WISE WOMAN FORUM GUIDELINES
This is an open forum, on the internet which is a public space, that
can be read by anyone with internet access. Our main focus is the
Wise Woman Tradition of Healing as taught by Susun Weed, with many
of the topics reflecting women’s health, nourishment, self-wisdom
and empowerment. We all learn from each other, and the forum is open
to any and all interested folks, women and men alike.
To make your joining our circle as easy as possible and to be clear
about how we maintain the integrity of our online community, we’ve
listed some points below, please read and agree to honor them before
joining us at the forum.
You are welcome to e-mail the administrator for help at forum@herbshealing.com
any time you have difficulties or complaints. We watch over the
forum and want everyone's experience here to be valuable, both to
themselves and to all of us. Kind comments and praise are welcome,
too.
When posting, we ask that you share your wisdom with tolerance and
compassion. Sometimes topics and discussions may bring up strong feelings.
We ask that if you disagree with what is written and choose to respond,
that you do so with kindness and consideration. This can be done most
effectively with "I think" and "I feel" statements.
Respect for each others opinions is an essential part of our virtual
community at the Wise Woman forum, in the spirit of the Wise Woman
Tradition.
Please
note, if you have a conflict with another member please do not send
them angry email, instead please send all complaints to the adminstration.
Likewise, if any member gets angry email from another member, please
forward it to the administration. If any member has a complaint or
concern or comment, they are welcome to send admin or any moderator
an email query; it is against guidelines to air your complaints at
the forum for the purpose of creating disharmony. Violation of this
guideline is cause banning or time-out.
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on this forum space. Please refer to FAQ
and disclaimer
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and author’s membership; or, banning of the IP for unregistered
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on a case by case basis to ensure the integrity of our forum and protect
it’s members.
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offerings for sale/trade at the Wise Woman Bazaar forum. Any postings
in the forum that are seen as overly solicitous (spam) will be deleted
at administrative discretion.
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Please
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Administrators of this forum RESERVE THE RIGHT to refuse or delete
membership as may be needed, and or any posts that are seen to infringe
upon the guidelines we have set forth here for the benefit of all
participants.
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Announcements
and Greetings Welcome to the Wise Woman Forum, we are
an on-line wise women community. We are the weavers of this web...come
join us.
Merry
Meet Find out about chat room meetings and other goings
on.
The
Talking Stick Pass the Talking Stick and express yourself.
Share thoughts, stories, songs, dreams, art, etc.
Wise
Woman Council Join together here to share your life experiences
and opinions. Lets discuss political, medical, and scientific issues
as well as any other important matters that impact the quality of
our lives.
Herbal Medicine Chest Discuss all aspects of herbal medicine
and weed wisdom with other wise women and green witches...share harvesting
tips, remedies, and personal experiences. Green Blessings to all!!!
Drink Nourishing
Herbal Infusion - LEARN HOW HERE!
Healing Wise & Plant Allies Explore the Wise Woman
Way of healing through nourishment, using the Six Steps of healing
and coming to know and relate to the plants themselves. Home of the
"Plant At A Time" series.
Health
& Wellness Questions Answered Here! If you have a
specific health question you want asked, here is the place to do it!
Write the nature of your question in the subject line, so everyone
will know what the topic is, and then anyone who has knowledge in
that area can respond to the question!
Natural Body Care Let's talk about Wise Woman body care
and physical wellness. Share natural health and fitness tips, articles,
and advice on how to love and care for your beautiful body from head
to toe...
Real
Foods Let's talk about nourishing foods...What makes
you feel good? How do you nourish yourself? want a recipe?...share
a recipe.
Spirituality & Sacred Sex Adoring the goddess in
her many forms as well as crystals, spells, sacred tools, shamanism
and sacred sex.
Moontime Let the discussions flow like our magical monthly
menses... informational menstrual musings, lunar phases, planet lore
and astrological influences, too.
