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Jennifer Patterson

@corpusritual

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herbs | breath | writing | ceremony | 4 the tender & tough | sliding scale, trauma experienced, queer & trans centered circa 2013| šŸš«DM Qs pls emailšŸ„šŸŒ‘šŸ
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šŸŽ‰ made something for you! šŸŽ‰ . last summer i was invited to develop a 4 month breathwork program with @soundstrue. after getting over some shock, i said yes!! . 9 months later, here it is! i got to develop the program from the ground up & got to inviteĀ 13 guest teachers too with ongoing support from Sounds Trueā€™s team. each month will be me & a couple guest teachers. i have so much respect & appreciation for these teachers-- truly incredible to have them all together shaping this program with their unique experience & wisdom. . . lynx u kno where. . been a hell of a few years & thatā€™s on top of many difficult years for many of us even before the last 3. thereā€™s so much to tend to, to move, to witness. . this program links personal & collective healing & liberation-- it speaks to the impact of individual & structural violence & trauma so many of us are navigating. it offers deep, trauma experienced, politicized teachings to support you in returning to your body, building agency,Ā trust, & an internal sense of safety, working with traumatic experiences, chronic stress, building accountability, understanding the roots of breathwork through pranayama as well as the misuse of pranayama, navigating grief & mourning, a non-pathologized lens for recovery, working with anger, breath & body-based practices for gently working with chronic pain & disability, the expansion-contraction process of growth, connecting to ancestors, & land, & so much more! . the program is now open for registration: . there is a flat rate, a payment plan, & full & partial scholarships. we hope this program will be financially accessible for as many people as possible. please do apply for scholarships, if needed, & please also be mindful of applying only if you really can not afford the flat rate program. . the program starts in mid July & is weekly & virtual! . we of course would love to have you join live weekly but if that doesn't work for your schedule or time zone, everything will be available online afterwards. in addition, there will be a learning platform with all the recorded videos & breath practices, a workbook i created with contributions from the guest teachers created, & more! by @corpusritual
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3 years ago
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an exceptional pair for the high summer buzz & dips. . Milky Oats are backā€” alc-based tincture or alc-free oxymel (organic ACV + raw local honey) or alc-free glycerite (veg-based glycerine + fingered water). by @corpusritual
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3 years ago
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my two babies. the one on the left arrived in April 2016 after 6 years of nearly completely unpaid work & no advance. (save for a small grant of $500 that went directly to the labor, printer ink, printing copies for the publisher etc. šŸ™šŸ».) it is not ā€œmyā€ book only but a true collaboration. the one on the right also a very non traditional process & arriving everywhere officially (goddess i hope) next Tuesday. (already out to some folks tho like at @thefuturempls in the US but soon many more places.) lynx for both you know where. . little writer meā€” who scribbled away in notebooks in elementary school & on, who had writing published in the middle school journal, whose senior high school project was writing & hand binding a collection of poetry & then reading from itā€” is proud, always knew that writing was a way to be connected to oneself, creative practice as a way to shift & heal what was hurting. in the past i was most comfortable hiding behind & inside the pages. being connected to my work & healing has meant iā€™ve moved through some of the fear in using my voice & showing up. the work i offer is of course not for everyone & im always so happy to know that it finds exactly who is looking for it. . Queering Sexual Violence offering a lot of collaborative energy with 35+ voices & writings & visual art. The Power of Breathwork tracing & giving language to my own practice & my work with othersā€” offering a number of different practices from many traditions as well as some of my own reimagining as iā€™ve worked to create a practice that nurtures survivors, queer & trans people, & any of us in the margins rarely seeing our experiences reflected in mainstream wellness worlds. . neither are perfect. both are just exactly what they are meant to be. . iā€™m also honored to be donating some copies of each to NYC Books through the Bars Collectiveā€” an abolitionist organization (& hell yes im a prison abolitionist) sending free books to incarcerated people who request them. (thank you again @punky_brewja). if youā€™re a writer, you can donate copies of your book too! we are all connected in our need for personal & collective healing. by @corpusritual
