About Living Wild Wisdom
"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul."
The key to reclaiming our kinship with the wild is through intentionally encountering nature through our senses or sensory mindfulness.
Like traditional meditation, sensory mindfulness is a practice that requires us to create a quiet space without distraction so that we can fully receive the colors, textures, scents, and sounds that we fail to notice when we simply go outdoors.
I call this way of entering nature a “walk of mindful presence.” By deepening our awareness, we open to nature’s wisdom and fully experience the present moment. The Now.
In the Now, our senses open us to a wellspring of inner wisdom and insights that call us into reflection.
Through a practice of Reflective Journaling, we can gather our sensory impressions, asking ourselves why we’re drawn to an object, sound, or scent and what meaning this has.
This act of receiving through our senses and reflecting on our impressions is drawn from a spiritual contemplative exercise called terra divina or “reading the earth.”
Reflection helps us to know ourselves more deeply—who we truly are—and to find within ourselves reserves of resilience and empowerment so that we can cultivate well-being. It is both self-care and self-transformation to our highest level of humanness.
Reclaiming our kinship with nature has never been more vital.
The world is changing rapidly, demanding greater coping skills to address stress, fear, and anxiety as the human family faces an evolutionary step into an uncertain future. Nature has wisdom to teach us how to thrive if we’re willing to pay attention.
Living Wild Wisdom is also a place to gather tools, resources, and techniques for a journey toward what I call “wild warriorhood.”
The world needs care-takers: artists and activists; environmentalists and rewilders; leaders and teachers. Young and old.
It’s only by restoring our reverence for all creation that we become passionate stewards of Earth’s beauty and resources that sustain us: body, mind, heart, and soul. By reconnecting to the wisdom of the wild, we discover that the health and well-being of the natural world depends on our own health and well-being. We are one.
