Posts tagged connecting to nature
Re-membering our Roots: a Journey with Plants and Ancestry
Re-membering our Roots: a Journey with Plants and Ancestry

The wheel of the year turns, we bend toward darkness, and the cross quarter festival of Samhain nears. At this distinct midway point between the Equinox and the Solstice, we are pulled into a descent, a subterranean journey. The Otherworld and the Unseen are close at hand; the veil is thin. Feasts are set for the ancestors, there is a place for them at the table. In this spirit, I am inspired to share pieces of my journey and experience in the interweaving realms of Ancestral Lineage Repair and Plants.

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Gardening, Seasonal LivingRose RothfederSamhain, samhain symbolism, samhain, Samhain rituals, samhain traditions, Plants and ancestry, plants and ancestry, remembering our roots, fall rituals, autumn rituals, connecting to nature, healing ancestral trauma with plants, ancestral medicine with nature, ancestral medicine with plants, using plants to heal ancestral trauma, wheel of the year, otherworlds, ancestral lineage repair and plants, intergenerational trauma and plants, herbalism and ancestral medicine, using plants to heal intergenerational trauma, using plants to connect with ancestors, healing plants, herbs that heal, seasonal living, seasonal rituals, halloween and plants, halloween and working with herbsComment
Learning the Language of our Land
Learning the Language of our Land

Every piece of land holds innumerable stories. When we breathe deep and quiet our minds the language traverses into our bodies like gently moving mist. It’s delivered in a language only our bodies can speak. It is my desire for the knowing of such stories that leads me back into these misty mountains time and time again to the land that has cradled me since I was a babe.

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Slow Living, Seasonal Living, Gardening, ForagingBrianne Dela CruzLearning the language of the land, stories of the land, connecting to nature, relationship with nature, language of the land, slow living, slowing down in nature, nature therapy, Nature Blog, nature spirituality, seasons, Seasonal living Comments
A Foraged Meadow Ikebana Flower Arrangement
A Foraged Meadow Ikebana Flower Arrangement

I wanted to capture the poetic and whimsical elegance of this late summer meadow in motion by mindfully crafting an ikebana flower arrangement.

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Foraging, Seasonal Living, Slow LivingBrianne Dela Cruzikebana, a wildflower ikebana flower arrangement, ikebana craft, ikebana flower arrangement, bringing nature indoors, crafting with flowers, crafting with plants, creati, creativity, wildcrafting, wildflower arrangements, summer wildflowers, summer, summer crafts, seasonal living crafts, seasonal home, seasonal living tips, slow and seasonal, slow living craft, slow living home, crafting with flowers inspiration, connecting to nature, connecting to flower essences, crafting with wildflowers, ikebana crafting, ikebana inspiration, summer flower arrangement, foraged flowers, foraged meadow flowers, a foraged meadow ikebana flower arrangement Comments
The 6 Seasons In Nature
The 6 Seasons In Nature

Our approach to view the seasons is to break down the year into six seasons that correlate with the life cycle stages that all life endures. As gardeners and foragers that so often observe the rise and decline of life outdoors, we view the year from this six-season perspective. Here I’m sharing the annual year broken down by the 6 seasons plus ways to align with the season in order to experience a seasonal year.

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Seasonal Living, Slow LivingBrianne Dela Cruzseasonal living, seasonal living tips, The 6 Seasons in Nature, 6 seasons, six seasons, a seasonal year, Living with the seasons, conception, birth, rebirth, life/death/life cycle, The Wheel of the Year, aligning with the six seasons, youth, adulthood, scenescence, death/afterlife, seasons, rewilding, connecting to nature, connected to nature Comments