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This is why kids are welcome at our Soul & Soil Retreat.

Because they need to see what rest, renewal, and restoration look like.

When we talk about healing, most people think it is something that either happens to you or it doesn’t. But healing is a skill, and most of us were never taught it.

Many of us did not grow up in homes where rest was modeled or where the full range of emotions were welcomed.

And now we have whole generations who do not even know how to cook. Modern society certainly does not teach us how to care for ourselves with real intentionality.

So healing becomes something we must learn and practice.

It is the process of figuring out what you need in order to feel well. The foods that support you. The routines that ground you. The movement that feels good in your body. The herbs that help bring you back into balance.

Join us June 18-21 to practice and model healing in real time.

Only 8 rooms left!

Apply here - www.reendeavors.com/soulandsoil

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That herbalist is me. I shared this recommendation today at the 4th Annual Community Herbal Gathering in Louisville, Kentucky, where I taught my workshop, Herbal Pathways to Whole Person Healing that centers gut health, stress, and inflammation.

Because healing isn’t isolated to one part of ourselves, we also talked about tending to ourselves before we crash out. About choosing to reach for an improved feeling without bypassing how you really feel, suppressing or staying stuck. About discovering our well-habits and actually choosing to stick with them. And about extending grace to ourselves, because healing is a skill, and like any skill, it takes practice.
We made 3 dope blends:

Great Gut Tea blend, a Peace Tincture for stress and sleep and a Chai Electuary for inflammation.

Herbs remind us that healing, while requiring practice doesn’t have to be harsh, complicated, and should fit into the rhythms of your daily life.

Your body is wise, symptoms are communication, and small changes over time make a big impact.

For Black people, herbalism is also a deep reclamation of lineage, relationship, and wellbeing, a return to traditions of care, skill, and ancestral wisdom.

As always thank you Dr. Shelby Pumphrey for 💗, the Pan-African Studies Department, the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department, the Black Leadership Action Coalition of Kentucky, Healthy New Beginnings Connect, and Bluegrass Hoodoo Society for creating space for this conversation.

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Have you signed up for the 2nd Annual Soul & Soil Retreat yet?

We return to Ryder Farm for four days of herbal practice, literal farm-to-table chef-prepared nourishing meals, foraging and plant walks, astrology readings, community care, and the kind of renewal that restores you for the season ahead.
Details in bio. Only 8 rooms left!
June 18–21, 2026 Brewster, NY

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Lots of upcoming gatherings!

April 10 - Steal Away Medicine Lecture at University of Louisville as a part of the Black Women's Studies Lecture Series!

April 11 - 4th Annual Community Herbal Gathering created by Dr. Shelby Pumphrey, Assistant Professor, Pan-African Studies and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at UoL in conjunction with the Black Leadership Action Coalition of Kentucky, Healthy Beginnings, and the Bluegrass Hoodooo Society!

April 14 - Herbal Dream Pillow Workshop for my Spelman sisters 💙🩵💙 with the Counseling Center

June 18 - 2nd Annual Soul & Soil Retreat with @reendeavors! Four days of herbs, rest, chef-made meals, community and more on 127 regenerative farm! www.reendeavors.com/soulandsoil

Hope to see you in person soon!

And if not, we have a plethora of classes and programs on iwillaremedy.com.

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At last year’s inaugural Soul & Soil Retreat, an attendee arrived a day later because she had to go to dialysis.

Dialysis is a treatment that filters waste and excess fluid from the blood when the kidneys are no longer doing that work well. Most people go several times a week, and each visit can take hours. Many people receiving dialysis have to monitor fluids carefully, and some produce very little or no urine at all.

But by Sunday, just two days into the retreat, this same attendee had urinated. Not once, but twice. Huge.

How did she do it? By doing less

She ate fresh, nourishing food. She rested. She walked the land and discovered herbal allies. She had healing conversations. She was around good people with whom she felt safe and connected.

The basics.

To experience that level of release and improved kidney function in such a short amount of time is what some might consider a miracle. But it’s not. Healing is exactly what we should expect from our bodies when we remove the obstacles.

Sometimes the doorway to your healing is not more effort, more treatments, more supplements, or more detoxes. Sometimes we just need to do more of the obvious: eat nourishing food, sleep, breathe fresh air, spend time with good folk, create, laugh and twerk.

And this is why we’re gathering again this June 18-21. To choose simple and slow in a time when there’s so much pressure to do more and fast.

If you’re feeling this same pull we’re feeling to return to the land to let answers and healing rise to the surface instead of forcing them, I hope you’ll join us! Here's the info page: www.reendeavors.com/soulandsoil

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That is exactly why we created Creative Renewal: A Soul & Soil Retreat with @reendeavors!

Last year, something beautiful unfolded on that land. People arrived carrying so much and left softer, clearer, more grounded, and more connected to themselves. You feel the shift as soon as you step onto the land.

This year, we return to Ryder Farm for four days of herbal practice, literal farm-to-table chef-prepared nourishing meals, foraging and plant walks, astrology readings, community care, and the kind of renewal that reminds you what is true and restores you for the season ahead.

If your spirit has been asking for a real exhale, this is your invitation. And I want to say this lovingly: do not wait until the last minute. This is an intentionally intimate experience. Folks missed out last year. (BTW, kids are welcome, Niles would love to make new friends!)

