Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume - 4, Issue - 5, 1 November 2019 | Page 32

Hold what they have in common before you, and breathing
spot of grace these dear things mirror within you.
This example of reflection, introspection, and visualisation is
searching as it gets you in touch with your basic aliveness:
your Soul.
You can listen to or create any visualisation that appeals to
sure it’s Soul - centered.
slowly, feel the
perfect for soul
the essence of
you, just make
5. Connect with nature and the wildness within you
Nature is tremendously healing and revivifying to the human Soul.
We often think of ourselves as separate from nature. We’re human and
“above” nature, after all, right? Wrong. We’re an inseparable part of nature.
Our blood, bones, hair, skin, and entrails are all stuff of the earth: animalistic,
carnal, corporeal.
Despite centuries of domestication, the human Soul still retains its innate,
fundamentally wild nature. We are not wild in the sense of ‘uncontrollable’ or
‘feral,’ but wild in the sense that the Center of our Being can’t fully be tamed:
it is essentially free. We see this in moments of heroism, in the primal
screams of childbirth, in the grunts of lovemaking, and the belly-deep laughs
of mirth.
To get in touch with our basic wildness is to unite with a fundamental quality
of the Soul – and that can easily be rediscovered in the domain of nature. 
It’s not difficult or taxing to reconnect with nature. All it requires is just a
couple of minutes a day outside, mindfully observing the trees, the animals,
the clouds, and the sun rays beaming through the clouds. If you’re lucky
enough to live close to a natural reserve, you might like to practice the
Japanese art of Forest Bathing or take a blanket and have a picnic.
If you’re in the city, there’s still the opportunity to connect with nature. Go to
the local park, listen to sounds of nature on your phone, buy a potted plant.
When your heart is open, there are endless ways for nature to creep, dig,
weave, and sprout its way into your life.
6. Ask some soul searching questions
Questions are simple and direct ways of finding your personal truth. And living
truthfully is living authentically: it is respecting the nature of your own Soul.
Some questions you might like to ask during your soul searching journey
might include the following:
• Who am I?
• What do I want in life?