Wise
Woman Birth Control Natural ways to prevent and deal
with unexpected pregnancy. Discuss your family planning options and
support your sisters in this sacred circle.
The
Childbearing Year & Mothering Discuss all aspects
of mothering including fertility, pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding.
Calling all moms and expectant-moms and hopeful moms too!!
Homebirth & Midwifery Where wise women can share
birth stories, find a midwife, get support for your wise way of birthing.
Where student midwives gather, compare notes, and offer encouragement
to each other on the challenging path of learning.
Dancing
with Cancer the Wise Woman Way Here is a safe space to
discuss cancer and cancer prevention. Share your concerns, hopes,
fears, and experiences the Wise Woman Way. Share ways to maintain
breast health and offer support to women diagnosed with breast cancer.
Menopause
Metamorphosis A place to share your life-changing experiences!
Intuitive
Healing A lively and authentic conversation featuring
self healing ideas, practices and insights. We want to discuss energy
as a healing tool; Reiki, distance healing, psychic healing, medical
intuition and more.
Wise
Woman Center Learn about Susun Weed's Wise Woman Center
in Woodstock, NY - all about workshops, intensives, apprenticeship,
moonlodge schedule, and work-exchange weekends are some topics to
discuss here... 2004 schedule of events too.
Wise Woman Classroom Green Witch, Green Allies, and Spirit
& Practice of the Wise Woman Tradition...Sister students, there
is so much for us to learn together. Have any questions? Puzzled by
something and need some help? Here is the place to share...
Wise
Woman Articles & Herbal Ezine Post your wise woman
articles here. Visit Weed Wanderings herbal ezine from here too...enjoy
the Green Blessings with Susun Weed!
Testimonials
for Susun Weed's books Come in and get to know Susun
Weeds 4 books : Healing Wise, Wise Woman Herbal for the
Childbearing Year, Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way,
and Breast Cancer? Breast Health! the Wise Woman Way. If
you already know about them....We want to hear about your experiences.
Books
to Lend
Wise Woman Lending Library - Have a book to lend out from your home?
Post your info here! Discuss and swap favorite books here too.
Wise
Woman Bazaar
Use this space to trade goods, offer wise woman reviews, and share
health and healing resources. Please enjoy and honor this virtual
marketplace with us...come enter.
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MEET THE WISE WOMAN FORUM MODERATORS
visit the MODERATORS ARCHIVE PAGE
| Ananda - I am a passionate multi-pathed
woman with backgrounds in Dance, Herbalism, Ayurveda and Aromatherapy.
I am married with two beautiful children, and my best friend is
my wild weed woman/healer multi-tasking more than me: Mom! Living
in Connecticut gives me the full spectrum of Mother Nature's many
facets; plants, weather, change and resilience. I run my home business
Blissful Botanicals Handcrafted Herbal Skin Care and Aromatherapy,
perform Modern Dance, and teach collaborative choreography. Dance
is my first love, I believe the rest of one's life flows when the
soul dances! My hobbies include Yoga, running a local "green
Mamas" group, making new recipes, hugging, dancing my tush
off, singing in the car, and of course, communing on the wise woman
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Cory Su lives in Daytona Beach, Florida with her husband and daughter,where she enjoys the ocean, cultivating herbs, crafts (especially
herbal!), and reading. Cory has her degree in Biology & Zoology from U of Washington. She also studied Chinese Medicine in a graduate program for 2 years. Cory enjoys learning and sharing herbal and other healing wisdom. She operates a small herbal crafting business, and sells her products at local fairs and online.
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coyotemist - I am a mom of 2, and a wife of 10 years. In the past few years I have been a student of both the Wise Woman Tradition and of modern medicine, and am constantly looking for ways to enhance the wellbeing of my family and friends. In 2009 I will graduate as a Respiratory Therapist, and yet, the scientific knowledge that I am gaining brings me closer and closer to the world around me. In this whole process, the green world is sharing more and more of their gifts, and I'm grateful for it. Beyond that, I love horses, and reading!
