Directions:
Begin by clearing your mind and focusing your full attention on medicine-making, preferably through singing or chanting.
Make sure that all of the utensils, supplies, and ingredients you will use in this process are clean and organized in your workspace.
Next, mix all of the dry ingredients together in the glass bowl.
Once the dry ingredients have been thoroughly mixed together slowly add the 1/5 cup of oil by slowly kneading it into the dry mixture with a wooden spoon.
When the dry mixture appears to be evenly moistened, slowly knead the Mexican Vanilla extract and Primrose oil into the scrub.
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Why is Herbalism such an integral portion of our Full Spectrum Doula currículum?
Pregnancy is a time in a woman's life when she must take up all of her strength, count her blessings, and go to battle in order to bring back her child(ren). She must be willing, just as a warrior .......
At Original Instructions School are persistently dedicated to the quality and truly holistic education of our students. We understand that the basic knowledge of how to recognize, interact with, and benefit from nutritive herbal medicine and foods that are readily available in your area is not the intellectual property of anyone but belongs to all Human Begins.
In order for Doulas to act as a true resource and advocate for mothers and their families we believe that they require at least a basic understanding of how to nourish, support and cleanse the female body in the same way our foremothers have for generations;
with the help of medicinal foods, teas, steams, and baths.
Agua Florida, Colonia, and other such alcohol based holy waters echo the memory of when waters used for cleansing, protecting, and anointing included propriety medicinal blends from the Plant, Animal, and Mineral nations. Pusangas incorporate the energetic blueprints, or Spirits, of the Plant nations into an alcohol and water based menstrum, which functions in ways similar to flower essences, and spritzers.
At times, pusangas are implemented as delivery systems for Ikaros or other prayer songs. Whereas many modern Colonias are now heavily fragrance with perfumes, the older versions gained their special fragrances from the freshly prepared ingredients therein such as Pirri Pirri, Piñón, Jasmine, and Tobacco.