Thank you so much Priscilla, this is such a profound teaching you reflect on here, very moving for me. I have always been very aware of trees and attracted to them., I miss the trees of my Aotearoa homeland, the beautiful red flowering pohutukawa and rata, the immensity of the kauri. Here on Wangal Country where I live now I delight in the casuarina and gums in the park. I do my tai chi within a circle of them , dancing together , their branches holding many different families of birds, all in communion creating this shared feeling of home and family, many spirits together.
Sally, I just looked up your red pohutukawa tree. Magnificent! I don't wonder that you miss them. And your casuarina—what a special form! All those long needles flowing so softly downward. They look very friendly to tai chi, and I can imagine them and the birds and all making a beautiful space for your meditation. Thanks for introducing us!
Thank you! What a powerful reflection on deep connection with the living beings of nature. I feel like being aware of trees has always been important for me. I remember the hawthorn trees in my childhood home, the chestnut tree in another home, the sequoia outside another home. Today I love noticing the changes in the magnolia in the garden of the home in which we will see out our days (it is now beginning to bud once more!)
Wow, Hilary, you've lived in some wildly different areas! Those are trees from a lot of different regions, and I can just about conjure up the whole eco-community of each place just from hearing the name of one tree there. Isn't it wonderful how trees provide shelter for the eyes and heart wherever we live? Enjoy the beautiful magnolia buds unfolding.
Thank you so much Priscilla, this is such a profound teaching you reflect on here, very moving for me. I have always been very aware of trees and attracted to them., I miss the trees of my Aotearoa homeland, the beautiful red flowering pohutukawa and rata, the immensity of the kauri. Here on Wangal Country where I live now I delight in the casuarina and gums in the park. I do my tai chi within a circle of them , dancing together , their branches holding many different families of birds, all in communion creating this shared feeling of home and family, many spirits together.
Sally, I just looked up your red pohutukawa tree. Magnificent! I don't wonder that you miss them. And your casuarina—what a special form! All those long needles flowing so softly downward. They look very friendly to tai chi, and I can imagine them and the birds and all making a beautiful space for your meditation. Thanks for introducing us!
Thank you! What a powerful reflection on deep connection with the living beings of nature. I feel like being aware of trees has always been important for me. I remember the hawthorn trees in my childhood home, the chestnut tree in another home, the sequoia outside another home. Today I love noticing the changes in the magnolia in the garden of the home in which we will see out our days (it is now beginning to bud once more!)
Wow, Hilary, you've lived in some wildly different areas! Those are trees from a lot of different regions, and I can just about conjure up the whole eco-community of each place just from hearing the name of one tree there. Isn't it wonderful how trees provide shelter for the eyes and heart wherever we live? Enjoy the beautiful magnolia buds unfolding.