Following on from the last post, a key element of connecting is actually getting out and the old saying is still valid, 'the first step is the hardest'. It is often too easy to say 'it's raining', 'I'm busy', 'it'll be dark soon'. The key to the healing power of Nature, to be connected to the animate and inanimate world we a part of and to be healed by it is to get out and notice!
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| Views from 'bathing' benches in the Galloway Forest |
Even if you visit the same place everyday there will always be something different to see, and again this means you have to be there, you have to look, to notice, to develop your observational skills. We can all notice something by accident, whether a view, a sunset, an eagle or a flower. The way we heal ourselves in nature is to keep repeating the accident! To notice not just the big, the dramatic but the subtle, more mundane as well. As always we need to be there, to notice, to reflect. To be mindful of all around us.
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| Preparing lunch! |
We can spot creatures of all sizes
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| Another lunch time option! |
Sometimes the colour palette presented is enough to help calm, develop a sense of appreciation
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