It takes a tremendous amount of emotional and spiritual maturity to witness in full force the collective shadow of humanity and keep your heart open.

~ Wild Woman Sisterhood

Video: turtles mating in Toronto, Canada.

We have become the impatient species, too busy to let nature replenish itself and too puffed up with our own sense of importance to acknowledge our utter dependence on its generosity.

~ David Suzuki

Video: Great Blue Heron in flight. Toronto, Canada.

The sacred wandering is a healing journey. It gives us the courage to face old wounds. We bravely face our past hurts. If we don’t give ourselves permission to feel the pain, we cannot heal the pain. We must feel it to heal it.

~ Dana Arcuri

Video: Two Whitetail bucks, Toronto, Canada.

The same intelligence that grows trees from seeds, that lets birds fly, that waves the ocean and gives birth to new stars — that same Intelligence also breathes your breath, beats your heart, and heals your wounds.

~ Annie Kagan

Video: Kingfisher in Toronto, Canada.

Hummingbird visiting the Bee Balm plant in my garden in Toronto, Canada. Nature is incredible.