Nature's Mirror

An overview of the journey and a reminder that the speed of the journey is your own.

A simple practice to begin your journey that will deepen your conversation with nature.

Our journey will take shape through the four elements of earth, air, fire and water. The elements are the creative, expressive forces of life. All the elements can be found in all creations and beings, but one in particular defines the role, presence and being-ness of it.

Earth is where we go to find what can be created, to explore the raw materials and uncover the scale and scope of creative expression.

You will begin your journey with a tree.

Find a tree that you can lean against or sit at the base of. When you find your tree – the one that calls to you – spend as much time as you can just being in the presence of the tree. When you are ready, press play.

With your roots firmly in the ground of your soul truth, you are free to expand and explore. This is the energy we receive from the element of air.

It asks you to trust and find safety in exploration, to feed your curiosity and follow your impulses.

How often do you look up?

If you look around you, you will see people looking down at their feet or phones. Or looking ahead.

It takes something special to encourage people to look up.

A rainbow or full moon perhaps.

Above you is an expanse so vast it is incomprehensible.

It is without limits.

As you move through your day, there are limits all around you – where you can walk, where you can talk, where you can go.

Above you is infinite space.

Around you is the freedom to go wherever you choose.

Find a space where you can feel the breeze or wind on your skin and look up.

When you are ready, press play.

You know who you are and what you are capable of.

This must be expressed. This must be shared.

But how?

This is where the element of fire steps in to guide you. Fire is passion and cause. It speaks energy into the hearts, minds and souls of those who choose to receive it.

Fire energy is your power to connect, stir and motivate those around you.

How do you express you?

There are so many factors that come to define who you are and how you live. Perhaps you feel bound by these factors and unable to find your own path.

Beyond these is an essence of you that shines through no matter what. It shows up in every detail of how you choose to respond to life’s routines, challenges and situations.

Your essence is a unique frequency which enriches all around it.

It shines a light like no other.

It is so intrinsically, innately you that you probably cannot see it.

Find a wildflower growing in nature, a flower growing in your garden or in a pot on your windowsill. When you choose the flower, make sure it calls you to work with it.

When you are ready, press play.

Life is a series of twists and turns.

Some of these you must adapt to and some of these you create.

As you move through life, you shape the world around you and the world shapes you. There is a give and take, like an inhale and exhale, in which you come to find your power in life.

You discover your limits and how to flow beyond them.

You learn how life holds you and you hold life. Resilience and softness live side by side in harmony.

Take yourself down to a river or stream edge where you can just be in the presence of the water – safely and peacefully. maybe even standing bare foot in the flow.

When you are ready, press play.

You are more than your pieces.

You are whole and you are part of the whole.

It’s time to take all of your pieces out to find your place and a sense of belonging in the whole.

This emerges from a sense of focus and purpose and requires you to see what you offer through being you.

Your true self nourishes the world. You have a reason for being and doing.

But it is not always easy to see this.

Take yourself out to a natural space where you feel at peace.

When you are ready, press play.

Through your journey to see yourself in nature’s mirror, you have connected to the seed of your soul, where your soul is calling you, the story you are here to share and the truth of your expression and self in the life you lead. Write your story.