Author Archives: Dana Tate

About Dana Tate

I am a community herbalist and massage therapist, specializing in CranioSacral Therapy, emotion based therapies, Reiki and other forms of energy work, and I have a private practice at the Holistic Center in Tupelo, MS. The Holistic Center is a beautiful, peaceful space that caters to holistic practitioners, workshops, and various therapies.

Spring Equinox Gratitude

Posted on March 19, 2013

I am ever so grateful for the plantain and the dandelion… the chickweed and the wild violets. They grow and flourish without my having to tend them; every Spring, they herald the equinox and I am seen crouching over the … Continue reading →

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A Fire Inside

Posted on March 4, 2013

“One of our greatest fears is to eat the wildness of the world. Our mothers intuitively understood something essential: the green is poisonous to civilization. If we eat the wild, it begins to work inside us, altering us, changing us. … Continue reading →

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Pine trees, Incense + Owl Medicine

Posted on December 31, 2012

Okayso. Lemme tell you about my afternoon. I came home from work, walked out to my mailbox, and saw a pine limb down from the storms.  Well, after I picked that limb up, I looked ahead and saw another one.  … Continue reading →

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Another December with You

Posted on December 2, 2012

I am grateful to be sharing another December with you. I love my back patio.  I go here to chillax and listen to / watch the animals… I have been entertained by a wide variety of animals this year: squirrels, … Continue reading →

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Dogwood Medicine

Posted on November 28, 2012

Dogwood Essence: I use Dogwood Medicine *essence / energy work* for people who have been “hardened” by life experiences.  They think they have to be tough to survive, even though there is nothing in their lives now that make them … Continue reading →

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Thanks

Posted on November 22, 2012

Wow.  I am overwhelmed with gratitude. I am sitting here at my kitchen table… it is after 5 pm and I haven’t had a bite of Thanksgiving food.  Yet.  But Jack’s chirren have cooked up a good meal (while I … Continue reading →

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Sisterhood

Posted on October 14, 2012

I spent 5 days in Rock Island, IL, visiting with my girlfriends.  One friend lives about twenty minutes from here, one lives in Texas, and the other is from Massachusetts. I am thrilled with the house Nessa has chosen for … Continue reading →

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2012 Tinctures and Elixirs!

Posted on September 26, 2012

Good afternoon, my pretties!   <– My grandpuppy, Mabel. Mabel and I have been looking through all of my yummy tinctures and elixirs, and trying to categorize them by season.  Seems everyone else categorizes them by action, and we just … Continue reading →

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Poke :: Phytolacca americana

Posted on August 29, 2012

Jack:  “Why didn’t you pull up that poke plant while you were weeding the blueberry bed?” Me *holding chest*:  “Gasp!  I COULDN’T!” Jack *rolling eyes*:  “I noticed.  Well, it’s a tree now.” Me:  “That tree is gonna be some good … Continue reading →

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Sweet Basil, Ocimum basilicum

Posted on July 25, 2012

My sweet basil *Ocimum basilicum* is not looking very full and luscious as usual this hot Mississippi summer, but she is still just as wonderful and giving as ever.  (and I gave my plants yet another really deep drink of … Continue reading →

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