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Last night Kira Sutherland spent two hours talking about the heart.Not the cardiac muscle. The whole thing. The Leo hear...
06/19/2026

Last night Kira Sutherland spent two hours talking about the heart.

Not the cardiac muscle. The whole thing. The Leo heart that drives itself to exhaustion and calls it dedication. The heart that races at 2AM for no reason it can name. The heart that has been quietly keeping score of everything you've carried this year.

She talked about which herbs actually reach that. Motherwort for the overwhelmed heart. Hawthorn for the one that needs rebuilding. Lime Blossom for the heat that won't settle. And what the current eclipse cycle means for all of it, running through January 2028.

If you were there, you already know. If you weren't, the recording goes live in Starting Path on Monday.

Enroll now and you'll also find Matthew's First Aid for the Body and Spirit class, downloadable slides, and hours of other content waiting for you in the meantime.

Comment PATH to get started.

Today at 5:15PM CT.Kira Sutherland teaches Herbs for the Heart: Leo, Jupiter and the Eclipses.30 years of clinical pract...
06/18/2026

Today at 5:15PM CT.

Kira Sutherland teaches Herbs for the Heart: Leo, Jupiter and the Eclipses.

30 years of clinical practice. Naturopath, herbalist, health astrologer. Live, with Q&A.

$15. Open to everyone. Recording included. You'll also get access to the Intro to Health Astrology class.

Comment HEART for the free Health Astrology Field Guide plus a link to register. Or go directly to matthewwoodinstituteofherbalism.com/herbs-for-the-heart

Tomorrow, Kira Sutherland teaches Herbs for the Heart: Leo, Jupiter and the Eclipses. Live at MWIH. 5:15PM CST.Kira has ...
06/17/2026

Tomorrow, Kira Sutherland teaches Herbs for the Heart: Leo, Jupiter and the Eclipses. Live at MWIH. 5:15PM CST.

Kira has been a practicing naturopath and herbalist for 30 years. She's spent her career at the intersection of clinical herbalism and what she calls health astrology: a constitutional framework that connects specific herbs, foods, and remedies to the body through the zodiac.

She is a clinician with three decades of experience showing you which herbs support the heart, why Leo and the current eclipse cycle matter for your body, and what you can do about it right now.

$15. Open to everyone. Recording included through January 2028. You'll also get access to the Intro to Health Astrology class.

Comment HEART and we'll send you the free Health Astrology Field Guide plus a link to register.

"If the person is the cupcake," Kira Sutherland says, "the frosting is using the astrology to add to it."That line tells...
06/16/2026

"If the person is the cupcake," Kira Sutherland says, "the frosting is using the astrology to add to it."

That line tells you everything about how she works. Thirty years as a naturopath and herbalist in clinical practice. Twenty-five years teaching at the university level. She doesn't set aside the science when she opens a birth chart. She layers it on top.

She calls it a combination of science and sacred medicine. We call it exactly the kind of teaching that belongs at MWIH.

Thursday at 5:15PM CT, Kira teaches Herbs for the Heart: Leo, Jupiter and the Eclipses. $15, open to everyone. Comment HEART and we'll send you the free Health Astrology Field Guide plus a link to register.

Leonurus cardiaca.If you know any Latin at all, you can read this plant's job description right in its name.Leonurus mea...
06/16/2026

Leonurus cardiaca.

If you know any Latin at all, you can read this plant's job description right in its name.

Leonurus means "lion's tail." Cardiaca means "of the heart."

Lion. Heart. That's the plant.

In health astrology, Leo rules the heart, the spine, and the vital force. Kira Sutherland, who has been practicing as a naturopath and herbalist for 30 years, lists Motherwort as one of the key herbs for supporting Leo constitutions. Not because it's a cardiac drug, but because it calms the kind of heart distress that comes from emotional overwhelm: the palpitations, the racing, the chest-tightening anxiety that has nothing to do with your arteries and everything to do with your nervous system.

Traditionally, Motherwort was given to new mothers whose hearts were full of worry. The name says it all twice: once for the lion, once for the heart.

