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Damiana

Damiana stirs the senses and awakens the sacred within. She is a plant guide of pleasure and presence, inviting us to return to the body, to feel deeply and to move with the rhythm of desire and devotion.”

When I began to breathe more intentionally into my womb space, exploring my inner sacral waters , I was guided to Damiana… Damiana is a deeply sensual plant spirit, known for her seductive, heart-opening energy that stirs the soul and awakens the senses. With her sweet, earthy aroma and soft golden leaves, she invites you into deeper intimacy with yourself and others, enhancing pleasure, creative flow and emotional connection. Long revered as an aphrodisiac and ally for lovers, Damiana’s magic lies not just in arousal, but in her ability to relax the body, quiet the mind and bring you fully into the present moment, where true connection and embodied pleasure can blossom. As I continue building a deeper connection to my womb, healing from past traumas, birth imprinting, societal shame & ancestral grief, I can feel a reclamation of this sacred power center, a resurgence of vital source of wisdom, life force and inner sovereignty.

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Here’s what I revere most about Damiana:

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  • ​Damiana helps you reconnect with your body as a sacred vessel of pleasure, presence, and intuition. Her warming, gently stimulating nature awakens the senses and clears blocks in the sacral and heart centers, encouraging a deeper connection with your sensual self.

  • Damiana supports hormonal harmony and emotional regulation, especially for those navigating cycles, transitions, or reconnection with their feminine rhythms. She helps you feel grounded and empowered in your emotional and sensual expression.

  • Damiana reminds us that healing doesn’t always come through pain, it can also arise through joy, pleasure, and presence. By honouring desire and restoring a loving relationship with your body, she helps you rewrite old stories around shame, repression and disconnection.

  • Spiritually, Damiana helps bridge the body and spirit through the senses. By reconnecting you with your inner sacred feminine (regardless of gender), she fosters embodiment, presence and self-love. Damiana teaches that pleasure is holy,  healing can be soft and that your body is a vessel of divine wisdom.

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​Why I serve Damiana in ceremony...

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  • Damiana carries a tender, calming medicine that soothes anxiety, overthinking, and emotional tension. Damiana allows the heart to soften and open, supporting vulnerability, emotional intimacy, and the release of old wounds that may inhibit deeper connection.

  • Ingesting Damiana with sacred intention invites a return to wholeness, where sensuality, emotion and spirit are not separate, but beautifully interwoven in the fabric of your healing path.

  • Through breathwork, Damiana acts as a bridge between breath and body, amplifying your capacity to feel pleasure, aliveness, and emotional depth. She encourages you to explore your sensual nature not as something external or performative, but as a deeply sacred, inner experience, a remembrance of your innate ability to feel, love, and inhabit your body fully.

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​Damiana Source:

Amanita Allies (Damiana can be found within Moon Vibes & Mystic Bloom) 

Bodhi Extracts Tincture (Glycerine Based)

 

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Land Acknowledgements
With great reverence, Aroha Rising acknowledges the traditional and unceded territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory we gather on, honouring the ongoing stewardship, rich cultural traditions and resilience of all Coast Salish peoples. With a grateful heart, we aim to continue to build respectful relations that honour the land, the water, the people, the animals and all benevolent spirits supporting the true reconciliation needed at this time.
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