A Key to Vitality
Recently a rush of energy came over me.
I had take a drive to town to take care errands. It was foggy and icy on the roads. I was focused on getting there + items accomplished.
And then literally the fog lifted.
The Sun was brilliant. The Sky was clear bright blue. The Clouds gathered above the Mountain Range like little pillows.
The Four Elements of Air Water Fire + Earth were dancing and prominent. And the Energy bubbled up within me. It was inspiring and took me out of my usual routine.
I was drawn to take a walk that afternoon at a favorite trail. As I walked several dear plant allies called out to me. Juniper was Sparkling! Mahonia’s red leaves peaked out through the light dusting of snow. And then Yarrow’s dried golden heads and miraculously green feathery leaves came into view. The crystalline water on the Yarrow was twinkling. I had to capture the moment in photo form.
While I was taking photos of Yarrow several ideas were bouncing in. Images of Yarrow that I had captured throughout this years cycles flashed in my mind. And I could see a pattern.
That Yarrow had been through
a dynamic process this year,
and every year.
I realized:
Our process(es) mirrors the process(es)of the natural world.
And thats why I love to share images of plant allies.
in each season, and each season of their life, each time I connect with them.
To explore
How they adapt + how they transform.
in their aliveness, in their transitions, and their processes.
Deeper meaning began to build upon itself within me. I remembered in that moment that
Plants, Animals (including us), the Elements + the Earth, we are all moving through our own process(es) physiologically and on path in this life.
The world around us, the universe has its own language and we are a part of that language. We just have to remember that language within ourselves.
I realized that the web of connections forming at this moment was another realization of something that I have know in other ways.
The Language of Nature is a key to v i t a l i t y.
Traditional systems of health refer to this as V i t a l i s m.
And that this is directly applicable to each of us in this and every moment.
Wherever we find ourselves on our journey, in our health or in our life; What if we look to our plant allies throughout their process(es)? What if we find out we are innately intelligent + resilient?
We are all Living Medicine.
Stay tuned here to learn more about Vitalism, Our Relationship within the Natural World + how this all weaves into upcoming offerings from Botany of Being!
To see some of the images of Yarrow throughout this year head over to my Instagram account and check out the post from November 4th 2022.