*🌳* Holly tree banner *🌳*
This is the 6th banner of my Tree Wisdom banner series! I am super happy to be working with tree energies in this way and see this project slowly taking shape.
I get many teachings from each tree. I intend to publish a tree card deck and offer workshops on working with trees as spiritual allies, at some point.
Different size cotton banners of my tree art can already be ordered now.
In this post, I want to share a little bit about the insights I got from working with Holly. I have connected with Holly in the past, so this is not my first experience, but the continuation of a quest.
Just a few days after I finished the Yew Tree banner (which took me two months to complete) I walked past a Holly tree on Dartmoor and it “gave” me the whole image of its banner as I walked past. I didn’t even have to ask for it! I just saw it in full detail, as a vision floating in front of me, as I carried on walking.
I laughed at myself. Slightly confused I thought: “surely trees want me to sit down and meditate with them”.
But NO! Not Holly.
Back home I use intuitive journaling to establish a deeper communication with the spirit of Holly and he kept communicating in a refreshingly straight forward way.
She basically said:
“I am Holly. I protect myself effortlessly. It’s natural to me and I am unashamed of my spikes. Nobody eats my leafs or walks into me without feeling my edge. Edges are parts of life. This is my message for you. Here is the banner, now just get on with it!”
Within a week, I create the whole banner, feeling energised by the creative fire of Holly. She showed me how to come to terms with the cold, spiky and hostile side of reality. Without judgment, all aspects of Nature are simply life force and can be met skillfully.
Have you heard of Wim Hof, the iceman? He exposes himself to extreme cold for long periods to understand how his body and mind work. Holly has a very similar attitude! A true warrior quality, a strong inner fire, an edge that meets life with intensity and vitality.
The Holly thrives in Wintertime. It likes the cold and dark and is, therefore, a powerful ally for psychological shadow work. It can bring the fire of transformation into the dark places inside of us, melt the frozen memories of trauma and get the stuck energies flowing again.
Especially for questions and healing related to anger and boundaries, standing up for oneself and being unapologetic, the Holly can become a great ally.
If you have connected with Holly before, I would like to read your comment on how you experience this magical tree.
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Green blessings!
Yannick
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Reference: forestheart.co.uk
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