Reclaiming Cannabis

There was a time when cannabis was revered as a sacred plant ally, held in deep respect by healers, mystics, and indigenous medicine keepers. It wasn’t a quick fix or a buzz to chase, but a bridge to the body, mind, and spirit. Like many of us, I once bought into the cultural story that cannabis was “just a drug,” something recreational at best, destructive at worst. But healing has a way of rerouting us. The more I’ve softened into my own truth, the more I’ve come to see this plant not as something to escape with, but something to return to.

Cannabis showed up for me not in a blaze of smoke and rebellion, but as a quiet ally as I deepened my studies in trauma healing and ceremonial work. She is a symbol of the sacred feminine, associated with infinite compassion and grace. She is a deeply somatic plant that asks us to come back to the body and tune into the messages it’s working to communicate.

“With clear intention and the right set and setting, cannabis can soften the walls we’ve built around our pain and help us to see ourselves more clearly.”

And yet, we’ve been conditioned to distrust her. Decades of prohibition and propaganda have stripped cannabis of her sacred roots and pushed her into the shadows, alongside the parts of ourselves we’ve been taught to hide. But reclaiming cannabis as a healing ally isn’t just about the plant. It’s also about reclaiming the parts of ourselves that long for gentleness and stillness, the parts that know we are worthy of healing outside of the systems that have failed us.

There’s a reason so many of us are being called back to earth-based medicine. We are remembering… that healing isn’t always clinical and linear, that the body is wise and the Earth provides. Cannabis, like breathwork and yoga, can be a portal - if we let it. Not to bypass our pain, but to have more awareness and acceptance around it.

“Cannabis can be one of our greatest teachers. She’s an amplifier and an eye opener. She doesn’t give you the answers, but helps you remember that you already carry them within.”

If you’re curious about how cannabis might support your own healing journey, I guide conscious cannabis sessions - gentle experiences rooted in intention, safety, and autonomy. Individual sessions can be booked HERE, or you can schedule a Free Discovery Call with the promo code CANNA to explore whether this sacred plant medicine is right for you.

Cannabis offers us a beautiful opportunity to know ourselves better through deeper embodiment and expanded consciousness. She is a muse. She is healing medicine.

Living with Intention

Life has been a lot lately, in both beautiful and challenging ways. It’s easy to slip into autopilot when life gets busy or uncertain, so I’ve been thinking a lot about what it really means to live with intention.

For me, it’s about slowing down, tuning in, and moving through the day with presence. It’s the sacred pause before the “yes,” the space between thought and action. It’s checking in with my body, breath, and heart and asking:

Is this mine to carry? Is this what I need? Is this in alignment with my values?

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”

— Viktor Frankl

It shows up in how I eat, how I love, and how I rest. It’s remembering that I am co-creating my life with the Universe, and that I get to choose how I want to move through it all.

Living intentionally isn’t always easy. Old habits pull at us. The world still demands. But I’m learning to trust the quiet knowing within, that says, You don’t have to rush. You don’t have to prove anything. You get to choose.

So, I’m choosing slow and sacred. And every day I have to remind myself to return to that choice, again and again.

Intention isn’t about rigid goals or outcomes. It’s not about fixing anything or proving myself. It’s a quiet question I ask my heart. It’s the energy I bring into a conversation, a yoga practice, a walk in the woods, or a moment of stillness. It’s the whisper that says: stay close to what matters.

This is especially true in ceremony. Working with plant medicines isn’t something I take lightly. These sacred allies meet us exactly where we are, but they also ask something of us. They ask for truth and reverence. They don’t respond to what we want to achieve, but to what we’re ready to feel, see, or remember. They require thoughtful intention. I like to form my intention as a request to the medicine, which might sound something like:

“Help me to lead with love.”

“Show me the next right step.”

“Guide me back to the part of me that remembers.”

An intention like this doesn’t demand answers. It gives the medicine something to work with as it weaves its way through my body and spirit. But the real work comes after the ceremony ends.

Living with intention means I don’t leave those sacred moments at the altar. It means I keep coming back to them, in the way I speak, the actions I take, and the choices I make.

Setting intentions is more than a preparation for ceremony - it is a way of life. When we live intentionally, we honor the sacred in the everyday. We become active participants in our healing and growth.

Whether you’re preparing for ceremony or simply navigating the ebb and flow of everyday life, you’re allowed to move slowly. You’re allowed to change your pace. You’re allowed to rest and re-align. That’s the path.

If you feel the call of the medicine or a quiet longing for something more, there’s space for that here. I invite you to book a Discovery Call with me below. Use the promo code “Intention” for a complimentary session. Let’s have a conversation and see where it leads.

You don’t have to have it all figured out. You just have to be willing to begin. When you are, reach out. I’m here for you.