Connecting Back to our Earth Mother

Spending time in nature allows us to feel at one with other living beings and to find comfort in the nurturing embrace of our Earth Mother. You can’t help but experience a different sense of self while walking in a wood.

So many of us have waited for Spring, as we have endured either the wettest or coldest winter in a long time.. So when at last the Sun peeps out I am one of the first to head for my favourite walks among the trees.. Just having the Sun revitalise us and enrich our Vitamin D supplies needed for healthy bones makes us feel so much better..

My walk looking out over some of Robin Hood Country. I am standing upon a converted ‘Slag heap’ of waste from a local Coal mine which closed in 2003. This land has now been made into a Nature Reserve.

We spend so much time indoors, focused on the busyness of our lives and disconnected from the earth. But much of what we truly need can only be found  in nature alongside trees or by the sound of running water.  There is so much to be seen.. And it was really good to hear the birds in the tree tops chirping away as they too must have been ready to dry out their feathers.. I saw many busy collecting nesting materials as they began to rebuild their nests..

Pussy Willow

Beauty against the sky, as the new buds sprout to greet the Spring Sun.

Catkins

Being in nature connects us to the earth, grounding us as we walk, unhindered by concrete, upon her. Surrounded by other living beings, both bigger and smaller than we are, we remember that human beings are simply one form of life in this vast universe. The standing ones are now starting to sprout new growth from their long sleep as they wake up revealing their blossoms..

In the distance ( it looks further away than it actually is ) are the Largest Pit Head stocks still left standing in the UK… The Coal mine was closed in 2003.

If you look upon this map you will see how many Coal mines were in this area. and how many are closed.. There is only one left open. Thorseby Colliery.

The Gorse Bushes in flower, I even saw a Butterfly today

The hand in the distance represents the Miners hand reaching upwards from the earth. This once use to be the slag heap of the pit. Now turned into a Nature Reserve for birds and wild life. The photo is taken from the top of the slag heap which was treated, reseeded and planted with trees. At the bottom you can see a small man-made Lake in which is a nature reserve for birds, fish, and wild life. In the distance in a golden hand, you can see this Golden Hand in more close up on my About Me page in the picture slide show. in my H.A.P.P.Y photo frame! 🙂 The coal mine closed in 2003.

Even if you live in a city or find it difficult to travel to a forest or the countryside, there are many ways to reconnect with nature. When you step out of your door each morning, just pause for a minute and close your eyes long enough to let your senses absorb your surroundings. Listen and breathe deeply, until you hear the wind rustling through branches, smell rain on damp grass, see the sparkle of morning dew, or frost. Enjoy the magical Mist. Take in the sights, sounds, and sensations we experience that are part of nature, which can remind us of all the gifts our Earth Mother brings us each day.

Spending time connecting with nature nourishes the soul, reminding us that you we are never truly alone, and renews us by attuning us back to the earth’s natural rhythm of which all nature is a part.. 

Enjoy Spring!

As we remember we are One with All of Nature

Blessings ~Sue

If you click upon the photos, you will see them in more detail in the slide show.