Nature connection

Tree Ring Prints Made from Real Trees & Printed by Hand

In recent years both children and adults have only gotten more hooked on digital gadgets and technology. Is our connection with nature growing weaker, and if so, what might that mean for our planet?

Photographer Zander Olsen creates amazing optical illusions by wrapping trees with white linen, lining up the ends of the material with the horizon line

Mount Maunganui base track, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Tarn Ellis on Instagram: "Walk barefoot. Allow the energy of the Earth to flow through you. The pure energy. When your bare skin touches the Earth, free electrons move into your body and can serve as antioxidants, neutralising damage from our technological world. There is so much research showing how beneficial it is to spend time with your bare skin in contact with the ground. This artwork shows the connection between us and nature, and how we may be healed simply by walking barefoot…

BW Tree roots from a tree in Balboa park

Beautiful nature connection. Available as a print.

Experience tranquility with this serene image of a woman meditating by a stream in a lush forest. Capturing a moment of deep calm and connection with nature, this scene inspires inner peace, mindfulness, and harmony with the natural world. Ideal for those seeking a peaceful retreat into nature's embrace.

As a druid, someone who connects to the local landscape spiritually, I've gotten my fair share questions about cultural appropriation and druidry's relationship to indigenous practices, particularly traditions indigenous to the USA. The conversation may go something like this, "So druidry, is that like Native American?" My response is, "Druids and Native Americans both honor