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Take a video tour of Homestead HQ!

Posted on September 28, 2017 by The Holistic Homestead

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Category: Apothecary, Fundraiser, Headlines Tags: apothecary, artemisia ludoviciana, co op market, Colorado, dandelion leaves, gilpin county, golden gate canyon, health and wellness, Holistic Homestead, homemade incense, homestead market, mugwort, nonprofit, nutritional yeast, smudge sticks, wellness center

The sacred art of healing with smudge sticks

Posted on September 19, 2016 by The Holistic Homestead

Smudging is the ancient practice of bathing in the smoke of sacred herbs such as cedar, sage, pine pitch, frankincense, myrrh, juniper, mugwort, and sweetgrass. These herbs are ritually harvested and prepared with a sacred healing intent – often during…

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Category: Headlines Tags: burning sage, burnt offerings, cleansing with smoke, diy ritual, diy smudge sticks, five colored medicine wheel, libana sacred chant, medicine wheel, mugwort, native american spirituality, sacred smoke, sage, smudge sticks, smudging ritual, spirituality and health, sweetgrass

Summer Update from the Homestead

Posted on August 22, 2016 by The Holistic Homestead

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Alas – summer in the Colorado Rockies is such a quick, brilliant burst of color and foliage, and a whirlwind of harvesting, weeding, gardening, and taking in as much sunshine as you can. Last week my household got up at…

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Category: Headlines, Here's to your Health! Tags: co, Colorado, community activism, gilpin county, health and wellness, Herbalism, natural solutions for weed removal, nederland, noxious weeds, smudge sticks, used medical equipment, uses for weeds, wild bear mountain ecology center, wild weeds