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Flowering out of the darkest time of year, bringing us light medicine - from ocular health to creative expression. Latin name: Iris planifolia Date observed: 22/01/26 Location observed: Rabaçal, Penela, Central Portugal iNaturalist link: Iris planifolia from EM563, 3230, Portugal on 22 January, 2026 at 09:36 AM by Holistic-insight.pt · iNaturalist Reading The Meadow Irises were aptly named after Iris, the Olympian goddess, who travelled on rainbows, delivering messages fr

Medical Intuitive is a non-specific term adopted by some healers to explain the use of extrasensory perceptions. In the world of healers, there is a culture of grouping therapists into packaged up modalities in order to place them into formalised roles and to consequently assume that their healing approach is the same. In reality, no two healers are truly the same even when trained in the same techniques and within this post I will attempt to share how I personally approach m

The knowledge and wisdom from our ancestors of traditional plant medicine is frequently observed in modern scientific studies, despite what we're sometimes told. The media love to point out and dramatically declare things that they don't understand as "pseudoscience". Or find someone with a white coat to "debunk" anything that in their opinion isn't evidence based. The truth is, that things just aren't that simple. Research is an important part of my life and work; it's somet