Seasonal Nature Connection Guide: Lammas

As a nature lover, attuning to the Wheel of the Year is one of the most beautiful ways to come home to yourself. Each season invites us to turn down the noise of the mind and back into the rhythm of the Earth. Lammas is the mid-point, or height, of the summer. Known as a season of ripening and gratitude where we begin to gather what we’ve sown, both in the garden and in our inner world.

Lammas is a time of sacred tending. The sun still burns warm, but the days are quietly shorter, and a subtle shift begins in the land. Golden grasses sway, fruits grow heavy on the vine, and you might start to feel a pull inward even in the brightness of summer. This is a season to honor your efforts, celebrate your growth, and tend what still needs ripening.

Let’s walk this spiral path together.

How to Use This Guide:

As your Nature-Loving Bestie, I wanted to offer you a seasonal guide to help you re-align. Because when you're aligned... everyone wins - including the Earth.

This guide is here to gently bring you back to what you love: nature. It blends spiritual threads, plant allies, and grounded practices to help you reconnect.

Feel free to use this however your intuition asks for:
• Maybe you read it all at once and focus on the part that calls to you.
• Or maybe you return to it throughout the season, one practice at a time.

There’s no wrong way. That’s the beauty of seasonal living - it’s a partnership, not a prescription.

Ready to drop into the rhythm of Lammas? Me too.

Lammas: ~ jUly 31 - september 21

Lammas marks the first harvest on the Wheel of the Year. The word “Lammas” comes from “loaf-mass,” celebrating the grain harvest and the sacred act of turning what’s been grown into sustenance. It’s a festival of transformation, of gratitude, and of honoring the cycle of effort, ripening, and release.

The land is abundant, but we begin to notice a shift: sunflowers turn toward dusk, mornings cool ever so slightly, and nature reminds us that all things have their time.

This season invites you to ask: What am I harvesting now? What can I celebrate and share? And what still needs tending before the season changes?

energy of the season:

Gratitude
Harvest
Integration
Nourishment
Slowness
Maturity
Patience

Check-in: What am I proud of creating, and how can I honor that growth?

plant spirit of lAmmas - Oatstraw

Oatstraw Avena Sativa

Oatstraw is one of my go-to herbal allies for stress, depletion, and nervous system exhaustion - perfect for this bridge between high summer and early fall.

Medicine Highlights

Nervous System Rebuilder – deeply restorative for long-term stress, burnout, and emotional fatigue
Mineral-Rich Nourishment – packed with calcium, magnesium, and silica to support bones, mood, and hormones
Gentle and Safe – perfect for sensitive folks, perimenopause*, and chronic stress support

Ways to Work with Oatstraw

Sip It Slowly
- Brew a long infusion of dried oatstraw (1 Tbsp per cup of hot water, steeped 4–8 hours or overnight).
  - Drink it slowly, with intention.
    - Tune into the nervous system—noticing subtle shifts: calm, softness, safety.
      - Reflect on the gentleness of nourishment, not as a rush but as steady presence.
Visualization
- Close your eyes and imagine a field of oatstraw, green, flowy and waving in the wind.
- Now visualize yourself as the field of oatstraw: flexible, nourished, rooted.
  - Ask, “How can I bend without breaking?”
Include a cup of oatstraw tea in an Earth-Giving Ritual
- Brew a cup of oatstraw tea.
- Tune in and ask what part of the land would like some extra love?
  - Follow your gut to that space(s) and offer the tea to the land in gratitude for it’s abundance.

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ANIMAL SPIRIT OF LAMMAs - DEER

Deer embodies gentleness, attunement, and quiet strength. As we move into the harvest season, deer reminds us that sensitivity is a superpower. It’s okay to soften. It’s okay to be tender and discerning as you choose what to carry forward and what to lay down.

Deer Medicine Invites:

• Listening more deeply to your body
• Trusting slow, small steps
• Honoring sensitivity as wisdom
• Walking with grace, even in uncertainty
• Remembering softness is not weakness

Fun Deer Fact:

Deers are highly sensitive! Especially in the sense of hearing. Each of their ears can move independently to scan for sound in different directions. This allows them to stay attuned to their surroundings and sense even the slightest shift in energy, long before danger appears.

Their gift isn't just alertness - it's deep sensitivity as survival wisdom. Deer reminds us that being sensitive isn’t weak… it’s a finely tuned superpower that helps us navigate the world with presence and intuition.

Spiritual Symbolism:

The deer invites you to ask:

Where can I meet myself with compassion?
How can I embrace my sensitivities as a superpower more?

journal prompts for lammas

What have I been growing (physically, emotionally, creatively), and how can I celebrate the harvest?
What part of me feels ready to be seen and shared?
What still needs tending before the fall?
Where do I need nourishment - mentally, spiritually, emotionally?
What old pattern can I thank and release?

intuitive message for lAMMAS

Ahhhh, the bustling energy of summer has hit its peak. What a time to take a moment to reflect on the last 6 weeks. All the way back to summer solstice. What did you do this summer? What were some of the themes? What were some of the harder lessons you learned? And what were the biggest blessings.

At this time of peak… heat, abundance, harvest… its the perfect time to say thanks. To reflect and pause and holy shit - soak it all in. As you know, time passes with the seasons and the message from Earth and Spirit now is to take a moment to breathe. Reflect. Give thanks and cherish.

nature connection practices for lammas

Harvest Walk
- Take a slow walk through your neighborhood, garden, or nearby natural area. Notice what’s ripe, blooming, or beginning to fade. Can you see how the once blossomed flowers are now turning to seeds?
Grain Blessing Ritual
- Bake or buy a fresh loaf of bread. Before eating, hold it in your hands and offer gratitude for all that went into creating it - sun, rain, seed, soil, effort. Bless it as a symbol of your own sacred work and nourishment.
Sunset Reflection
- As the light softens in the evening, light a candle and reflect on the season so far. Journal or simply sit with what’s ripening in your heart.
Oatstraw Infused Meditation
- While sipping your infusion, imagine the roots of the oat plant grounding you. Let yourself sink into slowness. Feel your body soften. Let this nourishment anchor you in the now.

Closing Thoughts

Lammas reminds us that transformation is slow and sacred. That what we’ve grown matters. That nourishment and effort are worth celebrating. And that the Earth, in all her rhythms, is guiding us back to a more tender, embodied, sustainable way of living.

Whether you're sipping a nervine tea, writing by candlelight, or listening to crickets at dusk… may this season bless you with presence, peace, and just enough softness to carry you toward what’s next.

And if you're seeking support during this threshold - through herbs, Earth Spirit readings, or nature-rooted guidance - I’d be honored to walk beside you.

Golden Grain Blessings to You!

Taylor

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