THE STORY BEHIND
Sunia Apothecary
Sunia is a word that comes from many places
(Ancient Yogic Traditions, Buddhism, Hinduism, and more)
and has many meanings.
There is no exact definition but rather an essence that can be described in many ways.
Sunia is deep listening, stillness, zero-point, peace, empty, nothingness, a vessel for the infinite.
It is a state of awareness in which the mind is brought to complete stillness, perfect harmony, neutrality, and a peaceful calm. It is a state of emptiness, where no positive or negative is assigned to things: there is no good or bad, there is no trying, no searching, no desire, no wanting. There is nothing. From the state of ‘sunia’ things can simply unfold, without you having to 'try' or 'do' anything.
In Pilar’s world, Sunia is the place that the wild, gardening, herbal medicine, and vibrational plant medicine have always brought her to. A place of deep listening, a place of emptiness, a place in which you become nothing - so that you many become everything. It is her intention that no matter the medicine you are working with, you are opened to the state of Sunia in some way, big or small.
“We do not force, push, or try to act.
With folded hands of devotion, Infinity acts for us.”
– Yogic Medicine
THE STORY BEHIND
the herbalist
Pilar has spent the last decade immersed in both traditional and mystical studies of
plant spirit medicine, traditional and folk herbalism, subtle plant medicine, and flower essence therapy.
She discovered flower essences as a teenager and felt as though she was reconnecting with a realm she had unknowingly yearned for. She has both gone to traditional herbalism school and spent 3 years with her hands in the dirt, living and working on organic farms. Through all of her trainings, she returned again and again to her love of plant spirit medicine. She studied and worked with various pathways of plant spirit medicine and flower essences privately for 7 years before receiving the invitation to offer her medicines publicly.
The intention of the apothecary is to offer ethically wildcrafted and deeply relational subtle/vibrational plant medicine in service to our reconnection to and remembrance of the plant, devic, and elemental kingdoms as allies and teachers.
All essences and blends come from Pilar's flower garden, the gardens of a farm she spent 3 years living at and tending, or from the surrounding forests of the Cascade Range in the Pacific Northwest. Any essences that cannot be made locally are sourced from trusted teachers and ethical small flower essence businesses.
Pilar handcrafts all of her medicine using fresh spring water and local organic pear brandy. Each bottle is smudged with ethically wildcrafted or garden-grown white sage, cedar, lavender, or mugwort. She connects deeply and relationally with the spirits of each plant, always forming a relationship with them before, during, and after making medicine.
