Olivia’s Nettle Hair Rinse Ritual for Letting Go of the Old + Welcoming The New

In last week’s podcast episode on How to Create More Ritual in Your Life, I shared some of the deeper ways that herbs have helped me not just with my health but my path, my spirit, marking important moments in time, creating space, setting boundaries, letting go.

Right now is a liminal time on Earth where it feels like many of us are on the threshold between two worlds. Our old lives, created from an outdated version of us, from programming and wounding that is no longer serving. And our next voyage, the leap our souls are asking us to take before we can fully see the path. It’s tough to be in this in-between period where we feel the need for ending, but a new beginning hasn’t fully bloomed yet.

As we move through these times and approach the energy of Spring, this is the perfect time to get to know Stinging Nettle on a deeper level and work with it in ways that go beyond consuming it internally. There’s a reason these allies sprout up around the Equinox 

Nettle & Setting Your Boundaries

As a mineral rich herb, this plant nourishes us back to health from a place of depletion and exhaustion. However, its presentation in nature teaches us how to own our power in the first place so that depletion is not crossed. Just try to mindlessly grab a fistful of nettle without regard for her—ouch! She teaches you boundaries so that we may also care for ourselves on the most foundational level and prevent pouring from an empty cup.

The Spirit of the Plant That Helps You Walk Between Two Worlds

On a human-to-plant, one-spirit-to-another level, Nettle is the herb we can call on when we’re crossing a threshold between the death of the old, the void, and our rebirth. Especially as we move into Spring, working with Nettle in a slow, connected & intentional way (like through a brewed hair rinse, massaging it into the scalp while asking for help through prayer to let go and bring in the new) can help us connect to ourselves, to God, to our ancestors, connect period and tune into what we’re consciously choosing to awaken this Spring.

What do you want to create this year? What has the clarity of the void taught you? What are you ready to see, to let go of, to step into, to own about your path and your power?

Simply using this as a hair tonic + combined with journaling + prayer, or a hair rinse in the shower to energetically wash away the old, is one of my favorite ways to use plant medicine when I am ready to mark a huge shift in my life.