Realizations as a Plant Spirit Medicine healer
When we work as Plant Spirit Medicine healers, and we begin to listen deeply to the wisdom of Nature in order to help others heal, we can over time begin to receive gifts and blessings in the form of realizations. For example, we may start to realize that people are bright, beautiful systems. We also realize that our places of birth have much to do with our essence, our physical and emotional makeup. The land of our birth holds important clues to our wellbeing, to how we can return to balance; what suits us and helps us … and what does not. That land also holds ancestral blessings, ancestral stories and a certain profound blueprint for our spiritual growth.
Our place of birth matters deeply to our spiritual health
Most of us nowadays are nomads. We set out to find opportunity, we leave our homes and settle in other climates, among other peoples, we work, we earn a living, and we make do and even do very well for ourselves in terms of material success. Often, members of our family scatter like dandelion seeds in search of their own opportunity and soon there may be no “home” to return to. This is a great loss. The home land of our birth waits for us. It waits to whisper in our ears. It waits to remind us who we are and what we are here to do. It waits, wind ready to caress our cheeks in welcome. It waits, hoping for an embrace, for a rekindling, for a re-connection.
How we forget who we are
When we are away from our land of birth, it can be easy to get lost. It can be easy to buy into other people’s dream of what our life should be. It can be easy to forget. If we have family members near us, we are lucky. They can help us to remember where we came from; who we are; how things were. They can help us keep our stories alive. But if we are alone, carving out a life, it takes a miracle to help us remember. I believe in miracles, so I had that much going for me.
A miracle of grace and healing
Then, late one evening, 2 plus years ago, while I stayed awake along Lake Michigan, waiting for news of a birth, my life took a most interesting turn. The news came, through the phone, hearing a baby’s first cry. And in hearing him cry, within and beyond the cry I heard “I made it,” from this baby’s heart. “It was exhausting but I made it. I am here.”
Fast forward 2 years and a few months. In that time I have learned about returning. I am closer than ever to the land of my birth. That baby, like a magnet, is pulling our family together … closer and closer to the land of our birth. I would have said, 3 years ago, that such a thing would not be possible. But I believe in miracles. And so it has been!
Now, living in Northeastern Florida, looking to establish a Plant Spirit Medicine healing practice here, I have great hope. I step outside and go for a walk and I notice a plant I had not seen in years, since I was a child, and I say, “But wait — I know you!” And the plant says, “Ah. Yes!” As I rediscover old and new plant spirit friends, I know they do in fact know me. And I remember. They are the plants of my birth place, they hold a cipher to my purpose, to my story, to the blessing of my ancestors. And I know they will help me practice Plant Spirit Medicine healing here. They will help us to thrive here. And I know that being closer to my family in this warmth, this tropical air, this climate, this proximity to ocean … has always been part of the plan. Not the plan of my ego, mind you. But rather the plan of my purposeful Heart.
Beautiful and heartfelt words Adrilia. You are so in tune!
Moving to the Southeast of the country has done wonders for you.
It is also a great direction for you to thrive.
The baby is truly a miracle!
Thank you for your lovely comment, Veronica. I am glad to hear about the Southeast of our country as a good direction for me. Coming from you with your wonderful expertise in Feng Shui it means a lot to me to hear this. Sending best wishes to you and yours!
A beautiful testimony.. The plant spirits we have met along the way ..especially in our formative years have much to give us…and remind us of
So happy your spirit is finding sustenance in your new home and with your family
Thank you, Susi, for your insightful comment. It sounds like you also have experienced the gifts of the plant spirits you met as a child. How wonderful that, through their relationship with you, they can continue to help transform the lives of your Plant Spirit Medicine clients.
So beautifully expressed Adrilia. I feel the sun shining in your heart in a new way, your words expressing it’s warmth and light, your soul so ready to share it with others. I can hear and feel your plant familiars rejoicing at being reunited with you at last— excited for the gifts they have to give you and your readiness to receive them. The joy of new life and new seeds planted is palpable and I too am excited to be a witness to your flowering. Blessings on your new home and practice my friend. I know you will make this medicine and it’s magic available to many and so help heal our people and this planet one person at a time.
Aw, thank you so very much dear Karla — for your insight, your blessings and good wishes and for your beautiful heart. As a Plant Spirit Medicine healer you know of the beauty and the power of this medicine. I send you love and good wishes for yourself and for your healing practice. May your healing hands and deeply caring heart continue to help others to transform and to return to wholeness. xoox
Expressed beautifully. Very truly said, we are nomads and soon we’ll have no place called “home” to return back. I never knew life had such deep meaning. Thank you for describing life so nicely.