Guild Wars 2

Hiyas,
I have been trying to get the skill point directly north of the “Graven Cay” writing on the Cursed Shore map. I have tried to get it around 50 times tonight and have tried everything I can think of to no avail.
Its not a problem getting to it. But it is one of the “commune with this” ones and the problem I am having is as soon as I get near it these thorns grow out of the ground and poison you every second which breaks the channeling.
I have looked on Google and YouTube and found nothing at all. if anyone has completed this and has any tips or tricks I would be extremely greatfull.

the thorns are a cause of the melandru statues. In the cursed shore is a temple to melandru. If that waypoint is contested then the thorns will be popping out and You will need to retake the temple.

Thank you! I could not find an explanation anywhere.

I had this issue with my last character. The temple remained contested but I was still able to commune after a few attempts. There was a gap of about 30 seconds where the thornes didn’t pop on me.