The Art of Patience

The various preparations I make from these plants (to later use in our gourmet chocolate truffles) are the result of many years of learning. To me they are not something I could ever teach in a class. Working with these plants is a calling and a lifelong process of building the relationships with each plant and letting them guide me and incorporating that information with everything else I’ve taken in until that point. Preparations (especially for ingestion) are not something to be taken lightly or knowledge that can be acquired after a series of lessons or reading a couple of books. I was lucky enough to be taken under the wings of several different healers and elders along the way. I really believe this style of learning is how these gifts are nurtured.

If this is truly in your path, the situations and the right people will appear. I realize most of us live in a culture without these kinds of elders but try to wait for the real ones and not just someone who claims they are. Reflecting back, I never had a teacher who described themselves as a teacher. 🦢🐝