The Trees Spoke to Me! (with cemetery photos)

You may or may not know this but whenever I travel, one of my favorite things to visit is the local cemetery. It's a different glimpse into the culture and history that surrounds it. Many of them are similar but often the offerings and the maintenance are different from one area to the next. Some are more of a grid and some have meandering paths. Some are above ground. One I visited in Ireland reminded me of a trailer park in America, with the graves all in a row, each one decorated like it's own little yard, complete with flowers, statues and whirly-gigs.

Pretty sure this was the Forthill Cemetery in Galway, Ireland

My all time favorite is a combination cemetery and botanical garden. It may very well be one of the most beautiful places I've visited on this earth thus far. If you ever have the chance to visit the Mount Auburn Cemetery just outside of Boston, DO IT!!

Believe me when I tell you that I have 100 more photos of the magnificence that is the Mt Auburn Cemetery!

The cemetery where I live is a combination of young and old, grid and meandering, open lawn and trees. The coyotes roam around there at dusk (there are warning signs everywhere, it's legit!) I've lived here most of my life and yet I'd hardly dipped my toe into the edge of the local cemetery. Weird I know. You think someone like me would be a frequent guest but I've only admired it as a passer by.

Bayview Cemetery

My dear friend and I were scouting locations for a sound healing photo shoot in said local cemetery. We hadn't gone too far into the cemetery when my friend said, "Any place you want to stop or are drawn to, let me know and we’ll go there."  I had a vision of what I wanted in my head so I was looking for a specific arrangement of trees, headstones and landscape that would fit that. However, I was drawn to the corner of the cemetery that looked nothing like the picture in my head. It was a little boring looking to be honest. We went over there anyway. I’ve learned over the years that these nudges should be honored cos the reward is always unfathomable and beautiful.

 As we were wandering around the cemetery on foot, a specific tree wanted to talk to me. It was saying "Hey, I have something to share with you." So I told my friend that I needed to go talk to that tree in the corner. Mind you, this was a coniferous tree and I had an oak or a maple in mind for the shoot. But if I let my mind get in the way and am not open to possibility, I'm going to miss out on everything.

I walked over to this lovely beast, put my hand on it and said "Hello! What do you have to share with me?" It already knew what I was looking for (I choked up a little). It told me exactly where I needed to go in the cemetery that matched the idea I had in my head for the shoot.

How did it tell me? I'm glad you asked! It put the images in my head. It told my body where in the cemetery it was. Instead of saying, "Take a left on the second path", it put the coordinates in my body. I didn’t need directions cos I already knew where it was. I thanked the tree and went on my way.

I found my friend, told him what happened, we hopped in the car and went directly to the spot the tree told me. It was exactly what I was envisioning in my head y’all. Bang. On! ! I was absolutely giddy to my core!

The trees know my friends. The trees know! If you ever doubt, take a minute, get on their energetic level and see what they have to share. Their knowledge is vast and calm.

Fast forward to photo shoot day. We had a few other locations scouted out within the cemetery but went to this one first. After taking some time to set up, I sat down and started playing and singing with the crystal singing bowls.

The best way I can put into words what happened next: I was immediately filled with a delight that was not my own. It took over my entire body. It was warm and light and joyous. It was the trees! The trees were thrilled to have me there, playing for them. They soaked up every second of it with exultation!!

My friend caught this blessed moment 🖤

What an absolute honor! This was more than a full circle moment. This was an everything all at once moment of the exhilaration variety. I felt nothing but pure gratitude to myself for putting myself in a place where I can receive guidance from trees. Gratitude for the trees for sharing it with me. Gratitude at the trees' joy. Gratitude that I got to sit outside on the perfect autumn afternoon, with a friend who captured this beautiful moment. Gratitude for finding something that I love so wholeheartedly, that is so naturally aligned with everything about me and that I get to practice it on the regular.

This experience left me feeling all kinds of things while also prompting me to consider:

If I can hear and speak with the trees, what else can I connect with?

Never again can I doubt the presence and communication between all types of energies.

What energetic layers can I dive further in to?

How can I deepen my understanding and intuition around energy to be able to offer more profound healing services for others?

There is always more to consider and this experience left me with nothing but awe, gratitude and a knowing of the connection I have, that we have, with all that is. It is around us and available every single second of every single day. What a gift!

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I’ll leave you with another one of the photos from the shoot. This was also taken at the same spot. The trees loved the drumming as well. 🌳🎶

Thanks for reading! 🖤