Have you ever had one of those deep-seated wounds that — no matter what you did – you just couldn’t seem to heal it?

As healers and seekers of truth, we’re trained to constantly clear and heal all the many layers that come up—of resistance, of pain. To get to the underlying story or limiting belief pattern that has been wreaking havoc in our everyday world and seemingly running the show.

Over my lifetime, I can’t even tell you how many reiki, rohun, EFT, breathwork, past life journeys I’ve done, all in the name of healing, so that I can be the best I can be both in my personal life and also professionally for my clients and community.

But I can share that, for me personally, it has often has felt like an uphill battle.

But what if there were a gentle, easeful path of healing? One that allowed us to go deep but never more than we were ready for? How would you like to receive this kind of powerful support and medicine from the realms of nature?

How would you like to be kissed by a flower?

Working with the spirit of a flower can offer profound healing and reclamation of soul self. They can meet and repair emotional wounds and trauma. They are such great allies to support us in our inner work.

Flower medicine reaches deep into dark corners of our consciousness to shine the light and gently penetrate our emotional body, not to “scare away” the wounded parts of ourselves, but to collect them, embrace them and restore them to wholeness.

Just like us, flowers and other plants are multi-dimensional beings. Physically, a flower may appear as a combination of stem, blossom and its intricate parts. However, just as humans exist beyond the physical as mental, emotional and spiritual beings, flowers are much more than what meets the eye.

Have you ever lain in a field of lavender or a meadow filled with wildflowers and felt uplifted?

What about feeling an altered sense of well-being while walking through a forest or a beautiful garden?

Something within you changes and suddenly you feel joyful and maybe even momentarily carefree. This is a result of the medicine of the flowers, plants and trees. Each type of plant has different healing gifts to offer.

To get started, perhaps you might to choose to work with a particular flower essence. Is there a certain flower that has been calling to you?  What might this particular flower’s message be for you? A relationship such as this is so worth developing, for it holds so many gifts. 

Gaia offers so many doorways to healing and remembrance. Working with her medicine can be fun, powerful and deeply fulfilling.

Perhaps you’re ready to step into a magical container and work with someone who can guide you on this journey.

Then you can connect with me, where we can explore what working together might look like and see if it resonates as the right and perfect next step on your Remembrance Journey. 

*Photo by Rosemary Quade Nichols

Have you ever been walking through a forest or tree-lined space and felt yourself relax and move into stillness and peace?

Or maybe you even experienced a tingling sensation accompanied by a sense of well-being?

There’s so much more going on here than just the physiological compounds emitting from the trees.

The energy fields of the trees extend way beyond their physical form and are able to impact us on all levels of our being—mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, and energetic.

How can we open to the wisdom and healing the trees have for us?

Next time you’re walking among them in an area such as a forest or wooded space, become aware of how you feel.

Simply being in the presence of trees can activate heart consciousness, which is the first step to relationship-building with the living world. Then pause and bring your conscious awareness to the trees and how you feel in their presence.

Whether you know it or not, the trees are balancing your energy and oftentimes can even evoke your soul’s wisdom to bubble up from deep within you.

Another way to experience the blessings of the trees is to cultivate a relationship with a specific tree.

Is there a particular type of tree that you are fond of? Each type of tree has a unique medicine. This medicine is a healing gift for humanity at this time and can support us on both a collective and an individual level.

Once you have determined which tree is calling to you, then you can cultivate a relationship with it.

You can do this in a couple different ways.

First, you can work with the essence of this tree. Essences are the vibrational patterns and medicine codes preserved and bottled, so that they can then be ingested to receive the healing frequencies of that tree, flower or plant.

My current favorites are Live Oak, Red Cedar, Yew, and Ash and I add these essences to many of my current clients’ customized formulas.

Another way to work with a particular tree is to find the tree in your surrounding area. Physically visit the tree, and sit with it. Try not to have any expectations.

Either way, whether working with the physical tree or its essence, you’ll want to take time to breathe and feel the tree’s energy. Just be open.

Don’t overthink this or try to force it to happen.

Before you complete, make sure you thank the tree.

This is simple enough to do daily or weekly. Remember we do not develop a deep and meaningful friendship overnight. Even if you do not have time to do the entire exercise above, take time daily to consciously acknowledge the tree you are working with. You will be amazed at how this changes your life, and helps you awaken to your connection with All That Is.

Most of all, remember relationships take time. So be patient. This is only the beginning.