S.2 - E.4 - The Voice of the Land with Owen Lindsay

Summary:

Happy #EarthDay2020
Owen Lindsay originally from Oregon shares with us his life journey with his wife Amber and his daughters in Nevada City, California.
Owen transitioned through being a DJ and a gardener to being a plant communicator and a medicine plant maker, growing most of the plants that he and his wife use for the medicines they make.
He grew up in the forests of Oregon where his father and grandfather were in the logging business.
In the 60 and 70 logging was a way to earn a paycheck.
His dad was his first plant teacher. Through long walks in the woods, his father taught him which plants were edible and which plants were poisonous.
Mushroom-finding was something that he became very attracted too.
As a young man he was immersed in the DJ business in Portland, Oregon. It was for him a community service activity helping people have a night of fun by transmitting his energy and the one of the music into the place.
At the age of 22, meditating and repeating a kundalini mantra to a flowerpot, he had a very immersive experience. When opening his eyes he saw that the flower in the pot was transmitting a very high energy, he was connecting to the plant, its colors were brilliant and it was glowing. Then he went for a walk and the same experience happened while looking to other plants and trees. At that time he didn’t like the experience much, he didn’t know how to internalize the information. Years later, he found out that there were herbalists like Asia Suler and others that were giving courses on plant communication. At that point, he understood the experience he had had many years ago and was very happy that he had found his tribe of plant communicators and that he was not alone. Owen shares with us that in the last few years he has been more proactive communicating with plants and listening to their messages and speaking up for them.

Show Notes:

Covid-19 Journey

Owen shares with us how he and his family are adjusting to these new times. They live a more community lifestyle life. His sister in law moved with them just when this situation started and is helping with the children, business and any other family needs. He also mentioned that he and his wife saw this was coming for a while so were prepared with what was needed, like masks, herbal viral medicines, water purifiers etc.

Owen’s Work

Makes herbal medicines – Grows most of the plants. Creates gardens for the plants.
Teaches courses of Plant Communication and Plant Skills

Wildfires in California

Some man made and some natural.
Clearing up of 1500 acres to protect logging business.
Clearing all the plants of the rare soil called Serpentine that homes 80 percent of California native endemic plants – This soil is full of magnesium.
His first time participating in a protest against the 1500 acres forest clearing and how it developed.
Before that happened he knew he had to connect with the plants and let the land know that there is someone who cares about them.
Project Restoration Project in Nevada City County. – Creating a healthy forest.
How do you create a healthy forest and not destroy it.
Cutting the under brush of the forest in Nevada City – California.
In the last years I have been more proactive communicating with plants, listening the messages.
Many herbalists are feeling empowered in this moment as they are able to help people with antiviral medicine and possibly helping them get well to avoid a pneumonia.
Now it would be a good time to sit with the plants smell the plants, try to connect with the spirit, see what they have to say, listen, open your heart to another being.