Plant Spirit Medicine as taught by
Eliot Cowan is the synthesis of Chinese Five Element Medicine and a shamanic
way of working with plants. Plant
Spirit Medicine (PSM) is a form of spiritual healing that aligns our lives with
the healing wisdom of nature. This
alignment with nature brings balance and harmony to our lives. Plants are more than substances taken
as food or medicine. Plants have a
spirit and spirit is recognized as the strongest medicine.
In Plant Spirit Medicine we pay
particular attention to the cycles of life, the seasons and the elements of
nature. As humans we are
intimately connected to this wisdom, it lives inside our body, mind and
spirit. The Five Element Medicine approach
gives a grounded way of diagnosing these energies in a person enabling us to
find the source of their imbalance and a way to guide treatment. Through relationship and exchange the
Plant Spirits help our patients at the root of their imbalance.
Connecting with plants is the heart
of PSM. We do not learn of their healing properties in books or ask our teacher
what medicine a plant has to offer.
We learn about the plants through our intimate relationship with them.
We connect directly to the spirit of a plant in the dream world and ask what
medicine it has to offer our people.
Sometimes a plant will even ask for something in exchange for offering
its medicine. A plant may offer me
a particular kind of help for my patients and offer something totally different
to my colleagues. The medicine
offered is almost always for a person’s spirit, not the body. Treating the spirit will affect the
whole body, mind and spirit.
During a PSM treatment we call directly on the plant spirits to come
through our hands to help the patient.
My personal experience receiving
Plant Spirit Medicine has been profound and I continue to receive this medicine
even after 8 years. The healing and support I receive continues to deepen over
time. My personal transformation inspired
me to train as a Plant Spirit Medicine Healer. I feel passionate about this medicine and feel a devotion to
helping others. It takes
dedication, hard work and on going training to be an effective healer. For a patient, it requires trust,
patience and a commitment to on-going treatment to truly receive the depth of
what PSM has to offer. In our
culture we want quick, fast, easy results. Plant Spirit Medicine is deep, steady and subtle but results
are profound and maintained. For
those of us who have made this commitment we are so deeply touched, transformed
and forever grateful. We have experienced the beauty of how Plant Spirit
Medicine has changed our lives and those of our families, friends and clients.
Plant Spirit Medicine has brought joy to our hearts, the sparkle back to life
and made it possible for us to live our lives more fully. We feel love and connection to nature,
the divine and our fellow human beings.
Megan
Montero is a Plant Spirit Medicine Healer with a healing practice in Santa
Cruz. She graduated from Eliot
Cowan’s Plant Spirit Medicine Practitioner Training in 2008 and continues to
train with Mr. Cowan. Megan is
also a Feng Shui Consultant working in the Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay
area. To learn more about Plant
Spirit Medicine you can read Eliot Cowan’s book, Plant Spirit Medicine
or contact Megan at 831-588-5424.
For more information about Megan and her healing practice visit her
website windandwaterblessings.com.
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