Trees

I’ve always believed that stories are how we make sense of ourselves. Maybe that’s why we tell them, to understand where we’ve been, what shaped us, what still lives quietly inside us. This is my very first blog post, and although I once wrote a personal piece - a food, street-food, and coffee guide based on my experiences in Berlin - for a culinary website, I’ve rarely shared the deeper parts of my inner world. Not on Instagram, not on Facebook.

But now something in me wants to speak. Partly for myself, to gather the last years into something coherent, almost like therapy. And partly for others, in case someone reads this and feels a little less alone. In case my reflections spark recognition, comfort, or simply a soft exhale. I spent days thinking about what the first topic should be, and then, without forcing it, the answer arrived: Trees.

A few winters ago, I created a simple morning ritual quite intentionally. My bathroom window faced a courtyard in the middle of the city, the kind of place where you don’t expect to see nature at all. And yet, there they were: tall, beautiful trees rising between old buildings. Every morning I opened the window and cold December air rushed in, sometimes fog, sometimes silence. I stood there, closed my eyes, and mentally “hugged” the trees.

It sounds simple, maybe unusual, but it grounded me in a way nothing else did. The trees held me. They regulated me. They reminded me that stillness is available even in the busiest seasons of life. I often used doTERRA Balance oil on my wrists, the scent mixing with the cold air and those quiet winter mornings created a calm that stayed with me for the rest of the day.

And the most fascinating part is this: research shows that even watching videos of trees can soothe the nervous system and lower stress levels. Our bodies respond to the presence of nature even when we’re not physically in it.

Trees have always fascinated me, but one particular podcast interview with a forester opened an entirely new dimension. She spoke about how trees communicate through their root systems, how they send nutrients to weaker trees, how they warn each other of danger, how an entire forest functions almost like a single living organism. Later I learned that research supports this: trees share information, resources, and even protection. It’s a world based not on competition, but on cooperation, on a quiet, ancient intelligence woven beneath the surface.

Maybe that’s why we instinctively feel calmer among trees. Something in us recognizes that wisdom, that rhythm. Something in our nervous system softens and exhales in their presence.

Trees as quiet teachers

My morning ritual: connecting with trees

Why trees nourish feminine energy

The feminine nervous system is sensitive, intuitive, and deeply responsive. It becomes overwhelmed more easily, by noise, pressure, speed, expectations, overstimulation.

Trees offer the exact opposite:

• slowness
• presence
• grounding
• stability
• softness
• a sense of safety

Nature shifts us from vigilance into receptivity. And receptivity is where feminine energy awakens: in the quiet, the pause, the subtle return to ourselves. Trees remind us that strength doesn’t have to be loud. It can be rooted, patient, and deeply soft.

This time of year - when grounding matters even more

As the holidays approach, life tends to speed up. Deadlines, family dynamics, planning, social expectations, emotional weight… And often far less time spent outdoors. That’s why small grounding rituals matter now more than ever, tiny “forest moments” we can bring into our homes, our mornings, our nervous systems.

Grounding Forest Essential Oil Blends

For days when everything feels a little too loud, or when the world pulls you in too many directions, this blend brings you back to yourself:

Grounding Forest Blend

• 3 drops Black Spruce or Siberian Fir

• 2 drops Cedarwood

• 1 drop Vetiver (deep grounding)

• 1 drop Bergamot (a soft, uplifting note)

Diffused in the morning or evening, it creates the feeling of walking through a quiet winter forest, even if you're in the middle of the city.

Grounding Forest Body Oil Blend (A soft, skin-safe essential oil recipe)

If you prefer something you can apply directly to your skin, a grounding scent you can carry with you throughout the day, here is the gentle, body oil blend version. It’s formulated with safe dilution and a soft, earthy aroma that calms the nervous system and brings you back into your body.

Ingredients (for a 30 ml / 1 oz bottle):

• 30 ml carrier oil
  (fractionated coconut, jojoba, or sweet almond oil, all beautifully skin-friendly)

• 4 drops Black Spruce

• 3 drops Cedarwood

• 2 drops Vetiver

• 1 drop Bergamot

The scent is deep, grounding, and quietly uplifting, like walking through a winter forest after snowfall.

How to use it:

Roll or massage gently onto your wrists, the back of your neck, over your heart, behind the ears or even the bottoms of your feet for deeper grounding. I love using it in the evening or before stepping into a busy day, it’s a small ritual that brings a sense of steadiness back into the body.

A note on safety:

This blend follows a gentle, skin-safe 2% dilution.
Because Bergamot is a citrus oil, avoid applying large amounts before direct sun exposure.

Closing - a reminder rooted in softness

Trees teach us that strength can be quiet. That stillness is not passivity but wisdom.
That we can be both rooted and delicate, grounded and open, steady and soft. Maybe that’s why this first post had to be about them. Because trees remind me - and perhaps remind you too - that we don’t always have to push to find our way. Sometimes we simply need to stand still long enough to feel where our roots truly are.

And if these words offer you even a moment of peace or recognition, then this beginning was already worth it.

You may feel drawn to these gentle reflections as well.