draíocht🌹

Read more about how to work with this transitional time of year in the link below:

www.livingthroughnature.com/blog/imbolc-...

So, how can you embrace the Wisdom of this time of year?

∙ Enjoy the final weeks of longer, dark nights. Embrace the stillness, rest, and enjoy the Yin pace of life.
∙ Bring your focus to deep nourishment of your body through warming foods and Qi boosting teas.

Journal Prompts & Self Reflections for Imbolc

∙ What new beginnings are awakening within you at this time in your life?
∙ Which seeds were planted this Winter that you are now going to tend to this coming Spring?
∙ What can you see coming back to life in the natural world?

The festival of Imbolc celebrates the re-awakening of the fertility of the land and the inception of a new cycle of agricultural activity. The elements of fire and water, which both play an essential role in the fertility of the land are associated with Brigid and her festivals.

The Waning of Winter | Imbolc Self Care | Living Through Nature Imbolc is Here. Wisdom is all around us during these finial weeks of Winter. As we approach a seasonal transition, our bodies and spirits begin transitioning from deep Yin mode as we move to the light...

The ever-growing longer days allow us to feel hope and the possibilities to come. The soil is fertile again, the sun rises higher in the sky, and life is sprouting all around us.

Read how to honour this sacred time of year below:
www.livingthroughnature.com/blog/imbolc-...

the down coats and merino wool thermal layers are officially back in rotation. hello winter ❄️🏔️🥾🌨️

I really wish I could make following my default tab on one of these websites. I don’t need to “discover” I have discernment thanks!!

it’s been six months and Aurora // A Soul With No King still fills my body and soul. pure magic, draíocht, in this song ❤️‍🔥🔥

"The water from a 2-inch downpour —more than 54,000 gallons per acre —is captured almost entirely by an oak forest's leaf litter and the organic humus it creates. Litter and humus don't hold this water indefinitely, but they do corral it onsite just long enough for it to seep into the ground, replenishing the water table on which so many of us depend. In areas with no leaf litter, the same 2-inch rainstorm causes a flood." -The Nature of Oaks by Doug Tallamy, PhD

True for all beech family trees- Oaks Beach and Chesnuts

Yarrow has long been associated with the occult. Medicine women & witches used this herb for incantations and to ward off the enchantments of elves. This is where some of the folk names come from, devils nettle & devils plaything, due to the stigma associated with witches.

#plantmagic #plantlore

it snowed lightly all night and now everything looks peaceful and magical 🥹❄️

yesterday felt like the first day of winter and it was below 3 degrees. the air was crisp and delicious. snow dusting the highest peaks. i’m enjoying this dark season. i needed a yin, dark, winter cocoon to integrate lessons and experiences from this year. 🌑❄️🏔️

Hawthorn Berry • Hedgerow Medicine

“Hawthorn berries, leaves & flowers were thought in ancient traditions to strengthen the heart & circulation, & to balance blood pressure — as well as be a spiritual aid. Hawthorn is high in vitamins & nutrients & has been used for centuries.”

I feel you with this. You’ve got this and you will finish and flourish 🦋🤍 I’m also having to sit down with myself and get serious about creative projects that need to be released into the world. for my own peace, sanity and sake of creating. I need to work on executing things I start &/or plan for

I have no idea what I’ll share in this online space but for now I thought i’d share some interests:
• health & wellbeing
• books: fantasy fiction and non-fiction for hidden history, spiritual practice, folklore and indigenous history, health, plant allies and nature, religion
• nature and plants 🌿🤍

I don’t see any of the celtic folklore and norse mythology accounts I used to interact with on the bird app anymore. I hope the community have come here and I can share more folklore stories again over on @livingnatureco.bsky.social 🌿✨

In Ireland, the sacred Elder tree was said to provide wood for wands & pipes that played to call spirits. Some people wore elder flowers at Bealtaine to symbolise their knowledge of the Craft. The edible berries this tree bears indicates Elders Venus ruler: Venus as the Crone
#plantlore #elderflower

Hawthorn is a sacred tree of wisdom, a nurturing spirit, & messenger of the Otherworld. This guardian tree has been worshiped, worked with, adored, & even feared across the centuries. Enjoy a summary of uses, folklore, & occult associations.

www.livingthroughnature.com/blog/hawthor...