Mindful Gardening | Embodied Grounding, Somatic Healing in the Garden

When My Garden Saved Me from Gray; my dad and me watering my garden

When My Garden Saved Me from Gray

In Massachusetts, winter isn’t just cold – it’s gray. Endless, relentless gray that seeps into [...]

The Gardener’s Meditation

Mindful Gardening Practices for Mental Health (grounding techniques)

1. Grounding Stop whatever story you’re telling yourself and just pause. Stand in your garden, [...]

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Sometimes Tending Means Cutting (self-care doesn’t always feel good)

Eyes closed, heart open wide, sensing life on the rising tide, welcoming the ride, in [...]

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Digging to Breathe (healing through gardening)

Some days I dig. I dig to breathe.There’s something about soil that brings me back [...]

When Garden Touches (a sensory garden poem)

When Garden Touches (a sensory garden poem)

Soil between my fingers, dark and alive, smelling of rain and rotted leaves and something [...]