Earth Day 2025: Plant Trees + Bonus Tree Pose

It's not looking so hot for the wildflowers in Central Texas this year. 

In fact, the nights have been dropping into the 40’s.

I’ve seen a few patches of bluebonnets, but they don’t seem as vibrant as last year. 

Kind of a bummer so far.
 
Despite this wild Spring weather, the trees are coming through and doing their job.

Now it’s our turn.

Consider this your early April warning that Earth Day is coming up on Tuesday, April 22nd!

The 2025 theme is “Our Power, Our Planet™.” 

I’ll be sharing some tips to help you explore fun, new ways to support nature and the planet.

 Let's start with how you can help Restore Nature: PLANT
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• PLANT native pollinators in your yard to help the bees & birds. You can find native pollinator plants by state or region here.
• PLANT trees by supporting reforestation projects: Tree Sisters
• PLANT in the ocean by restoring coastal ecosystems (like mangrove forests, kelp forests, seagrass meadows, and coral reefs): SeaTrees 

I was super pumped to learn about Seatrees when we purchased our Tandem SUP. 

It's incredible to see that over 4.7 million seatrees have been planted and restored around the world.

You can get involved directly through as little as a $5 donation or by purchasing from a brand you love that donates to them.

When you’re done finding a way to PLANT & Restore Nature, here's a Yoga Pose to help your BODY get grounded and centered.

HOW TO DO TREE POSE

• Stand with your feet together and your knees slightly bent. 
• Shift your weight into your right foot and lift your left foot off the ground.
• Place the sole of your left foot against your right ankle, calf, or upper thigh.
• Focus on a single object or space in front of you.
• Keep chest lifted and shoulders in lines with hips. Pull your belly up and in.
• Palms together in front of your chest. Slowly raise them overhead toward the ceiling if you can keep your balance. Progress to opening them into a Y position with hands open and fingers reaching long toward the sky with shoulders away from your ears.
• Hold for a few breaths or as long as you can balance. Repeat on your other leg.

MODS: Adjust your bent leg and arm position to your level of strength and balance.

*Foot position: The higher you bring your foot up your leg, the harder it is on your balance. 

*Knee position: The more you open your knee out to the side, the harder it is to keep your hips aligned.  Imagine you have flash lights on each hip bone. Keep the light shining in front of you equally (i.e. if you twist your hips one way, the beam of light would be facing that way vs straight in front of you).

*Hand position: The higher you raise your hands, the harder it is to balance.

**Don't forget to check that the foot you're standing on has equal contact on the floor/ground at the ball of your foot and heel with toes spread as much as you can. Think of growing roots into the ground like a tree to help you stabilize and ground yourself.
 
OVER TO YOU:

Which one of these Nature Moves sounds fun to do?

I know it can be overwhelming to think about climate change.

Remember it all matters.

Small moves from all of us add up just like it does when you make healthy choices for your body each day.

Baby steps my friend.

Find small ways that are exciting to you to support the Planet.

Don't forget to BE in nature as much as possible this Spring!

P.S. Ready to go from Stressed to your Relaxed Body? Download the Relaxed Body Toolkit & Daily Energy Planner here.