‘Ecosexual’ woman claims she’s in love with oak tree

A self-proclaimed “ecosexual” took nature loving to the extreme after becoming infatuated with an oak tree — which she says fills her with “erotic energy.

“There was an eroticism with something so big and so old holding my back,” Sonja Semyonova, 45, told SWNS of her forest fetish.

She is a self-proclaimed “ecosexual,” defined by “Here Come The Ecosexuals” as a person who “finds nature romantic, sensual and sexy” and often imagines “Earth as their lover.”

The self-intimacy guide and “somatic sex educator in training” first started pining for the plants after moving to Vancouver Island, British Colombia in the winter of 2020.

Semyonova, who also specializes in “erotic story telling,” said she lay eyes on a giant oak tree while on her daily nature strolls during lockdown.

“I was walking a path near the tree five days a week for the whole winter,” the nature lover explained. “I noticed a connection with the tree. I would lie against it.”

The naturalist’s connection continued to grow stronger like a piece of oak until summer 2021, when she started developing erotic feelings for the mighty hardwood.

Describing her sappy romantic yearnings, Semyonova said she loves the “feeling of being tiny and supported by something so solid” and “the feeling of not being able to fall.”

Branching out into love with other lifeforms might seem weird, but the tree-hugger says that being with people just doesn’t compare.

“The presence I feel with the tree is what I’m looking for but that’s a fantasy with a person,” Semyonova lamented. “I had been craving that rush of erotic energy that comes when you meet a new partner and that is not sustainable.”

The naturalist’s connection continued to grow stronger like a piece of oak until summer 2021, when she started developing erotic feelings for the mighty hardwood.

However, the extreme leaf peeper claims that ecosexuality “is already present in a lot of people” and that getting in touch with our roots could solve a lot of climate issues.

“There’s a reason we want to go for picnics in parks and hike in nature,” Semyonova declared. “What we fail to notice is that the reason we want this is to tap in to the life force that comes from these things, which is the erotic.”