Here is calm so deep, grasses cease waving…wonderful how completely everything in wild nature fits into us, as if truly part and parent of us. The sun shines not on us but in us. The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of our bodies, making them glide and sing. John Muir
If you have longed for a deeper connection with nature, try this exercise on your next outing:
Walking and Feeling Yourself in All
As you walk, feel that everything around you is part of you. Feel yourself in the trees, standing tall and firm. Feel inside of you the movement of their branches and leaves as they sway and flutter to the slightest breezes.
Become the birds as they flit from branch to branch. Listen to their calls and feel their sound resonating within you. Rise and fall with the Ravens as they ride and play in the currents of air. Follow them until they disappear into the blue.
Follow the wind by the sounds and movement it creates as it flows through, around and over trees, meadows, and rocks.
Feel yourself in every sound and movement of nature.
Excerpted from Listening to Nature, by Joseph Cornell, founder of Sharing Nature Worldwide.
