26/07/2026
The Wanderer- 26/07/26. Clear Mountain Conservation Park.
Yesterday reminded me of something I think we all need to remember…
We are not prisoners to the lives we have created.
With each breath, each choice, each moment we become aware, we have the opportunity to choose again.
To soften.
To rest.
To trust.
To walk a different path.
Nature has an incredible way of gently reminding our nervous system of this. Without asking anything of us, she simply invites us back into rhythm. Into presence. Into ourselves.
Yesterday’s Wanderer was pure medicine.
We shared tea in the heart of a vast dry riverbed, surrounded by quartz and stone. A place where water once flowed, yet now holds an almost sacred stillness. Towering trees stretched high above us, their roots clinging to rocky banks where it seemed impossible for them to grow. Yet there they stood…. strong, unwavering, deeply rooted.
Our tea carried the medicine of nettle, mugwort, rose, tulsi and fresh ginger, warming our hands as we sat together amongst the stones.
As I looked around, I realised how much this place mirrors life.
We don’t always need to be overflowing to be fulfilled.
We don’t have to be operating at our maximum capacity to be worthy of love, rest or attention.
Like the river, there are seasons when our deepest medicine moves beneath the surface.
Like the trees, we can still stand tall, supported by roots we cannot always see.
And when we choose to notice the light filtering through the branches instead of everything we think is missing, something begins to soften.
Thank you to every woman who wandered with us yesterday.
Thank you for trusting the path.
And thank you to this beautiful land for reminding us that stillness is not emptiness…..it is its own kind of abundance.
