The Touch Tree

A touch tree has a history in many traditions. It's a prominent tree—one that can be seen from afar or whose location is well known—used when exploring new lands. A reference point. A place of safety, comfort, and rest.

If you are lost, the touch tree becomes a landmark. A place you can venture from to explore and discover, to get your bearings—knowing you can always return.

And if you're traveling far from home, a touch tree might be one close to your heart. A symbolic tree, reminding you of home when you're feeling untethered. A place to pause and remember what grounds you.

This space—The Being School—is my touch tree. A comforting, sacred place where I can share thoughts and reflections while exploring the landscape of what it means to be human.

This is where I come to sit down, lean my back against the trunk, and speak from what I’ve seen and felt in this life’s terrain.

It’s not a space of answers, but of questions. Not of doing, but of being.

If this resonates, I invite you to join me here. Let this be your touch tree, too.

Go out and explore your world. And when you need to rest—or remember who you are—you’ll find the tree waiting. Steady, rooted. Ready for you to set down your pack, lean against it, and breathe.