You know that moment when you’re walking past a tree and you suddenly see it, really see it, not as scenery, not as background, but as a living presence you’ve been ignoring?

I guide people in Domei, a practice of botanical attention.

For five minutes a day, you sit with a plant. Not to identify it. Not to use it. Just to pay attention. To notice what happens when you stop treating the natural world as a resource, and start recognising it as kin.

Every Thursday, I send short reflections on practice, what I’m learning as I sit with hawthorn, watch moss, or notice what happens when I’m still in one place. Three-minute reads. Direct experience. No waffle. Join me.