The Importance of Connecting with the Earth

Shelbee On The Edge
4 min readNov 8, 2019

by Michelle Montoro

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The Power of Nature

This Summer, I headed out to Lake Bonaparte to take some photos. I started out in clothes. And I ended up naked. In the woods and in the lake. It may very well be one of the most liberating things I have ever done.

Liberating and inspiring. For how much closer can we actually get to the Earth and the Universe than by stripping down to our most vulnerable form and connecting with Nature…in body and mind?

Connecting to the Earth is so important. It breathes new life into our creative source. It gives us a clearer pathway to access the Author of all things.

When we can stand naked in the face of Mother Nature and all of her most powerful, most beautiful strength and wisdom, we can absorb so much more of the energy that flows among us, between us, around us, and within us.

For the first time in my adult life, I finally realized the magic that can happen when we connect this way. Alone in the woods, near the water, in the presence of the mightiest origin of all…Earth, the Universe, and everything that flows and grows without human assistance and despite human intervention.

At the heart of Nature, we cannot destroy any of it. We merely stand as helpless infants suckling from the…

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Shelbee On The Edge

Michelle is a passionate scholar and a lover of words with a driving desire to help others in the pursuit of becoming the best possible versions of themselves.