Regan Stacey - Awaken the Forest Within

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Regan Stacey - Awaken the Forest Within

My passion is to bring humans and nature together for personal and planetary well-being.

10/12/2026

Goldenrod and New England Asters, together in the meadow, waving their purple and gold in the wind, still alive with the buzzing of bees as each takes in the glory of their kinship.

Robin Wall Kimmerer writes: “If a fountain could jet bouquets of chrome yellow in dazzling arches of chrysanthemum fireworks, that would be Canada goldenrod. Each 3-foot stem is a geyser of tiny gold daisies, ladylike in miniature, exuberant en masse. Where the soil is damp enough, they stand side by side with their perfect counterpart, New England Asters. Not the pale domesticates of the perennial border, the weak sauce of lavender or sky blue, but full-on royal purple that would make a violet shrink. The daisylike fringe of purple petals surrounds a disc as bright as the sun at high noon, a golden-orange pool, just a tantalizing shade darker than the surrounding goldenrod. Alone, each is a botanical superlative. Together, the visual effect is stunning. Purple and gold, the heraldic colors of the king and queen of the meadow, a regal procession in complementary colors. I just wanted to know why.”

They are beneficial to the meadow too. They feed a host of pollinators from bees to butterflies and other insects like syrphid flies and beetles. The seeds fill the bellies of goldfinches, tree sparrows, and wild turkeys and not to go to waste, the foliage is browsed by rabbits and deer. Even in the winter months, Goldenrod continues to provide a food source for birds, cover for small animals, and overwintering habitat (the hollow stems serve as nesting sites and shelter for native bees and beneficial insects).

What colors are catching your eye as autumn continues to arrive? I'd love to hear!

09/22/2026

Greetings from Asheville on this Autumn Equinox - where the sunsets are stunning and the mornings are moody. Celebrating as I camp for a few nights on my way to Tennessee, and even had a surprise meetup with a friend. The best. 💚

Today marks a time of cosmic equanimity, a balance point between the light and dark, between day and night.

A time when we welcome in the earth element, all this solid and stable, all that gives form and is grounding. We know this through the Earth as trees, mountains, rocks, soil and in our bodies as our bones, muscle, and flesh.

My we know we are held in the balance of this day and everyday and to trust in this support.

Equinox blessing to you dear one! 🍁 🙏☀️

09/17/2026

Lovely forest bathing walk along the Artists' Trail at the Florence Griswold Museum. A gorgeous day under a cerulean blue sky with whispy clouds on high, we noticed the scent of green still lingering as the maple leaves release in shades of red, rich browns, and yellows, lending a sweet earthy aroma to the air.

The garden was abuzz with the sound and flit of pollinators flooding the flowers with a late summer fever—almost a magnetic energy—we watched in wonder. The soft feel of lamb's ear and the prickly cones of long gone echinacea, the supple feel of fallen leaves in the morning dew, and the squash still growing fuller with each day.
The orchard is delivering ripe red apples while the fish are busy down at the river, schooling and rippling about beneath the surface.

We enjoyed tea under the trees with the pleasantries of all we noticed along the way. A lovely day to be with the land at the Florence Griswold Museum. 💚

Join me for the last walk of the year at Flo Gris: November 28 from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm. Hope to see you there!

09/01/2026

Hello Everyone! As we step into September together, I'd like to invite you to join me on retreat this fall at the beautiful Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York.

Let's gather and reconnect with Earth-based practices while participating in meaningful conversation around what it means to be human now.

Climate Awareness as a Spiritual Path

📅 October 22–25, 2026
🕖 Begins Thursday at 7:00 p.m.
📍 Omega Institute · Rhinebeck, NY

Together, we’ll:

🌎 Deepen our connection with Earth
🌿 Explore climate-based emotions
🌀 Practice with impermanence and deep time
💚 Cultivate a greater sense of belonging to the living world

Experience the restorative practices of nature meditation and forest bathing/nature immersion along with talks, group discussion, and creative reflection as we explore the entanglement and enchantment of living on Earth at this time.

