<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Sen Botanical Works]]></title><description><![CDATA[Embrace your nature, cultivate wellness with Japanese botanical remedies.]]></description><link>https://www.senbotanicalworks.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:16:49 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.senbotanicalworks.com/ja/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Meeting Magnolia （木蓮と出会う）]]></title><description><![CDATA[木蓮との出会いは、「これが植物と出会い直すということなのかな」と、 自分自身が体感として落とし込めた初めての体験でした。 その時から木蓮は、私にとって唯一無二の存在になりました。 「木蓮って、葉っぱより先に花が咲くんだなぁ。」そんな興味深い一面に氣づきながら、 この自然に囲まれた土地とのつながりを深めた3年間。 そして迎えた、2025年の春。 ネトル、クリーバース、ハコベなど、春の野草たちがインスタのフィードにたくさん上がる中、 その年はなぜか、家のガレージの横に佇む立派な木蓮の花たちが、 その香りで私を呼んでいるような氣がしたのです。 眺め、楽しむの一線を越えさせるかのように、 木のそばを通るたびに、私はその香りに足を止めました。 そしてふと思ったのです。 「今年は、この木蓮の花茶を作ってみよう。」 その時の私は、この「出会い」が私がどんなふうにハーブと向き合っていくかだけでなく、 どんなふうに生きていくかをも変えていくものになることを、まだ知りませんでした。 そこから生まれたものは、木蓮をどう使うか、どう取り入れるか、ということではなく、木蓮という木が、何を体現して生きている...]]></description><link>https://www.senbotanicalworks.com/ja/post/meeting-magnolia-%EF%BC%88%E6%9C%A8%E8%93%AE%E3%81%A8%E5%87%BA%E4%BC%9A%E3%81%86%EF%BC%89</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d0140e157dc36e24673c8a</guid><category><![CDATA[植物との対話]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:39:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e3812f_0314751e5c044f66abaf7453c57d4244~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>yuitashima</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["Goddess's Way Home" - Poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thank you for landing here. May this space offer a small candlelight as you find your way back to your inner temple. If you'd like to read the "back story"— the origin of this blend, this poem, you may enter through here → [Apple, and the Way Home]]]></description><link>https://www.senbotanicalworks.com/post/goddess-s-way-home-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c9b4f28bb7e54baa6ac511</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 01:45:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/492cda_be5cd09f50cd47c6b26a72012b5fc7bf~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>yuitashima</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple, and the Way Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[In relational tea formulation—the way through which I craft my blends—the inspiration sometimes arrives as a slow unfolding: a quiet revelation shaped by long contemplation, a journey inward, or through time spent in deep presence with particular plants. And then, there are moments when it comes all at once—like an image, or a knowing that gathers itself at the meeting point of perception, intuition, and something harder to name. One of my blends, Goddess’s Way Home , came to me in that way....]]></description><link>https://www.senbotanicalworks.com/post/apple-and-the-way-home</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c9b3fb8bb7e54baa6ac35c</guid><category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 01:37:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/492cda_883c704ded8e42639ac249801f367142~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_630,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>yuitashima</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meeting Yomogi (Japanese Mugwort) - part 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[For those who have spent time with my journal on Japanese mugwort ( part 1 ) — you may have felt how this elder plant, long in relationship with humans, met me and returned me to a vision I didn’t know I held. From that quiet revelation, a poem came through with Yomogi. If you feel called, you can read it here. If you’d like to feel her presence in a tea, you may find it here, when the season brings her forth   [Seasonal Blend: Memory of the Dream ]]]></description><link>https://www.senbotanicalworks.com/post/meeting-yomogi-japanese-mugwort-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c56d59dbf1d5b60134aaf9</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:50:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e3812f_3698ba87119243998fa25d61fb331dc1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>yuitashima</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meeting Yomogi (Japanese Mugwort) - part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first year I moved into this place, where I've been slowly building my apothecary garden, one of the first herbs I thought to grow was Mugwort, more specifically  Yomogi (Japanese mugwort)  (pronounced yo-mo-gee). I didn't know why. It just kept popping into my head like a reminder. I was born and raised in Japan for about 20 years, and moved to Canada for school, and at first, I thought maybe this was about identity. Maybe this was how I would reconnect with my roots. Maybe this was how...]]></description><link>https://www.senbotanicalworks.com/post/embracing-nature-a-guide-to-japanese-botanical-healing-traditions</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67997a693abb92803383d6ce</guid><category><![CDATA[Plant communion]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:30:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e3812f_8e1e435bd29844a48b04f48c9ed3ae8a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>yuitashima</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meeting Magnolia ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Magnolia is a tree dear to my heart—one that changed the way I related to plants forever. In the Spring of 2025, while many people were working with early spring herbs like Stinging Nettle, Cleavers, Chickweed etc., I felt called (unexpectedly) to work with Magnolia blossoms— We have a large Magnolia tree growing beside our garage. It was our third year on this piece of land we are fortunate to call home. I had always admired the tree.  I remember finding it fascinating that its flowers...]]></description><link>https://www.senbotanicalworks.com/post/discovering-japanese-botanical-medicines-a-connection-to-nature</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67997a693abb92803383d6cf</guid><category><![CDATA[Plant communion]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:46:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e3812f_0314751e5c044f66abaf7453c57d4244~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>yuitashima</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>