by Lana Shay | Oct 5, 2021 | Travel Pure
My stomach tightened as I mentally prepared myself for a soggy ball of chemical-drenched cloth to make contact with my bare hand. The United Club Lounge at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago has a good 100+ other places to sit, but I want this specific...
by Lana Shay | Mar 12, 2018 | Pure Practices
Read Part I, Part II, and Part III here! THREE CYCLES! Three moon cycles I’ve flowed through, without taking any pills from a little plastic bottle from the pharmacy. Absolutely no pain relievers. I have experienced some mild cramping, though I took only an...
by Lana Shay | Jan 19, 2018 | Pure Practices
Read Part I here and part II here! The experience at the Women’s Herbal Symposium gave me strength. The power of belief overrides everything else. This is, in and of itself is a belief! This is my belief. Because of this, leaving the Women’s Herbal...
by Lana Shay | Dec 20, 2017 | Pure Practices
Read Part I here. This is the voice note I recorded after the lymphatic breast massage at the Women’s Herbal Symposium in May of 2017: I feel like the luckiest person in the world right now! I’m completely ecstatic! There was a lottery for a lymphatic breast massage,...
by Lana Shay | Dec 13, 2017 | Pure Plant medicine
Maybe I can find morphine… It’s a thought that has crossed my mind every single month at least once, while I’m laying in bed writhing in pain during my menstrual cycle. It’s embarrassing to be honest. I am a huge advocate for natural remedies and alternative...