Join us if it resonates
June 18–21, 2026
Brewster, NY

Register here - www.reendeavors.com/soulandsoil

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There is always a lot going on in the world. When isn’t there? But this moment we’re living through feels especially significant.

That is part of why I am so deeply looking forward to our 2nd Annual Soul & Soil Retreat with RE Endeavors, taking place June 18–21, 2026 at Ryder Farm in Brewster, New York.

Last year, when we entered the 127-acre farm, we felt an immediate shift. It’s like we were in a bubble, nature’s embrace.

It is a special place and a tender experience. And the transformation that unfolded there last year was beautiful to witness.

People arrived carrying one story about themselves and left feeling steadier, clearer, more open, and in better health...literally.

They left more connected to their bodies, more trusting of what is possible, and more rooted in the simple truth that when we are nourished with fresh food, herbs, rest, movement, and loving community, the inner conversation we have with ourselves changes. And that changes everything else.

This is the kind of reminder, respite, and renewal we need right now.
So here is your formal invitation to join us in June to recharge, unplug, reconnect with the land and remember.

Remember who we are.
Remember that we are supported.
Remember that we know how to heal.

For four days, we’ll gather in the Hudson Valley for herbal workshops, intuitive plant walks, astrology talks, chef-prepared meals straight from the field,and spacious time on a breathtaking regenerative farm.

Because this gathering is intentionally intimate, there are only eight more rooms available.

Comment for the info page link, so you can take in the full vision and details. If this is the kind of space your spirit has been asking for, we would love to welcome you.

www.reendeavors.com/soulandsoil

With joy,
Selima & Tami

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If you have been drinking tea for hot flashes and wondering why nothing has changed after a few days, this video is for you.

One of the biggest misunderstandings around herbs for menopause is expecting immediate relief from support that works cumulatively. In this one, Selima breaks down what a realistic timeline actually looks like, why consistency matters, and how to tell whether a blend is helping over time.

Have you been working with your tea for a few days, a few weeks, or longer? Watch the new video here:

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This week in my African American Herbalism class at Spelman College we talked digestion and made burdock root capsules. Burdock root is a common bitter liver tonic. Bitters have been an integral part of African American herbal systems and foodways.

Just like slow and low cooked collard greens and the pot liquor. Bitter herbs like yellow dock, boneset, and horehound.

And bitter vegetables like gourds, squashes, and bitter melon, many of which were far more bitter before modern breeding selectively removed those compounds to suit contemporary palates.

Burdock root was used then much as it’s used today for gout, rheumatism, edema, diabetes, detoxification, cramps and to support the immune system during infection. And they say traditional herbalism ain’t “evidence-based.” How sway?

We made capsules because it’s another preparation I’m introducing them to, so they have yet another tool to reach for when they go off into the world.

I recently came across a study on how the college diet has a long-term impact on the dietary choices we make as adults. #freshman15 I read that and thought about the habits I’m instilling in my students and felt good about it. The work we’re doing here isn’t just connecting them to our shared lineage. It’s setting them up for their futures.

A student walked in asking for the poultice recipe again. She popped her knee this week and remembered how much relief she felt from last week’s application.

I hear them talking about the allergy relief tea blend we made several weeks ago helping.

The elderberry syrups from week 3 are almost gone.

A student from last semester said she’s still drinking her teas, now without sugar. 🙌🏽

I can know this works. I can teach it, demonstrate it, formulate it. But it doesn’t become real until it lives in someone else’s experience. And what good is knowledge that isn’t shared?

Our ancestors left us a blueprint for liberation, and mutual aid — before it was ever given that name — was a core principle. We have to have us.

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Round 2 of book edits are complete! It's feeling more real. I will be a published author in 2026. Holy smokes.

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This time of year brings more light, warmth, and the urge to be outside, but if you suffer from seasonal sniffles, this time of year feels like your senses are being assaulted. You’re weighing your options…do I go outside and frolic or do I stay inside and breathe?? 🤔 #choices

The first time I experienced seasonal sniffles was when we moved from Brooklyn to Atlanta in 2016 and because I’d never had them, I didn’t know what was going on. I figured it was a cold, so that’s what I made my herbal medicine to address.

After weeks of it not working, then progressing to a terrible sinus infection, I went to the doctor, who told me I had seasonal sniffles . I was shocked and in my mind I was like, “No, I don’t. I’m not claiming this.”

I created my own herbal blend that I took for 6 months to get me through the Fall and to prepare my body for the next round the following Spring.

I’ve never experienced seasonal allergies symptoms like that again. It's been 10 years of breathing easy since!

If you’re ready to breathe a lot easier this season, take our Relief for Seasonal Sniffles recorded workshop to learn the following:

The therapeutic benefits of 10 plants that can relieve your sneezing, runny nose, congestion, sore throat, and itching.

Foods that help support your immune system and aid detoxification

Lifestyle practices that will help to reduce your exposure to allergens without feeling like you have to be trapped inside the house

You’ll also learn to make your own allergy blend that helps modulate your immune system response so you can enjoy the warmth, sunshine, and beauty that Springtime offers.

Here's the workshop link! www.iwillaremedy.com/offers/irRsYdAM/checkout

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