How to tend grief with support
from the earth, herbs and seasonal living

with herbalist and birth + loss doula India Elyn

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There are so many reasons to grieve right now, on the planet, in our personal lives. 

Whether it's part of our womb stories or not.

Loss is everywhere. 

We can't escape it, it's part of being a fully living human. 

So instead of trying to minimize it or rush through it, as our modern world would love to have us do,

what if we learn to tend our grief?

What could it look like to have a healthy relationship with grief? 

How would it feel to a actually give yourself the space you heart needs?

What's possible when we call in our relationship to the earth, the herbs and seasonal cycles?

Herbalist and birth + loss doula India Elyn shares all about how she's worked with the earth and herbs to deeply tend her own deep grief journeys.

It's through this practice of honoring and tending grief that she's found her affinity for tending the thresholds between life and death.  

India shares both her personal grief journeys and embodied earth wisdom in this week's episode. 

The truth is, we aren't taught how to grieve, and most commonly in modern society, grief happens behind closed doors, in private, without witness. 

We've lost our relationship to how to grieve well, how to allow ourselves to feel and not hold it in, especially in moments when the waters of grief are there because of how fully we've lived or how much we've allowed ourselves to love. 

This is big work, and it's beautiful work.

And I want to invite you to join me and India in exploring what can be possible when you weave yourself back into relationship with the earth while feeling and tending your grief. 


Listen to learn:

• what brought India to the work of threshold tending
• how similar the space of birth and death are
• how to receive the nurturing and strength of the earth when you're feeling fragile
• 3 ways India loves to bring plant medicine into grief work
• embodied wisdom around the non-linear path of grief
• how the seasons and cycles can inform us about death and loss

Resources:

• Join us for Tending the Loss of an Abortion (April 2024)

• Episode 41: Nature connection and stress resilience w Efan Hsieh
• Episode 53: Honoring the Loss (last year'sinterview with India)

Connect with India: 

• Explore her offerings on her website:
  India Elyn

• Buy her book:
  UK: Honouring the Loss
  US: Honouring the Loss
  
  

• Connect on IG:
  @_india_elyn
  

   

DISCLAIMER: This podcast and blog is for educational purposes only, I am not providing any medical advice, I am not a medical practitioner, I’m an herbalist and in the US, there is no path to licensure for herbalists, so my role is as an herbal educator. Please do your own research and consult your healthcare provider for any personal health concerns.

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