Plants That Speak, Souls That Sing: Transform Your Life with the Spirit of Plants

by Fay Johnstone

Engage with the intelligence of nature to discover your unique role and deepen your spiritual path on Earth

• Presents practical ways to rekindle your connection with nature and open up to plant consciousness as a way to enrich your spiritual path

• Offers guidance on how to meet plant allies with wisdom teachings specific to you and your path

• Provides over 40 exercises, including shamanic journeys, as well as links to digital downloads for a shamanic drumming track and guided meditations

As our lives become more absorbed in screen time rather than the great outdoors, it feels essential to open up our senses again to the riches of nature, reestablishing our connection with the heartbeat of the Earth. In this book, Fay Johnstone provides a road map for bridging the gap between plants and people, allowing our sacred relationship with the Green Kingdom to be restored.

Fay shows how to confidently meet, explore, and build relationships with key plant allies to enjoy a more balanced connection with yourself and your environment. Sharing her passion for the plant world, she provides a practical guide to rekindling your connection with nature, opening up to plant consciousness as a way to enrich your path and weave the enchantment of nature back into your own life. She includes more than 40 simple, practical exercises and meditations to guide you on a heart-centered journey of transformation and commune with the environment, the seasons, the cycles of the moon, and the Earth Heart. Addressing plants as conscious beings we meet their spirit, while at the same time aligning with our own true nature and sense of purpose as a creature of this Earth.

The book also introduces the shamanic practice of plant spirit healing, emphasizing that ceremony begins at home with our local plants, rather than with the famous plant healers of the Amazon. Guided meditations and shamanic journeys enable a deeper exploration and interaction with the spirit of plants for healing and support. The author offers practical advice on how to initiate a conversation with plants and meet a plant ally with wisdom teachings specific to you and your path.

Whether you explore your back garden, office plants, or morning cup of tea, Fay reveals how to introduce the magic of plants into your daily routine and appreciate the important role plants play. Reaching out to interact with nature is a step forward not only on your personal journey to wholeness but also toward healing our Earth.

Genres: Spirituality

164 pages, Paperback

Published June 12, 2018

About the author

Fay Johnstone is passionate about plants and people and draws on her experience as a former owner of a flower and herb farm and her shamanic training to assist personal transformation with the subtle whispers of nature. Fay's first published works is "Plants That Speak, Souls that Sing" is based on her experiences with plants and nature and aims to encourage the reader to introduce the magic of plants into your daily routine and appreciate the important role plants play.
Fay teaches workshops on plant spirit connection, Earth based healing and offers shamanic treatments across the UK, online, and from her home near Edinburgh, Scotland.

Reviews

[Alan D.D. · Rating 3 out of 5]

I admit it took a while to follow the ideas of this book, I felt that the author was lengthening the topics unnecessarily, but the holistic tone of both her and the teachings she explains needed this style. It didn't work that much with me, but there's no reason to believe that will be the case for all readers. Plants that Speak, Souls that Sing turned out to be an enjoyable and useful reading, along with several meditations that I'm waiting to try.

Admito que costó un poco seguir las ideas de este libro, sentí que la autora estaba alargando los temas de manera innecesaria, pero el tono holístico tanto de ella como de las enseñanzas que explica necesitaban de este estilo. No funcionó del todo conmigo, pero no hay razones para creer que sea el caso para todos los lectores. Plants that Speak, Souls that Sing resultó ser una lectura amena y de provecho, junto con varias meditaciones que estoy esperando probar.

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars

I loved this. I do want to go back and read it again. It has beautiful messages and things to ponder. Connecting to plants is something I want to grow in.

I struggle a bit with lots of exercises interspersed in a book. I'd prefer them in a separate section at the end. That's just how I roll. But I understand how she wanted to get us connected with the plants. I would've liked a bit more info on the spirits of plants.

This book is a beautiful reference for anyone who practices an earth-based spirituality. And you don't need green fingers. Maybe you'll get them as you work with the book.

[Kelliena Jennex · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a powerful book! Fay is the real deal and a great teacher!

[Elisabeth Rose]

I started reading this wonderful book, and I love it, as it is so rich in all kind of practical exercises and reflective points which help reconnecting to nature and plants. It was Fay beautiful book that started me on the amazing path of making beautiful flower essences.

[Flavio Miguel Pereira · Rating 5 out of 5]

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