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Tag: wild food

Summer Cocktails: Herbal Syrups, Bitters + Recipes

August 25, 2014July 4, 2021

Fresh herbs, warm breezes and evenings that come to life. Summer is one of my favorite seasons for luxury and languor. When the days are hot and the hours long I usually find myself gravitating toward nighttime kitchen crafting and, of course, cocktails. I am a night owl by nature. I thrive like a…

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Spring Cleansing & Eating Wild Greens

April 9, 2013June 24, 2021

Spring is the season of renewal. It is a time for cleansing, releasing, letting go of all that which you kept and counted and swaddled throughout the long winter months. Every spring, the thaw has each of us dropping the heavy robes of winter, and inviting in something entirely new. In the forest, flowers…

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Asia Suler is a writer, teacher, medicine maker and seeker who lives in the blue folds of the southern Appalachian mountains. Woolgathering and Wildcrafting is her grass-stained journal from the hillsides of the living world. It’s full of recipes, musings, plant monographs and poetics. So grab a cup of tea and come on in for a spell. Open up to a page in this shared tome to find a hand-pressed flower, words of comfort, or a small glen of inspiration for your day. Visit Asia’s online classes for more.


  • Illuminations
  • Plant Stories
  • Words for Hard Times
  • Nourishment
  • The Otherworld
  • Mineral Medicine
  • Sacred Entrepreneurship 
  • Travelogues
  • Seasonal Celebration
    • Winter
    • Spring
    • Summer
    • Fall

     



