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From the creators of Bear Blend Organic Ceremonial Herbal Blends comes this one of a kind collaborative and collective dreaming experience. It’s like the moment you first tried Bear Blend but in reading form. Actually, it is like telling a really good story and then deciding that everyone in the world should hear the story.

It turns out that stories are actually the way that we learned everything. So if you want to tell a good story or read a good story, then start here …

Are You Really Into Herbs?

So Are We…

Powerful healing herbs grow everywhere, probably even in your backyard. Humans have always used them for healing and ceremony. They have simply been forgotten. In a crazy and fast-paced modern world, the language of herbs is slowly disappearing — replaced with corporate greed and fear-driven media hype. But the herbs are still out there, waiting to be re-discovered.

Bear Blend is here to help you remember. 

Total Plant Species Worldwide

medicinal plants in use worldwide

documented hallucinogenic plants

Herbs Used in Our Proprietary Blends

Recent Posts

Our Original Blend: The Origin of Bear Blend’s Roots

Our Original blend explores and celebrates our roots – the beginning of Bear Blend. This is the blend that launched Bear Blend into the stratosphere. Here are the origins of that story – the seeds that made our Original blend – and what you can expect to find brimming in each fresh tin of fluffy herbal goodness.

5 Reasons Herbs Should Be Part of Your Next Psychedelic Blast Off

Smokable herbs are not just extras — they are allies, secret keys that can deepen a psychedelic journey, harmonize your energy, and guide your spirit through the swirling landscapes ahead. If you’re stepping into the portal of the unknown, herbs deserve a sacred place in that fanny ass pack of snacks, right alongside your music, your talismans, and your sense of wonder. Let’s explore five reasons why herbs are essential for your embryonic psychedelic grand ass adventure.

Are Plants Talking Shit? How Plants Communicate Nature’s Intelligence

Sit down in a forest, roll up a fat spliff of smokable herbs, light up, and listen. Hear that? The plants are practically yapping around you, communicating about predators, soil conditions, and even the weather. OK, it’s too subtle to hear with the human ear, but plants are talking, communicating through scents, chemicals, gasses, and yes, sounds. It turns out herbs and plants are chatterbugs, and they’ve got a lot on their minds.

Rise and Shine: 5 Awesome Herbs to Pair with Your Morning Coffee

So rise, shine, and get your toke of the morning sun. Here are five smokable herbs to elevate your coffee ritual – each one ready to lift your spirit, sharpen your mind, and get your blood flowing like a chocolate river in Roald Dahl’s imagination.

Why are some plants illegal to grow? Free the plants, free your mind

We live in a crazy world where hundreds of plants are outlawed in the U.S. Some are invasive. Others are poisonous. And some get you high as Hank Williams singing along to his grandson’s music in the back of a 1952 Cadillac convertible. Let’s explore the plants that are outlawed because of what they do to our brains. How the hell do you outlaw a plant?

Nature, Herbs, and Nudism: How to Find Chakra Harmony in Your Birthday Suit

How your bare naked self offers a unique pathway to reducing stress and enhancing mindfulness. It might sound whacky, but trust us — the answer to modern-day disconnect can be found in nature, herbs, and nudism. Here’s how to find chakra harmony in your birthday suit and why this is actually an age old world tradition.

How Herbs and Nature Can Cure Loneliness and Save Your Goddamned Soul

If you read the news any given day, regurgitate traffic jams on the 405, or ride the human centipede of any municipal subway, it’s easy to feel like robot turds – like the A.I. of Steve Jobs’ ghost crapped you out in a morning deuce on the solid gold toilet of our modern technological age of Oligarchy. But fear not – herbs and nature can cure your loneliness and save your goddamned soul.

Suck It Disposable Vape! How Many Licks in a Herbal Vape Pen Tootsie Pop?

We’re not sure how many licks it takes to get to the end of our herbal vape pens. We’re still licking and counting, but we understand eventually that shit will hit the fritz. Try it yourself and see what you come up with. Science is a spaced-out curious Cheshire cat smoking tea with Alice and a belated white bunny down a deep dark rabbit hole.

Buffalo Medicine: What We Can Learn from the Sacredness of Abundance

The Buffalo Animal Spirit Totem celebrates abundance with proof we have everything we need, roaming the Earth in the awesome spaciousness of bounty, freedom, and self-sufficiency. In many Native American traditions, the Buffalo represents prosperity and gratitude, reminding us that the Earth provides everything we need to thrive – if we just ask.

Hit Rap Records, Cell Phones, and Gas Masks: Black History is Beautiful

Celebrate Black History Month. Explore the roots of Black History Month and why it’s celebrated in February. Learn about the amazing historical contributions of Black folk, from the invention of the cell phone to the patent of the first gas mask to even the eradication of smallpox. Like volcanic magma forged in the fires of a racist history, Black people have shaped and changed our world.

Want to Quit Smoking? How Herbal Blends Can Sooth Your Nicotine Fix

Seen this ad?

“I’m Henry Hill, and I quit smoking with a pharmaceutical side effects may include farting, seizures, and heart attacks….”
You don’t need to be a Hollywood movie star or a Wiseguy to wonder if there’s a better way to quit smoking than a freaking heart-fart attack.

Bear Blend Products

Smoke it, Drink it, Vape it. Ahh, the wonderful world of herbs.

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Discover the power of connecting with the herbs in a ceremonial way. Every moment is an opportunity to slow down and connect.

Our Favorite Herbal Resources

1. Gaia’s “Meet Your Herbs”

We love Gaia’s Herbs Website. They talk about all the herbs with reverence and respect.

2. Mountain Rose Herbs

Mountain Rose has a beautifully designed website with organic herbs of all kinds and at all quantitites.

3. Medicine Hunter

Chris Kilham is the medicine hunter. He travels the world discovering the most exotic herbs around.

Some of Our Favorite Herbs

passion flower for sleep

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