Try for a moment to imagine what it feels like to be a tree. To be a life form of such solidity, yet able to dance your branches in the wind. To be able to give a home to so many different creatures. Imagine how it feels to have your roots sinking into the earth,… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Earth Wisdom
The Sacred Partnership of Woman and Earth
“In these moments I felt innocent and wild, privy to secrets and gifts exchanged only in nature. I was the tree, split open by change. I was the flood, bursting through grief. I was the rainbow at night, dancing in darkness. Hands on the earth, I closed my eyes and remembered where the source of… Continue Reading
For Earth Day 2012
I first published this request from Gaia, our living planet, on Feb. 7, 2011. She asked that I offer it again, today. “Dear ones, with deep love and reverence I ask you to share this with everyone you know. (I know you already know this in your bones.) I am not a resource. My trees… Continue Reading
Stone Wisdom
The stones of a place affect your life more than you know. They are a seasonal rhythm in your life. But, their season, beloved, spans the whole of geologic history. They contain the full memory of the span of time this living being, the one you know as Earth, has existed. They gently resonate the… Continue Reading
Stone Endurance…Timeless Reach
Why do you think we wear down, sweet ones? Why do you think we fracture, cleave, split and shard? Of course you mind explains it by thinking of weather and other natural forces, and that is true as far as it goes. We wear for other reasons, though. It is how we move. We start… Continue Reading
We need chaos
Patience, dear ones. Chaos is part of living. Indeed, without it we cannot grow into deeper, expanded, more complex beings. So be patient. Be kind. Be wise and compassionate. You are the deep breath the world around you needs, right now. Deep blessings… Tracie & Gaia… Continue Reading
Strong enough…
“You are strong enough, dear ones, to weather anything. How do I know this? Because just as trees and mountains carry you in them, you carry trees and mountains in you. You are birthed of the same cosmic fabric. Imagine yourself weathering gracefully, like a mountain peak, or dancing in a storm, like a supple… Continue Reading
Small miracles
may you find the beauty and wonder in small things today in the blessing of a blade of grass a tight-furled leaf bud a tiny quartz crystal the whorl of wood grain the feathers on the face of a bird each of these things are miraculous in their own way perfectly balanced designs find a… Continue Reading
Gaia’s Belly
dive deep into my belly the rich dark earth under your feet the sandy loam in coastal soils the golden cascade of dunes ripe sticky red clay this is my belly Deep blessings… Tracie & Gaia… Continue Reading