Omega's suite of retreatant offerings allows you to enjoy your open time to participate in yoga classes, sign up for a spa treatment or massage, walk the trails, kayak or sit by the water's edge, or curl up with a good book and a cup of tea.

If you feel called to join me, I'd be delighted to share in this memorable autumn weekend with you. Let's celebrate life together! Rxo

https://www.eomega.org/workshops/climate-spirituality

06/22/2026

Honoring the light within and without, we welcomed in the season of summer on a lovely forest bathing session at Pleasant Valley.

Along the way we noticed:

Like disco by daylight, the river reflected waves of light against the tree trunks while flickering with the movement of leaves. This is how the wind and light compose a moment.

Visited by water striders and the journey of what floats by—that leaf that slipped under only to surface again—we were reminded of hope and the cycles of our own lives, the endless beauty that surrounds us, and a much wider sense of belonging to the living world.

In the cedar medow, we paused to look up and witness the canopy of trees dipping in and out of each other, revealing the lighter undersides of leaves, in an orchestrated manner only the wind knows.

We followed the scent of honeysuckle along the meadow edge to the forest, where we sauntered along the dappled play of light, as if each beam landed like a stepping stone on our way to the pine grove.

And the pines. There is something about the scent of pine that draws one into presence. Together with the cushion of soft duff underfoot, they offer an invitation to be easy, to be peaceful. Stepping between two pines, we entered the grove proper and made our way to the three sister pines.

Each year we make a mandala together at their feet with fallen and loose forest items, an honoring of the light, the season of abundance, and all that we were offered during our time together with the forest.

A refreshing cup of lavender lemonade sipped under the pines, stopped time for just a moment, long enough to let it all soak in.

As we welcome in the season of summer, may you enjoy the fullness of life in this fullness of light.

05/23/2026

Earthsong. All night I lay there listening to the frogs and owls and sounds that belong to the night. A riot of frogs I call them — spring peepers still peeping, the rubber band "gunk" of the green frog, the bullfrog on bass, and the gray tree frogs on high. But the owl. It was the owl who drew me from bed and out to the trees where I stood on stone and stared up at the stars glistening, listening, into the ink dark sky. My eyes traced the tree line as I waited patiently for owl, who called again, then again, filling me with wild joy.

📸 "Earthsong" - the place I call home. Upper Pond. Lyme.

05/12/2026

How lovely it is to walk the woodlands, garden and river’s edge at the Florence Griswold Museum. A morning of forest bathing along the Artists’ Trail where fresh raindrops remained on leaf and petal as stars are to the sky. The scent of damp earth and plump moss, of lilacs and bloom, the gardens waking with bursts of color as the orchard reached out in flower and form.

We enjoyed a morning of slowing down and noticing the full arrival of spring while celebrating all mothers everywhere, human and nonhuman and our great Mother Earth —the nurturing of life for life.

In gratitude, we shared tea by the river as the birds flew by. 💚🌸🌎

05/02/2026

Beautiful retreat with The Forest Therapy School in Brandywine Valley, America's Garden Capital, where Lara Laskowski and I trained a new cohort of forest therapy guides, walking with the flowers and trees in good company. We had a wonderful time exploring Longwood Gardens, Winterthur, and Brandywine Creek State Park.

So grateful to be offering this work in service of the Earth, humanity, and all beings. 💚🌎

04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day to all creatures great and small, each playing a role in the continuum of life. 🌎💚

04/20/2026

Lovely forest bathing session along the Artists' Trail at the Florence Griswold Museum. The day was cool and cloudy and the flowers were brilliant, bumblebees waking from their winter's nap, out from under the garden leaves. Wading among the sea of daffodils, waves of yellow crest the lawn, the weeping trees swaying and saying spring is here! The ostrich ferns unfurling, the "feathers" still stand tall, holding last year in place. And the apple tree is beginning to blush, so much is on the way.

We enjoyed a floral tea by the river with the cormorants, geese, ducks, and songbirds in company. 💚

Join me for the next walk at Flo Gris on May 10 from 10:30 am -12:30 pm.

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