Plantago major
If you let her, Plantain will share stories of wagon trains and ocean crossings and Alexander’s shenanigans in Egypt. Given a chance, she’ll make a traveler of you, too, drawing you gently out of your comfort zone, moving you from safe to the edge of the wild, pushing the boundaries of “civilized behavior,” and laughing at your scruples. It will start with a small thing — Plantain might offer a leaf to ease a sting or the itch of poison ivy. Just chew it and spit it on the bite, she’ll encourage. “Great Aunt Hilda would have a heart attack,” you think, while your inner wild child smiles gleefully at this baby step away from “civilized.”
Ritual 
Remember when you were a kid and you’d lie on the ground, feeling the grass tickle your back and the sun warm your face? Remember when rolling, log-like, down a hill was the perfect afternoon activity?
Plantain doesn’t ask you to step away from your true self and into some unknown version of you. She asks instead that you dust off the unruly and slightly wild but deeply connected side of yourself that gets pushed into the background when you’re busy being an adult. She reminds you of your childlike wonder and joy in the basics.
Lie on the ground and let the earth support you. Feel the sun on your face and sense the clouds chasing shadows across your closed eyelids. Remember the joy in this simplicity; this is a place to which you can always return.
Reflection
Plantain’s special magic is pulling out what’s stuck. She’ll draw out feelings in much the same way that she removes splinters and insect stingers. If you were to sit down with Plantain and let her cradle your soul, what would happen?
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
Thich Nhat Hanh