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Find connection, wellness through ecotherapy hikes and seasonal celebratory events! Reconnecting with nature to bring about personal and community healing.

06/30/2020

When you're on a really powerful piece of Earth and she just calls you to take off your shoes and relax into her for a while...🦶⛰️
My son actually encouraged ME to lay back and breathe with him 😍 it's a beautiful feeling when you know they really are picking up on at least some of your teachings 😉🙃

I have been thinking about rock and it's spirit as I just finished reading The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, which focuses on characters called orogenes; to put it simply, orogenes can dive into and harness the power of the Earth and rock, being able to feel, or "sess" the innermost workings of the Earth. (There is also A LOT more going on in this book as far as social, cultural, and political commentary I cannot fit here but is so worth reading and pondering.)
Rock, although "nonliving," has a spirit all its own that is strength, support, changemaking, gentle, and ever so present. Stepping into the big rocks in this quarry area, I felt Mama Earth welcome me and remember that I am supported, that I can be strong innately of body and mind, and that strength is gentleness too, or knowing the balance of strength and softness. Rock can be shaped by winds and waters, The orogenes must find this balance as well, to be able to truly master their powers (full disclosure though, I have not read the whole series yet!) So while we work on our strength, remember you are not alone, you are supported and invited to soften into the lessons of your strength, your growth, and rest a while.

I'm thinking of ways to begin connecting my two loves--my work in the library and ecotherapy 📚🌳🌿 connecting nature reads, and elements of nature, in the fiction and nonfiction I read, to ecotherapy lessons. What do you think? Let's grow together 💚

05/08/2020

A touch of sweetness, a reminder, an offering.

"The Earth laughs in flowers"
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
✨🌻✨

When I slow down, when I ground myself and get get in touch with my swirling, excitable energies, I am reminded: I have so much to be grateful for 🙏❤️ I am humbled every time I step into a forest. Thank you thank you thank you 🌲🌼🥾

05/01/2020

Beltane blessings!

My son and I identified a few flowers and trees today and he gave me this beautiful May Day bouquet 😍💐💚 all while Daniel attempted training Pepper the cat on her harness and leash 😆🐱

I hope you enjoy a chance to soak up some sun in coming days and get grounded with Mama Earth and delight in her joyous flowers🙏🌼🌷🏵️

04/23/2020

Spring recalls us to magic ✨🧚‍♀️🌷💚

04/11/2020

Get grounded 💚

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03/14/2020

Friends, in this time of uncertainty, I hope you can take time to reap the benefits of this slowing down we are experiencing, that we are being led to. We are receiving important messages, we have the opportunity to have meaningful conversations that can change our world as we move forth.

If you are experiencing anxiety, or feel stuck, or even if you just have free time, I ask you to step outside. Nature is not cancelled! Take a few minutes to just take 5, 10, 100 breaths while connecting with nature. She is blooming, she is happy to hold us, calm our fears, to give us a place to truly be in these strange times. It's a surreal, beautiful thing to do right now, and I promise it is time well spent. Be well everyone.

If you or anyone you know needs access to resources for the many different things now happening in our lives, please do not hesitate to reach out. I am happy to guide you to community resources should you need them ❤️ we are not alone.

12/17/2019

Sometimes you just need to get out to hear the birdsong to remember to keep your head up ❄️🐦🙏
This is often a season of too much "should-ing" on ourselves...we should buy this gift, we should budget better, we should watch what we eat, we should make plans to see family, we should do all the sustainable, organic, free range things all the time. Don't should on yourself or your friends! I found myself doing this SO much lately, and it hits us mamas particularly hard. Then I went outside, and I listened to the trees, the birds, the quiet land. I heard:
The only thing you should be doing, is listening to your heart. If she tells you to rest, DO IT. If she tells you to get moving, DO IT. Your body knows, your intuition knows.

Remember to take time to thank your body for it's innate wisdom and tend to her. Let her hear the music, move her, take her outside. Then those shoulds won't be so harsh, and instead turn into what your body is telling you. Enjoyyyy this slow season however that works for you. Winter is a time to get reacquainted with yourself, give yourself that gift 🙏

12/16/2019

Approaching the solstice, I find myself drawing inward, acknowledging and reflecting upon the play between dark and light within my internal and external worlds. I receive the messages of nature to stoke my internal fire as I learn what has nourished growth, and shed what is not serving my purpose. In this time of self-reflection, we reach out a warm hand to others to connect on this long winter's journey, reminding us still of our oneness.

Remember to get out to dive in! Mama Earth can provide a stillness, a quietude in this season unmatched elsewhere that provides fertile ground for the work of this season. The trees may be resting, but they are far from silent in their teachings. Let the fresh air and glimpse of sunshine, rush of cold and plays of light guide your meditations ✨❄️🌲☯️

11/18/2019

I live for the wild places, where portals open and beckon when you tune in to simple awareness, where the trees sing once you've accepted silence...here, magic is, simply, truth. 🌲✨🌲

10/27/2019

When we heal ourselves, when we approach each moment and being with respect and gratitude, we heal another little piece of our world ✨

10/01/2019

Welcome, October 🍂🍃🍁

A walk through the woods was needed this morning, a reminder that it is beautiful to change, to shed, in order to grow 🧡

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