As I wrote here recently, collecting and facilitating felt experiences of interconnectedness is what I dedicate myself to at the moment.
Today’s experience explores one of my favourite beings - trees, and our relationship with them.
Before you begin, I invite you to become aware of the first story that comes to mind about trees or a tree. It may be, thinking of a tree outside your window or of a story that takes you to your childhood. If nothing comes, it’s also perfect. Come as you are.
PS If you have a couple of min, here is some backstory on the practice and the whole story with trees. Or feel free to go straight to the audio.
I first became acutely aware of our deep connection to trees during my breathwork studies.
“Wow, we have a tree in us, and it’s breathing us in reverse to forest trees,“ was a comment we couldn’t get enough of as students.
With time, my relationship with trees grew, widened, and branched off. I was fascinated by how tightly interwoven our human existence had been with trees. And how it used to be a story of love and interconnectedness. The way myths tell us.
Yet, at the same time, it was not easy to share the foundation for the devotion and love that I felt. Part of the reason has to do with a difference in the speed of living and perception between us and plants.
We know that trees and plants are intelligent beings, much older than we are. They have senses just like us, and live vibrant and eventful lives. Just like us.
The just-like-us is an often overlooked factor here, because for us humans, the likeness is what turns on our sense of empathy.
The sense that is credited with having gotten us as far as we’ve come. Because it allows us to relate, and makes us care, without having to think or make a cognitive decision about it.
So, I became obsessed with creating a medium through which I could pass my felt experience on. And see if it finds a place in others.
It’s how I developed the Breathing with Trees immersive experience, a 60-90 min journey with trees. And now, always on the lookout for that word, prompt, or analogy that will bring it home even more.
I tried to recreate the storyline in this 10 min version. Was it a challenge! ;) Curious how it lands.
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Warm greetings,
Yulya
Ways to further explore together:
Listen to the podcast:
The Breath of Life: featuring live conversations on Substack with people who are spreading aliveness and interconnectedness.
Life in Flow: exploring concepts fundamental to Flow in Life in improvised unedited conversations with two flow-co-creators.
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