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We Are The Forest Embodied Earth Activism: A collective path of healing. Mind and body, in connection to Earth.

Circles, guided meditations, embodiment practice, & inspired writings. Follow The Mountain Mystic Podcast and learn of other ways to join in at upwardslopes.com.

Movement as a spiritual practice in deepening connection. Your embodiment path 🙏🏼Read the full post at katiehemphill.sub...
04/01/2026

Movement as a spiritual practice in deepening connection. Your embodiment path 🙏🏼

Read the full post at katiehemphill.substack.com

Separation from nature: It’s the very narrative that has served the foundation for all that is now festering, manifestin...
03/24/2026

Separation from nature: It’s the very narrative that has served the foundation for all that is now festering, manifesting in our world as continued pain and suffering.

This happens when we tell ourselves that we exist in disconnection. Mind over body. Mankind over nature. Man, supreme over other men.

It’s bullshi*t. Therefore, toxicity leaks in. And it seeps up into every corner of our world.

The solution, then?
⭐️ A remembering ⭐️

You are nature.
You are embodied.
No separation exists from the flow “out there” and the flow within, “right here.”

Remember this.
From this space, we heal as a whole.

🙏🏼 🌍 🌲❤️

To be clear, I want you to stay in your light. But I want you to be able to EMBODY even more of it. Not to just reach fo...
03/19/2026

To be clear, I want you to stay in your light. But I want you to be able to EMBODY even more of it. Not to just reach for it as you are lifted out and away from this world, but to be grounded, centered within Self as you show up for this world in a way that matters.

Let’s be real you guys: these are BIG times. It’s not time to play small and bypass. It is time to wake tf up ❤️‍🔥

Leave a comment if ya’ll want me to record a guided practice for this one 🙋‍♀️

03/18/2026

Let’s cut the crap. If you want to change your life, you have to be willing to devote yourself to the practices that matter.

I got so tired of jumping from one latest trend to the next, riding waves of “the newest and most exciting practice” before heading into the next thing. It burned me out and didn’t help me to heal much of anything.

So I sat down and I wrote out the top practices that have actually changed my life, and that I know to have actually changed the lives of individuals across millenia.

You can find them all at forestbody.com
And, you can get started in practice RIGHT NOW by setting that timer, putting away all distractions, and turning your gaze inward to be with self for the next 5 minutes.

Try out, then let us know how it went in the comments

Practice 1: An Invitation to Settle into Stillness.Listen to The Mountain Mystic Podcast and find the full series on Sub...
03/18/2026

Practice 1: An Invitation to Settle into Stillness.

Listen to The Mountain Mystic Podcast and find the full series on Substack at the We Are The Forest blog

🙏🏼🧘🏽❤️

Practice:
Take a moment to settle into a comfortable seated position -
Cross-legged, or with your feet on the floor - it doesn’t matter.
What matters is that you find a seated, upright position that feels comfortable.
Set a timer. Perhaps for a minute, or 5 minutes.
Choose the allotted time, and press go.
Then, simply, cease all activity
as you sit in stillness.
If need be, focus on your inhale and exhale.
Or, watch your thoughts as they flow in and out.
Give your mind a simple task, if it needs it.
Otherwise, your task is as simple as it gets:
Do nothing, except sit.
Witness what flows through your consciousness.
But do not move.
Got it?
Your task is to do nothing,
except to be witness
until the timer goes off.

Putting it all into practice. Embodying it. Experiencing it. Living it.If you aren’t going this, then what is the point ...
03/17/2026

Putting it all into practice. Embodying it. Experiencing it. Living it.

If you aren’t going this, then what is the point at all?

We must move away from a world of head disconnected from body and mind at war with heart. As this happens, we heal not not self, but we also awake as a collective humanity and heal this great mess of things we’ve made on planet earth.

It begins and ends with practice.
Begin now at forestbody.com

An invitation to try the first practice in our full series of 11 Spiritual Practices to Cultivate Your Own Embodiment Ro...
03/04/2026

An invitation to try the first practice in our full series of 11 Spiritual Practices to Cultivate Your Own Embodiment Routine!

This is healing.
This is awakening.
This is embodied transformation.

This is what matters:
You, grounded and centered, healing as you become more connected and discerning.

Try it out and join in the whole series now:
Katiehemphill.substack.com

Gone are the days of spirituality as self-serving, individualized paths.Now is the time to recognize spirituality and gr...
02/05/2026

Gone are the days of spirituality as self-serving, individualized paths.

Now is the time to recognize spirituality and growth as collective.

No, this does not mean you get to ignore nor dissolve “self.” Rather, it’s about knowing “self” as part of the collective.

Healing, as a collective (Self included).
Awakening, as a collective (Self included).

🧘🏽❤️🌲🌎

Join me in our Earth Embodiment Circle, held 2x monthly to participate in practice and collective weavings as we remember ourselves as part of a whole: one that is healing, awakening, and otherwise transforming as One.

Visit upwardslopes.com/circle to learn more and join in

Or, send me a DM to let me know you’re interested 🙏🏼

🙏🏼🌲❤️🧘🏽

PracticeTake a moment to pause.Feel your feet on the floor.Feel your seat in your chair.Breathe deeply, with ease, for s...
01/31/2026

Practice
Take a moment to pause.
Feel your feet on the floor.
Feel your seat in your chair.
Breathe deeply, with ease, for several slow breaths.
Let your body be filled with breath:
Your lungs, your abdomen…
All the way down to your root.
Be filled with breath.

Then,
let go of your focus on your breath and body,
and open your awareness.
Listen. Receive.
What is here for you to know?
What is here for you to do?
Do not dive straight into the first thing that pops into your head.
Rather, sit for several minutes.
Breathing.
Listening.
Listen, out there.
Listen, within.
What do you hear?
What do you feel?
What do you know?
Sit still and listen.
Then, when it is time to do so, respond.

Visit katiehemphill.substack.com

Get outside. Move your body.It isn’t the complete recipe for good health and a good life, but it’s sure a great start.🏃🏽...
01/15/2026

Get outside. Move your body.
It isn’t the complete recipe for good health and a good life, but it’s sure a great start.
🏃🏽‍♀️🌲❤️

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Visit our brand new website ForestBody.com to learn more about mind/body/earth embodiment practice. Expand your consciousness as you connect skillfully with your whole self, and the natural environment you are part of.

We root as we rise.We ascend as we deepen into what is already here, now, to be experienced in joy, in hurt, and in what...
01/13/2026

We root as we rise.

We ascend as we deepen into what is already here, now, to be experienced in joy, in hurt, and in whatever it is that is here to be known.

Because this moment now is what really matters. AND, our ability to look forward, and to call upon the now to set ourselves up for what is to come, this matters.

Join our growing community!

Visit forestbody.com to learn more and receive your first guided meditation

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