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09/03/2026

A little late-summer harvest from the garden. 🌿

The heat has been relentless, but some things are absolutely thriving in it. Peppers, eggplants, okra, holy basil, amaranth, and a ridiculous amount of Thai chilis are still happily doing their thing. 😂🔥

A good reminder that every plant has its season to shine.

🌿 Lessons from the Garden | The In-BetweenThe garden feels different this week.We’re still bringing food inside.Tomatoes...
09/01/2026

🌿 Lessons from the Garden | The In-Between

The garden feels different this week.

We’re still bringing food inside.

Tomatoes.
Eggplants.
Peppers.
Okra.
Handfuls of herbs.

There is still plenty growing, ripening, and giving.

But beside all that abundance, something else is happening.

The cucumbers are finished.

The green beans have been pulled.

And once the last tomatoes ripen on the vine, those plants will be finished too.

The garden is beginning to exist in two seasons at once.

Harvest and release.

And maybe that’s why this time of year always feels a little different.

We’re so accustomed to thinking of beginnings and endings as separate things. First one chapter closes, then another begins.

Nature rarely makes such clean distinctions.

The garden can be abundant and ending.

It can give you a basket full of vegetables while quietly letting go of the plants that have nothing left to give.

It doesn’t mourn the cucumber vine because the okra is still producing.

It doesn’t refuse to pull the beans because there are peppers left to harvest.

It simply allows each thing to be where it is.

And perhaps there’s something we can learn from that.

We don’t have to rush an ending just because we can feel it coming.

We don’t have to cling to something simply because it once produced beautifully, either.

We can harvest what remains.

Be grateful for what was.

Release what has finished.

And leave a little space for whatever comes next.

There is a strange tenderness in the in-between.

One hand holding the harvest.

The other clearing the soil.

🌿 Gentle Reminder

You are allowed to celebrate what is still blooming while releasing what has run its course.

Gather what remains.
Give thanks for what was.
Let finished things be finished.

The empty space isn’t necessarily a loss.

Sometimes…

it’s simply where the next season will grow. 🌱

🍂 HELLO, SEPTEMBER.The “BER” months have officially begun.And around The Wild Bodhi, that means the beginning of our fav...
09/01/2026

🍂 HELLO, SEPTEMBER.

The “BER” months have officially begun.

And around The Wild Bodhi, that means the beginning of our favorite season of all. 🤎

The garden begins to soften.
The kitchen starts smelling like spice.
The kettle stays a little busier.
Herbs come inside to dry.
Jars begin filling the pantry.
Pumpkins start appearing in suspicious numbers. 😂
And slowly, we begin turning inward with the season.

September lives in that beautiful space between worlds.

Summer hasn’t completely released us yet, but autumn is already whispering from the edges. 🍁

So here’s to the months ahead…

🍎 Harvests and homemade jam
🫖 Warm tea and slow mornings
🌿 Herbs hanging from the rafters
🕯️ Earlier evenings and glowing candles
🍂 Changing leaves and cooler air
🌙 Autumn moons and seasonal rhythms
🫙 A very busy little apothecary
🎃 And more than a few cozy surprises coming to The Wild Bodhi

Welcome, September.

We’ve been waiting for you. 🤎🍂

09/01/2026

A little autumn is making its way to the Wild Bodhi booth… 🍂🧶

The first batch of hand-crocheted pumpkins is finished, with more already in the works, and they’ll be heading to our booth at Sugarloaf Creek Trading -Flea Market alongside a fresh batch of Spiced Cranberry Orange Jam and a few apothecary restocks.

Apparently we’ve entered the season of yarn, simmering fruit, acorns, and pretending it isn’t still blazing hot outside. 😂🍊🍁

More coming soon. 🌿

🌿 Prakriti vs. Vikriti: Your Nature & Your NowOne of the most important concepts in Ayurveda is understanding the differ...
08/31/2026

🌿 Prakriti vs. Vikriti: Your Nature & Your Now

One of the most important concepts in Ayurveda is understanding the difference between who you naturally are and what may be happening in your body right now.

