Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Kimmerer Shipibo-Conibo The meditation bowl is handcast

The meditation bowl is handcast and handtuned by skilled artisans in Kathmandu

Fringe on all four sides

The terra cotta burner with a yellow-painted flower set includes 40 bricks or cones of Pinon incense for burning inside the fireplace

to be respectful of all beings

It can help to expand consciousness and give us expanded insights- and a better understanding of our multidimensionality

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Kimmerer Shipibo-Conibo The meditation bowl is handcastAs a leading researcher in the field of biology, Robin Wall Kimmerer understands the delicate state of our world. But as an active member of the Potawatomi nation, she senses and relates to the world through a way of knowing far older than any science. In Braiding Sweetgrass, she intertwines these two modes of awareness the analytic and the emotional, the scientific and the cultural to ultimately reveal a path toward healing the rift that grows