The exotic ๐๏ธ mundane. Our minds love variety. Give your dog or child a new toy and they will much prefer that one to the old one. It's natural and normal. (But it's good to keep it in check) ๐ง I see this in herbalism and the health/healing world. Folks are looking for the new thing, the new trend, the new diet etc. Searching for some exotic plant from a far away land. Perhaps hidden in the jungle of the Amazon or some high mountain top in Asia. It was spirulina a couple years ago, then reishi, now ashwaganda. ๐ฆฃ ๐ Funny thing is. The most potent medicine for you is usually in your backyard. The plants, foods and herbs your ancestors consumed is what your DNA is used to and your body loves it! โค๏ธ Also the plants that grow near you want to get to know you. They want to have a relationship with you. And that is a big part of healing. Look around. What is growing abundantly around you? They have teachings, messages, insights and medicine. In herbalism it is known that what grows around your home is significant medicine for you. ๐ฟ I have found this true for me. One house I lived in there was dandelion everywhere and it was a time where my liver needed extra love. I also needed more resiliency which is what dandelions flower essence does. Another time I lived in a house surrounded by horsetail. And it was a time I needed minerals because I had been depleted from stress. We may crave the exciting new thing. No shame there, it's natural and normal. But the mundane is very special too. What is right in front of us, the things we are accustomed to are significant even if we have become jaded. The dandelion we curse because it makes our lawn spotted with yellow, only wishes to be of service to us. The thistles and burdock we chop, because they don't belong in "our" yard, are here to help us. The medicine we call weeds have life saving properties. ๐ผ And they are mundane.They are medicine. They are amazing. And they are free.๐ฅ #herbalism #herbalistofinstagram #plantmedicine #healing #health #newtrends #healthandwellness #ayurveda #plantwitch #pagan #shamanism #shamanichealing #shamaniccoaching #herbalist #communityherbalist #plantmagic #herbs (at Denman Island, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf7FAPTPwxC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=