🌱 Prakriti | Your Natural Constitution

Your Prakriti is the unique balance of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha you were born with. Think of it as your original blueprint, the constitution that reflects your natural tendencies when you are in balance.

🍂 Vikriti | Your Current State

Your Vikriti describes your present balance of the doshas.

Stress, sleep, diet, season, age, environment, routines, and life circumstances can all influence the doshas and cause one or more to become elevated or depleted.

And here’s where it gets interesting…

Your Vikriti may look very different from your Prakriti.

You might naturally have a strong Pitta constitution but currently be experiencing signs of excess Vata. Or you may be predominantly Vata-Kapha while showing signs of a Pitta imbalance.

This is why Ayurveda goes deeper than simply asking:

✨ “What’s my dosha?”

The better questions are:

What is my natural constitution?
What is happening in me right now?

Ayurveda isn’t about changing who you are.

It’s about recognizing when you’ve moved away from your natural balance and learning what may help guide you back toward it.

🌿 Prakriti is your nature. Vikriti is your now.

And understanding the difference changes the way we approach balance entirely.

The Wild Bodhi Oracle | Card X: The Healing SpringsThere are seasons when healing asks us to act.To make the change.Set ...
08/30/2026

The Wild Bodhi Oracle | Card X: The Healing Springs

There are seasons when healing asks us to act.

To make the change.
Set the boundary.
Do the work.
Keep moving.

And then there are seasons when healing asks something entirely different.

It asks us to receive.

✨ Medicine: Restoration

The Healing Springs remind us that rest is not something we have to earn after we’ve finally done enough.

We do not have to wait until we are completely depleted before allowing ourselves to be replenished.

And restoration does not mean returning to who we were before the hard season, the long road, or the storm that changed the landscape.

Restoration is not becoming who you were before.
It is tending who you are now.

Sometimes that tending looks like quiet.

Warmth.

Sleep.

Nourishment.

Laughter.

A walk beneath the trees.

A hand reaching toward yours.

A moment where nothing is expected from you.

You are allowed to stop carrying for a little while.

You are allowed to soften.

You are allowed to receive care without immediately wondering how you will repay it.

And perhaps most importantly…

You do not have to collapse before you are allowed to rest.

🌿 The Springs do not ask you to heal the water.

They ask you to let the water hold you.

don’t know about y’all, but I’m pretty sure that late summer has officially overstayed its welcome.When the heat is rele...
08/29/2026

don’t know about y’all, but I’m pretty sure that late summer has officially overstayed its welcome.

When the heat is relentless, energy feels heavy, digestion gets a little grumpy, and everything in you wants to move slower, Ayurveda says: maybe listen. ☀️

This season isn’t asking us to push harder.
It’s asking us to simplify.

🌿 Cooling herbs
🫖 Warm, easy meals
💧 Hydration
🌙 Earlier evenings
🚶 Gentle movement
✨ A little less force, a little more rhythm

Sometimes the most Ayurvedic thing you can do is stop fighting the season and start working with it.

Because whew… August has been LOUD

✨ Reiki & the Stress ResponseYour body was never designed to live in emergency mode all the time.The stress response is ...
08/28/2026

✨ Reiki & the Stress Response

Your body was never designed to live in emergency mode all the time.

The stress response is incredibly important. It helps us react when something feels threatening or overwhelming. But when stress becomes chronic, the body can spend far too much time braced for what comes next.

Racing thoughts.
Tight shoulders.
Shallow breathing.
Restlessness.
Feeling exhausted but somehow still wired.

Sometimes, even when the stressful moment has passed, the body hasn’t quite gotten the message.

🌿 This is where practices like Reiki can offer gentle support.

During a Reiki session, there’s nothing you need to accomplish, solve, or perform. You’re simply given space to become still, breathe, and receive.

That intentional rest may help create conditions that support the body’s natural shift away from heightened stress and toward the rest-and-digest side of the nervous system.

