These trees are abundant in Scotland and once formed part of a massive ancient Caledonian pine forest once covering most of Scotland.

Pine is an evergreen and symbolic of life and immortality. Scots Pine used to be planted on the graves of warriors, possibly to symbolise rebirth or afterlife.

A symbol of fertility, the cones were often used to represent masculine genitalia in legends and art.

In Orkney it was traditional to sain (purify, protect and bless) mothers and newborn babies by whirling a flaming pine-candle three times around the bed.

Pine is a favourite tree of mine, I love to see their tall, majestic presence when I walk into a woodland 🌲

It is one of the botanicals I use often in my practice and one of the ingredients in my Saining Blend, available in the Hearth and Hame Etsy shop.

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This is not true.

Trauma takes a heavy toll on the body's energy reserves. To constantly be in a state of fight, flight, fawn, freeze, to be stressed out so often and so hard, it's exhausting.

And when you're that tired, even the most minor of tasks feel like scaling a mountain.

You aren't lazy, you're struggling. You're fighting against the toll your trauma takes.

Dreaming of the farmer’s market again ✨