Earth-Heart Meditation
This meditation is a tiny taster of the practices and meditations woven throughout The Apothecary, where you’re invited to listen deeply and experience the plants through direct relationship.
PREPARE FOR YOUR EARTH-HEART MEDITATION
please read before you start:
Prior to beginning, set aside enough uninterrupted time to drop into this practice, without needing to rush into whatever comes next.
There are a few ways to enter this meditation. You’re welcome to make a cup of tea to meditate with - I suggest heart-centered plants like rose, linden, or hawthorn - or simply use what you have on hand. because all plants speak Heart.
You may also choose to sit with a favorite tree, plant, flower, or in a place in Nature that feels accessible and meaningful to you. Either way, you are invited to commune - through tea or through being with the natural world around you.
If going outside isn’t possible, bring to heart a place, plant, or tree you love. Sit with it. This is less about what you choose, and more about creating space for communion with Nature.
Integration Journaling
Once you’ve completed your practice, I invite you to reflect on what surfaced through journaling.
Some optional prompts:
What is present in your heart that’s asking to be heard?
What was it like connecting with Nature in this way - what did you become aware of?
What did your heart communicate - through sensation, image, word, feeling?
What guidance, message, subtle knowing emerged in this space of listening?
If you let your heart lead, what feels like the next step calling you forward?
How are you called to continue this conversation with your heart and the natural world?