And sometimes that shift looks wonderfully ordinary:

A deeper breath.
A softened jaw.
Heavy eyelids.
A quieter mind.
The realization that you’ve finally unclenched your shoulders. 😌

Reiki doesn’t make life’s stressors disappear.

But it can offer your body something we often forget it needs:

a chance to stop responding to everything for a little while. 💜

✨ Distance Reiki sessions are available Saturdays from the comfort of your own home.

📩 Message me to reserve a session or learn more.

🌙 Nightly Rituals in AyurvedaIn Ayurveda, a nourishing day doesn’t simply end when we climb into bed.The hours before sl...
08/27/2026

🌙 Nightly Rituals in Ayurveda

In Ayurveda, a nourishing day doesn’t simply end when we climb into bed.

The hours before sleep are an opportunity to gently shift from doing into resting.

This is part of Dinacharya, the practice of creating daily rhythms that support balance in the body and mind.

A simple Ayurvedic evening might include:

🌿 Eat dinner a little earlier
When possible, enjoy a lighter evening meal and give your body time to digest before sleep.

📱 Quiet the stimulation
Dim the lights, soften the noise, and give your mind a chance to step away from screens, work, and the constant stream of information.

🫶 Try a little oiling
A warm oil foot massage can be a wonderfully grounding evening ritual, especially when the mind feels busy.

🫖 Choose something warm
A warm bath, shower, or caffeine-free herbal tea can help signal that the active part of the day is ending.

🧘 Create a moment of stillness
Gentle stretching, breathwork, meditation, journaling, or simply sitting quietly can help you transition toward rest.

🌙 Honor a consistent bedtime
Ayurveda traditionally encourages settling into bed before the Pitta period begins around 10 PM, when the body’s internal processes shift into nighttime restoration.

And just like your morning routine, this doesn’t need to become another checklist.

Maybe tonight it’s simply putting your phone down a little earlier.

Maybe it’s warm tea and five quiet minutes.

Maybe it’s going to bed when your body first whispers, I’m tired, instead of waiting until it has to shout.

✨ The evening doesn’t need to be productive. It can simply be the place where you gently put the day down.

🌿 Herbal Spotlight: Agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria)Ok, it’s been a little bit since we did an herbal spotlight, so here w...
08/26/2026

🌿 Herbal Spotlight: Agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria)

Ok, it’s been a little bit since we did an herbal spotlight, so here we go!!

Sometimes you choose an herb because you’ve studied it.

And then sometimes you see an herb mentioned in passing, immediately think “I need that,” order it with absolutely no idea what you’re going to do with it… and let it sit on your apothecary shelf for a month until you finally decide to figure out why it caught your attention in the first place. 😂🌿

That was Agrimony.

Medicinally, Agrimony has a long history in traditional Western herbalism. Its naturally tannin-rich, astringent nature has traditionally made it useful for digestive complaints, irritated tissues, minor mouth and throat inflammation, and topical herbal preparations.

But Agrimony has another story.

🕯️ This is where herbal medicine meets folklore.

Across its long history, Agrimony became intertwined with folklore surrounding protection, restful sleep, and warding against harmful influences. In later folk-magic traditions, it became associated with cleansing, uncrossing, protection, and reversal.

And THAT was the part I didn’t know when I bought it.

Apparently the instructions arrived later. 😂

I love plants like Agrimony because they remind us that herbs have never existed solely inside one little box labeled medicine. For generations, people have known plants through food, healing, folklore, ritual, story, and relationship with the land.

Understanding an herb means honoring those different threads without pretending they’re all the same thing.

🌱 Bodhi Notes

Agrimony found its way onto my herb shelf before I really understood it. Now I’m beginning to explore both sides of this fascinating little plant: the herbal medicine AND the folklore.

And somehow, I have a feeling we’re not finished with this one yet. 👀🌿🕯️

Every plant has a story. This is one of ours.

***Herbal information shared for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease. Folk and ritual uses discussed here are historical and cultural traditions, not medical claims.***

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