Forage Yourself Happy

✨ The magical folklore of nettles... and no, they’re not just angry plants.

Everyone knows they sting... but our ancestors saw them as guardians.

🌿 The Celts carried them for protection.
🔮 Witches tucked them into charms to break curses.
🔥 They were thrown into fires for cleansing and divination.
⚔️ Romans used them to awaken strength before battle.
📜 They even appear in one of England’s oldest magical healing spells.

It’s funny how one of Britain’s most overlooked w**ds has centuries of folklore, magic and mystery wrapped around it.

Next time you dodge a patch of nettles... maybe they’re guarding something. 🌿✨

What’s your favourite magical plant? 👇

Beautiful... but a bully. 🌸

Himalayan balsam is one of Britain’s most controversial plants.

Bees absolutely love it, producing nectar in abundance, but it spreads so aggressively that it can smother our native wildflowers and leave riverbanks vulnerable to erosion when it dies back each winter.

The twist? It’s edible too. The flowers, young shoots and seeds can all be foraged with the right knowledge.

Would you pull it up... or put it on your plate?

📍Spotted here in Yorkshire.

People feared this tree... and most have no idea why. 🌿

The Elder has been surrounded by folklore for centuries. From witches and woodland spirits to healing and protection, this remarkable tree has one of the richest histories in British folklore.

Would you plant one in your garden? 🌿✨

🌿 Am I the only one who’s obsessed with the smell of pineapple w**d? 🍍

Every time I find this little plant, I have to stop and crush one of the flower heads. The pineapple scent is incredible, and once you’ve recognised it, you’ll never walk past it again.

A few things you might not know...

🌿 A close relative of chamomile

🍍 The flower heads smell remarkably like pineapple when crushed

☕ Traditionally used as a gentle herbal tea

🤍 Traditionally used to support digestion and settle the stomach

🚶 Often known as the Traveller’s Herb because it thrives along well-worn paths

💪 A symbol of resilience, growing happily where many other plants struggle

✨ In modern folklore, it’s associated with happiness, fresh starts and finding beauty in unexpected places

🐝 A valuable little plant for bees and other pollinators

It’s one of those plants that reminds me that some of nature’s greatest treasures aren’t hidden away in ancient woodlands... they’re often growing through the cracks beneath our feet.

Have you come across pineapple w**d before?

Have we forgotten what ancient civilisations already knew?✨

I’ve spent the last three years researching tensor technology, and only recently began introducing tensor rings, tensor wands and a Torus Tube into my Reiki and massage treatments.

The more I learnt about the geometry, the Royal Egyptian Cubit and the work of Slim Spurling, the more intrigued I became.

Today, practitioners all over the world are using tensor technology in treatment rooms, around water, medicinal mushrooms, crystals, gardens and even swimming pools.

Many believe tensor rings can:

🌀 Bring coherence to the energetic field.

💧 Support the restructuring of water.

🌿 Encourage healthier plant growth.

✨ Enhance meditation and healing practices.

⚡ Create a more harmonious treatment space.

For me, they’re another tool. One that encourages intention, presence and curiosity. I don’t expect everyone to see them the same way, but I do believe some things are best experienced rather than explained.

I’ve recently started working with beautifully handcrafted tensor rings, wands and Torus Tubes from Copper Vibrations, made here in Yorkshire.

https://coppervibration.com/

If you’re a Reiki practitioner, massage therapist, sound healer or energy worker, have you ever worked with tensor technology? I’d genuinely love to hear your experience.

💜 The Lavender Lore

Long before pharmacies, there were the elders, wise women and village herbalists who understood the language of plants.

Lavender was more than a beautiful flower. It was gathered to bring calm to busy minds, tucked beneath pillows to encourage peaceful sleep, hung in homes for protection, and carried as a symbol of love and devotion. It found its place in healing, celebration and everyday life.

Over time, many of these medicine women became known as witches. Yet much of what they practised was a deep understanding of the natural world, passing on the wisdom of plants from one generation to the next.

Today, science continues to explore lavender’s calming properties, but I also love remembering the stories that travelled alongside it. Sometimes the folklore is just as fascinating as the plant itself.

Want to learn how to forage? Check out some upcoming workshops below 🌿💜👇🏻

https://www.eventbrite.com/o/forage-yourself-happy-95260124573

🌿 Sitting with mullein and a new PlantWave sound

I got super excited to test out the new Redleaf Lily sound on blooming mullein today.

What came through was a mix of synthesisers, crickets and shifting vocal tones that respond to the plant’s activity. It’s not something I try to over-interpret… more something I sit with and listen to.

Mullein has been a steady plant in my world for a long time. I forage it through the seasons, dry the leaves and flowers for tea, and use it in ceremony work alongside mugwort for cleansing and grounding. It’s a plant I return to often, especially for the way it supports the lungs and how calm it feels to be around.

It felt right to experience this new sound while actually sitting with the plant itself.

Just a moment of listening. 🌿

If you want to find out more 👇🏻

https://plantwave.com/en-gb

Plug yourself in wherever you go, it’s bloody brilliant 🤘🏻

What if w**ds are just plants whose stories we’ve forgotten? 🌿✨

For centuries, mullein has been woven into folklore, herbal traditions and a little bit of witchcraft.

Traditionally used to support the lungs and clear the chest, it was a plant many people would have recognised instantly, yet today most walk straight past it without a second glance.

One of my favourite things about forest therapy is rediscovering these forgotten connections and learning the stories hidden in the landscape around us.

If you’d like to learn more about the traditional uses, folklore and magic of our wild plants, come and join me on a future retreat 🌿 Link below 👇🏻

https://www.eventbrite.com/o/forage-yourself-happy-95260124573

🌙 The plant our ancestors put under their pillow to change their dreams...

This is Mugwort, one of the most magical herbs in folklore.

For centuries it was gathered on Midsummer, carried by travellers for protection, and placed beneath pillows to encourage vivid dreams and deeper intuition.

Herbalists traditionally used it to support digestion, while folklore called it the Dreamer’s Herb and believed it could help people connect more deeply with the unseen world.

Whether you see it as medicine, magic, or simply a fascinating piece of plant history, Mugwort has been treasured for thousands of years.

Have you ever worked with Mugwort? 🌿✨