Among the Germanic tribes, trees were seen as places of encounter with the gods.
And it was customary to ask the gods for advice under the trees if you didn't know what to do with something.
So you got new ideas and impulses with which you could perhaps solve your problem better than with what you had tried before.
In fact, trees were and are sacred in many cultures and are revered as wise and knowing.
Today we have a different view of the trees, but why not just try out what it's like to ask a tree for advice?
Albert Einstein has passed down the sentence that you can never solve problems with the same way of thinking that created them. And of course, this also applies to the problems that cause stress in our lives.
And asking a tree for advice should actually be a new way of thinking for most of us.
It doesn't have to be the biggest problem that we ask the trees for advice on. For the beginning, even the small problems of everyday life may be enough to get new inspiration.
And who knows, maybe you'll leave the forest with a whole new insight?!
Ready? Then let's go!
For this exercise, simply stroll a little through the forest, thinking of a problem for which you are looking for a solution.
Ask nature and the trees around you to help you solve the problem.
Look around and feel inside yourself to see if there is a tree that catches your eye and where you have the feeling that it can and wants to give you inspiration for your problem.
Then go to this tree and stand in front of it.
Try to relax as much as possible. This can happen through a few slow, deep and conscious breaths or you can use a relaxation technique you know.
Then ask the tree your question out loud or in your mind. Ask him to send you an answer that can help you solve your problem.
Pay attention to what emotions, images or inspirations arise inside you,
In the view of this exercise, they represent the answer of the tree.
Once you've done the exercise a few times, you'll quickly be able to distinguish between your own thoughts and the inspirations you get from the tree.
Important: Approach the matter more playfully. The tree will certainly not give you instructions on what to do.
You always decide that alone.
But the practice will give you new ideas that you can continue to work with.
By the way, you don't necessarily have to "come up" with a problem to get inspiration from a tree.
Just ask a tree that particularly appeals to you for a very general idea of what is important to you right now and what would be good for you.
And then let yourself be surprised what new insights emerge in your head!