Today Isaac & AC welcome herbalists Kimberly Gallagher of LearningHerbs and Lauren Morgan of Herbs & Dreams to the show. Lauren recounts starting with a botanical medicine apprenticeship and now runs a community practice, circles, an apprenticeship, and the Herbs & Dreams podcast, weaving dreams into herbal work. Kimberly describes learning herbs alongside her late husband John through apprenticeships and family healing, then building LearningHerbs with remedy kits, Wildcraft, and Herb Fairies. They discuss Kimberly’s book The Aphrodisiac and a broadened view of aphrodisiacs (including nervines and nutritives like damiana, oats/oatstraw, rose, cacao, fenugreek), plus plant dreaming, dream incubation (including mugwort), nightmares, and notable plant dreams (marshmallow and hawthorn). They introduce their 7-week course Rhythms & Relationships (Rhythms and Relationships: A Feminine Way Into Herbalism), starting the last Saturday in September, with weekly modules and live sessions, and share how it was inspired by Lauren’s dreams.
00:00 Podcast Welcome
01:01 Plant Path Origins
03:16 Learning Herbs Journey
06:50 Herbal Sensuality Work
11:38 Rhythms Course Vision
16:20 Circles Moon Lodge Rites
18:31 Meeting During Covid
21:02 Dream Weaving Course Birth
25:32 Dreaming With Mugwort
31:16 Plant Dreams Marshmallow Hawthorn
36:47 The Generosity of Hawthorn
37:58 Dream Incubation Basics
38:43 Dream Rattle Ritual
41:47 Why Dreams Matter
43:45 Nightmares as Medicine
48:40 Scary Plant Dreams
52:22 Reciprocity With Plants
54:18 Embodied Learning Path
01:00:43 Course Logistics
01:05:15 Who This Course Serves
01:08:37 Links And Farewell
