Justloveforest

Justloveforest A 716-acre nature sanctuary in Poetry, GA to roam free and be. Come - remember you are nature. 🩵🌲

Just Love Forest offers certified forest therapy, retreats, and sacred gatherings rooted in love, presence, and community.

06/19/2026

This is what I saw as we finished morning practice today.

Science would tell you this is a crepuscular ray.

Sunlight scattering through moisture, particles, and openings in the forest canopy.

Spiritually, someone might call it darshan.
A blessing. A moment where the veil feels thin and the sacred suddenly becomes visible.

But these are not opposing ways of seeing the world.

Science is not the denial of mystery.
Science is the language of nature.

And spirituality, at its healthiest, is simply another language trying to describe the exact same miracle.

One explains how the light travels.
The other explains what the light awakens inside the human heart.

Both are forms of reverence.
Both are attempts to stand honestly before reality.

The deeper we look, the less separation there seems to be between the measurable and the mystical.

Perhaps wisdom is not choosing one over the other.

Perhaps wisdom is learning to see the world clearly enough that science becomes spiritual and spirituality becomes scientific.

Right here. Inside a single beam of light through the trees.

06/18/2026

Most of us move through life searching for something dramatic to awaken us.

A vision. A breakthrough. A mountain top moment.

But the beginning of awakening often starts much more quietly.

Right here. Right now. Inside of this one small flower.

To truly see even a single flower is already almost too much for the human mind to comprehend. The colors. The geometry. The softness. The intelligence. The impossible unfolding from seed to bloom. The way it turns toward light without ever being taught.

An entire universe is happening here.

And perhaps awakening is not becoming something superhuman at all. Perhaps it is simply learning how to finally pay attention.

Noticing the miracle that has always been quietly waiting beneath our rushing, our naming, our distraction.

This flower does not need to preach. It does not need to convince. It simply exists fully.

And in its presence, we are invited to do the same.

06/17/2026

In the morning light, a spider web becomes visible for only a moment.

An entire universe of engineering, intelligence, patience, geometry, hunger, survival, beauty, and mystery…
hanging silently between two trees.

It makes me wonder how much of reality exists all around us that we never perceive at all.

We can think. We can theorize. We can believe.
But in the end, we only truly know what we directly experience.

And even then, our understanding is partial.

The interwoven web of life is so infinitely complex, relational, and mysterious that the human mind can never fully grasp it all.

Maybe wisdom is not conquering the mystery.
Maybe it is learning to stand in awe of it.

To slow down enough to notice the web glowing in the sun.

06/16/2026

The first budding sumac of the season.

Most people pass this plant without realizing it’s one of the great gifts of the eastern forests. Native to much of North America, sumac has been used for thousands of years by Indigenous peoples as food, medicine, dye, tea, spice, and refreshment long before modern kitchens ever discovered it.

Right now in early summer, the buds glow white, orange, and soft green before deepening into the crimson cones many people recognize later in the season. Those fuzzy red berries carry a bright lemony tartness that surprises almost everyone who tastes them for the first time. Sumac tea, often called “wild lemonade,” has a citrus flavor without containing any citrus at all.

The dried berries are also ground into the famous sumac spice used throughout Middle Eastern cooking. Tart, earthy, fruity, vibrant. Sprinkled over vegetables, hummus, salads, rice, and roasted foods, it wakes everything up.

Even the way it grows feels generous. Sumac restores disturbed land, feeds pollinators, shelters birds, stabilizes soil, and creates food for wildlife through the colder months. A plant many people mistake for a w**d is actually an ancient ally of both humans and forests.

One of the quiet teachings of the wild:
sometimes the plants we overlook most are the ones carrying the deepest abundance.

06/14/2026

At Just Love Forest, our second highest mountaintop now carries the name Serpentfoot.

If you’ve spent time here, you’ve probably heard me tell stories of her wild spirit in Poetry, Georgia. Serpentfoot, known locally around these mountains as Anne Otwell, lived close to the land and reminded people of something simple and ancient: we are all just a little part of nature. You are nature.

She left her body last March, and we will gather to honor her memory with a sacred despacho ceremony, written poems, prayer, and ceremonial fire on the mountain that now bears her name.

The serpent has long symbolized transformation, earth wisdom, and renewal. It feels fitting that her spirit now lives woven into these ridgelines, forests, and winds.

Bring a poem.
Bring flowers or herbs for the despacho.
Bring a musical instrument, a song, or simply your presence.

We gather not only to remember her, but to remember our place within the living earth itself.

You are nature. Remember.🌲🙏🏼

Just Love, always,

06/11/2026

The forest is feeding everyone right now.

Native blooms opening quietly beneath the canopy while bees, flies, beetles, and pollinators gather in their ancient dance of reciprocity. Every flower becomes a meeting place. Every pollinator becomes part of the prayer.

So much of the forest depends on these tiny exchanges we barely notice.

We are nature.

06/08/2026

Somewhere between fungus and something almost animal, the slime molds emerge after the rains like little forest spirits quietly remembering themselves.

No brain. No nervous system. No eyes.
And yet somehow they move, adapt, solve problems, and weave themselves across fallen wood in colors and forms that feel almost impossible.

The forest is far more alive than most of us realize.

One of the greatest gifts of slowing down in nature is beginning to notice the tiny kingdoms beneath our feet that have been here all along, patiently waiting for us to pay attention.

Just Love Forest continues to humble us with her endless creativity.

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06/05/2026

Saturday night beneath the Full Flower Moon at Gay by Nature 🌕✨

LED hoops spinning through the trees . Poi dancing like fireflies in the dark .leak . Laughter echoing through the forest. Hearts opening. Guys remembering how good it feels to simply be together without needing to be anything other than fully alive.

These are the moments of camaraderie that stay with you. The kind that feel ancient under the full moon and playful all at once.

So grateful for this beautiful brotherhood beneath the moonlight at Just Love Forest

Love everyone. Serve everyone. 🌲💛

06/05/2026

A sneak snippet of a new song that we’ll LOVE at Just Love. Song creation credit Josh Fox. And brought to us by our own Josh Wayne . Join us for the summer solstice weekend for community weekend at Just Love Forest, June 19th-21st: https://www.justloveforest.com/events

06/02/2026

There is something deeply beautiful about walking through the forest with no plan… and then suddenly realizing the forest is offering you dinner. 🍄

Today, during a quiet walk beneath the trees at Just Love Forest, bright golden chanterelles appeared along the path like little lanterns hidden in the leaves. Less than an hour later, they were in a cast iron pan, filling the yurt with the smell of earth, butter, and summer rain.

That feeling is hard to describe. The serendipity of it. The gratitude. The reminder that food does not always have to come from fluorescent lights and grocery store shelves. Sometimes it comes from slowing down enough to notice what is already around you.

A few simple tips for cooking chanterelles:

• Gently brush off dirt instead of soaking them in water
• Start them in a dry pan first and let their moisture cook off naturally
• Once the water evaporates, add butter or olive oil
• Cook until lightly golden and fragrant
• Finish with a little salt, herbs, garlic, or lemon
• Don’t overcrowd the pan or overcook them

Simple is best. Chanterelles already carry the flavor of the forest within them.

Moments like this remind me why we spend time in nature. Not just to “escape,” but to remember our relationship with the living world again.

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Poetry, GA
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