Connecting with the Land Around You

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An integral part to connecting more deeply with this land, and therefore the Earth, is to use what resources I have around me. 

To look in my garden, down the road or at the local nature reserve for the things I am seeking. 

We have an abundance of native plants in this country. However…

Research into their medicinal properties is in its infancy. 

The listening to First Nations people about the health and culinary benefits of this continent’s plants is small. 

And yet on the flip side, the herbal medicine industry is a multi-multi-million dollar industry. 

  • We ship in Ginseng from Russia and China. 

  • Peppermint and Chamomile from Europe.

  • Echinacea from America. 

  • Licorice from China. 

  • Withania/Ashwagandha from India

Beyond using plants for medicinal purposes like those above, we also use natural items for ritual and spiritual connection.

However, we have almost innumerable ways to connect spiritually with the land around us. 

We have so, so many tools and elements found on these lands that could facilitate our spiritual practices. 

And yet, 

  • We import Cacao from Guatemala. 

  • Palo Santo from South America. 

  • White Sage from America. 

  • Singing bowls from Tibet. 

I’m on a curious mission to find what this land has to offer.

I endeavour to connect more deeply with the land whilst reducing my consuming footprint on this Earth. 

But also, this isn’t just a sustainability issue. 

It’s a personal one too.

In doing these things, we’re missing out on a beautiful, sacred and potent opportunity to connect more deeply with the land around us. 

What if we instead walked out our door, and asked:

  • Asked what plant native to these lands will help me open my heart? How should I use or consume it?

  • What plants and herbs can I collect and burn to help clear and move the energy in my space? 

  • What plant, stone, mountain, space or element can show me how to connect to my Higher Self?   

  • How does the land wish for me to give back in thanks for all she shows and gives me? 

How fulfilled we would be, how blissed out and connected in, how loved up the land all around us would be, if we shut down the PayPal cart and instead walked outside. 

There is so much richness waiting for us in connecting with the land this way, so much healing available to the Earth. 

Another opportunity to strengthen my roots here. 

Every natural being around me, that I pass by through my day, has some potential wisdom to share with me. 

I never feel more tapped in, connected, peaceful and deeply content than when I am working with the land. It is a soothing balm, a sweet panacea to the modern world.

I am reminded of my place in the web of it all. And how much nature is alive and wanting to communicate and connect with us all.