About Subrosa Santo

Wild Rose Medicine

Subrosa Santo means holy wild rose, or under the holy rose. This medicine came to me whilst deeply connecting with my indigenous mexicana ancestors while in the dark depths of trauma healing.

Many peoples indigenous to Turtle Islands have stories about the wild rose and revere her as being a symbol of life. In greek mythology they are considered a symbol of immortal love or a union that will never fade. Sub rosa, under the rose, symbolizes secrecy.

In my experience with wild rose, that immortality and secrecy are symbolic of our soul or essence. The most essential parts of our being that remain a secret, even to us, until we are brave enough to open beyond our stories and conditioning about who we are. Wild Rose supports us in this journey.

I love wild rose. She’s strong, delicately thorny and sharp, and resilient. She has beautiful 5 petaled flowers and If the bush is cut the roots will photosynthesize through the darkness of the earth and re-grow. After her blossoms die she offers a rose hip fruit. And every part of wild rose is medicine, used for thousands of years by indigenous peoples.

In the emotional and energetic realms wild rose brings us back to aliveness. She gently soothes, opens our hearts to love, connects us to our essence, joy, purpose, enthusiasm, and passions.

Wild rose opens us to the joys of life and death.

Grief is the journey of that opening. Grief medicine has been deeply interwoven in this path with wild rose.

I love grief medicine and the way wild rose led me to and through the griefs so that I could come back to life. I’m more alive, open, and joyful than I’ve ever been. What could have destroyed me made me more hearty, vital, and connected to my Essence than I ever could have dreamed of.

This is the power of Subrosa Santo and wild rose medicine.

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