Mindful Mornings Miami

07/03/2026

The Earth has music to those who listen - William Shakespeare

“Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.q
Frank Lloyd Wright

I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
John Muir,

Happy Friday! This day awakens all my senses as I honor the dappled sunlight breaking through the tree canopy to greet me. Magic like this in Nature is priceless. We humans cannot recreate this golden hour, nor the angle of the dancing shadows as water and light intermingle. Fleeting. This exact beauty shall never come again, not like it is in this moment. Gift. How is it that such Beauty visited my little one acre tiny forest today?

May this time of celebration remember beyond words of men. May it recall the sheer awe these lands awoke in the hearts and eyes and feet of the newcomers. May we recall the peace-filled ways indigenous peoples stewarded this magnificent land of milk and honey. May we commit to a more sustainable and less extractive way of living in America. May the free be each of us and the brave be all of us. May we actually understand that the land is the land; sovereign unto itself. We are just but visitors here for a short time. Happy Birthday to the concept of America. May we remember the truth of what it stands for.

06/28/2026

Magic in the morning, a gentle, caressing light rain. Trees that open to water’s nourishment. Leaves that glisten with the love of liquid care. Now the sun, there must be a rainbow near.

My mornings at the treehouse, beside the waterfall and within the forest canopy rejuvenate my soul.

Zebra longwing butterflies flutter through the native forest foliage, happy to nibble a corky vine, so sublime.

Savoring. Like a sweet sip of tea, it embraces me.

This gift of life. A breath. Here now. Blessings abound.

May you this day, walk and greet like namaste.

The beauty and light in me bows and acknowledges the beauty and light also in you. 🙏🙏🙏🌳🌳🌳💧💧💧

04/28/2026

I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
(John Muir)

Saturday evening, Divine Dining In Heaven at we “took a walk in the woods to see what the forest reflects to us”. The public opening of our brand new “Art as Nature - Nature as Art” section that activates the Old Growth Forest which is Endangered Environmental Land that we have a covenant to care for features as the artist who created this Mirror Angle Fragments (3x60) piece in the center of the limestone labyrinth.

The invitation is to reconnect with Nature,letting your feet honor the contemplative practice of “ambulando meditatur) - by walking I meditate.

Inspired by the this living walking path descends into the oolitic limestone, is accented by flowing water, guided by dwarf mondo steps.

Guests are handed a prayer ribbon to accompany them into their “forest reflection walk” and invited to leave it tied to the 200 year old banyan that guards and grounds the space.

Come experience the newest “Nature As Art” installation donated by shervin pishevar and his family in honor of their beloved mother, Eshie. The native butterfly plants that encircle the installation will bloom soon and provide sustenance for the native butterflies we are committed to care for.

Blessings to all who helped make this vision come true, from our founder, Bruce, to to JB, UBS, Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins District 8, the entire Patch staff and our beloved guests.

Another way to “take the Nature Pill ”—where Awe & Beauty bring Calm to your soul.

04/06/2026

12/23/2025

“Awaken to the mystery of being here
and enter the quiet immensity of your own presence.

Have joy and peace in the temple of your senses.

Receive encouragement when new frontiers beckon.

Respond to the call of your gift and the courage to follow its path...

May your outer dignity mirror an inner dignity of soul.

May you take time to celebrate the quiet miracles that seek no m

May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder.”

JOHN O’DONOHUE

At this sacred season of long, dark nights, may you rest.

In the darkness, may your inner Light be bright.

Allow the inner child of joy, peace, tranquility and serenity find home in the cradle of your heart. (Suzanne Jewell)

From everyone that steward, love and care for this little slice of Heaven on Earth here at Patch, we send warm wishes of health, healing, happiness, holiness and wholeness to you and your Beloveds, to all living beings and to the Earth’s elements of Life. May we return back to Earth and her healing powers in the year ahead.