Party of One? Herbs for Social Anxiety
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2021
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Although everyone experiences social anxiety differently, the symptoms of discomfort are often the same; an increased sense of tension, nervousness, and distress when in social atmospheres.
Herbalism can be used before, during, and after occasions to ameliorate the uncomfortable emotional and physical symptoms that result from social anxiety.
By learning about the herbs that assist with social anxiety along with their specific indications, you can identify the remedy that will be most beneficial to you.
In today's episode, you'll learn about:
- The different sources that fuel social anxiety
- Herbal remedies and their specific indications
- Using herbs to manage the physical effects of social anxiety
- The importance of using diet to nourish your nervous system
- Methods to alleviate social anxiety beyond herbalism
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ABOUT THE PLANT PATH
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The Plant Path is a window into the world of herbal medicine. With perspectives gleaned from traditional Western herbalism, Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, Alchemy, Medical Astrology, and traditional cultures from around the world, The Plant Path provides unique insights, skills and strategies for the practice of true holistic herbalism. From clinical to spiritual perspectives, we don't just focus on what herbs are "good for," but rather who they are as intelligent beings, and how we can work with them to heal us physically and consciously evolve.
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ABOUT SAJAH
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Sajah Popham is the author of Evolutionary Herbalism and the founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism, where he trains herbalists in a holistic system of plant medicine that encompasses clinical Western herbalism, medical astrology, Ayurveda, and spagyric alchemy.
His mission is to develop a comprehensive approach that balances the science and spirituality of plant medicine, focusing on using plants to heal and rejuvenate the body, clarify the mind, open the heart, and support the development of the soul. This is only achieved through understanding and working with the chemical, energetic, and spiritual properties of the plants. His teachings embody a heartfelt respect, honor and reverence for the vast intelligence of plants in a way that empowers us to look deeper into the nature of our medicines and ourselves.
He lives on a homestead in the foothills of Mt. Baker Washington with his wife Whitney where he teaches, consults clients, and prepares spagyric herbal medicines.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the plant path, your window into the world of herbal medicine, with Saja and Whitney Popham, founders of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. |
| 0:23.6 | Hey there everybody, Sagea Popham here, founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. |
| 0:30.6 | And I got a question recently from a student asking about using herbs to address social anxiety. |
| 0:40.5 | And, you know, this is something that I've worked with with a lot of folks. |
| 0:43.9 | It's surprisingly common how many people feel really awkward and nervous and anxious when they |
| 0:51.4 | get around a lot of other people. |
| 0:53.6 | And we found herbal medicine to just be |
| 0:56.6 | incredibly, incredibly effective at helping people to not only kind of acutely address |
| 1:06.0 | reducing that nervousness and anxiety in social situations, but also helping people kind of get down |
| 1:14.1 | a little deeper to what that root cause is in regards to why do they feel nervous around |
| 1:19.8 | other people? Is it a lack of confidence? Is it a lack of sense of self? Is it not just |
| 1:27.0 | knowing what to say? Is there some sort of trauma from the |
| 1:30.9 | past around that? And this is something that I feel like is really important because as humans, |
| 1:38.4 | we are social beings to a certain degree. I don't believe we are necessarily designed to live in 100% isolation, |
| 1:47.0 | and there is something to relating and connecting to other people, opening to other people, |
| 1:54.1 | letting people into your heart to have that human-to-human connection that I think is really |
| 1:59.6 | important for us to feel healthy. |
| 2:03.4 | And so this post is all about talking about some herbal categories, some specific plants, |
| 2:10.0 | some ways you can work with people that experience social anxiety and hopefully help guide you |
| 2:17.2 | into making some really good remedy |
| 2:19.0 | selections and helping people out with this very common experience that people have. |
| 2:26.8 | So that's what we're going to be talking about in today's video. |
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