The plants are stars on earth
They help you remember why you came here, bring clarity, and presence.
Plant Spirit Medicine/Herbalism School
Ceremony & Dietas
Ontario, Canada
Since 2017
Welcome Home
The Gaia Hive
— Established 2017
The Gaia Hive was founded in 2017 as a sanctuary for those who know that the earth is alive, aware, and waiting for us to remember our place within it.
The plants are the stars on earth — ancient teachers who help you remember why you are here and what you came to offer.
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Rainbow Serpent Folk Herbalism Mentorship
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If you’ve always felt like you live on the edges of society,
this is where your spiritual family gathers.
I had a dream in 2015 of rainbow serpents telling me to begin
teaching what I know with other people.
People had been asking and I finally listened.
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The Rainbow Serpent Folk Herbalism Mentorship is part of a living prophecy — a weaving of people who hear the call of the land and are ready to walk a path of
reciprocity, intuition, and earth‑rooted wisdom.
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If you long for fireside learning, elemental connection, and conversations with the more‑than‑human world,
you will feel at home here. We gather around the fire.
We connect with plants, waters, winds, and stones.
We listen to the clouds.
We remember how to hear and be voice for the earth again.
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Join for one day, a ceremony, or a mentorship.​
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Aloha, I'm Julie Gaia. I am a mother, mentor, seed saver, weaver, star seed, animist, friend of the plants, herbalist, land tender, cat lover, plant spirit medicine carrier and Tabaquera student.
​My roots are Scandinavian, Celtic, and Germanic. I love teaching people about plants and how to make medicines in their own kitchens. I enjoy rattling and drumming songs of the plants so you can feel their spirits working within you. My cats are medicine cats and will be attending all events at my home.
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I grew up on a dairy farm in southern Ontario in the Carolinian forest. My mother taught me how to garden and prepare food. My father taught me to drink wild water, walk and observe the forest quietly, and taste spearmint that grew by the creeks.
Highlights of my childhood were spent making mud pies and decorating them with chestnut flowers and taming barn kittens.
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I studied Herbalism formally with Sage Maurer at the Gaia School in Vermont, and Pam Montgomery in California. I have always been a gardener no matter where life has taken me.
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My herbalism journey began in 2004 in Saskatchewan. I worked with plants to heal my pneumonia and my lungs healed without antibiotics. Since then I have been deeply dedicated to the plant path.
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The golden thread of life draws me to travel internationally and work with plant medicines in Central and South America. Six months on the big island of Hawaii, a month in Peru, summer months summer camping in the forest, and many winters in Mexico have enriched my path beyond measure. Eagle and Condor medicines unite. Presently I live in a strawbale off-grid home in a cedar forest.
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Gaia Hive was created to share my love of plants and create a space for living mentorships on the land. It is living dream.
May you be empowered on your plant path.
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I offer Herbalism and 1:1 Coaching/Mentorship alongside group herbalism and plant spirit medicine mentorships, Plant & Tree Dietas, and ceremonies. I look forward to journeying with you.
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EDUCATION & TEACHERS​
How can one list all of their teachers?
My whole life has been living with
the land & forest.
Everyone you meet is your teacher.
Here are a few of my teachers
in no particular order.
Gaia - Mother Earth.
-The plants & Psilocybin
-UFSOL - The Universal free school of life
-Ann Lanigan
-Vandana Shiva (Seeds sovereignty)
-Stacy Tekonwanyahe:sen Hill
& Rebecca from Saugeen First Nation.
(Anishinabek teachings of Ontario)
-Merav Artzi & Jason Grechanik (Tabaqueros)
--Pam Montgomery (Plant spirit medicine)
-Sage Maurer (Gaia school herbalism)
--Be Nadine (Munay ki & more)
Sheri Fleischauer (Basket weaving)
Jolie Elan (Botany)
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In Spirit:
-Keewaydinoquay
-Juliette De Baircli Levi
-The Ancestors
I send gratitude and thanks to my spiritual family for their unconditional love and support. My heart overflows with respect for my ancestors & the ancestors of this land. Whenever I need clarity & strength in my life I take some time to be still and rest in the forest. Here is a song I wrote fireside during the winter of 2019 to honour the ancestors from the past and for the future generations. This acknowledges the ancestors of this land and my own. It is for the furred, winged, two-legged, finned, insects, unseen, mountain, stone and tree people. Feel free to sing this song and make up your tune or rhythm.
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Remembering
As we gather on this land
Grounding down
Honing in
I open my hands (2x)
This is a safe space
This a sacred place
May all I do honour you
May all I do honour you
