Nourishing Your Nervous System for the New Year with Rachael Cohen

#68 - Join us for a wonderful conversation with Nature based Spiritual Coach & Author Rachael Cohen on plant allies to support winter wellness and balance in the nervous system during the holidays and new year.  In this episode, Rachael shares wisdom on the connection between plants and supporting a shift from the sympathetic (fight-or-flight) to the parasympathetic (rest-and-digest) responses of the nervous system. She offers key insights on the importance of allowing ourselves to rest during the natural dormancy of winter.  Rachael also shares plant wisdom on forest bathing and the benefits of working with seasonal herbal allies through the holidays and darker times of winter such as: Cinnamon: Brings warming, grounding energy and abundanceRosemary: Supports boundaries, memory, and ancestral connectionLavender: Facilitates deep rest and space for storytellingCitrus: Supports connecting to the brightness of the returning light  Rachael Cohen is a Nature based spiritual life coach, plant connector, intuitive medium and author. When her experiences as an environmental educator, wild animal specialist and mother left her anxious and distraught over society’s destruction of Nature, Rachael cultivated a creative relationship with plants that awakened her spiritual gifts and transformed her life. She first founded Infinite Succulent, specializing in plant art connections, and then Our Infinite Nature, for facilitating and growing spiritual connections with Nature.  Rachael is the author of Self-Care for Eco-Anxiety: 52 Weekly Practices for Positive Personal Change Through the Power of Nature; Everyday Plant Magic: Change your Life through the Magical Energy of Nature; and Infinite Succulent: Miniature Art to Keep or Share  You can find Rachael at: https://www.ourinfinitenature.co/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/ourinfinitenaturerachael/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ourinfinitenaturerachael Books: https://www.ourinfinitenature.co/store?category=Books and: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07PTPHV4S/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=814bc8f0-249b-471a-8bdc-01a5a72b46b3 For more info visit Sara"s website at: https://www.multidimensionalnature.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/multidimensional.nature/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saraartemisia.ms/ Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/plantspiritherbalism Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@saraartemisia TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@multidimensional.nature Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/multidimensionalnature/ Learn how to communicate with plant consciousness in the free workshop on How to Learn Plant Language: https://www.learnplantlanguage.com/