“I send all of you my greetings and love. We are going to be sharing together and joining our hearts and minds in order to expand and understand a deep relationship that humans have had with the trees. Trees have been our home, a source of safety protection and food throughout our entire evolution. It is where humans began. Before we stood on two legs. We still rely on them in so many ways. I would love to have you join me in learning how from an indigenous way we approach our sacred tree elders. We do this with reciprocity and respect. We seek not only their medicines, their nurturance and food, the protection and the warmth that they provide, but how they are in the world. We look to them truly as our elders of what it is to be whole and to serve the greater whole. They embody for us how to stand and be in sacred communion with beloved Earth mother below our feet. Sacred Sun Father and Grandmother Moon. Let us open this door together. Of all the alliances, we consider this to be one of the most sacred and fundamental. To serve us and that we serve them. From birth, cradle, and when we return to our mother at death. Trees are actually one of the most important alliances as we face the challenges of our world in its environmental changes due to human abuse and misuse. We have amendments to make there and we also need their help. Let us open this door together. Shideh.”