Tag: Nature Reflection

Noticing Nature Practice

Noticing Nature Practice

Well, today is the last day of June. So, the following is the final Noticing Nature Practice Prompt: Smell something that is growing.  What does it smell like? I want to thank all of you who engaged with this month’s Noticing Nature Practice! I hope 

Plant Gardens Not Prisons

Plant Gardens Not Prisons

Plant Gardens Not Prisons I hereby offer this mantra for your consideration: Plant Gardens Not Prisons. As we work to decompose systemic white supremacy, police brutality, and racism, we must begin to imagine what ourselves, our nation and our world could become.  How do we 

Noticing Nature Practice: June 29

Noticing Nature Practice: June 29

What does the weather feel like today? Is there wind? Sun? Rain? Humidity?

Noticing Nature Practice: June 28

Noticing Nature Practice: June 28

Spend a minute or two with a tree today. At the very least, say hello to one.

Noticing Nature Practice: June 27

Noticing Nature Practice: June 27

Open your mouth, stick your tongue out, and taste the air. What’s it like?

Noticing Nature Practice: June 26

Noticing Nature Practice: June 26

What nature do you hear today?

Noticing Nature Practice: June25

Noticing Nature Practice: June25

Lord make us mindful of the little things that grow and blossom in these days to make the world beautiful for us.            —W.E.B. Du Bois

Noticing Nature Practice: June 24

Noticing Nature Practice: June 24

What does inside your home smell like? What does outside smell like?

Noticing Nature Practice: June 23

Noticing Nature Practice: June 23

What is the temperature today? How does your body feel in this temperature?

Noticing Nature Practice: June 22

Noticing Nature Practice: June 22

What are you tasting today? Eat something fresh, if you can, to honor Summer and the sun that helped to grow that food.

Noticing Nature Practice: June 21

Noticing Nature Practice: June 21

“The silence of the natural world is in fact a constant, wondrous, neverending symphony.” — Dr. Qing Li, from Forest Bathing

Summer Solstice

Summer Solstice

Happy Summer Solstice!  Today we reflect on what is coming into fruition within and around us.  What is growing in our hearts, our families,  our gardens, our yards, our communities, our minds, and in our nations? Here are some things that are growing in and 

Noticing Nature Practice: June 20

Noticing Nature Practice: June 20

What does the sky look like today? What does the earth look like?

Noticing Nature Practice: June 19

Today, enjoy some tea – perhaps made from nearby ingredients – perhaps not.

Noticing Nature Practice: June 18

Noticing Nature Practice: June 18

What nature smells do you remember from childhood? Can you smell any of them today?