Plant Medicine Summit
Walking in Changing Womans Garden The Navajo Goddess of Vegetation
Navajo healing contrasts sharply with Western allopathic philosophy because it is not directed towards specific symptoms, but rather towards staying in harmony with the natural world. The Navajo use a variety of herbs to treat common ailments, but for more serious and chronic issues, in addition to herbs, healing ceremonies are performed.
In This Session:
- Who are the Navajo? How did I become involved with these traditional ceremonial herbalists?
- How Changing Woman; the most important pantheon in Navajo religion influences Navajo traditional healing philosophy.
- Changing Woman's traditional garden at Sacred Mountain of the West; the San Francisco Peaks located in Flagstaff, Arizona and some important plants like wild tobacco and juniper that grow there
Phyllis Hogan
Phyllis Hogan is an acclaimed herbalist and southwest ethnobotanist. For decades, she has served her community in Flagstaff, AZ. as an herbalist, and is the owner of Winter Sun Trading Company, established in 1976.
Winter Sun specializes in traditional organic southwest herbs and tinctures as well as offering Indigenous art of the Americas, focusing on the Hopi and Navajo of northern Arizona. She is acknowledged as a community leader, and has worked closely with the Hualapai, Havasupai, Hopi, and Navajo billingual school programs along with traditional healers.
