We are in fact nature. We are not separate from it, but part of it - intertwined since the beginning of time. The cycles, the seasons, the tides, the sun in the sky and the moon…as above, so below.

Connecting to nature’s cycles and rhythms - the ebb and flow - is a great way to develop a regular practice of appreciation.

The trees are beautiful creatures and a vital part of our ecosystem. Our in-breath that fills our lungs with oxygen is created by the trees and plant kingdom as their own exhalation. While our out-breath is a breath in for the green world. It is the ultimate process of divine interconnected reciprocity.

To immerse ourselves in nature, breathing in and absorbing all it is, should never be underestimated… It is one of the most profoundly grounding and healing things we can do for both our mental and physical wellbeing.

The seasons themselves echo our own internal cycles, such as the trees losing their leaves in autumn, not needed for the season ahead, just as we are encouraged to do the same in our lives; reviewing, shedding, letting go and then too like the natural world around us we draw our precious energy and reserves inwards to our core - to our trunks preserving lifeforce over the cold winter months. Again, we are divinely connected - we are nature.

We have so much to be grateful for that mother earth provides for us and teaches us, all around us, every day.