Composting the Day: Energetic Hygiene in an Unwell World

An article about transmuting the weight of the unspoken….
By Dr. Demeter (Emily Samuels Ballantyne), Magical Farm Tasmania

This reflective essay explores the emotional and somatic toll of speaking truth in environments that resist it. Drawing on anthroposophical perspectives and embodied awareness, Dr. Demeter examines how soul-level dissonance manifests physically when our reverence is met with rejection. She introduces the concept of “composting the day” as a healing ritual transforming pain into insight through tea, earth connection, and quiet ceremony. With poetic power and a regenerative lens, the piece offers a gentle yet radical invitation to transmute the residue of moral injury into nourishment for personal and collective becoming. It closes with a prayer and the Ho‘oponopono practice as pathways for inner reconciliation and energetic release.