I used to feel self-conscious about my tendency to I used to feel self-conscious about my tendency to live in another world. As a kid, I felt most comfortable in that place of imagination, fantasy, feeling and dreams. To me, the Otherworld was just as real as this world. By the time I entered high school, however, I had learned how to silence that world so I could focus on becoming a part of the accepted reality around me. But I never lost my connection to the Otherworld. How could I? We are literally made from that Otherworld, and, as it turns out the Otherworld is the place from which all innovation can arise.   Artists and inventors nearly always say their best creations come from a meditative space of connection and new research shows that daydreaming is actually an incredibly important part of reality creation. When we daydream we are literally trying on new ideas for our life, seeding our future with these new visions. Even sleep dreams, that nightly journey into the Otherworld, are full of life-changing information. Some of the greatest revelations in history came from the dreamtime— including Einstein's theory of relativity and the structure of the atom. When we give ourselves permission to tap into the Otherworld, we touch into new possibilities for ourselves, and the world we are a part of creating. . . Learn more about the Otherworld and tap into this place of new vision in one of our most popular classes: Herbs for the Otherworld. (link in profile)
This Autumn, let something die. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This Autumn, let something die. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A worry, a relationship, a project that has run its course. Let go of anxiety over the future. Let go of guilt. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let go of other people’s dreams for you. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let go of the fear that happiness or success or love or joyousness somehow isn’t for you. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let go of feeling unwanted. Go outside, can you feel how deeply your presence is craved here? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let go of the small and burdensome things. Gifts never opened. Keys without a lock. Broken earrings, old love letters, the ephemera on your fridge. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As David Whyte writes, “Anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you.” This Autumn, let go of all the clothes you have outgrown. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let go of comparison. Let go of doubt. Let go of the feeling that you are somehow not good enough. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Because every imperfect apple that lays soft in your hands, and every ray of low Autumn sunlight that warms you through woolens will tell you a different story, a much truer story. The story that you are more, much more, than enough. That you bless this world simply by being alive. . . . 📷 by @oceanmountainmedia
As we move beyond the Fall equinox, tipping oursel As we move beyond the Fall equinox, tipping ourselves into the portal of Autumn, we open a gateway to work with not only the ancestors, but all the wise ones and ways of the Otherworld. Known as the realm of the ancestors, the fairies, and the way beyond death, the Otherworld is a place of deep and life-changing knowledge. At this time of the year the Otherworld, and all our ancestors, draw closer, asking us to develop a relationship with the invisible aspects of our earth lineage. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Are you ready to step through the gateway this autumn? Check out my course, Herbs for the Otherworld, to connect with your Otherworld allies and experience the deep magic of the Unseen world (link in bio)
I would not be where I am today in my thinking, pe I would not be where I am today in my thinking, perception, or education without the incredible work of so many Indigenous thinkers, artists, and authors. I have been humbled to be able to learn from these monumental teachers, as well as for the gift of living in the beautiful ancestral lands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee (Tsalagi). The following is a short list of the Indigenous authors who profoundly changed my world: Joy Harjo, Leslie Marmon Silko, Luci Tapahonso, Hunani Kay-Trask, Marilou Awiakta, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and, of course, the indomitable @winonaladuke ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There are also SO many amazing Indigenous thinkers, artists & authors here on Instagram. Here are a few of my favorite accounts: @lylajune @maybell.eequay @queerquechua @among_the_wildflowerss @indigenousrising @nativeapprops ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Tag your favorite Indigenous makers, writers and thinkers below! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day. . . This photo is from Datsu'nălȃsgûñ'yǐ, a local holy place where Kanati and Selu, the Earth's first man and woman, lived.
Expose yourself to Wildness ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Each season holds its own particular medicine. The best way to imbibe this medicine is simply by getting outside to experience the shift. Go for a walk underneath the changing trees. Jump in your neighbor’s leaf pile (when they aren’t looking, of course). Collect your favorite leaves and hang them temporarily on your wall. Place them back outside when the trees are bare and make a wish with every one. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Eat wild food. Whether its rose hips, or a cracked black walnut, or an apple from a feral tree. Get a bit of autumn’s wildness within you. In the presence of wildness death becomes just another beautiful variant of living itself. Allow the wildness of autumn to teach you how to die. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Ask the season to guide you to new medicine. Autumn is often when I begin to shake up my herbal routines of the summer months. Sometimes dying requires a new medicine, and you will know what you need because you will encounter it and a part of you will spark to flame to say “Yes, I am still alive.” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you haven't yet, check out my course Herbs for the Otherworld, and see if it just might be the medicine calling for you this season (link in bio)
There is the desire, as the sun dips down into the There is the desire, as the sun dips down into the harvests of autumn, to really let go. To empty your rooms, and your inner thoughts. To fill boxes with everything you never wore this past summer, to upend the pots into the compost. To let go so you can create space. Space to fill, not with new objects, but with the necessary exhale of your being. Space to process what is dying, and what is coming alive.
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  • Illuminations
  • Plant Stories
  • Words for Hard Times
  • Nourishment
  • The Otherworld
  • Mineral Medicine
  • Sacred Entrepreneurship 
  • Travelogues
  • Seasonal Celebration
    • Winter
    • Spring
    • Summer
    • Fall



Asia Suler is a writer, teacher, medicine maker and seeker who lives in the blue folds of the southern Appalachian mountains. Woolgathering and Wildcrafting is her grass-stained journal from the hillsides of the living world. It’s full of recipes, musings, plant monographs and poetics. So grab a cup of tea and come on in for a spell. Open up to a page in this shared tome to find a hand-pressed flower, words of comfort, or a small glen of inspiration for your day. Visit Asia’s online classes for more.




