dragonfly - her story

Dragonfly Dreaming began its journey in the autumn of 1995. There was I, Dragonfly: newly wed, newly pregnant, newly returned to Canada after almost a decade of life in Japan. My work there as a journalist and director of a not-for-profit organization called 'Novoid Across Cultures' was dedicated to international Earth/Indigenous rights.

Woosh! From my adventures in the concrete jungles of Tokyo, the tropical rainforest of Borneo and the Australian Bush, I was home — back in the cool temperate rainforests of the Cowichan Valley, sometimes called 'the Warm Land' and more recently, Canada's Provence.

The change was beyond dramatic. I grew and gathered wild herbs, studied ethnobotany (how people use plants), explored essential oils. I worked with First Nations Elders who knew the old ways of healing with plants. All of this came together in my small scale production of plant-based natural organic body care products for myself and my growing baby.

In 1996, the days before the Internet and iPhones, there was virtually no organic food on the shelves, and nobody had even heard of 'natural body care'. The only products available for body care were cosmetics composed mainly of petrochemical derived synthetics, selected by chemists and accountants for their long shelf life.

The world has taken huge strides since then and in our small way, Dragonfly Dreaming has been a pioneer and leader in creating this entirely new — yet so very ancient — approach to healing: organic body care. Since we launched our baby product line in 1997, we have worked hard to educate people about the risks of using petrochemical substances on the body — especially young bodies. We are very pleased to see that the general public understands our position now.

What really differentiates Dragonfly Dreaming from many new companies offering 'natural body care' is that I literally grow much of the content myself. Herbal oils, tinctures, and essential oils are distilled by hand in small batches at our Cobble Hill home studio. I produce everything in small batches to ensure quality control. And yes, I still wander the forests collecting plants and wild herbs.

It has been a huge journey, this past decade or so — but I am proud to say that we have helped literally thousands of people — and have clouds of Dragonfly babies around the world raised on "Mum's Tum and Baby's Bum!

Welcome to our world...

Beth Lischeron, aka Dragonfly