It is water who beckons us to remember our true nature. Our first medicine, 70% of our bodies is water. Water is a living consciousness. The elders who walked these lands before us honored the water. They sang to the water, made offerings, danced, & praised; they were in touch with its role in the web of life. When we honor and bless the waters, we honor and bless all that is.
If you sit by a stream or river, you become immersed in a web of biodiversity. The soil is wet and teeming with life. The birds are chirping, the animals are coming down from the forest for their morning bath and beverage, and the center of creation is naturally awakening your inner waters to their original blueprint. There are such bounty and pure potential in the song of flowing water. When we attune ourselves to its living presence, we re-align our cells and inner matrix with vitality.
Thank you for every glass we’ve ever drunk; we give thanks for the water we’re going to use to continue life on this beautiful planet. May the waters always remain pure and clean for the future generations. May we remember the power of water in holding memory, in teaching us of our own truth, and helping us to give life to life.
Thank you water. I humbly bow to your power, your purity, your ever giving life force. May I always know how to honor and respect you, and therefore, all of life.
Water: a living, changing, receptive spirit; ever flowing, ever giving; LIFE!
… come along down the river with me………
Without water, we would not exist. The more prevalent the water is in a space, the more plants and biodiversity that show of themselves. The earth thrives as a result of the seen and unseen worlds, all of them woven by the elementals. Billions of seeds and fungi await the presence of water to display their full expression.
In the Pacific Northwest, the fall rains bring an abundance of wild mushrooms, their mycelium webs ever-present underground, circumnavigating the globe, covering every square inch of soil. When there’s rain, we see their “fruits,” and these are what we refer to as “mushrooms.”
The mushrooms live underground in the dark and wet terrain, awaiting the invitation of water to bring their expression forward into physical form.
Long before trees overlooked the lands, the Earth was covered in mushrooms. Researchers found that land plants evolved on Earth about 700 million years ago and land fungi about 1, 300 million years ago. The largest living organism on the planet today is a honey fungus in Oregon, measuring 2.4 miles (3.8 km) across the Blue Mountains.
The mushroom kingdom has an architecture that weaves the web of life into its original blueprint. Their ancient presence carries forth a way in which humans can remember themselves through their presence. The mushroom’s connection to water, water being our first medicine, their home in the depths of Gaia, the darkness which harnesses wisdom, and their existence requiring the balance of both light and dark, are indicative of how these beings interact in our matrix and their necessity during this time on earth. It is an honor and responsibility to be beings that can now harvest, grow, and consume the mushroom kingdom. I personally believe it is their medicine that will see us through to the New Earth.
A Brief Overview of Our Mushroom Allies
Turkey Tails:
When I introduced myself to turkey tail, it told me how it heals the heart. It extracts the pain from deep within, from our center, and that is why it has the signature of the center of the trees it grows on; seeing the rings of the tree in the mushroom, it mimics this within our body, pulling out the central force that is the root of our illness. Perhaps, this is why it is often used in cases of breast cancer.
Immune System Modulating
Rich in polysaccharides called PSK and PSP, which literally go to the immune system and upregulate white blood cells and other things that protect the body from pathogens
Prebiotic: prebiotics are compounds in food that induce the growth or activity of beneficial microorganisms and bacteria in the gut, helping our system to function in balance
Packed with Antioxidants: compounds that help reduce damage from oxidative stress
Lion’s Mane:
Lion’s mane resembles the neurons in the brain, and research has found that it helps protect against dementia and improves dementia that may already be present.
It is used in the treatment of Alzheimer’s and has the ability to help reverse nerve damage in the brain.
Prevents plaquing in the brain
Contains Hericenones and Erinacines that stimulate the nerve growth factor and helps regenerate cells (these are found mostly in the fruiting bodies rather than the spawn)
Lion’s mane stimulates new nerve growth factors in the brain and body; we once believed we couldn’t re-grow nerves… However, mushrooms such as Lion’s Mane are showing us that degenerative diseases can be reversed and changed.
Supports the nervous system of the digestive tract—reduces ulceration
To get the full benefits of this mushroom; one must take a concentrated extract—5:1 or 7:1 and take between 2000-4000 mg per day.
Anti-inflammatory effects
Reishi:
Immune modulating/boosting
High triterpene content: antiviral, antifungal compounds
Aids in hormone-based cancers
Anti-inflammatory properties
The mushroom kingdom, their medicine, and their potential to be allies in the healing of this planet and her people are immense. I encourage everyone to get outside, deepen their presence and connection to the rhythm of nature, and listen to what wishes to come through. Everything is speaking: the water, the wind, the soils, and the mushroom kingdom who connects it all.
