Growing Herbs to Support Wellness
At the heart of Elysian Sanctuary Farm there is a core belief that healing is found in nature and with plants. The practice of herbalism is at the center of our farm’s endeavor and reflects our holistic values.
Gardening with the medicinal herbs we grow on the farm is a sensory experience that is healing in itself, but we also enjoy creating herbal preparations and products and teaching others the benefits and therapeutic aspects of these natural remedies. We provide educational opportunities that focus on herbal properties, energetics, and product formulation to groups, families, and individuals.
The Heart of Holistic Herbalism
The life force and medicinal value of herbs can aid in helping us to achieve balance within our bodies and to sustain our vitality.
There is an interconnectedness between plants and our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing.
Herbalism is a holistic modality for using plants to nourish our body, mind, and spirit; correct imbalance or dis-ease; or sustain and support our wellbeing.
Herbalism is the practice of using plants for their healing properties. The knowledge of herbalism places emphasis on the medicinal, nutritional and holistic aspects of plants. Herbalism has a difficult time fitting into a conventional mold, because the healing abilities of plants reach further then symptomatic conditions; herbs have the ability to completely change the chemistry of one’s body and heal underlying dis-ease that cause potential illness or imbalance. Herbs hold incredible capability to bring harmony to our bodies, internally and externally.
“Today herbalism is often perceived as the use of plants to treat symptoms or as a natural alternative to drugs. What few realize is that plants have traditionally been used to not just heal the body but also to assist in deeper levels of healing the mind, heart, and soul.”
The great asset of herbalism is that it is a completely natural approach to wellness that connects us to the Earth, by employing and refining plant intelligence that has been passed down by cultures and generations of healers.
The intention of our herbal educational opportunities is essentially to connect individuals with the knowledge of herb energetics and educate individuals in supporting balance and well-being of the mind, body, & spirit. Herbalism carries timeless traditions and spans many cultures with an understanding that plants carry powerful, medicinal value to help support the various systems within the body in times of balance, as well as in times of imbalance and deficiency.
“Using plants as medicine brings people back towards and understanding of how they, themselves, fit into the cycles of nature. Herbs are excellent adjuncts as part of a holistic program of health care, which always includes a nutritious organic diet, sufficient exercise, and time spent on some kind of spiritual pursuit. Plant medicine is part of the whole.”
— Ellen Kamhi, Ph.D., R.N., HNC
The Natural Medicine Chest
Natural Care
At Elysian Sanctuary farm, we find incredible joy in the process of growing, nurturing, harvesting, and creating products and remedies with the medicinal herbs we cultivate. We deeply resonate with this traditional and instinctual process of tending and gathering that has been practiced for thousands of years across many cultures. It is in this process that we connect with the natural healing properties of plants and are able to provide natural products for others.
Our personal desire for natural cosmetics has become the foundation for our farm-to-product approach. Many of the herbs we grow on the farm are harvested and processed by handcrafted methods to produce soaps, salves, body butter, lip balm, and more. We only use herbs that are either organically grown on our farm or are sustainably grown on like-minded farms. Our products can be purchased locally at various retail establishments, directly from our farm, and at different vendor venues.
Our practice of holistic herbalism has been an intimate path due to personal health challenges within our family. It has been an essential part of our lifestyle for over a decade, and we have experienced first hand the power of these plants and the various benefits of their energetics and medicinal wisdom.
Our knowledge of herbs has not just come from personal experience, but from learning plant medicine under many professional and renown herbalists in the field of herbalism and in association with the American Herbalist Guild. We believe it matters where one is taught herbalism and by whom, as preservation of correction information is essential for the future of herbalism.
*Herbal information provided on this site and through workshops is purely for educational purposes only; it is not intended to treat or cure any health issue, promote self diagnosing, or replace advice or care from a professional health care practitioner.