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6 years ago
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preparing for my Netflix documentaryā€” jk jk ive already seen too many of those posts! ah the instagram trends pulling on our weā€™re-desperate-for-visibility-on-a-dying-app heartstrings. šŸ§™ā€ā™€ļø but beep beepā€” if you donā€™t know, i have been sharing more creative + long form writing over you know where. the latest is about loving many homes at once and straddling from here to there, missing one place and loving where iā€™m at just the same. been doing so over there for 4 years now but i rarely share here. so find me there! despite being a writer my whole life and having two published books in the world, like many trying to survive late/ end stage capitalism, my writing time often gets swallowed. really does kinda feel like you have to be rich (or have some kinda benefactorā€” my DMs are open! lol) to spend lots of time writing. and i love my work work (as an herbalist, a breathwork facilitator, and now a part-time ancient orchard caretaker) so i always want to do it all! iā€™m committing to more writing this year especially because i have two new books in the works (one is a completed draft that is of course still in process and the second is brand new and in process. get at me agents and publishers who are interested in creative nonfiction šŸ’…šŸ», arenā€™t looking for some basic, linear narrative about healing from trauma with some clean end point, and who arenā€™t going to ask me to just write another breathwork book. yes this has happened. the breathwork book i wrote The Power of Breathwork already exists so you can totally scoop that up! iā€™d rather do a second one like after a few more decades of facilitating trauma-experienced breathwork!) LOVE WHAT SURVIVES is where itā€™s at. lynx u kno where. by @corpusritual
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5 days ago
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What a treat to be in my second year of growing my own Milky Oats in the ancient orchard! Canā€™t get any fresher than thisā€” from seed to sprout to basket to jar to bottle to you! (And many thanks to @mutable_cross for help gathering some when I was out of town!) Been busy busy here making all kinds of remedies from fresh plants to help us over the course of the darker months. Available three waysā€” an alc based tincture, an alc free oxymel (tart + sweet with delish local honey from @highdeserthoneyco), and an alc free glycerite (for those who like sweet!) Most effective taken daily over 4-6 months. Lynx u kno where! Bless the neon of freshly made Milky Oat Topsā€” while the color softens over the extraction process, the medicine only gets stronger. For just a short time each summer the unripe seeds of milky oat tops (aka avena sativa) are in their prime especially for us humans who are quite often running on empty or burning the candle from both ends. Known for being deep, moistening, nourishing food for the nervous system, when tinctured at this peak moment, you can count on the gentle but powerful support of the vitamins and minerals of milky oats. An ally to help stabilize your nervous system in times of over-exertion, depletion, or exhaustion, you might notice better sleep, less anxiety, decrease in tension headaches, an increase in energy, and a reduction in anger and exhaustion. In shortā€” deep relief from the flutter and burst of constant or ongoing stress. Bringing balance, itā€™s a balm for when we find ourselves emotionally and physically at extremes. Itā€™s also a powerful ally for restoring the adrenals and nervous system after periods of over-reliance or misuse of substances like alcohol, tobacco, opiates and caffeine or other things used to excess. I can really feel this plants deep care for us humans who still have yet to learn the lessons in finding balance. Lessons plants know intuitively. Oats are hearty and can survive and even thrive in less desirable temperatures and soil. Energetically, it helps us find our way back to the path we are meant to travel. Itā€™s a really beautiful tincture to take daily as you restore your body from the inside out. by @corpusritual
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10 days ago
