Dandelion flowers – uplift your spirit like the sun.

Dandelion leaves – diuretic, kidney tonic

Roots – hepatic, cooling and grounding.

Tea – take and handful of fresh leaves and flowers (make sure you wash it if it’s fresh. Steep in 1 cup of hot water for 10-15 minutes. Strain out leaves and flowers. Add a pinch of maple syrup or honey to combat the bitter. Enjoy!

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Are you feeling the fire of Spring, but still feeling your blocked in moving forward in life?

Springs herbs are here to support you!

Have you been outside lately? Do you notice any of the herbs or “weeds” growing outside?

When I walk outside, I see dandelion, cleavers, chickweed, horsetail and yarrow. These are your spring allies. They help release toxins from Winter, are highly nutritive to give you an abundance of energy and may aid in feeling joyful and happy.

Dandelion

Do you love dandelion? Who doesn’t?

Dandelion is here to support you in Spring detoxification because it’s a diuretic, helps remove excess water and toxins in the body, is anti inflammatory and a tonic herb. If you use the root, it supports cleansing of the liver. Dandelion is great for people who have a family history of high blood pressure as it helps support the removal of waste out of kidneys. Also, it does removed potassium out of the body, but also brings back the potassium. Last, dandelion supports anti-depression because of it’s yellow flowers. Amazing!

Usage: Use fresh leaves to juice of add to salad to experience benefits.

Cleavers

Have you seen Cleavers in your yard?

Cleavers is a wonderful cleansing herb. If you are feeling stagnant and low energy, Cleavers is your ally and highly nutritive.  Cleavers grows on hiking trails, in your yard and in empty lots. She is abundant and wants to support you in this new Spring energy. Be careful. Cleavers is hairy and a little stingy. So if you harvest, ask the plant first, make offerings and use clippers to harvest.

Usage: Use fresh plant and juice. Drink 1 tablespoon three times a day for a mild Spring cleanse.

Nettles

Have you been love stung by Nettles?

I have. My herbalist friends say if you haven’t been stung by Nettles, you haven’t experienced her love first hand. You might have seen her in moist, shady areas that get some sun. She has little stingers that can poke you if you brush up against her. Don’t fret. Just remove her stings. In nature, these stings are to protect her from animals and insects that may want to eat her. Other things nettles it good for it is anti-inflammatory, diuretic, highly nutritive, tonic and has antihistamine properties that will support you if you have allergies.

Usage:  Use 2 teaspoons of dried herbs in 16 ounces of cool water. Let sit overnight and drink through the day.

If you have any questions, please contact antoinetteyarrow.com/contact. I look forward to supporting you with more herbs for women.

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In my experience as a medicine woman and women’s guide, sexual trauma takes away from your own power as a woman. The power center of a woman is her womb. When sexual trauma arises, a woman will be disconnected from her own body, her own empowerment, her own sexuality, her own creative life force. A woman may avoid being in her body and feel disconnected in life in general.

Here are some symptoms of sexual trauma:

Disconnection from the world. She may smoke weed, drink or do things to not feel her own pain.

Eating disorder. She may eat to avoid her own feelings and use food to cover up the shame she feels. She may even gain weight, so she can hide.

Workaholic. She may work a lot. She may work, work and work so she can try to get ahead in life, but when she tries to get involved with someone or gets close to her partner, the pain and trauma comes up for her strongly and she wants to run away again.

Anxiety and depression. When a woman feels violated, this will cause tremendous amounts of stress. She won’t feel safe, she will feel anxious and can go into deep depression. I experienced anxiety and depression from the sexual trauma I experienced.

From my personal experience, and working with clients who have experienced sexual trauma, on an energetic level, she leaves her body – she disconnects.  That’s the only way she can feel safe. Or she finds something that she can do to hide from the world. She also will become anxious and depressed.

