Magic & Medicine

Writings rooted in ritual & research

 

Join the seasonal newsletter to learn herbal, nutrition and lifestyle tips that will empower your health. You'll get recipes, insights and inspiration for holistic wellness practices delivered to your inbox on each of the holidays that mark the  wheel of the year. You'll receive ritual practices to deepen your connection to nature and the energetics of each season as well as functional lifestyle tips for empowered health.  This is also a great way to stay in the loop about workshops and events.

Hormones & Herbs

By Ashley Sapir Lathrop / February 9, 2017

So what can we do? Here’s the good news because there is a lot that can help in every phase of life. Part of the solution is a foundational shift than can be really hard… taking time to care for yourself! So many of us are running ourselves ragged trying to make ends meet and care for the ones that rely on us. It feels nearly impossible to get, what I Iike to call, the building blocks. These are adequate sleep, proper nutrition, exercise, pleasure and joy.

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Mugwort & Visions for the New Year

By Ashley Sapir Lathrop / December 31, 2016

Mugwort is a plant known for enhancing our powers of dreaming. Night time dreams and lucid visions can be rich fodder for manifesting the visions we have for our waking life. The botanical name for mugwort is Artemisia vulgaris, after the goddess Artemis.

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a medley of herbs

Adaptogens for Resilience

By Ashley Sapir Lathrop / October 20, 2016

Adaptogens for Resilience Adaptogens are to herbs what bone broth is to food. By that I mean that they are extremely nutritive […]

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Seasonal Shifts and a Recipe for Golden Harvest Milk

By Ashley Sapir Lathrop / September 8, 2016

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Holy Basil by Ashley Sapir Lathrop

Holy Basil

By Ashley Sapir Lathrop / August 26, 2016

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Tonight I harvested the gorgeous and abundant Holy Basil plants that have […]

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Motherwort in Ashley's Herb Garden

Motherwort

By Ashley Sapir Lathrop / August 24, 2016

As an Herbalist, specializing in herbal medicine for women, I have a special affinity for the plants that “multi-task”. If a woman comes to me feeling overwhelmed, anxious and is experiencing hormone fluctuations it is wonderful when I can choose one herb that covers all the bases. Motherwort is a perfect example of just such an herb.

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Join the seasonal newsletter to get recipes, insights and inspiration delivered to your inbox on each of the holidays that mark the  wheel of the year. You'll receive ritual practices to deepen your connection to nature and the energetics of each season as well as functional lifestyle tips for empowered health.