Bridgekeeper. This is a title I heard given to me from the Spirit world many years ago on retreat. It’s a word that keeps returning time and time again. During meditations. During dreams. Synchronicities. And during sacred reflection time.

As I’ve turned this word over in my mind, heart, and soul, I’ve come to know that part of my sacred work in the world centers on bridge keeping. Which of course makes me a bridgekeeper.

Yarrow is a beloved plant wherever it grows and for good reason.

This plant has a long history of important medicinal and magical use. But what you may not know is that yarrow has a special affinity for sensitives and empaths. And is an important ally for people with a history of trauma.

Many years ago in yoga teacher training my teacher Sri Dharma Mittra shared one of his favorite analogies that has stuck with me ever since. He explained that our bodies are like a cellphone. And Spirit/consciousness is the signal that moves through each of our cell phone bodies. While we each may have a different model of phone. Or a different provider. In essence, we’re all connected to the same frequency.

Plants communicate to us through their frequencies. When we harmonize our energy with theirs, we can open a two-way conversation.

We’ve all experienced the frequencies of plants, trees, and fungi.

Feeling these energies while wandering in a wild place when we are drawn to one particular tree, plant, or fungi. Or in other moments when we feel unwelcome in a place. Or the instinct to hug a tree and how dramatically different we feel afterwards.

Separation from kinship with nature is relational trauma.

If each of us were to sit down and trace our ancestral lineages back we would discover many things in common. But the one I want to focus on today is that earlier in our lineages our ancestors saw plants, trees, and fungi as having consciousness. Perhaps that perspective continues for you today. And was taught to you by your living ancestors. Which in that case, what a blessing! But for many of us, myself included, that worldview has been severed and lost. Broken and diminished.