What follows are a series of suggestions for deepening connections with Gaia to create a mutual thriving.

• Keep the knowing that your thoughts, beliefs, and actions impact Gaia and humanity much more than you have been led to believe. Your feeling powerless robs the whole of the value that you intrinsically hold. Step out of the old ways and choose to explore the rising awareness that reveals the symbiotic relationship between you and Gaia and all of life.
• Choose to connect with the Natural World first
  1.   Gather or purchase seven stones that represent the Earth element. Each can reflect a chakra, a planet, a guide…set them in epsom salt infused water in the sun for a day to cleanse them. Spend time with each and ask it to reveal the specific message to you. Once that has occurred, then cleanse them again. At this point, infuse them each with a specific intention of your choosing. It will become an ally and a record keeper to assist your journey.
  2.   Find a way to include water in your environment. Create a water fixture in your space with a fountain. Set water in the sun and then bring it into your sacred space. Use it as holy water and dabble a bit on you here and there sporadically. Then water plants with it. Use recordings of water as waterfall, river, stream, ocean, or rain to give you a cleansing ambiance while you work and sleep. Get out to natural water locations and experience the cleansing and energizing aspects of the element. When it rains find a way to get out into it to feel it on your face and invite the cleansing properties to wash you.
  3. Burn candles or a fireplace on a regular basis. Spend moments with the fire vibration and honor and appreciate its capacity to transform and clear energy and the past. Perform breath of Fire daily, especially before you start a project of activity that needs higher energy. (Breathe in through the nose to the abdomen. Exhale quickly and repeat in a continuous in/out movement for about a minute)
  4. Make sure your space is well ventilated. Use incense or aromatherapy to infuse your atmosphere with empowering vibrations. Use a fan to feel the air on your body. Get outside on a breezy day and feel the wind cleanse your auric field and energy bodies. Stand facing the wind and allow the cleansing. Take a walk and look for feathers to bring home. When you hear the song of a bird, pay attention, for surely a message is forthcoming. Watch clouds and look for shapes to inspire you in an archetypal way. Get out to experience the sunrise and the sunset and see how Light plays with air.
  5. In all of these activities be the observer, the participant, and the celebrant. Drink in the experience. Listen for guidance and inspiration. Express gratitude outwardly to the elements and to Gaia. Appreciate your self for paying attention and being willing to establish and nurture relationship.
• Trust that no visitation by a living being is random. Animals, birds, fish, insects, etc. all carry a message and an opportunity for a beneficial relationship. Pay attention to what comes into your space. Invite the natural world in by recognizing and appreciating it. Explore the idea of totem animals. Use online resources to give you insight to the specific meaning of an animal visitation. Notice which ones you are drawn to and show up most often. Always ask for the message they bring to you. If possible, take action on the message quickly. This builds muscles of trust which leads to more visitations.
• Find a way to get out under the stars. If you must drive once a month to do so, do it. When you are there drink in the expanse. Look for patterns, shooting stars, phenomena, constellations…notice what you feel. Ask for guidance and inspirations. Locate the Pleiades, Orion, Sirius… and watch what you feel. Are there messages? Are there reactions to the constellations. Find the Milky Way and reflect on your connection to it. Reflect on life out there. Each star is a sun, with the likelihood that there are accompanying planets. Life is everywhere. The Universe is designed for life. Open to it. Seek guidance and answers out under the celestial canopy.
• Take some guided journeys. Click on any of the following
  1.   from chapter 4 Earth is Your Home, in the book, Earth, by Barbara Marciniak
  2.   from chapter 3 Earth Speaks, in the book, Earth, by Barbara Marciniak
  3.   Twilight Attunement
  4.   Finding Your Sacred Space
  5    Finding Your Power Animal
  6.   Creating an External Power Spot