and The Human Being and the Herbal Apprentice Workbook.
You can visit her website, https://www.abraherbs.com/ for information, online courses and workshops.
You can also purchase her books here:
Nikki Zavitz is a FAMM Certified Practitioner, Menstrual Cycle and Fertility Awareness Educator and Body Literacy Advocate. She is a wife and mother to three daughters, working and living in Nottawa, Ontario.
Check out more of Nikki's work with Pretty River Red Tent including cycle awareness workshops, Moon Mother Mood Daughter events, Fertility Awareness Consultations and more at www.prettyriverredtent.com
Sarah Tacoma is a Registered NLP Practitioner, Clinical Herbalist and a student ofGerman New Medicine. She is a wife and mother to three children, living, gardening and working Kimberley, Ontario.
Check out Sarah's hand-crafted, small batch Bloem Botanicals products including fresh plant tinctures, infused botanical serums and salve salves, workshops and 1:1 Consultations at www.bloembotanicals.ca
Thank you! Enjoy the show.