Listening to the Language of Plants: What Nature Can Teach Us

The path with plants did not begin with knowledge. It began with curiosity. As a child, I used to go into the forest with my best friend, collecting herbs, flowers, and soil to make what we called witch’s brew. We had no idea what we were doing, but we loved it. It was play. It was wonder. It was connection. Looking back, I realize this was the beginning of everything. It was the first time I understood that the plant world had its own presence, its own mystery, and that it was speaking, even if I did not yet know how to listen.

Remembering the Connection

The language of plants is not something we need to learn. It is something we remember. When I started reconnecting with plants as an adult, I realized how much of that natural communication had gone quiet. I had been living like most people do, seeing nature as something outside of me, something beautiful and useful, but not as part of who I am.
Then came a moment that changed everything.
During a plant course, we were told to walk into the forest and let ourselves be guided by a plant that wanted to give us a message. No instructions were given, just trust. I remember walking up and down hills, doubting myself, wondering if I was doing it right. But something inside me kept whispering, keep going. And then it happened. I was guided to a small elder tree, growing right in the middle of the forest where elder trees usually do not grow. I sat in front of it, laughing and crying at the same time. Because the elder tree is the bridge between worlds, the tree that connects the seen and the unseen, life and death, human and spirit.
In that moment I realized the plants were speaking. They always had been. I had simply forgotten how to listen

The Language Beyond Words

This is what I call Plant Wisdom, the deep, ancient knowing that lives within nature and moves through all living beings. The plants do not speak in sentences. Their language is older than words. It is felt in the body. It is the tingling on your skin when you stand near a tree. It is the warmth that rises in your chest when you hold a flower. It is the calm that spreads through you when you smell a cup of tea. That is how they communicate. Subtle, simple, profound.
When you start listening with your body, you will notice that plants have personalities, humor, even moods. Some are grounding and strong. Others are playful, sensual, or fierce. Each carries its own medicine, its own message, its own energy. This is the living language of the Plant Spirit: a language that cannot be studied, only lived.

Trusting the Unseen

I often say that the plants have taught me more than any human teacher ever could. They have taught me to trust my intuition. They have shown me that not everything can or should be explained by the mind. Some things are meant to be experienced, felt, and trusted without proof. Working with Herbal Allies has taught me that life communicates in layers, through sensations, through symbols, through dreams and synchronicities. The more I trust what I feel, the clearer the messages become.
Sometimes the message is direct. Sometimes it is a dance of interpretation. But it always meets me exactly where I am ready to listen.

Healing the Separation

We live in a time where humans have forgotten that we are part of nature. We treat it as something to use instead of something to belong to. And that separation hurts us more than we realize. There is a deep sadness in us that comes from being disconnected from the Earth. We try to fill that emptiness with work, relationships, and achievements, but what we are really longing for is reconnection. When we reconnect with plants, we begin to remember who we are. We start to feel that we are not alone, that we are held, that there is wisdom all around us. This is why I say that sometimes what we are searching for in a god is already here: in the trees, the soil, the air, the pulse of life that moves through everything.

The Simplicity of the Practice

This path with Plant Wisdom is not difficult. It is not only for a few people who have studied for years. It is available to everyone. You do not need to do anything special to begin. You can start by walking through a forest with an open heart. Sit with a plant and notice what happens in your body. Look at all the colours, shapes and forms. Smell the plant. Feel the connection. The communication might not come as words. It might come as a feeling, a thought, a color, a sense of warmth or ease. Trust that. That is already the language. The more you listen, the clearer it becomes.

Remembering Together

I believe we are not meant to do this journey alone. Some of the most profound moments of my path have happened in group spaces — in ceremonies, in courses, in circles of women learning to listen together. Because when we share our experiences, something opens. Your story activates mine. My experience mirrors yours. We remember together. This is what I love about guiding plant journeys and ceremonies. It is not about teaching information. It is about creating a space where people remember their own connection. When you begin to listen to the language of plants, you do not only reconnect with nature, you reconnect with your body, your intuition, your womb, and your own wisdom.

A Return to Wholeness

The plants remind us that we already belong. They remind us that we are part of something vast and alive. Listening to the language of plants is not about getting answers to all of life’s questions. It is about remembering that you are not alone in the mystery. You already have what you need. You already know how to listen. You already are part of this conversation.
The plants are simply inviting you to remember…