018 | Mariah Gannessa: Womanhood is Medicine, Return of the Great Feminine, and Yagé
“When we understand that our womanhood is a medicine that our cycles and rhythms carry healing power we can understand how we have the tools to heal ourselves and when we understand we have the tools to heal ourselves that is the ultimate path to empowerment.”
In this episode we talk about:
The healing powers of menstruation
Plant medicine & womanhood
Working with plant medicine when menstruating or pregnant
The culture of yage medicine
Womb medicine
Resisting the moon time and how to honor the ceremony of menstruation
Mariah's work with the women of the Amazon
The industrialization of the plants
Sacred reciprocity and honoring the culture from where the medicines come
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“We are always, forever students of life and when we come to work with the plant medicines from that perspective of humility and reverence then they will continuously bless us, teach us and give to us because the plants - Mother Nature, Pachamama, Mother Earth - is abundantly giving.”
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Where to find Mariah Gannessa:
Mariah Gannessa is a medicine woman who has spent the last 9 years studying with indigenous plant teachers, grandmothers & wisdom keepers of the Amazon Jungle. As a mother, daughter, & sister, she is a guardian of ancestral womb wisdom and is passionate about helping women to heal & awaken their own inner medicine & feminine power. She is the Co-Founder of Four Visions Market, a fair trade initiative that seeks to empower amazonian indigenous artisans and healers with a platform to share their tools, art, & plant allies.
“The path of the plants is a lifetime study. It’s a path, it’s a way of living so it is not a program or a class in any way. The whole path is never-ending and ever-evolving. ”
