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trans herbalism & herbal T updates
helloooo everyone,
big news for all the plant lovers and queers collaborating with plants on their gender pathways - Ember and I have two exciting things to share with you all regarding our work around herbal T!
First - the second cohort of Taking our Herbal T program is open for registration.
Join us in Taking Our Herbal T for a community research & collective trans embodiment project. The next cohort will run May – November 2026. Together over the course of seven months, we will work with herbs that have potential masculinizing and androgenic effects, increasing testosterone and/or androgen hormone production in our bodies. How might working with these herbal allies shift and change our embodied experience? How might they support our internal sense of gender alignment, or external sense of gender expression? Working with personal herbal protocols, we will collectively tend our bodies, share our experiences, and weave community. Come explore the wild amazing world of herbal support for gender embodiment with us!
Registration is open through mid April, or until the cohort is filled. Space is limited & filling. Get all the details here: Taking our Herbal T (& as usual, US folks can sign up in USD on my website, and Canadians can sign up with CAD on Ember’s website.)
SECONDLY - The first volume of the Taking our Herbal T Zine is available for anyone who wants it! You can order copies from the print run we will be doing, and contribute to the work by paying on a sliding scale for the zine. You can also enjoy the digital download version freely! So grateful to everyone who participated in the first cohort of Taking our T that made this zine possible, especially those who contributed their personal experiences to the zine itself. Thank you thank you! Get the zine here: Taking our Herbal T Zine
So grateful to be doing this work in community. It feels so potent
and thank you so much for being a part of this tiny corner of the internet with me, and supporting my two tiny businesses, my queer healing practice and the hub of anticolonial ancestral reconnection.
its a gift to be able to do this work with you all.
For queer liberation and the end of empire,
rowan
PS. Scroll down for details on the current flash sale on 1:1 support (on through next week) as well as Spring community spaces for unsettling & anticolonial ancestral reconnection, necessary nourishishment for our committed resistance movements for justice & healing. let yourself root down and find resilience and hope for the longhaul, today and all days.
ROOTING IN LINEAGE BUNDLE - get 1:1 support
Spring Equinox Flash sale, now through March 25th!
The Rooting in Lineage bundle is a three session package of 1:1 mentorship for folks seeking to begin or deepen their connection to ancestral culture, unravel whiteness and remember their deep interdependence with land and plants. These sessions are for folks wanting some containment, encourage and logistical support in doing the work of ancestral reconnection in these conditions. Not sure how to begin, or where to go next? Not sure how to bring unsettling and reconnecting to ancestral culture into your specific work/vocation/organizing? Wanting some resource recommendations to take your path deeper? These sessions are for you!
We will meet three times for three 1:1 sessions (approx 60 minutes in length) over Zoom between March – May 2026. This Spring Equinox bundle is on sale for $333, a steep discount from my usual 1:1 mentorship rate of $200/hour. After our three sessions together, participants can expect to leave feeling empowered and supported, with lots of resources and next steps to continue this work on their own.
This offering is specifically for european descended settlers living on n america or other outposts of empire. This is for organizers, artists, herbalists, healing practitioners, school teachers, and anyone seeking to reweave severed cultural connection. All vocations welcome. Its suitable for those long on the path as well as folks new to politicized ancestral reconnecion.
SPRING COMMUNITY SPACES for ancestral reconnection
Sacred Smoke Traditions of the Celtic Isles - online infoshare. April 15, 2026, 6-8:30pm ET / 3-5:30pm PT. Recorded! $44-66 sliding scale. The seasonal shift toward spring was(is) a time that our ancestors of Scottish, Welsh and Irish descent burned herbs with great intention. In this session, we will delve into smoke medicine of our ancestral lineage, get to know the plants our peoples turned to, and consider how we might incorporate these practices into our lives.
THE PLANTS OF OUR PEOPLE: the next cohort of TPoP will run this warm season, beginning in May. In TPoP we reweave cultural and ancestral herbalisms through research and creative practice, in service to unsettling traditional western herbalism and remembering our lineages before whiteness. Over the course of four+ months, you will be supported in your own project exploring these themes, with lots of guidance and community accountability. Its nerdy, creative, fun and so so meaningful. Be a part of the work of reweaving anticolonial healing practices and cultural lineage! Discounted early registration will open for waitlist folks this week!!
Thank you for reading and being in connection with me. i deeply believe that through re/cultivating intimate connection with land, plants and spirit, and weaving deeply interwoven community, we are building the world to come.
with you for total liberation,
rowan
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Hi, I’m rowan.
I’m a faciltator, herbalist, folklorist, writer, researcher and somatic bodyworker. I run two tiny businesses for queer healing, cultural reconnection & collective transformation.
of hawthorn and yew is the cauldron of my politicized cultural work. I facilitate offerings on politicized ancestral reconnection, Celtic Isles diasporic work, and reweaving anticolonial cultural herbalisms here on n america. together we connect to our european-descended ancestors, reweave culture lost from assimiliation into whiteness, and embody our values more deeply.
wild aliveness apothecary is the heart of my healing arts practice. seeking queercare? I see clients 1:1 as well as offer small group programs on herbalism, writing & somatics. gather in queer space, connect with plants, self, and community, and be held.
Learn more: wild aliveness apothecary + of hawthorn and yew.
email to connect: ofhawthornandyew@protonmail.com
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