Plant Dieta
Learn and experience the ceremonial use, and wisdom, of the medicine
MONDAYS 9-10:30AM PST / 12-1:30PM EST STARTING MARCH 11, 2024
Session 1: March 11 (Introduction)
Session 2: March 18 (Opening)
Session 3: March 25
Session 4: April 1
Session 6: April 8
Session 6: April 16 (Closing)
Join the Plant Spirit Initiation Program
A 6-week online Zoom course on Surrogate Plant medicine, with plant dieta (with legal plant) taught by Francisca Santibanez, and Bi-Weekly plant and ceremonial medicine teachings with Rodney Garcia.
Lavender
mind expanding, consciousness elevating, mood lifting, soothes anxiety and restlessness.
Contraindications - pregnancy, liver disease, low blood pressure
Rose
heart mending and grief soother, teaches self love and compassion, healthy boundaries and supports mother wound healing.
Contraindications - iron deficiency
Lemon Balm
supports the realease of anxiety and fear, reclaiming power and will, eases digestion and processing of big emotions, promotes restful sleep.
Contraindications - hyperthyroidism, pregnancy
Tulsi/Holy Basil
reconnection to the sacred in life, boosts immunity and ability to navigate life with a sense of resilience and fortitude. Reduces inflammation and promotes heart and brain health.
Contraindications - pregnancy, breastfeeding people, people trying to become pregnant, type 2 diabetes, hypothyroidism, people undergoing surgery (because it have a blood thinning effect)
“I did my Soundmind Institute dieta with the yarrow plant and it was amazing. The dieta helped me to gain a deeper appreciation for all the plants, not just psychedelics, and to see a deeper spiritual nature behind the plants. There were so many beautiful options in terms of which dieta to do that it was a hard choice and I knew there was no real wrong way to go. As a therapist and someone who sits in others’ trauma day in and day out, yarrow helped me to slow down and understand the need to protect my energy and emotional space. The dieta really focused on bringing in mindfulness into our typically mindless chaotic lives. It was a really wonderful experience in communing with nature in a mindful and intentional way while being guided and protected aligned with the spirituality behind the plants.”
Meaghan Escareño, LCSW
SoundMind Training Program Graduate
Meet your guide stewarding this ceremonial wisdom.
Francisca Santibanez
Anthropologist & Psychedelic Facilitator
Francisca Santibanez is a mama, Plant lover & devotee. An herbalist, ritualist, wellness guide, medicine maker, educator, and artist. She also offers Wellness Consultations, Plant Spirit Initiations, and Whole Soul guidance through her private practice, currently out of Pomo and Miwok territory also known as Sebastopol, California.