The Herbalist’s Journey with Ben LeVine!

Enlightened Empaths

Samantha Fey and Denise Correll

Education, Spirituality, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Religion

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we are very grateful to welcome Ben LeVine! Ben is the Co-Founder and Chief Herbalist of RASA, a company focused on ethically sourced, adaptogen-infused herbal coffee alternative. Please join us as we explore the deep connection between the science and spirituality of plant medicine!

Ben’s lifelong profound connection with plants harkens back to his earliest memories of exploring the wonderment of the family orchard. As a young man he traveled the globe, working on farms from India to Alaska and learning traditional plant ceremonies from Ethiopia to Ecuador. Ben earned an MSc in Clinical Herbalism with a focus on adaptogens.

This led to the coveted position of Senior Botanical Buyer for the Celestial Seasonings company. He was responsible for sourcing and buying over 10 million pounds of herbs each year. But with this also came the realization of the dark underbelly of this industry. Watching the world’s precious botanical resources being ravaged and uncontrolled harvesting and over-exploitation led Ben following his moral compass and call of the plants to become an integral part of RASA which is built on a foundation of plant
stewardship and radical sustainability.

For more information please visit: https://wearerasa.com/

For our listeners: use the code ENLIGHTENED15 @ checkout for 15% off your purchase. Thank you Ben and RASA team for this very generous gift and offering!

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to enlightened empaths, your community for the spiritually awakened
0:05.0	Empaths, where we discuss, explore and connect with fellow Empaths,
0:12.0	healers, intuitive, and seekers.
0:19.3	Welcome back to enlightened Empaths and today we're really excited to welcome Ben Levine. Ben is the co- to
0:23.4	enlightened Em Pass and today we're really excited to welcome Ben Levine.
0:24.4	Ben is the co-founder and chief herbalist of Rasa.
0:27.4	He's using his background and his journey as an herbalist
0:31.4	to really help revolutionize your morning energy ritual with the power of adaptogens.
0:37.0	Ben is driven by a scientific mind that has wanted information to support the tradition of herbalism. He grew up in his family's
0:46.1	orchard with the wonder of a profound connection with plants and nature and he
0:51.1	followed that passion across the globe working on farms from India to Alaska
0:56.4	and learning traditional plant ceremonies from Ethiopia to Ecuador.
1:01.1	This all led to Ben earning an MSC and clinical herbalism with a focus on
1:05.4	adaptogens and as he accepted a position as a senior buyer of botanicals for
1:10.9	Celestial Seasonings. Ben was charged with sourcing and purposing over 10 million pounds of herbs each year, but the more he learned about the inner workings of the commercial industry, the more jaded he became as he watched the world's precious
1:24.7	botanical resources become ravaged by uncontrolled harvesting and over-exportation.
1:30.6	So once again, Ben followed his heart and the call of the plants and left this corporate job behind and became the employee number two to Stuart the development of ethically sourced, adapt infused herbal coffee alternative on the Rossa team and as the co-founder and chief herbalists has been the formulator of all their blends.
1:52.0	This company is built on a foundation of plant stewardship and radical sustainability. They've helped over 100,000 people in connecting recount with mother nature, live their values, and discover boundless plant-powered energy.
2:07.2	So welcome, Ben.
2:09.1	So nice to have you here today.
2:10.9	Thanks, Denise.
2:11.9	I'm really happy to be here with you. One of the things that I noticed on your site and this really touched my soul is that the premise of what you do is really based on sustainable sourcing and purity and testing and
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