Sunsets, Spirals & Shadows
But ask the animals, and they will teach you,
or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;
or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
or let the fish in the sea inform you.
— Job 12 : 7-8
Guided Meditation:
Additional Practices & Meditations
- Tree Meditation on Insight Timer
- Nature Sees Me Guided Meditation on Insight Timer
- Allow, Open & Listen Movement Practice Series (Movement Forward, Brave Creativity & Nature Sees Us). Visit the link and you will see the three pdf downloads for each practice.
Additional Resources:
- Book Recommendation: Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown
- Ways of Walking Series: Walking as Earth Care* with Monticue Connally of Jiridon Apothecary
- Ways of Walking Series: Walking as Mystery*
- Ways of Walking Series: Walking as Presence*
*Ways of Walking Series: Videos, practices, and resources related to each theme.
Prompts:
Consider writing one or a few of these down on a piece of paper. Take them with you and if you are curious and interested, pull one out and read it first silently to yourself (as you move) and perhaps a second time softly out loud (as you move). Be open and attentive to what arises. Release the need to solve anything or arrive somewhere.
- When I look up at the sky, what do I notice? What might she, they, he be speaking through the clouds, colors, sunbeams, and stars?
- What does is feel like inside my heart when I place my hand on the healing/formed wound of a broken or torn tree branch? What do I notice about the way the wound is formed? What do I notice in me when I look deeply into it?
- Am I connecting to the way branches reach, twist, bend, and stretch? What permission might they be giving me?
- As I peer into my shadow, I invite myself to hold the hand of my inner child/younger self with compassion and grace. I see and witness my deep pain (both physical and emotional).
- Divine, Spirit, Goddess, God, Jesus, Nature, Creator, I invite you to speak to me, to deeply see me, and help nurture where I am frightened to go.
- Divine, Spirit, Goddes, God, Jesus, Nature, Creator, I invite you into my dreams, my most colorful places, and the parts of me that want to scream, cry, celebrate, and dance.
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San Francisco and Bay Area Resources
- The Great Highway from Lincoln Ave to Sloat Ave. - 4 miles round trip
- Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park - 1 mile loop
- Philosopher’s Way in McLaren Park - 2.7 mile loop
- McLaren Park - 313 acres of trails, paths, playgrounds, etc
- SF Crosstown Trail - around 17 miles but can be walked in sections
- AllTrails - database of trails
- Mount Davidson - start at Juanita staircase, up to the cross and around the mountain
- Glen Canyon Park