Are You Looking for a Miracle?

"Nature is man's teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumines his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the

sights and sounds of her existence."

~ Alfred Billings Street

Enjoy a meander through Westfork - just click on the image above.

Westfork has always held a special place in my heart. It’s an area you can meander for hours, a whole day or even for a couple of hours. It has a way of embracing you with childlike wonder and awe. It’s like bathing in the light of something far more vast than what you see right before you.

It’s interesting that when you go into the natural world with an intention to truly observe on a deeper level and connect with nature, new insights begin to come into your view. I feel when you invite the natural world to be your teacher, your life becomes richer and the stresses of the outside world fade away….and all is right with the world.

One of the experiences I love to do when I’m in nature is to lie on the ground for a few minutes and feel my heart come into rhythm with the ground. It may feel somewhat hard at first; yet after a couple of minutes it’s like I am becoming one with the ground.

Meditating against a tree or a grand boulder gives me a beautiful feeling as well; and I feel a oneness with all that is.

I wanted to share with you a recent article through The Daily Om Inspiration, which I thought you might enjoy.

"A Grounding Embrace"

If you are feeling anxious, sad, or drained, try hugging a tree and allow her vast amount of grounding energy to assist you.

Trees are among the world’s greatest givers. Their slow and gentle life cycles provide the world with clean air, their roots filter water, and their majestically spreading branches provide shade. Full of vibrant, natural energy, trees can also give us the gifts of peace and nurturance. Hugging or sitting with your spine against the trunk of any tree can ground your body and inspire a profound closeness with nature as the energy of the tree connects to you.

Making physical contact with a tree can help you relax, alleviate stress, sleep more deeply, and hold on to more positive energy.

Trees can absorb great amounts of energy and have the ability to soak up harmful energy from deep within you. If you are feeling anxious, sad, drained, or tense, then try hugging a tree.

Go to the woods, a garden, or a park, and find a tree that you would like to hug. Stand next to the tree and close your eyes. Relax your senses while breathing in the scent of leaves and bark. Listen to the creaking of the branches. When you feel settled, open your eyes, keeping them unfocused, and walk around its trunk. Feel the unique energy of the tree as your auras meet each other. Ask the tree for permission to touch it. If you feel the tree saying yes to you, begin breathing in its energy. Put your arms around the trunk and press your face to its bark. Embrace the tree for as long as you wish, feeling the roughness of its wood and the strength of its years. Relax into that strength and let the tree support you. You may even be able to physically feel a cyclical flow of energy taking place between your body and the tree.

You can sit with your back pressed to the tree for the same effect if you feel more comfortable doing so. Likewise, if you are seeking greater comfort, you may want to wrap your legs and arms around the tree, either at the base or by straddling a branch. Remember to thank the tree because by hugging your tree you are drinking from the well of natural copious energy cultivated by the tree’s many years on this earth.