What are some things she can do to heal her sexual trauma, and claim her power back:

Find support

There are different ways to receive support. For me personally, I had a trusted guide who supported me along my path to healing. Sexual trauma affects the physical, sexual, emotional, mental, spiritual and psychic bodies. Find someone who can help you on as many levels as possible. Talking about it is one thing, but releasing and transforming to gain your power back is another.

Use herbs to support the healing of sexual trauma

*Lymphatics can support the release of the stagnation in the womb

*Adaptogens can support your nervous system

*Hormonal support herbs can bring your hormones back to balance

*Nervines like Rose can promote self love, relax the nervous system, and create boundaries around your physical, emotional and spiritual bodies.

Join a woman’s circle or support group

With the #metoo movement on the rise, look for a woman’s circle or a supportive group of friends to talk about your challenges. Be support for each other. I have found that circling with women has been a profound gift in my life. The unconditional love of women is powerful. If you can’t find a circle, start one. Meetup.com is a great way to create a women’s circle.

If you are looking for support, I can support you in person in Berkeley, California or I can support you via Zoom or Facetime. I have clients in different parts of the world and if there’s a will, there’s a way. https://antoinetteyarrow.com/contact/

I look forward to talking with you.

I am here for you!

With love,

Antoinette Yarrow, medicine woman and herbalist

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Why prepare for fertility? 

• You want to make sure you body is ready to conceive.
• Your cycle might be off, your body might need some nutrients, and your body may need to detoxify before you get pregnant.
• You are over the age of 35 want to conceive naturally. You want to experience success with fertility after 40.
• You are having trouble conceiving.

What are some herbs to take to prepare for fertility?

Nature has a way to provide you with the herbs that you need. They even grow seasonally to support you.

Cleavers – diuretic, lymphatic, diuretic, anti inflammatory, nervine, tonic and energizer. If you are feeling stuck and need to cleanse, cleavers if your herbal ally.

How to use 

• Take 2 tablespoon of dried herb. Steep in 1 cup of hot water for 15 minutes. Drink 3 times a day to help you cleanse old stuck energy from Winter and to energize yourself for Spring.

Dandelion – diuretic, lymphatic, anti inflammatory, tonic, antidepressant. These awesome flowers will bring light into your life, help you detox from the winter blues.

How to use

• Take 2 tablespoon of dried or fresh leaves/flowers. Steep in 1 cup of hot water for 15 minutes. Drink to help bring light into your life.

These herbal allies will do you good in feeling healthy and strong for fertility.

If you would like a complimentary fertility preparation consulation, please email me at antoinetteyarrow@gmail.com. I look forward to supporting you.

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I started a healing path of increasing self love and building my self confidence. I started traveling on my own to get away from the pain and started my journey. I learned how to fill my own cup with my own self respect. One thing I learned was self care. I learned to do things for myself that showed myself that I loved my body and me – no matter what. I took baths, soaked in hot springs, got frequent massages and wrote a list of qualities that I appreciated about myself.

Over the years, self care was part of my path. I become a certified massage therapist and ended up working at spa where I helped create self care rituals. I taught women’s circles and helped women connect to their feminine essence.  I was a love coach who taught men and women to love themselves first, so they can attract they love they desire. Now I am a certified herbalist where I treat the whole person including herbs, practices and to help them overcome an conditions that are off balance.

Now that I am married, the importance of self love is still present. On my path, things will come up for me that are mirrored for me to transform. Part of this process is me loving myself, not making myself wrong and forgiving myself in the process.

Here are some simple steps for self love:

1. Self care – take a bath or book a massage. Schedule it in a make yourself a priority.
2. Loving thoughts – Appreciated yourself today with loving thoughts.
3. Forgiveness – Forgive yourself for things you did the best you could.

If you are looking to deepen your self love or are looking for a partner, look within first. Also here’s a link to a complimentary 15 minute session where we can look to strengthen yourself love with herbs, body based practices and more at. https://antoinetteyarrow.com/contact/ I look forward to meeting you soon!

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