Twilight

Mushrooms, ceremonial cacao and botanicals

Intuition - Attunement - Wisdom

Our Twilight blend of mushrooms and botanicals soothes and nourishes the nervous system. It nurtures a sense of expansion and increased sensitivity and awareness, allowing us to tap into our deeper sources of intuitive intelligence. This blend helps the body enter a state of harmony, where we can attune to our sentient wisdom and a flow of energetic information not routinely available to us in the contemporary western world.

When supported with meditative practices, Twilight can support a deep transformative journey of self-knowing and spiritual expansion. The ceremonial cacao content in this drink will carry the spark of enthusiasm and fearlessness needed to help surrender to this process.

About Our Twilight Blend

The Twilight Team

When our nerves are exhausted and depleted, we feel like we’ve lost our sense of direction and connection to our inner core. Reishi restores the adrenals and regulates the autonomic nervous system, easing the fight-or-flight response in order to allow the body to go into repair and regeneration. Known by Taoist priests as the mushroom of immortality and of spiritual potency, reishi was used to attain higher states of consciousness. It protects against stress and strengthens the entire cardiovascular system. In traditional Chinese medicine reishi is understood to integrate the three pillars of life: matter, animating force, and spirit. It is known to balance our internal polarities of yin and yang - that is, the receptive and the active, the creative source and the ability to manifest.

We associate these powerful effects with reishi’s action of strengthening the heart, which bridges the upper and lower chakras. This effect is potentiated by the presence of lavender, a heart harmoniser that also integrates the two brain hemispheres. The information that a harmonious heart is able to pick up on is relayed to the right side of the brain: the intuitive, emotional part that is able to see the bigger picture and apprehend the complexity and interconnectedness of reality. This stream of heart-based information is only successfully assimilated when integrated by the rational left side. Lavender facilitates communication between the two, helping articulate this wisdom into organised action.

A healthy and strong nervous system is the foundation of spiritual development. Lion’s mane encourages the production of nerve growth factor (NFG), a protein required in the development and maintenance of healthy brain and sensorial nerve cells. In addition to that, it nourishes the gut lining, further supporting the gut-brain axis, which contributes to its anti-anxiety and antidepressant actions. Here, its effect is enhanced by oat straw, known by herbalists to increase sensitivity by strengthening the connective tissues of the brain and spinal cord, facilitating our intention to drop deeply into the realm of the body.

When delving deeply into the work with this blend, past experiences stored in the body - as well as parts of ourselves that have been suppressed or neglected - may resurface for processing and releasing or honouring through action. Lime flower makes a valuable contribution to this process. Its joyous aroma masks its  more profound ability to support us in looking at hidden parts of the self. A Germanic myth can also  provide clues to this plant’s power: when Siegfried was bathing in dragon’s blood to make himself invincible, a lime leaf got stuck to his skin, causing a small patch to stain untouched by the blood and remain vulnerable. Lime flowers can support us in looking at hidden aspects of the self and getting in touch with our vulnerability, where great potential lies.

Betony is one of seven sacred Druid plants, believed to protect against evil spirits: a testimony to its great power to keep us grounded to weather external storms as well as to confront internal ghosts. It releases energy trapped in the head, relieving constriction and bringing a sense of expansion, allowing us to see beyond the mind’s traps and limitations. It holds our hand while we take the plunge, so we feel held to surrender and flow. Betony carries a beautiful sense of fortitude.