Hello Lovelies!
Moons ago, I met up with a new friend who had travelled the world to work on farms. When I met this friend, I was currently working for a conventionally practiced winery in Idaho. I began to question the practices and wondered what other techniques would better serve our planet. My new friend had experience on many different types of farms and was beginning to delve deeper into the world of biodynamic farming. When she began talking about biodynamic farming, my soul lit up and I knew in that very instant that I was being called to gain life experience working with a biodynamic farm or vineyard.
Biodynamic agriculture is a form of alternative agriculture very similar to organic farming, but it includes various esoteric concepts drawn from the ideas of Rudolf Steiner. Initially developed in 1924, it was the first of the organic agriculture movements.
After the mention of biodynamic farming, I google searched “biodynamic farms and vineyards in Idaho” and even though Idaho has a plethora of farms, there were only two biodynamic vegetable farms and they were both in the Teton Valley aka the Idaho side of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Ironically, at that same time, I had this intense craving to paint mountains. Between the conversation, the light I felt inside my soul, and the painting, it was so obvious to me that this was where my journey was leading me next.
During my time working on the farm, I was enlightened by so many metaphors and life realizations inspired by the veggies themselves. I still have so much to learn and understand about biodynamics, but one specific biodynamic concept that I resonate with, most deeply, is the concept of the farm being its very own living and breathing entity; the farm as its own biodiverse organism, just like you and I. You and I have a variety of diversity throughout our bodies that make up who we are. We also have the opportunity to decide who we are by what we digest in our bellies, who we associate with regularly, what movies we absorb, conscious decisions to process life’s trauma’s and alchemize ourselves into pure bliss, etcetera.
Just like you and I, our products and offerings also have a life of their own. Just as you were born unto this earth through your mother, you have also birthed a product or offering that is now ready to be released into the world. When your product was in metaphorical gestation and after the actual birth, it needed to be nurtured to simply survive, therefore, ultimately, the message has been and always will be a divine extension of you. Similar to babes, your offering will eventually need space of its own and so will you. If you have grown children, this will probably be entirely relatable!
Metaphorically speaking, when your offering has grown up enough to hold “her” own ground, it is your hope that she will have absorbed the messages you wished to send her off into the world with. To assure this, you must create an image, a feel, and an identity for her to connect with the world outside of your own home where she is innately understood without a single word.
“Just as a small child who does not yet understand the purpose of a comb may chew on it or misuse it in some other way, so, too, will we misuse things if we do not understand their essential nature.”
Rudolph Steiner, Agriculture I
To be totally understood and attract the most divinely aligned clients, consumers, and customers, your product needs a clear image -- Photography and videography that represents the product or offering as its very own living and breathing organism. Allowing the divine connection that you have with your product to shine for the world to know. Let’s chat and conjure ways to create healthy autonomy and divine translation of your offerings through photographic co-creation. Through co-creating a clear message, we can ultimately attract more abundance to you and allow more space for the expression of creative energy to seamlessly flow within and without you. This is the ultimate freedom!
To begin processing this biodynamic concept in relation to your own product/offering, sit down with a pen and paper to flow through these thoughts:
Write down a few keywords that come to mind when you think about the essence of your product. What did you feel when the idea first enlightened you?
Write down and/or draw the details that go into the most optimal environment for your product or offering. Where is it in the world? Think from your heart space!
In the environment that you have created on paper, imagine how the event of exchange will play out. Where are you in the world? Will you be there to host the offering? Will someone else host the space and you are a guest? Will your product be discovered by strangers? What sort of people do you imagine consuming your product or offering? How do you imagine yourself feeling?
When the offering or product connects with the consumer, how will he or she feel? How will they feel if they received the product in the mail? What void might it feel or release might it provide?
If your product or offering could speak, what would it share?
If you participate in this flow and wish to share, tag my photog insta account >>> @jaydesilbernagel
“The inside of a living organism has not only forces that stream outward, but also forces that stream inward, that are turned back. In addition, the organism establishes a balance between its inner and outer aspects. All the forces working to stimulate and maintain life within the living organism.”
Rudolph Steiner, Agriculture I
Much Love to all of you. Wishing you Wellness, now and always.
Blissings,
Jayde
To see what my friend in the story is up to now, visit her farm on instagram >>> @moonsong.farm!
Photo of me harvesting Kale for the market at Cosmic Apple Gardens!
