Our Kindred Home: Herbal Recipes, Plant Wisdom, and Seasonal Rituals for Rekindling Connection with the Earth.
My first book is an invitation to develop ecological awareness through daily practices. Herbal recipes, seasonal rituals, and somatic practices to bring our actions into reciprocity with the natural world. In slowing down, we can connect to healing, joy + solace to navigate these chaotic times.
Welcome, I’m Alyson!
Pour a cuppa and join me. I’m an observer, storyteller, photographer, and creative. First and foremost, a human, wearing many hats from folk herbalist to author to mother, and holding many passions dear, from wellness, travel, to interior design. Always curious about the interwoven relationships of people, plants and our shared Earth. Here I decidedly share my imperfect journey toward a more slow, wild + wholehearted life aligned with the land & soil.
My hope is in sharing my stories and the world through my lens to leave a footpath for others seeking something beyond the endless rush of capitalism. A life less hurried, rooted in a reciprocal connection to the Earth through simple, everyday acts we find magic in the mundane. From garden harvests, moon gazing, cooking by season + art of noticing as divestment from the frenzied pace.
In this sacred pause, we can tap into a wellspring within to fill our cups with appreciation + wonder. A place where contentment might catch up to us and let us rest for a spell. All the while, cultivating the knowing that good things take time.
Slow down for kinship with earth + season.
A wholehearted brew of ritual + rhythm for everyday folk. Welcome to a new dream, which is in ways an ancient one where we unearth our innate kinship with earth and season. Our lives as a devotion to the circling moon, to our roots + soil, bark + resin, leaves, blossoms + fruit. In its simplest form, earth is healer and humans are earth.
FIND JOY IN THE SLOW.
From the journal
Seasonal rhythms, conscious living, rooted mothering + intentional homemaking for everyday folk.
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WAYS TO CONNECT
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Seasonal living, conscious mothering + intentional homemaking for everyday folk.
In my journal you’ll find garden-inspired recipes, moon rituals, and musings on raising wholehearted, earth-conscious little ones. I share the ways we weave earth awareness into everyday action + rhythms and how we, as a collective, can bring a more sacred + intentional connection with the earth into being.
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Collaborating with conscious brands through writing, photography, and social amplification is one way I bring my work into the world. Here, quality is valued over quantity, and slow appreciation over instant gratification. Living the ethos of reduce + reuse is a step on the path to reclaiming our relationship with the earth and each other in everyday life.
Your Invitation to Collaborate.
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Earth Star Herbals: Support for living through the Anthropocene.
The living systems of the earth may never return to balance as we knew it, but the earth still calls for relationship with those who will listen. In my online apothecary I offer flower essences, teas, salves + other herbal products for reconnecting with earth and with others.
I started offering my small-batch flower essences after receiving healing and guidance from my herbal allies. Now, the plants in my garden work through me to help others, guiding my formulas as I handcraft each batch with love on our homestead.
HUMAN NATURE
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