Why brood when you can brine, baby? 🥒👏 Fermentation is an ancient ritual of transformation, preservation, and most powerfully, activation. When you ferment, you create something alive. 🤯 You become the steward of 🦠 billions of microbes that, in turn, lead you to vitality and longevity. 🫶 Fermenting teaches patience, surrender, and trust. 🫙👀 You wait. You witness. You don’t force the outcome. It’s psychospiritual healing for those craving more rhythm, reverence, and resilience. It’s a return to ancestral ways, to your inner ecosystem, to the microbial world we often try to sanitize away... even though it IS US. 🔬 Science has proven that fermented foods enhance gut microbiota diversity, reduce inflammation, support mood regulation, and modulate the immune system through the 🧬 gut-brain axis. In herbalism, sour is considered the flavor of the liver, representing the act of letting go emotionally and energetically. Think grief, anger, stagnation. Ferments gently move what’s stuck. Want to make some tangy kitchen magick? The basics: BRINE • 4 cups water • 2 cups apple cider vinegar (or raw vinegar of choice that you have access to!) • 3 Tbsp sea salt •1-2Tbsp of raw sugar (this is a traditional twist but very optional and not critical!) AROMATICS: Dill, mustard seed, garlic, juniper, bay, rosemary, thyme, fennel VEGGIES: Cucumber, carrot, radish, cauliflower, onion, or chard stems 🥕 Sterilize jars. Pack veggies + aromatics. Boil brine, pour, seal, chill. Wait 24 hrs (3–7 days = flavor gold). Deeper recipe instructions on the blog! In honor of our first-ever Community Parasite Cleanse, we’re sharing this versatile pickle recipe from @silvia_bifaro . 🔥 ICYMI, it is a 4-week experience includes live Zooms, embodied rituals, seasonal recipes, a private hub, and deep gut ecology education. We got started June 8, but there’s still time to catch up. 🌿💚 Mention “community cleanse” to join now. It’s not too late! 👁 Find info on our site under “community gut cleanse” below to enter the portal. #fermentedfoods #guthealth #DIY #pickles #parasitecleanse #psychospiritual #animamundi #communitycleanse #reset #probiotics #gutbrainaxis #fermentation