This Thursday, Kira teaches Herbs for the Heart: Leo, Jupiter and the Eclipses, live at MWIH. $15. Open to everyone. Comment HEART and we'll send you the free Health Astrology Field Guide plus a link to register.

Hawthorn is the plant for the heart that's been working too hard for too long.It feeds the heart as a muscle and steadie...
06/15/2026

Hawthorn is the plant for the heart that's been working too hard for too long.

It feeds the heart as a muscle and steadies the beat. And traditionally, it's also for a heart that's closed: the one that walls off because opening feels like too much risk.

Leo rules the heart, and the Sun rules Leo. Motherwort, whose Latin name literally means "lion's heart," has been Hawthorn's companion in heart formulas for centuries. Both are herbs of fire, warmth, and vital force.

Comment HEART for the free Health Astrology Field Guide plus a link to Kira Sutherland's class on June 18.

06/13/2026

Kira Sutherland is an Australian naturopath, herbalist, and health astrologer.

For thirty years she's been using Health Astrology in clinical practice. She's reading what the body is already experiencing, and matching it with the right plants, all while taking astrological timing into consideration.

Each element tells a different story. Fire signs like Leo connect to vital force and the heart. Air signs like Aquarius connect to the nervous system and circulation. They sit across from each other on the zodiac, and this eclipse cycle activates both.

On Wednesday, join Kira for Herbs for the Heart: Leo, Jupiter and the Eclipses, featuring Hawthorn, Motherwort, and the other herbs to help the heart this summer.

$15. June 18, 5:15PM CT / 8:15AM Thursday AEST.

Comment HEART for the free Health Astrology Field Guide plus a link to register.

Join Kira Sutherland next Wednesday for Herbs for the Heart: Leo, Jupiter and the Eclipses.If you have Leo prominent in ...
06/12/2026

Join Kira Sutherland next Wednesday for Herbs for the Heart: Leo, Jupiter and the Eclipses.

If you have Leo prominent in your chart, this class is especially for you.
If you have Aquarius prominent in your chart, this class is especially for you too.

Leo and Aquarius sit across from each other on the zodiac. Leo rules the heart: fire, vital force, the kind of person who burns bright. Aquarius rules the circulation and the electrical side of the nervous system. This eclipse cycle includes both signs, and Kira will walk through what that means and which herbs can help.

For thirty years, she's been using birth charts to understand what the body needs and which herbs can help. She reads what stressors the body is already experiencing and matches it them with the right plants.

$15. Wednesday June 18, 5:15PM CT / 8:15AM Thursday AEST.

Comment HEART for the free Health Astrology Field Guide plus a link to register.

06/11/2026

Kira Sutherland is an Australian naturopath, herbalist, and medical astrologer.

For thirty years she’s been using Health Astrology in clinical practice. She’s reading what the body is already experiencing, and matching it with the right plants, all while taking astrological timing into consideration.

Each element tells a different story. Fire signs like Leo connect to vital force and the heart. Air signs like Aquarius connect to the nervous system and circulation. They sit across from each other on the zodiac, and this eclipse cycle activates both.

On Wednesday, join Kira for Herbs for the Heart: Leo, Jupiter and the Eclipses, featuring Hawthorn, Motherwort, and the other herbs to help the heart this summer.

$15. June 18, 5:15PM CT / 8:15AM Thursday AEST.

Comment HEART for the free Health Astrology Field Guide plus a link to register.

06/11/2026

Hawthorn works on the physical heart: muscle, rhythm, circulation. It feeds and steadies a heart that's depleted or has been working too hard.

But it's also the herb for the heart that's closed. For the person who's learned to wall things off, Hawthorn says: it's safe to open up again.

Leo rules the heart, and the Sun rules Leo. Motherwort, whose Latin name means "lion's heart," has been Hawthorn's companion in heart formulas for centuries.

Comment HEART and we'll send you the free Health Astrology Field Guide plus a link to register for Kira Sutherland's class on June 18. She'll cover Hawthorn and the other herbs that help the heart this summer.

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