Pine resin

Pine resin in tea bags, melted into coconut oil. This will be used to make a salve. I am going to let this slowly simmer off and on all weekend to allow the pine resin to melt as much as possible. The smell and feel of slow simmering makes a home feel cozy. In the case of pine, it also has a soothing effect.

Paul Red Elk taught that pine is the tree of forgiveness. This makes perfect sense when you think about how to use pine - cover and heal a wound, penetrating deeply. Whether used as a salve for the body or turned into a cleanser for your floors, it pulls out the stuff you don't want and helps mend at the same time. What an amazing lesson pine has to teach.

Thank you, Pine. And thank you, Paul and so many of my teachers for showing me how to look for and begin to understand what nature is telling us.

Melissa