Bringing wildness into your life

(Nimue)

How can you bring more wildness into your life? This is a good question to ask when you’re looking for ways to bring Druidry into your everyday life in a way that will be enriching.

Do you have any space where you can invite wildness? If you have outside space, then making room for the wild things isn’t too difficult. Often what you need to do is less rather than more. Leaving some space for wild plants to take over is really effective. Bug hotels, bird boxes, feeders and the like can help wild beings thrive. A small, unmown section of lawn creates a habitat for insects. Planting flowers that support bees and butterflies will invite them in. If you can plant a tree, or a native shrub, you will create a home for many other beings.

Learning about what might work where you are is a good area of study to support your Druidry and helps you build a relationship with the land you live on.

This is a very individual process, depending on your resources and the environment you live in, but it is often possible to do something. If you’re in a limited situation and struggling for ideas, feel free to get in the comments and I’ll see if I can suggest anything.

By making more room for wildness, you serve the natural world and do something to help your local ecosystem. You will also increase the wildness you encounter daily, and that’s really rewarding and contributes to your spiritual experiences.

Back in the summer I put out some window boxes – I have no real outside space. I’ve been growing herbs and strawberries, and the pots quickly attracted insects. The insects attracted small birds, so I’ve put out a couple of feeders and I’m now seeing small birds on those feeders most days. It’s a beautiful and heartening thing. Sitting near the window and watching blue tits and great tits feed is soothing and uplifting. I’ve enjoyed the plants for their own sake as well and my tiny harvests have been rewarding.