FOREST BATHS

♾️happy spring equinox: we’ve reached the beginning, again ♾️ i’ve been asking the land how to stay open-hearted in the face of so much destruction and suffering. the answers have always come back in more-than-language forms but if i had to translate: slowly, with courage, and faith. so this is the practice for this fresh season, if you’d like to join me. first slide is yours truly by the ridiculously talented @somethingeffulgent during a tender time last spring 🌸 📍lenapehoking🙏🏼

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it’s because there are seashells in it

pro tip: save the ashes and feed them back to the earth at the spring equinox to fertilize your garden beds #albanarthan #wintersolstice #solsticeritual #yulespell #yulelog 📍lenapehoking 🙏🏼

POSTPONED! NEW DATE 1/11 1PM! calling all fellow nature devotees and tree huggers 💚 join me for a guided forest bathing walk on sunday, jan 11, 1-3pm (postponed from original date of 12/7 due to illness!) enjoy beautiful views of the hudson river and an afternoon of gentle contemplative nature connection in the lower hudson valley. bring a friend or two (or come on your own, and prepare to make a friend or two — it’s been known to happen). info and signup you know where 📍lenapehoking🙏🏼

we are so back.

we made it to spring

thank you for coming out to play in the snow with us yesterday ✨ your inner children and fireside adventure stories created the most enchanting winter afternoon we could’ve dreamed up. more otherworld play journeys soon... until then (and always!) don’t forget to give yourself permission to be foolish!

hands up if you love the snow too!!!* come with me to trot out to the woods and gather some bits and bobs to decorate a yule log for a lil solstice ritual by the fire 🌲 here’s your invitation to light a candle and invoke the old gods, sing to the forest spirits, and embrace the tender new winter season with your most tender new winter heart. ❤️‍🔥 happy solstice with all my love to all of you. *lighters up if you love 160 remixes of classic holiday tunes @markwoodyard 📍lenapehoking 🙏🏼 #wintersolstice #solstice #yulelog #yule #forestbathing #solsticeritual #paganritual #druidritual #oakgod #foresttherapy #naturetherapy #forestspirits #wintermagic #forestmagic #naturemagic #linusandlucy

Once and Future by Desdamona @desdamonarox We painted dawn into midnight Out of cement ceilings we made skylights From gravel, we crafted fine and delicate chandeliers hung them with fishing line so they appeared to float in midair We turned copper piping into rings Venus circling our fingers the oxidation turned our digits green our limbs transforming into ferns and orchids We breathed and our condensation Created clouds Our tears fed the sea We prayed to all the living things We sat in silence with the trees Our feet rooting into the ground To touch the highest energy The evergreens and us We breathed in tandem And inside our lungs Sprung a forest of veins Mimicking their cousins’ limbs We sprouted two intricate flowers In our minds For the left and right hemispheres And we hung our thoughts there Believing that the petals would keep them safely tucked away We recognized ourselves Didn’t need mirrors to see our likeness Even the dirt felt like us The sand, our bones in a trillion pieces We walked atop these beaches Sinking in, their legacy holding us There was silence and we were not afraid There was peace And we were not anxious There was a world We did not conquer

✨monday moodboard ✨who’s up and ready to destroy a golf course with me today?? . slide 2 nimity.online, slide 5 @memeforaging

it’s been a busy season for forest bathing so i wanted to take a moment to share some highlights from the last few months and reflect on how deeply grateful i feel to be able to guide you all on these journeys into the inner and outer worlds, through portals of relating with more-than-human beings. as always, my intention for all of our walks is collective liberation for all beings, and i truly believe that starting from a point of re-membering our innate belonging and wholeness is the most heartful and soulful way toward that goal. thank you all for your presence on these experiences and in the world - your hearts give this guide a felt sense of hope in a world that often feels overwhelmingly broken. let’s keep going, together. . 📍lenape, wappinger, schagticoke, mohican, cayuse, umatilla, walla walla, chinook, wahkiakum, grand ronde, siletz lands 🙏🏼 . thank you @garrisoninstitute @olanafredericchurch @elkenmist @omegainstitute @stormkingartcenter 🙏🏼 . #foresttherapy #naturetherapy #forestbathing #forestbathingguide #shinrinyoku #naturetherapyguide #foresttherapyguide #anft