Why 'Nurtured Ground'? Nurture is defined as "care for and encourage the growth and development of", and Ground is defined as "the solid surface of the earth". 

The earth and its ground hold so many nourishing lessons for us, if we are open to acknowledging them. We can nurture our awareness of the collective and connected ground underneath our own feet, as well as within our bodies, wherever we may walk or rest, so that in times of struggle and hopelessness there is built-in support we can rely on. 

Nurture gets lost in the shuffle of everyday living once we are no longer infants, and have the desire and ability to learn to do things for ourselves. Nurturing ourselves is a progressive skill and way of being, learned through getting nurtured by others. We NEED nurturing by others, in many forms, to discover who we are and how we want to be in the world, and so we can learn to nurture ourselves. Yet in the society we find ourselves in, the tendency to get nurtured and supported when we need it most,  like in times of distress, falls away too soon. Independence is valued, and dependence on others is viewed as weak, well before we are developmentally able to care for all aspects of ourselves on our own. We feel a loss of support and increased demand to attempt to fill in the gaps of what we are no longer provided. Over time, we feel we cannot measure up to expectations, and begin taking in doses of shame and fear each time we fall short. We internalize voices and messages from others that tell us we are not "enough", even when well-meaning. We develop defenses, patterns, beliefs and coping mechanisms that are conducive to surviving- not thriving. 

The AMAZING thing is that through nurture, we can learn new skills and patterns, and change our perceptions, beliefs and behaviors to work with our true nature instead of against it, creating our own nurtured ground to hold us up. We are built to survive, and we have the power to choose if that will lead to thriving.