by Atala | Nov 5, 2013 | Nature Spirit | Trees
It is my great honor to be a friend of the tree spirits. They are our colleagues here on earth, and we are meant to work together in a conscious manner, for the betterment of all. I have been working with the tree spirits for a number of years now and go out regularly...
by Atala | Jan 3, 2020 | Audio & Video, Nature Spirit | Trees
Enjoy this winter video visit with Bear Spirit. He guards a woodland river valley in Illinois. The video starts with one of Atala Toy’s Nature Spirit Photographs of Bear Spirit and then takes you for a winter walk to visit his home. You can see this and other...
by Atala | Aug 20, 2019 | Audio & Video, Community, Nature Spirit | Trees
I have a standard way of approaching my nature spirit photography – taught to me by my inner guides. I go to a location, connect to the nature spirits, let them know I come in peace, that I want to cooperate with them to provide visual proof that they exist and...
by Atala | Apr 7, 2020 | Nature Spirit | Trees
Contemplating our own mortality has been much on many peoples’ minds in recent weeks. The topic brings up so many issues, cultural and personal. We are fortunate to be given the free time to consider the matter…a side product of our stay-at-home mandates...
by Atala | May 10, 2016 | Nature Spirit | Trees
Here’s a wonderful Council Tree I discovered, in a private residential enclave in Mann’s Choice, Pennsylvania. Thought you would enjoy seeing some images of it. A Council Tree is a “courthouse” tree where nature spirits bring issues to be...
by Atala | Feb 23, 2016 | Nature Spirit | Trees
Here are three different views of the same Greenman. This is a fun project to undertake for yourself, and it is also an exercise in developing your capacity for nature spirit portraiture. Usually, when a tree develops the capacity to manifest a recognizable,...
by Atala | Jun 28, 2013 | Nature Spirit | Trees
A piece of land interacts with the energies that occur on it. These energies shape it. The energies can come from the local deva, from the humans living on it in recent times, from ancient occurrences lost to human memory, from its position on the earth grid. The land...
by Atala | Jul 5, 2013 | Nature Spirit | Trees
The interaction between humans and nature is profound, and each affects the other. Here are a large number of third eye and portal trees located on the campus of Swarthmore College, in Swarthmore, PA – my alma mater. The renown Scott Arboretum is housed...
by Atala | Jun 11, 2019 | Nature Spirit | Trees
You can find important stories energetically carved into the bark of some mature trees – like this Tanglewood Music Center tree shown below. These carvings are beautiful – and pragmatic. The energies of the images are a method by which the tree, or some...
by Atala | Apr 21, 2020 | Nature Spirit | Trees
At a time like this…here are some happy nature spirits. The portrait studies I’ve done of nature spirits over the years have led me to connect with those who are happy just – being. These are usually not the leaders of the nature world, who like our...
by Atala | May 21, 2020 | Nature Spirit | Trees
KC wrote: I found out yesterday that there are some “healing trees” here at Pottawatomie Park and that you would be able to tell me where they are. I live close to the park. Response from Atala: All trees are healing, it depends upon the person and which...
by Atala | Sep 1, 2020 | Nature Spirit | Trees
Laura asked me “From your perspective, what is the impact of the loss of these trees” – referring to these Cottonwood trees with the images of a nature spirit and a pioneer, which I wrote about a few days ago. The answer is – it depends. It would take a book to...
