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Fennel & Sacred Simplicity | Digesting and Releasing with the Virgo New Moon

Aug 23, 2025 | body connection, herbs, how to make, new moon ritual, seasonal

✨ Join me for a gentle fennel tea meditation under the Virgo new moon.

Fennel has long been a herbal ally for digestion, clarity, and release — helping us let go of what no longer serves, both in the body and the spirit.

In this article and video, I will show you Fennel how it grows ‘wildly’ on our allotment, share its medicinal an energetic uses and some folk and historic snippets.

We’ll then prepare a simple fennel tea and share a guided tasting ritual, inviting in Virgo’s medicine of cleansing, refining, and returning to what’s essential. The tea meditation invites us to connect with the herb via our body, experientially, getting to know it and letting it impart its knowledge and healing property that way.

A wonderful practice to do by yourself but also in community, sharing our experiences and learning together. As herbalists we continue doing this practice regularly, as it deepens our knowledge and really makes you understand he nuances in medicinal properties.

💌 Read the full written version of this piece: https://open.substack.com/pub/motherm…

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🎥 Watch the companion YouTube video here:

🌑 Perfect for the Virgo new moon, this ritual is here to support you in:

✨ Releasing stagnant energy

✨ Digesting old stories and emotions

✨ Finding clarity in simplicity

✨ Blessing the quiet sacred of everyday life.

All you need is a teaspoon of fennel seeds, hot water, and a little space to breathe.

🌿 May this tea and this moon bring you back into balance and release old stagnant energies.

With earth-rooted love, Stephanie 🌿

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