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TBH I just love being an herbalist so much. I get to be creative, play, work at the intersection of magic and science, support local (and beyond) farmers, grow a bounty in my own garden, connect with curious and knowledgeable people, and then get to ship lil bottles and jars and bags of remedies off to people all over the country. A dream that I am very much awake for. Thanks to chamomile, california poppy roots, echinacea, catnip, and gotu kola. Also a lil reminder that today is the last day to use SIZZLE to get 20 p cent offā€” herbal tinctures, elixirs, flower essences, teas, smoke blend, botanical oils, a whole ton of single herb tinctures and glycerites, The Power of Breathwork book and more! by @corpusritual
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20 days ago
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The summer remedy making is in full swing! Herbal tinctures, teas, skincare, flower essences, ENERGY FIELDS monthly flower essence club & so much more are waiting for you! šŸŽ‰20 p centi off thru Sunday! use SIZZLE šŸŽ‰ Planted skullcap & tulsi & lemon balm & chamomile & wood betony & blue vervain & arnica & st. johnā€™s wort & anise hyssop & motherwort & feverfew & angelica & yarrow & lobelia & blue cornflower & red clover & black sage & valerian & monarda & nettle & meadowsweet & peppermint & passionflower & pulsatilla & so many more. We also planted 15 treesā€” hawthorn & apple & cherry & peach & linden & a mimosa Iā€™ve been carrying in a too small pot for a decade. The mimosa is ecstatic to send roots down into the earth, feathered branches soaking up the sun. That I could give this to a tree that has given me so much is a wish fulfilled. Iā€™ve begun my poison garden again tooā€” foxglove & belladonna & henbane & bleeding heart & lily of the valley & about 25 datura plants still going from last year, of course! I started remedy making before I leftā€” gathering hot pink rose petals for my Dreaming of Roses face oil & Strong Heart rose elixir. Drying rose petals & oat straw & red clover for my teas. Gathering the first blue cornflowers. I donā€™t think I have to tell you how weird & hard this year has been collectively. So many folks are navigating so much precarity, myself & my small biz included. Everything costs more, quality is dropping etc etc. I am both committed to making my work as accessible as I can, while also paying my bills & buying my needed supplies, & I also know that these infrequent surprise offers allow more access for folks so I decided we needed another because itā€™s really so much in every direction. Plants wonā€™t stop the swiftly increasing fascism but they will help us take care of ourselves so we can keep showing up for each other so please utilize the code if it would be helpful. Tending to our bodies, our nervous systems, our sleep, our digestion, our pain levels allow us to find some ease & spaciousness in our bodies so I hope you find something to support. I always say when people are hard to trust, we can put our trus by @corpusritual
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23 days ago
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happy end of pride month from ur fave queer witch but we all know every month is a good time for LIBERATION ON DEMAND! i spent the month straddling worldsā€” returning to my big city life and then crash landing back home in the ol gay orchard absolutely exhausted and with a full heart. (apologies to folks i didnā€™t see! wow itā€™s hard to do it all!) lots happening in Corpus Ritual so support by scooping something up, joining for a session, and telling all your dear ones i exist and have for the last 13 years! word of mouth is always the best especially since i really just can not play the game here. i refuse! and a big message that came through in June from being in conversation with so many dear ones on my travels is that i would rather die than sell my soul to the machine of mass production, exploitation, celebrity, and end stage capitalism. feel very grateful to continue to work the way i workā€” with deep intention, sustainability, and mutual aid and care at the front. šŸŒø Dreaming of Roses wild rose face oil and Strong Heart wild rose elixir are backā€” seasonal and very limitedā€” just here for the summer! šŸŒøthereā€™s a new dispatch on LOVE WHAT SURVIVES about straddling worlds and remembering who i am through where i came from šŸŒø July sessions are up! join me for a sliding scale, virtual breathwork session or an herbal consultation (which includes a session and two custom herbal remedies!) šŸŒø i also have capacity to take on TWO new stockistsā€” are you a healing center, acupuncture clinic, intentional shop, etc. and want to carry Corpus Ritual herbal remedies! reach out to me and i can share more! and so much more! iā€™m deep in summer remedy makingā€” started the day making echinacea tincture and catnip tincture. this years milky oat tops will be back so soon. and soooooo much more getting harvested, tinctured and dried to support us all year! thanks for all the support and deep care youā€™ve showed me and my body of work over the last many many years. šŸ˜˜ by @corpusritual
