What science is beginning to understand is something that healers and mystics have long intuited and practiced. It is this: we are nature and live in a sentient world.
Intuitive herbalism is the practice of slowing down and listening to a plant with all of our five senses and being with what comes up as a reflection of our inner and subconscious worlds. Plants are wonderfully uninterested in human feelings. Which make them the truest mirror, to see within ourselves. This body-based, limbic brain approach to meeting a plant connects us to our animal bodies and sensual nature, revealing both the shadow and light qualities that make us utterly and remarkably human.
Who am I and why did I come to this work?
Over a decade ago I trained and practised growing food as a bio-dynamic gardener. Learning to follow the lunar cycle to plant, tend and harvest herbs, fruit and vegetables opened me up to syncing with the cycles of the cosmos. I deepened my ability to listen by working with kinesiology to 'talk' to the plants. Co-creating with the spirits of both the plants and the land, helped me steward the gardens I tended. And allowed access to my own inner cosmos and rhythms.
Four years ago, I began listening to plants as a student of the School of Intuitive Herbalism. This time, deepening my connection to the universe contained within my skin as I met a range of herbs local to the place I call home, in semi-tropical Goa, as well as the island that is the UK. I've been learning to meet myself by listening to the reflection and mirroring that the incredibly sentient world of plants has to share with us. If only we pause long enough to listen.
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I now create a container to facilitate you meeting yourself with a plant ally - in whose reflection and fierce compassion I hope that you will meet both the shadow and the light, in a time of great change. Come, journey with Rose via your senses, to connect and communicate with the plant-world. In a crisis-filled world, tapping into our ancient intelligence is a feminine practice, which needs to be remembered.
The invitation is to cultivate a deeper understanding of ourselves, in the safety of the space that I create as witnessed by the chosen plant. In this case, Rose.
The work of reconnection with the vast intelligence of the plant-world can be experienced as 1:1 sessions and as curated half-day workshops for 7-13 people.
How does it work? We sip a warm infusion of Organic Kashmir Rose Water allowing it to take us on a journey.
How often? The commitment would be to meet for 1.5 hours once a month.
How do we meet? Our sessions would be confidential and in-person, in Goa or online.
1:1 Session: A contribution of INR 2500/- will be the exchange.
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Email me for the curated group workshops. It'll be tailored to meet your needs and to hold a burning question that you are holding.
Group Session: A contribution of INR 2000/- will be the exchange per person for upto a 2-hour session
If this interests you email me at quillandfern@gmail.com and let's begin...
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~ Testimonial ~
Nomita led me through a meditation and healing session with the spirit of Rose, a plant I have had a long association with although I did not know it.
Our session felt very deeply peaceful. I felt my heart opening to receive the blessings of Rose.
My session with Nomita led me to an acknowledgement of grief that has been held in my body for forty years. It eased some physical symptoms and brought an awareness which helps me every day, as I continue the process of acceptance and healing. We followed up the meditation with a beautiful ritual which continues to give me comfort and joy.
~ M, Goa
1:1 Sessions
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This was my first experience with Somatic Plant healing and it definitely exceeded any expectations I had. It was a deep and revealing experience, a lot was met and released and it stayed with me for days after. I'd also say that the way Nomita guided us through meeting and interacting with Rose was equally important. I've always used essential oils and herbs for healing and calming, but this was something else altogether. With the way Nomita designed the workshop, I was able to meet Rose very deeply and have it show me so much. I was able to see, feel and integrate deep-seated grief from my childhood, certain things I probably didn't have enough support to heal all by myself before, but with Rose and Nomita holding a very nurturing protective, safe space, it was safe to be released. I'm also an artist and ever since I began a more inward journey, my art has come to me in visions and intuitions and I saw how Rose came through so beautifully on the canvas. It was truly alive in me. I see that being a fully expressed leader means healing these wounds, otherwise you're leading from the unhealed child, ever so often, and not from love, compassion or even your Divine power.
~ Anushya, Bangalore
Workshop attendee
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I felt a lightness, a weight lifted off my shoulders. As I went deeper into the experience, I felt this sense of infinite possibilities ahead! It maybe, gave me some confidence.
~ Manisha, Bangalore
Workshop attendee