Feb 21 2023 48 mins 18
Gina Badger (they/she) is a clinical energetic herbalist. They offer care through their private practice, Long Spell, and collaborative projects such as Wet Coast mutual aid kits. Gina is a queer nonbinary femme of mixed Western European ancestry born in Treaty 6 territory and currently living on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations (Vancouver, Canada).
In this episode, Eryn and Gina talk about:
- Gina’s journey with plants!
- Building an embodied relationship with plants
- Personal healing-oriented plant communication
- Looking to the plants as teachers
- Orienting toward plant relationship
- Ways to give plants attention
- What relationship with plants looks like for them in the winter
Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/gina-badger
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Footnotes from Gina:
- Episodes from KPFA radio show the Herbal Highway: “Herbal Energetics” (15/Feb/2023, originally aired 1/May/1999) and “Honoring our Elders: Karyn Sanders,” (2/Nov/2022)
- Joanna Macy’s Work that Reconnects
- Chani Nicholas’s Week Ahead Podcast for the week of 30/Jan/2023
