Natural colors are medicines for our eyes, brain and spirits. The varying shades of blue-green turquoise in the Clear Ocean Medicine shawls come from a magical and unique dyeing process using fresh Indigo leaves directly after harvest. This alchemy of plant, light, water and movement creates a color of the clearest ocean water, allowing us to experience a healing “blue mind” wherever we are.
Indigos also have beneficial healing qualities including anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties and are especially beneficial for the skin. Turquoise blue is associated with the throat energy center/5th chakra which is our center of communication and our truth. Indigo blue (a deeper hue) is associated with the third eye/6th chakra our center of intuition, and connection.
Wrap yourself in the shimmering and healing clear turquoise of this lightweight and generously sized silk shawl: 36” x 98”
Ingredients:
- Spring and rain water
- Home-grown, organic indigo, grown with the help of the plant spirits, the soil, water, and air
- Handwoven 100% mulberry silk made by village artisans that work in partnership with Maiwa, a wonderful woman-owned company.
Clear Ocean Medicine Shawl
Medicine shawls and cloth are an ancient tradition. In the Ayurveda health system, one of its many components is Ayurvastra, which translates to healing cloth. Certain medicinal herbs are used in the dyeing process, infusing the fabric with the plants' healing properties—immune support, cleansing, and more— understanding that our skin is the largest organ of our bodies and it absorbs as well as releases what comes in contact with it. The most common Ayurvastra is made with turmeric, known for its anti-inflammatory and other health properties.
My Three Artemisias Medicine Shawls use a variety of plants depending on the intention and season.
The processes I use throughout my Three Artemisias products are plant-based, non-toxic, low-impact, low-water. I am mindful of each step in the process as I create healing works of art to be cherished and are beneficial to the earth, rather than harming it.
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