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Danita Wind Song (HealerWithin) - What an honour to be a part of Susun's website and forum! I'm a Spirit-led Intuitive, pet healer, Reiki Master, energy healer and life coach who is blessed to live my passion each day doing the work I love! Am filled with gratitude to Susun for sharing so much of herself and her wisdom with the world of Wise Women. One of my passions is sharing the gifts Mother Earth so wisely offers us, with other Wise Women. |
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feminine_earth, aka Aunty Missy, is a co-moderator of "The Childbearing Year & Mothering"and "Homebirth & Midwifery"--a few topics that just so happen to be some of Missy's most cherished passions. If she's not studying childbirth and mothering, she's probably bottle-raising an abandoned baby fur-covered friend, practicing yoga, singing her heart out, or working on a novel. Missy is married to her best friend and soul-mate, who just so happens to be a hot-tempered Irishman, and is Mama to two completely crazy kitties and one very special woofer. She plans on moving to the mountains and opening a small herbal medicine store, and then having lots and lots of babies. When she can finally find time for solitude and contemplation, she can often be found talking to God and Earth Mother, and singing prayerfully to the full moon. |
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Joanne - wise woman and green
witch, from Kansas, the prairie heartland of green allies. Has her
degree in clincal psychology and counseled persons coping with a
variety of illnesses. She has been studying herbology for about
6 years now. After numerous workshops and conferences, decided to
learn from an herbalist, and a healer from a women-centered tradition.
That is how she found her way to Susun and the Wise Woman way. Recently
began teaching herb classes. Moderates "Merry Meet' and loves
to chat on herbs, health, and women's mysteries. Likes to write,
get creative (watercolor, clay,etc..), read books, go flea marketing,
garden, cook, canoe, camp, travel and hang with my companion golden
retriever.
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My name is karen joy, also sometimes
known as Karen, KJ, Kata, Kalena, and Mama! I am blessed to live
in the Catskills of New York, just as they slide into the Hudson
Valley! My passions are Ari, plants, nourishment, compassion, and
dear friends and family! I love to cook deeply nourishing foods,
create and gather clothing, baskets, pottery, and fabrics, and explore
the depths of being a shamanic herbalist! I strive to hear before
speaking, face the moment, and live vibrantly amidst chaos!
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LadyB (Barbara Hall, GramaBee) - I’m Susun's 109th apprentice
from 1993. I’ve been a professional gardener for over 30
years, and am completely recovered from 8 crippling bouts of Lyme
Disease, (thank you, Teasel). I’m also a BellyDance teacher,
Hypnotherapist, and a GRANDmother of three wondrous children.
I lived in NY State for 54 years, and made the giant leap to the
West Coast (Oregon) in December of ’05. The Wise Woman Tradition
has nurtured me and kept me going since reading Susun’s
“Healing Wise” back in ’91. I’m pleased
to be a part of this forum that brings it all to life so we can
share it round and round the globe, I co-moderate Healing Wise
and Plant Allies and Natural Body Care.
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Leaf - I was one of those children
whose world existed of singing songs to the garden fairies, talking
to animal friends and making weed soups ;-) After a long road and
some huge life lessons, some bitter and some sweet, I came home
again… I’m a certified Herbalist and Nature Guide now,
still learning new things everyday again (currently I am doing Susun
Weed’s Spirit & Practice of the Wise Woman Way course).
I work in a health food store and have a small herbal home business
and give workshops to teach people the wonderful language of Mother
Nature. Blessed be!
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Leslie - I have been studing the healing arts for 17 years. I tend to
stay mainly with natural practices. Always looking to learn something
new. I am a wife and mother of one. Making tinctures, salves and
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lori - web weaver, magical Bellybowl maker,
3rd generation baker, food connoisseur, student of life, teacher
of handworking, lover, sister, friend....must recline at the
end of the day.
