Sanango
The keeper of the awakened senses
Nature of the plant
Sanango is a shrub of the Amazon rainforest, often also called Uchu Sanango. Its white flowers twist like little pinwheels, its leaves are long and glossy. In Amazonian plant medicine it is regarded as a great teacher that sharpens the senses and strengthens memory. It stands for wakefulness: looking closely, listening closely.
Inner attitude
Sanango is attentive and clear. It perceives without being distracted. Its wakefulness is calm, not restless.
The essential qualities
- awake
- clarifying
- attentive
- remembering
- steadfast
It sharpens the eye for what is truly there.
Meaning
Sanango calls when you are scattered and lose sight of what matters. It teaches you to open your senses and to remember what you already know.
Voice of the plant
«Look closely. What you see is already the answer.»
Encounter & working together
You meet it in the undergrowth, where the light only reaches filtered. Take five minutes and silently name everything you hear, see and smell – without judging it.
Pay attention to
- where you only half look
- what your senses tell you
- what you suddenly remember
Sanango works when you are ready to be fully awake.
Essence
I perceive what is and remember who I am.
