Gentleness. Compassion. Strength.

Rosa Rugosa is a beach rose that grows wild on the coast of New England.

She is a gorgeous flower of light and love. But don’t let her fragrance and delicate flowers lull you into a false sense of security. She has thorns and a force of strength to her.

The first time I sat with her, I could feel her vibrating, buzzing, with strength and pure love. It had an effect on my own energy, feeling that vibration in my own body, my heart, harmonizing me and fortifying me with love.

Our day to day lives need more compassion, more heart centered love, yet direction and grace. Her ability to soften the edges, ease transitions, ease expression, and help us to embody a more loving tenderness that is unshakeable and indestructible.

The path of the Peaceful Warrior, that dissolves everything in Love.

She revealed that she is for gentleness in relationships, yet clarity and loving honesty. The ability to be open hearted, tender and loving, yet strong, grounded, and clear.

I brewed this Essence for hours the day after the Full Moon in Sagittarius, in the wake of the shift of Venus into Taurus and Jupiter in Cancer, centered around loving honesty, tenderness in our relationships, and guided by the wisdom of our hearts. Throughout the brewing, friends rotated through on the beach, with leisure, slowness, love, beingness, and a gentleness that melted me deeper into her medicine.