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a month ago
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BIG ROSE ENERGY is here! Two limited remediesā€” Dreaming of Roses face oil + Strong Heart and old rose elixirā€” are back for the season. Only time this year these friends will be available. They went fast last year so I tried to have a lil more this year. What a treat to be living with and tending so many roses! Bless the bloom and the thorn, both! A rose devotional, a poem and a spell, too. DREAMING OF ROSES FACE OILā€” This gentle but powerful face oil is packed with antioxidants, essential fatty acids, and vitamins like Vitamin A for deep nourishment locking in hydration. Brightening, anti-inflammatory, soothing to redness, sun damage and hyperpigmentation, it can also help reduce light scarring when used regularly. It feels light and the skin drinks it up. The floral perfume is a treat for the senses too. STRONG HEART ELIXIRā€” You know how you gasp with gratitude when you see a Rose unfurling? A squeal of joy erupts through the tears of seeing and being with this beautiful and fractured world? Thatā€™s the gift of this single plant formulaā€” pointed care in trying times. In these times of abundant grief and heartache, this singular formula highlighting Rose medicine can help hold, witness, and digest grief while bringing joy and aliveness to the wounded spirit. Think of it as a hand in yours. Rose medicine is cooling, anti-inflammatory, and astringent. Rose is also a nervine (supportive of the nervous system), a tonic for the cardiovascular system (which supports and strengthens the cardiovascular system), an antioxidant, and can offer gentle digestive support. Alsoā€” itā€™s DELICIOUS. Sweet and strong. The remedies are formulated with Rosa Woodsii but thought you might want a o see all the other beauties blooming and showing off from April thru October in the olā€™ gay orchard.šŸŒøšŸ’…šŸ»šŸ’•šŸ«§ by @corpusritual
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a month ago
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ok so i might not be ā€œhereā€ much but i am here and here and here and here and here and im liking it much better. šŸ’…šŸ» thereā€™s all kinds of summer bounty coming throughā€” Dreaming of Roses face oil, Strong Heart wild rose elixir, St. Jā€™s Wort oil, fresh Milky Oat Tops 3 ways, Heart brew grief tea, and Heart Essence flower essence for grief all back or soon will be! and the 25 datura plants i grew from seed are already blooming so Datura balm will be abundant come fall! to find me & work with meā€” my herbalism practice, breathwork, writing workshopsā€” you can find me all the other places plz and thank you! by @corpusritual
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2 months ago
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thereā€™s just something about that stunner Sagebrush. a lil piece between fingers to sniff, the abundance just everywhere you look out here, the way it perfumes after monsoon rains. this is one of my most laborious remedies and it is now back! just a handful are left for now. usually doesnā€™t last past the summer. itā€™s a truly delicious scent and so lovely misted onto weary summer facesā€” high desert magic that is toning, clarifying, hydrating, cooling, anti inflammatory and so much more. it also offers me a mood lift with each spritz. thereā€™s much to learn from these hearty desert plants. about thriving and pleasure and abundance and ritual and the growing that happens even when the conditions might seem harsh. lynx u kno where. by @corpusritual
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2 months ago
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an abundance of riches in the olā€™ gay orchard. bodies are tired but the orchard is happy happy. highlight was putting my kindred Mimosa iā€™ve been carrying around in a too-small pot for a decade IN THE GROUND, baby. and yesā€” SAGEBRUSH HYDROSOL is back. high desert magic for dry, heat weary faces. the best scent everā€” nothing quite like it. cooling and so much more. very limited amount but hope to have more later this summer! and join us for THE SLOW DOWNā€” a restorative breath practice for these exhausting times. last year @mutable_cross and i crawled out of one of the hardest and most traumatic year of maybe our lives (and tbh it didnā€™t fully ā€œendā€ until March 2026 and the recovery is ongoing) into nonstop weekend labor on top of our full-time jobs and we are just getting started here. so much more beauty and labor and care and blooming and sweet neighbors and fruit ahead. by @corpusritual
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2 months ago
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