I used to feel self-conscious about my tendency to I used to feel self-conscious about my tendency to live in another world. As a kid, I felt most comfortable in that place of imagination, fantasy, feeling and dreams. To me, the Otherworld was just as real as this world. By the time I entered high school, however, I had learned how to silence that world so I could focus on becoming a part of the accepted reality around me. But I never lost my connection to the Otherworld. How could I? We are literally made from that Otherworld, and, as it turns out the Otherworld is the place from which all innovation can arise.   Artists and inventors nearly always say their best creations come from a meditative space of connection and new research shows that daydreaming is actually an incredibly important part of reality creation. When we daydream we are literally trying on new ideas for our life, seeding our future with these new visions. Even sleep dreams, that nightly journey into the Otherworld, are full of life-changing information. Some of the greatest revelations in history came from the dreamtime— including Einstein's theory of relativity and the structure of the atom. When we give ourselves permission to tap into the Otherworld, we touch into new possibilities for ourselves, and the world we are a part of creating. . . Learn more about the Otherworld and tap into this place of new vision in one of our most popular classes: Herbs for the Otherworld. (link in profile)
This Autumn, let something die. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This Autumn, let something die. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A worry, a relationship, a project that has run its course. Let go of anxiety over the future. Let go of guilt. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let go of other people’s dreams for you. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let go of the fear that happiness or success or love or joyousness somehow isn’t for you. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let go of feeling unwanted. Go outside, can you feel how deeply your presence is craved here? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let go of the small and burdensome things. Gifts never opened. Keys without a lock. Broken earrings, old love letters, the ephemera on your fridge. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As David Whyte writes, “Anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you.” This Autumn, let go of all the clothes you have outgrown. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let go of comparison. Let go of doubt. Let go of the feeling that you are somehow not good enough. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Because every imperfect apple that lays soft in your hands, and every ray of low Autumn sunlight that warms you through woolens will tell you a different story, a much truer story. The story that you are more, much more, than enough. That you bless this world simply by being alive. . . . 📷 by @oceanmountainmedia
As we move beyond the Fall equinox, tipping oursel As we move beyond the Fall equinox, tipping ourselves into the portal of Autumn, we open a gateway to work with not only the ancestors, but all the wise ones and ways of the Otherworld. Known as the realm of the ancestors, the fairies, and the way beyond death, the Otherworld is a place of deep and life-changing knowledge. At this time of the year the Otherworld, and all our ancestors, draw closer, asking us to develop a relationship with the invisible aspects of our earth lineage. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Are you ready to step through the gateway this autumn? Check out my course, Herbs for the Otherworld, to connect with your Otherworld allies and experience the deep magic of the Unseen world (link in bio)
I would not be where I am today in my thinking, pe I would not be where I am today in my thinking, perception, or education without the incredible work of so many Indigenous thinkers, artists, and authors. I have been humbled to be able to learn from these monumental teachers, as well as for the gift of living in the beautiful ancestral lands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee (Tsalagi). The following is a short list of the Indigenous authors who profoundly changed my world: Joy Harjo, Leslie Marmon Silko, Luci Tapahonso, Hunani Kay-Trask, Marilou Awiakta, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and, of course, the indomitable @winonaladuke ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There are also SO many amazing Indigenous thinkers, artists & authors here on Instagram. Here are a few of my favorite accounts: @lylajune @maybell.eequay @queerquechua @among_the_wildflowerss @indigenousrising @nativeapprops ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Tag your favorite Indigenous makers, writers and thinkers below! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day. . . This photo is from Datsu'nălȃsgûñ'yǐ, a local holy place where Kanati and Selu, the Earth's first man and woman, lived.
Expose yourself to Wildness ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Each season holds its own particular medicine. The best way to imbibe this medicine is simply by getting outside to experience the shift. Go for a walk underneath the changing trees. Jump in your neighbor’s leaf pile (when they aren’t looking, of course). Collect your favorite leaves and hang them temporarily on your wall. Place them back outside when the trees are bare and make a wish with every one. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Eat wild food. Whether its rose hips, or a cracked black walnut, or an apple from a feral tree. Get a bit of autumn’s wildness within you. In the presence of wildness death becomes just another beautiful variant of living itself. Allow the wildness of autumn to teach you how to die. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Ask the season to guide you to new medicine. Autumn is often when I begin to shake up my herbal routines of the summer months. Sometimes dying requires a new medicine, and you will know what you need because you will encounter it and a part of you will spark to flame to say “Yes, I am still alive.” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you haven't yet, check out my course Herbs for the Otherworld, and see if it just might be the medicine calling for you this season (link in bio)
There is the desire, as the sun dips down into the There is the desire, as the sun dips down into the harvests of autumn, to really let go. To empty your rooms, and your inner thoughts. To fill boxes with everything you never wore this past summer, to upend the pots into the compost. To let go so you can create space. Space to fill, not with new objects, but with the necessary exhale of your being. Space to process what is dying, and what is coming alive.
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