“It was a cloudy morning as I strolled in to meet artemisia for my heart-opening session. I had no idea what I was getting myself into, but as is usually the case when I see artemisia, I had no problem being confused, lost, and vulnerable.

I was greeted with a warm, genuine smile, and was asked to make myself comfortable as she quickly prepared some tea. If there were other times in my life when I felt so understood, so accepted, so “seen” for what I know is in me, I cannot, at the time of this writing, recall, and there seems to be something fulfilling about having been acknowledged in such a way.

We finished my session with me lying down, tears welling, with my emotions laid bare. artemisia patted my heart as she asked me what would help me to find comfort and nourishment.

I told her a salmon dinner and yoga in the sun, then we said goodbye, I walked out to my bike, and rode off to buy some salmon as the last clouds drifted south, leaving a beautiful blue sky and a bright, sun-shiny day.”

~ Jonathon Kuhn