20. Continuing the legacy of Dorothy Hall- Bringing people and plants together: Sally Kingsford-Smith on Self Care with Herbs
In today's episode, I’m chatting with Sally Kingsford-Smith, a Naturopathic Herbalist, Reiki Practitioner and teacher, practicing on the land of the Wangal people of the Eora nation. Sally is a graduate of the Dorothy Hall School of Herbal Medicine and through her teachings, continues Dorothy’s legacy.
During our chat, we delve into Sally’s first forays into the plant world, playing with the fairies and making fairy gardens in her leafy back yard as a child, mixing up potions and talking to the plants.
During her 20’s, working in an office, feeling unfulfilled, and suffering debilitating headaches, Sally shares how she sought out the help of a practitioner of natural medicine. This encounter would change her path, leading her to the herbal medicine schools of first Denis Stewart and then Dorothy Hall.
Sally shares how Dorothy’s teachings touched her deeply and strengthened her relationship with not only her clients but also the plants and continue to underpin her practice today.
Sally describes herself as a ‘brown bottle herbalist’, she doesn’t have room for an extensive herb garden, but gosh, to hear her speak of her relationship with Tulsi and Mugwort, both of whom she has growing in her suburban garden, her passion and connection really shines through.
Sally’s teacher, Dorothy Hall has had a lifelong impact and throughout our chat, Sally shares so many beautiful gems of her teachings, including ‘Person Picture’ herbs, which help us connect each individual with a particular herb based on different physical/emotional/spiritual traits. We chat about how daily self care helps us to experience the positive side of our person picture herbs. And also how as practitioners, identifying a client’s person picture herb can help us to tailor the self care we recommend to them.
You’ll find so much wisdom in this interview as Sally so generously shares her story, I hope you enjoy it!
You can find out more about Sally and her course 'The Art and Heart of Traditional Herbal Medicine' that continues the teachings of Dorothy Hall here. I have been lucky enough to participate in this deep dive into the teachings of Dorothy Hall and it has enriched my practice immeasurably, Sally's offering a special discounted price to listeners of the podcast, contact her for details.
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The Elder Tree is a not-for profit organisation, empowering people through grassroots herbal education & creating a healing sanctuary. This podcast showcases a myriad of amazing plant medicine folk from around Australia doing inspiring things.There are four segments to the podcast: - Herbal Education: Presented by Twiggy Dawn - Permaculture Herbalism: Presented by Tonielle Christensen - Sacred Herbalism: Presented by Stephanie Hazel• Self Care With Herbs: Presented by Jessyca BosschaBuy us a cuppa so we can continue our work:https://buymeacoffee.com/theeldertree
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