A seat in silence by the old Scots Pine

There is a woodland not far from us where we walk Lunga, our wee dachshund. About halfway round the route there is a turn in the path where there is a memorial seat beside an old Scots Pine. As you can see, it sits beside a big, open green field and in the early evening it is very quiet and peaceful. Often, when I am running healing courses and workshops, I am asked about meditation-when to do it, how to do it, how often to do it and how long to do it!? Me not know.

To me, meditation is different things to many people but I'm a simple soul; I love trees-they heal us with love just by being near them, they give us the oxygen we breathe, these beautiful telegraph poles to God-They demonstrate eternal grace and even die standing up. Try this 'meditation' sometime-go sit in nature and JUST BE for a while and then you will truly discover for yourself that nowhere is closer to the heart of God than in her wild garden.

Scots Pine

This is one of my favourite trees. Pine represents immortality, fertility and is a purifier-it's resin when burned as incense will clear negative energies. It's smoke repels evil, sending it back to it's source. A versatile timber, it makes great furniture, buildings, toys, poles, musical instruments, household implements and fencing. Pine has a myriad of uses in herbal medicine with applications from throat and lung conditions to sciatica, eczema, psoriasis and essential oil used in massage. As a Bach flower remedy, Pine is the prescribed to people that feel they are to blame for everybody else's mistakes. At Christmas time get a potted pine and enjoy the pleasure of planting it free in the wild when the festivities are over!