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details of its physical presence. Look with your heart’s eye, not just your usual vision, like a

child who sees the world with a sense of complete awe and wonder before learning the

names of things. You may have walked past this tree hundreds of times but never really

paused and observed it closely. Take slowed time to really look at its body — the bark, the

patterns of the branches against the sky, the play of light through spaces between the veins

on the leaves as you let the tree pull you, slowly and quietly, through its physicality into a

relationship with its soul.

The next step is coming into deep, respectful resonance. Let your breathing synchronize

with the tree as you allow yourself to feel the tree’s energy in your body. Everyone’s

experience of resonance is different. Over time, our bodies become more sensitively

enlivened by our conscious contact with the elements of the natural world. Be aware of any

subtle sensations occurring in your body: a slight tingling, a slow, sinking sensation

throughout your torso or rippling looseness through your back could indicate that you are

beginning to receive the tree’s energy and vibratory information. Try not to edit any of these

subtle sensations. Trust your intuition, and continue opening your receptive body to receive

the inaudible frequencies. When we doubt ourselves, our fragile heart-connection with Nature

tends to wobble, closing the door to deeper intimacy. Staying present and attentive, we

gradually become more comfortable and familiar with nature’s language of subtle sensation.

This is the foundation of true kinship: our willingness to be fully present and radically

receptive.

(Imagine encountering a mother deer with her fawn in the woods. Naturally, we would want to

be a still as possible to allow the creatures to feel utterly safe in our presence. In this way, we

pull back our ‘humanness’ with awe and respect towards the other. For a time we are

participants in a highly-charged atmosphere of resonance with an entirely different form of

communication.)

The third step involves listening. Only when we have closely observed the tree and allowed

ourselves to experience resonance are we are ready to hear the tree’s ‘language’ on its

terms. As a harmonious atmosphere is established, information-energy begins moving back

and forth between you and the tree in a fluid reciprocity. It is vital to set aside our personal

agendas, assumptions and prejudices otherwise we are just talking with ourselves. Our task is