Welcome to Nourished Root

Welcome to Nourished Root

Thank you dearest one and WELCOME to the Sanctuary!

We are so incredibly happy to have you join our community and become part of this new chapter of us working - and playing - together in devotion to the Earth Mother, creating opportunities for Earth Education, land healing, community connection and the creation of a healthy world. 

This member portal will be populated with magick for you to enjoy starting November 1st. 

With Love,

Marysia Miernowska & The Sanctuary Board of Directors. 

Theme of November

Give Thanks & Restore

The month of November begins in the pagan cross- quarter holy-day of Samhain // Day of the Dead. It is said that this is one of the two moments all year when the veil is the thinnest between our waking reality and the spirit realm.

In many cultures around the world, this is a time to honor our ancestors, to bring offerings of food, music, prayer and candlelight to the resting places of our loved ones.

The practice of speaking to our deceased loved ones and ancestors has been forgotten by many of us modern people, yet beyond the forgetting lie centuries of practice of asking our ancestors for help, protection and guidance.

As we embrace the interwoven energies of life & death this autumnal season, we weave our hearts with the threads of the past and future, memories and hopes, grief and gratitude - all woven together in wholeness through a grateful and humble heart.

We learn from the Earth, the sweet medicine of release — as the trees release their leaves from their limbs, the decaying leaves are food for new life to come next spring.

What are you ready to release and let go of? What are you ready to return to the fertile darkness?

An offering of flowers on a compost heap

November is also a month when celebrate the last of the year’s harvests, grateful for the abundance we rely on from the Earth.

We root our practices and time in nourishment, fostering togetherness and intimacy as we prepare for the winter ahead. We honor the ancestors and the indigenous people upon whose lands we live, while reflecting upon how we can help restore right relationships on behalf of all life to come.

In the United States, we celebrate Thanksgiving, a complicated holiday that often erases the experience of the Native people whose lands were taken from them just a handful of generations ago.

For us, learning how to hold the grief and the love in our hearts is part of our spiritual practice. We call upon the medicinal herbs that calm our nerves and open our hearts so we can be rooted, more expansive, capable of deeply listening and loving. Linden leaf & flower and Tulsi are two wonderful medicinal teas that calm the mind and bring us into the heart. This vibration they guide us into is helpful for moving through all aspects of the holiday season!

Tulsi (Holy Basil)

Doing our part in loving the land we live upon and adding our energy towards a reciprocal relationship can look like many different things! This can be a fun question to explore with your family or friends and to bring some ideas, offerings and practices into the month within your social circle.

Here are some ideas. Please share yours below:

  • Find out who the indigenous people are of your home. Here is a really neat interactive map: https://native-land.ca/

  • See if you can donate to a local indigenous non profit or support a movement towards habitat restoration, watershed preservation, native plant gardens, etc.

  • Love up on your land! You live upon a part of the Earth Mother’s body and any patch, however small, of her soil is a direct source of connection between you and the Earth Mother. In the fall, pouring compost tea over your plants or at the base of a tree at a local park will be much appreciated by the soil and Earth.

  • Leave your leaves! They are important food for the Earth. Mulching and covering the bare garden soil supports the Earth in her rejuvenation and rest, giving back to the gardens that gave us so much.

  • Organize an eating local challenge with your friends. Visit the farmers market and feast on the bounty of your bioregion, supporting local farmers and allowing the land you call home to fill your heart and cells.

  • Sing a song to a wild place or leave an offering.

  • Feed the birds, see if you can support the habitat of the non human who share the land with you.

  • Cook an ancestral dish and invite friends over, sharing stories.

  • Watch the beautiful, uplifting and inspirational documentary “Gather” and seek out other stories from the land you call home.

GIVE THANKS & RESTORE

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Join the November Plant Spirit Meditation

Join me for a relaxing and profound morning meditation with Valeriana Root. 

To make your Valeriana Root infusion: 

Place a small amount (about 1 teaspoon) of dried organic valerian root into a quart-sized jar. Cover with boiling water. Cover with a lid and allow to steep for at least one hour or overnight. 

Strain and be sure to discard the used plant material by giving it back to Earth vs. throwing it in the garbage can. 

Watch the November Visual Spell

Novembers Guest Expert

KIMBERLY ANN JOHNSON

As a Somatic Experiencing™ Practitioner, educator, and author, I help women heal trauma, awaken their power and feel at home in their bodies to start living life on their own terms. I’ve always had a deep knowing that I was in this world to change things for the better. All of that came into sharp focus though, when I became a mother. My whole life changed completely in that moment, I had to learn a new way of being in the world. That gave me the “what”. Learning the Somatic Experiencing™ tools and having my world rearranged all over again in that experience gave me the “how”. Now, I use my training, education, experience, and advocacy to help women get closer to their blueprints, unpack all those layers of habits and conditioning, so they can hear what their body’s telling them, and know who they really are. 

Menopause Mysteries

The female reproductive system is a divining rod for the larger culture, for the earth. Menopause is no exception.

The menopausal transition is a misunderstood and maligned rite of passage. What would it be to have a culture of women unmedicated and in tune with their bodies and the Earth. 

What is femininity- when there is no fertility? How do we become the stewards and elders we wish to become? 

This class will be raw and passionate, filled with the furies of menopause herself. 

Watch the Recording of Guest Expert

Novembers Movement Practice

Upcoming events.

Visit Your Monthly Portals

  • NOVEMBER

    GIVE THANKS & RESTORE

    Meditate with Shatavari, Move through the changing seasons with Sue and Watch your visual spell.

    Give Thanks & Restore

  • DECEMBER

    MIRACLES IN DARKNESS

    Meditate with Turkey Tail, Move through the changing seasons with Sue and Watch your visual spell.

    Visit the December Portal

  • JANUARY

    REST & DREAM

    Meditate with Olive Leaf, Find your Cosmic Bliss Recipe and watch your visual spell

    Visit the January Portal

  • FEBRUARY

    LOVE & BLISSIPLINE

    Meditate with Peony Root, Watch your visual spell and move your body with Sue’s yoga class

    Visit the February Portal

  • MARCH

    SPROUT & AWAKEN

    Meditate with Violet Leaf, Watch your visual spell and move your body with Sue’s yoga class

    Visit the March Portal

  • APRIL

    ROOT, BLOOM & GROW

    Meditate with Rosemary, Watch your visual spell and move your body with Sue’s yoga class

    Visit the April Portal

  • MAY

    POLLENATE & ALCHEMIZE

    Meditate with Bee Balm, welcome in the summer energies with rituals for Bealtaine, Move your body with Sue and Watch your May visual spell

    Visit the May Portal

  • JUNE

    FRUIT & CELEBRATE

    Meditate with California Poppy, Move your body with Sue and Watch your June visual spell

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  • JULY

    Meditate wih Rosemary and Embrace Summer

    Visit July Portal

  • AUGUST

    RIPEN, RADIATE & HARVEST

    Meditate with Yarrow, Celebrate Lughnasadh

    Visit the August Portal

  • SEPTEMBER

    DISCERN & BRING BALANCE

    Meditate with Mugwort, Practice Yoga with Sue and Watch your visual spell.

    Visit the September Portal

  • OCTOBER

    RELEASE & FEED THE INVISIBLE

    Celebrate Samhain, Yoga with Sue, Watch your visual spell

    Visit the October Portal