it has been a long time since I have been to red wing park or out in nature for that fact. I had not relized how much being in nature eased my soul till a class I am taking on herbs pushed me back out in to that and a need to reconnect with spirit.
redwing was the first place I went when I decided I wanted to walk in the woods, I remembered how my nerves where tattered then cause I stress and had not been in the woods. I jumped at the slighest sound and still in that nervousness I found the beauty and aw of natures complexity. I laughed and giggled like a little kid as my shoes sand in the over saturated mud, feeling the cold and wetness as it seeped into my shoes with my vain attempt to hop out and walk lightly.
all these memories come to me now as I walk in the autum light through the trees colored green,yellow and red. I smell the fragrace of pine drifting down from the trees and rising from the ground as I step on newly fallen pieces.
Pine used for genration as a decorative scent for the home, and in rituals of various religions and generation before that as medicine. pine used for tummy aches and..... I move to a different side of the park as the winds change and the intoxicating ell of gardenia fill my senses and pull memories from the dusty shelves of my mind. Following my nose I search out where the plant is and tho three is not a flower seen in bloom or even decay the fragrance lingers on.
I follow the trails searching out the herbs I have read about and used to try and identify them, talk to them smell and hear them. getting to know them in more. than just words in a book
This is how I learn my herbalism and reconnect with nature. this is how I am taught to notice to smallest of details to become a more affective healer.
