Nikki Reed

Nikki Reed Instagram – We took off our shoes and walked barefoot on the forest floor. The aliveness of the forest is impossible to capture in an image. It is an essence, a feeling, an energy. The smell of the damp wood, the sap dripping from the bark. We tasted little drops right off the tree as Georgia our guide, told us about the healing benefits. The taste so pungent, so medicinal. I felt the rhythm of each step as we continued to climb, and I wondered if giving ourselves permission to live in the moment is the true medicine- a remedy that is as simple as the sap itself. The gift of not looking down, but around, as the sounds and the colors of trees and the moss and the tiny spiders crawling over my feet kept me right there. As we walked on I had a thought. While we often search for answers in books and screens, there is so much we can learn from simply being. By observing. Maybe our senses need to be brought back to life. Maybe we need to take our shoes off more often, walk ourselves away from blue light and computers, and head towards what calms the nervous system and resets the compass inside us. Maybe we can’t always read, swipe, or scroll our way into healing. Maybe… we just need to be. Ps the number of spiders that raced over my feet while I was walking was such a lesson in letting go! | Posted on 26/Feb/2026 22:03:02