Walking The Plant Medicine Path with John Slattery — WildFed Podcast #041
In this episode:
John Slattery | Bioregional herbalist, forager, educator, and author
Podcast discussion:
Introducing John and his local bioregion
John's personal journey with plants
Feeling proximity of spirit in the desert
The indigenous people of the desert southwest
All about the Saguaro cactus
About John's work
Communication with plants
Calm in the chaos
Spiritual vs scientific approach to plants
John's four directional model of knowledge gathering
Developing meaningful relationships with plants
How to work with John
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Episode Resources:
John on Instagram @johnjslatteryherbalist
Desert Tortoise Botanicals — Ethically wildcrafted and organic herbal remedies
Desert Tortoise Botanicals on Instagram @deserttortoisebotanicals and Facebook
John’s books:
Meet John Slattery
John is a bioregional herbalist helping people develop relationship with wild plants. Seeking out local traditional knowledge and fostering relationships with traditional healers John works towards keeping traditional knowledge alive while embuing it with new perspective gleaned through deep relationship with plants. He founded Desert Tortoise Botanicals, a bioregional herbal product company, in Tucson, AZ in 2005 in order to bring his wildharvested plant medicines to the people of the Southwest. He maintains his Vitalist clinical practice in Tucson, AZ and offers plant walks, foraging expeditions, field trips into Sonora, Mexico, and his annual Sonoran Herbalist Apprenticeship Program featuring multi-day field study excursions into the mountains of Arizona and Sonora. He enjoys traveling to new bioregions, learning new plants, and to encourage people to become bioregional in their approach.
John received training with herbalist Michael Moore at his Southwest School of Botanical Medicine, and at the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism.
Website | Instagram @johnjslatteryherbalist | Facebook