Nature Connection

Nature Connection Challenge Day 18 - Jump in a Puddle!

Today’s challenge is to embrace this rainy day and get outside with full intention of getting wet. Find the biggest puddle you can find and go for it!! After some fun splashing, jumping and romping around, come inside to cozy up with a nice warm drink.

We’d love to see your soggy pics!!

Nature Connection Challenge - Day 17 - Thank The Earth

Today’s Challenge is to focus on being thankful for all the Earth provides for us:

• Find a spot to sit or lay on the Earth. Feel free to bring a blanket or yoga mat to sit or lay on if that supports you. If you are unable to go out, sit or lay inside and use your imagina…

Our nature challenge for today is to build a fairy house using natural material: sticks, rocks, pine needles, leaves, shells. This is a fun and whimsical way to enjoy nature, for children and adults alike! You never know who you might find inhabiting your fairy house, so keep your eyes open!

Nature Connection Challenge Day 15 - Exploring the Sense of Touch

Touch:
Find a place (can be outdoors or inside) where you can be relaxed and feel safe. Just noticing. Take a few deep breaths. It may take a few moments to fully arrive in the moment, give yourself permission to fully arrive.

• Close your eyes or if you prefer, slightly close them.

• Feel how the earth below your feet/body supports you and how you are surrounded by other living things... how your thoughts arise and fall awa…

Nature Connection Challenge - Day 14 - Do Nothing

In the Tao Te Ching, the ancient philosopher Lao Tzu introduced the beautiful concept of Wu Wei. It is most often translated to mean non-doing, but encompasses the idea of acting without hurry or excessive effort. Essentially it means to go with the flow of what life gives you. Lao Tzu said that if you practice Wu Wei, “everything will fall into place.”

Life in the modern a…

Nature Connection Challenge Day 13 - Tracking

Happy Sunny Saturday Everyone!!

Today’s challenge is for you to go see if you can find some animal tracks. The animals are moving a lot and the ground is nice and moist. As you look for tracks, look at your surroundings and see if there are any clues as to where you might find tracks. Is there a water source an animal would likely go to get a drink?

Let us know if you have any luck finding tracks - we’d love to hear from you!!

Today’s challenge is to identify Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens), and if you like, harvest a handful of Wintergreen leaves to make tea.

Wintergreen is a hardy ground cover (grows and sprawls out low to the ground), and even in winter you could dig under the snow to find and use it for tea. Many of the shiny, leathery, oval-shapped leaves turn a reddish color in late fall and winter and may also have red berries from the previous summer. Wi…

Nature Connection Challenge - Day 11

Today’s Challenge is to work on your physical balance out in nature.

Get outside and find some fun ways to test your balancing skills! Find a downed tree you can walk across, a rock wall to walk along, or any other natural obstacles you can use to work your balance.

Try to see how long you can stand on one leg. Maybe even have a fun little competition with your family members.

Let us know the ways you worked on your balance today!!

We are living in a time of uncertainty. Many of our lives have been upended as the world adjusts to a new reality. It is natural for the mind to try and make sense of these changes, but often we find ourselves in a flurry of thoughts, worries and negativity. Gratitude is an amazing antidote to negativity. Gratitude helps us wake up to the magic that is already all around us.

Today’s challenge begins with a walk in nature. If you’re …

Today’s challenge is to create a face in nature, using natural materials, and there are many ways to do this! Here are just a few possibilities:

• Use clay to make a face on a tree or tree stump

• Use sticks, rocks and other natural materials to create a face on the ground

• Make a face on the forest floor using only acorns

• Use shells or rocks to make a face in the sand, soil or snow

• Use water to paint a face on a roc…