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MaDonaVerde enjoys being a moderator of this forum to compassionately share her knowledge and experience with the Wise Woman Tradition with others. Aside from taking a correspondence course with Susun and doing her best to live the Wise Woman Way herself, MaDonaVerde also brings her MPH in Population and Family Health and many years of experience in the field of Reproductive Health to the discussion table. Informally, she continues her training "in the field" as a stay-at-home-mom for a busy boy, two dogs, one cat, her dh, and an ongoing project to restore and caretake for the plant life on her property. She enjoys reading, music, yardwork (really!), and being with family and friends.
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moonflower
Silver haired, fierce, spiraling inward and then out...grandma, mom, mate.Leader to the beloved pack of she-dogs at my heel, devoted to my hens and horses. Herbs and potions overflow the fragrant remedy cabinet, spilling over the counter tops of my rural kitchen. A teapot, a bone broth, bubble on the stove. Wild onions and lambs quarters drip in the sink. I am a green witch and daughter of Durga...walking in awe, gratitude and kinship to all things wild and wise..
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nutmeg ~ I’ve aged quite a bit since this picture was taken, but the image still sums me up quite well. The ongoing support from the many wonderful wise women on this forum has nurtured me immensely in the last few years. I’ve learned SO much, and feel grateful to have the chance to help this community continue to thrive! |
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StormWatcher - I am a daughter of the Earth, living my dreams and following my heart. I am located in Lima, Peru, where I teach English and spin my dreams of alpaca, mohair, and wool. I am a fiber artist, storyteller, and dreamer. |
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Suebee - I grew up proud I was American Indian, Piney-Lenape & Seneca. I am a traditional artisan. I thank the earth for everything I receive to make Baskets, Jewelry, Dream Catchers, Green Men, Medicine and Nourishment for my family, friends and for myself. I have a wonderful husband, two teenaged boys, two parrots, and two dogs. One of my most important jobs in life is to instill respect of our earth to my boys. I hope to help others learn of the importance of both herbs and what some call weeds! I always like to remember that people won't always remember what you said or did, but they will remember how you made them feel. I live in NJ.
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Sunshine*,
lives in Maryland with her husband and their son. Interests are:
Astronomy, Astrology, Numerology, Aromatherapy, Crystal energy
and other forms of healing. Loves: her family, animals, roses,
plants and other flowers, mountains, the ocean, music and dance.
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Tamara - I am an herbalist living
with husband and child in the Appalachian Mountains. Inspired by
my Grandmother, who knew the "healing ways"
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| Treewicca - is an opinionated, stroppy, mother, lover, wildwoman, friend to trees and birds and bugs, music lover, drummer, singer, weaver, crafter, gardener, renovator, listening ear, and lover of wild things - wild people, wild places, wild plants and wild ideas |

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Willow - I am a Naturalist, aspiring herbalist, and lover of all things
wild and natural, especially snakes, spiders (I have seven tarantuals),
and raptors. I am also the mother of a 14 year old wonderful daughter.
I love teaching others about the beauty and healing wonders Nature
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YarrowCrow is a work-at-home mama to four great kiddos, one great husband, and several wild things on a plot o' land in Kentucky. Her interests are varied, and at 36 found that Life Herself has become her greatest teacher. She feels that all paths in her life have brought her to one place--working in Love and Beauty. Her dear husband jokes that the "place" is being the Weird Lady Down the Street. Kim is pretty sure that role is secure as the neighbors often see her feeding "the lawn" (chickweed, violets, dandelions, etc.) to her children. In her professional, non-mama, world, Kim is a tool of the Divine Creatrix, allowing the muses to waft her as they may. Or, better stated, she is a writer/artist, intuitive and healer. In her free time, you can find her walking the spiral labyrinth her husband made, talking to the plants, or having tea with friends on her back porch. She welcomes each of you to join her in these activities at any time.
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