Gina Badger (they/she) is a clinical energetic herbalist. They offer care through their private practice, Long Spell, and collaborative projects such as Wet Coast mutual aid kits. Gina is a queer nonbinary femme of mixed Western European ancestry born in Treaty 6 territory and currently living on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations (Vancouver, Canada).

In this episode, Eryn and Gina talk about:

Gina’s journey with plants!
Building an embodied relationship with plants
Personal healing-oriented plant communication
Looking to the plants as teachers
Orienting toward plant relationship
Ways to give plants attention
What relationship with plants looks like for them in the winter

Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/gina-badger

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Connect with Gina on their website, Instagram, or over email at gina@longspellherbs.com.

Footnotes from Gina:

Episodes from KPFA radio show the Herbal Highway: “Herbal Energetics” (15/Feb/2023, originally aired 1/May/1999) and “Honoring our Elders: Karyn Sanders,” (2/Nov/2022)
Joanna Macy’s Work that Reconnects
Chani Nicholas’s Week Ahead Podcast for the week of 30/Jan/2023

Ep. #283: Building an Embodied Relationship with Plants with Clinical Energetic Herbalist Gina Badger