Land Acknowledgement and Pledge to Whole Systems Healing

Sacred Sprout Wellness operates on the traditional territory of the T’Sou-ke nation, providing directly for communities within what is colonially referred to as Greater Victoria BC, Vancouver Island. I acknowledge that as a guest on these lands that modern herbalism has evolved using stolen knowledge from Indigenous peoples; leaving traditional wisdoms, plant teachings and ways of living with the land- unattributed.

The hands that steward Sacred Sprout Wellness are those of Quw’utsun ancestry and passionate about reclaiming and revitalizing rematriatization, sacred birth work and restoring rites of passage. The Pacific North West and Salish Coast Wilderness is home where I organically grow herbs in my garden and sustainably gather a wide array of flora and funga, working in collaboration with the land in stewardship of its many ecosystems, watersheds and culturally significant plant species.

I am here to embrace the practice of deeply listening, centring BIPOC voices and actively working to dismantle the ongoing systems of oppression that further the deep-seated prejudice and racism they are built upon. Sacred Sprout is committed to healing the wounds of cultural misuse and exploitation. Sacred Sprout stands behind Indigenous Reciprocity Initiatives and supports the fight for land back.

I acknowledge and pay gratitude to the wisdom keepers, cleaners, activists, medicine workers, land defenders, advocates, birth workers, death doulas- and ultimately all those who serve the spirits of Turtle Island. May we weave together our unique perspectives to create a more open, neuro diverse, inclusive, non-binary, safe and healthy future for each living vessel of the collective- animate and worthy.

All my relations.