David, who designed and is teaching The Shift Network’s first year-long certification program in Illuminated Herbalism, will focus on two easily accessible forms of cosmological intelligence that are continuously happening in your body:
- The breath as the unifying field of life force within all livings beings
- The warmth of metabolism as a direct biological connection to the sun and solar energy
You’ll have the opportunity to truly feel both of these powers in your own body as he guides you through two meditation practices that connect you with them.
The first practice can then be augmented with the mindful use of herbal medicines to open your respiratory system — increasing oxygenation while, at the same time, deepening your mindfulness of the breath.
You can magnify the impact of the second practice using plant formulas that increase your metabolism and improve your digestion, while also deepening the awareness of your relationship to solar energy.
David will offer you a glimpse into the essence of these mystical teachings — this body-based spirituality and wellness tradition — from which you can develop an immense reverence, meditative concentration, and appreciation for the miraculous processes of life.
When you join us for this hour, you’ll also hear about his brand-new 12-week course, in which you’ll take a deep dive into all nine body powers, the herbs that will improve both the physical and spiritual properties of those centers, and the contemplative practices that support both.
In addition to learning what botanical remedies heal various parts of your body, you’ll cultivate an awareness that arises from a profound sense of freedom and genuine compassion...
... knowing that the physiological activities of your body are manifestations of an ancient cosmological intelligence — and that you’re part of the magnificent fabric of all existence.
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About David Crow, LAc
David Crow, LAc, is a master herbalist, aromatherapist, and acupuncturist with more than 30 years of experience. An expert in Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine, he is one of the world’s foremost authorities and leading speakers in the field of botanical medicine and grassroots healthcare. David has presented his vision of grassroots healthcare, preservation of botanical medicines, and the use of plants for ecological restoration to hundreds of audiences, including an internationally broadcast discussion with the Dalai Lama.
David is a renowned author, a poet, and the founding director of Floracopeia Aromatic Treasures. Floracopeia was created as a way to preserve and promote the use of botanical medicines as solutions to numerous interrelated global problems, such as lack of healthcare, poverty, environmental destruction, and loss of ethnobotanical knowledge.
He has given numerous keynote speeches, taught at conferences and colleges of naturopathic, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Ayurvedic medicine, and has been interviewed on numerous radio programs. He’s been published in several magazines, and his book, In Search of the Medicine Buddha, has been translated into three foreign editions. David travels and teaches throughout the world. Through his visionary synthesis of medicine, ecology, and spirituality, he has helped transform the lives of thousands.