SUN-INFUSION / Extracting Natures Life Force
May the sun bring you new energy by day,
May the moon softly restore you by night.
May the rain wash away your worries,
May the breeze blow new strength to your being.
May you walk gently through the world
And know its beauty all the days of your life.
(Apache Blessing)
I believe the synergistic healing powers, formed by the Earth, Air, Light and Water available in a plants native environment, carry a life force that holds it’s inherent potency long beyond a plant’s life.
This life force settles in the roots and bark, accumulates in the stem and trunk, concentrates in the leaves and flowers.
Dry plants are never dead to me. They are concentrated holders of magnificent healing powers, waiting to be unlocked and extracted.
We create our tri-fold extracts by infusing air dried botanicals into virgin Olive Oil for up to 12 months, using only the radiant warmth of the Sun. The plant matter is changed 3 times to intensify and amplify the extract. This gentle method of sun-infusion preserves the plant’s heat sensitive plant compounds, as well as their unique fragrance and flavour profiles.
Sun-infusion is an ancient method, used in biodynamic skincare and folk medicine crafting to extract medicinal properties out of natural botanicals such as flowers, leaves, bark, seeds, even wood, traditionally into oil with nothing but the warmth of the Sun over the course of 3-4 months. This lovely process allows us to use extra virgin olive oil and delicate botanicals, without destroying their heat sensitive vital properties.
Usually, commercial extractions are done on the stove top within hours, into inferior non-virgin oils, at much higher temperatures than the oil and botanicals can handle, ruining their healing powers in the process.
For our compositions, sun-infusion means all extracts are made slowly, with natural sun-light, allowing our beautiful botanicals to gently release their properties into our Demeter certified biodynamic Olive oil. The resulting Oil is so stunningly different to everything else on all levels - aroma, skin feel, viscosity, colour, slip, emollience, and, most importantly, medicinal and therapeutic benefits.
We use no electricity, don't expose our composition to toxic radiation and we produce zero carbon footprint.
Energetically, this beautiful process literally charges our base oil with the energising, life-giving, all-encompassing vibration of the sun.
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