This week my interview about plant spirits with my dear friend Amy Dempster of the Earth Keepers Podcast went live!
Inviting plant spirits into dreams
But did you know there are two main ways plant spirits visit dreams?
Spontaneous plant spirit encounters. These invitations happen when the spirit invites us to work with them.
Intentional invitations. This happens when we extend an invitation to the plant spirit to work with us. Ask them to join us through conscious dream practices.
Can plant spirits visit dreams?
Plant spirits can visit our dreams. And they often have messages for us.
Yet so many of us miss these messages and visitations. And the plant spirit's deep call to develop a meaningful relationship.
Dreams are one of the most powerful portals for clarity and healing. One of those purposes of dreams is to receive messages.
The power of reciprocity
Processing collective grief
Loneliness & ecological belonging
an unexpected break
An unexpected break... (TW: miscarriage)
I joke with my friends that 2021 is the year that's been trying to take me out. Because I've experienced some of the biggest highs followed by some of the biggest lows.
Like getting pregnant. And then loosing our baby in a traumatic miscarriage right before I entered the second trimester. I'll never forget the moment in the ambulance when I was sure I might not make it as the paramedic kept asking me to stay with him.
How Play Heals Us
Play and mindful awareness while outdoors is a magical way to support ourselves on a rough day.
Recently while hiking in the woods with my husband I suggested we play a game. I’d had a rough day, feeling pretty exhausted and down after weeks of big health challenges. You know those times where you feel like you cannot win in life? It was one of those.
Can plants extend our nervous system?
Plants can support you to extend your nervous system when times are tough. Creating a bigger container for tough emotions and soothing frayed nerves.
When I first started doing inner child work many years ago I instinctually started a nightly ritual. Each night before sleep I’d drink a cup of chamomile tea. The warmth felt soothing. I found the herb helped me wind down for sleep.
Over time, my nightly cups of chamomile inspired me to bring the plant into other parts of my day. Chamomile became my go to tea before I taught a group class. What I sipped as preparation for a difficult conversation with someone. And the favorite beverage I reached for on a tough day.
Take the plunge
Our inner wisdom peaks through in vivid dreams to guide our way. The question is, will we have the courage to take the plunge in faith to follow?
Podcast listener Kelly had a transcendent feeling dream that left her with many questions.
“My dream takes place on a ship. And it is nighttime and pretty dark… I’m watching over the scene more than actively participating in it...” what happens next captured her attention.
One character takes out their anger on another woman in the dream on a plank. In avoiding the anger thrown literally by an ax, the woman on the plank dives off the side of the ship.