Healing Notes
Helpful tips, practices, and recipes to enrich your life.
The Emotional Work of Being a Practitioner
We're diving deeper into the emotional work of being a practitioner and the importance of doing our own work. We share what we’re doing and working on right now in our own personal lives and the ways that this shows up in our client work.
How to Work with Oat Straw
Oat Straw is a nervine and trophorestorative herb that is incredibly nourishing and the perfect companion to work with during these stressful times. In this video, Megan offers a training on integrating oat straw into your protocols and your work with your clients.
4 Questions We’re Asking Our Clients Right Now
At The Slow Medicine Collective, we believe wholeheartedly in the power of a good question to open up doors to healing. In this video, we share the 4 questions we’re asking our clients right now. You’ll also learn how and when we use these questions in client sessions.
When to Refer Out
Knowing when to refer your clients out can be extremely tricky. In this video, we talk through how to recognize when you need to refer your clients out. We dive into building up your tool kit so that you always know what to turn to when things start to feel difficult or when your client is not seeing the results they hoped for, how to stay within your scope, plus so much more.
Building a Regenerative vs. an Extractive Business
In this video, we explore the difference between extractive vs. regenerative ways of relating to our work and business and how this is the first step in creating a business that feels nourishing, giving, and aligned.
How Mentorship Helps Us Become Calm Confident Practitioners
When we look back over the many years of being in practice and in service to others, the one thing that has truly enabled us to step into a place of trust has been mentorship. In this video, we’re exploring the “What, Why, and How” of Mentorship and its role in helping us step into our calling as healers, helpers, and practitioners.
Breathwork Practice: Alternate Nostril Breathing for Balancing, Calming, and Focusing
In this video, Christina demonstrates a variation of alternate nostril breathing or Nadi Shodhana. This is one of our favorite breathwork practices for calming the nervous system, focusing the mind, and bringing balance. You’ll be guided through how to do this in a simple way so that you can use this tool throughout your day.
How to Identify When You’re in “Fix-It” Mode and How to Pull Yourself Out
As practitioners and healing space holders, taking the time to slow down and reflect on the many different ways we show up is vital to sustaining a healthy practice. In this video, we talk about what it means to be in “fix-it” mode, how to identify when you are there, and a few practices that can help pull you out.
3 Ways to Transition from Spring to Summer
In this teaching, we'll share the different ways that are helping us not only settle into the seasonal shifts but also some practices that are enabling some extra transitional space as we move from Spring to Summer.
How to Work with a "Sped Up" Client
In this practitioner mini-training we share with you the steps to take to work with a client who is coming to us feeling "sped up" and overwhelmed. We've identified the steps we can take to support ourselves and our clients to find calm and security in the healing process.
How to Support Your Liver Through Spring
Spring is an important time to support the health of one of our most vital organs... the liver! In this post, we'll explore some of the signs your liver might need a little extra support right now, and we share our favorite ways to support the liver from a body, mind and spirit approach.
The Art and Practice of Making Tea - What is Tea?
Nothing signals the body to slow down like a warm cup of tea. A truly medicinal cup of tea is a slow process that enables a deep physiological tending to take place not just in the cellular makeup of the body, but also for our spiritual and emotional wellbeing.
Megan’s story
I help people heal their complex relationships with what it is to be healthy while simultaneously helping them recover from overexposure to the cesspool of the wellness industry.
Christina’s story
To me, the Slow Medicine Collective feels like a deep breath, a relief, and a sanctuary for people to find healing, compassion, community and trusted support.
What is slow medicine?
Slow Medicine is working with the art and practice of creating an environment, first and foremost, that enables healing to take root, grow, and thrive. It’s the missing link to healing.
Fire cider recipe & Sense ritual
Not only is making your own fire cider easy, it’s also incredibly empowering! One of the number one questions I get from people is “how can I integrate herbs more into my life and kitchen” and brewing up a batch of this immune-boosting tonic is a wonderful place to start!
What is seasonal eating?
In the Five Element Theory there are five seasons that correlate to the five elements that also correlates with an organ system of the body.