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.