Tips & Tools

Sit and Notice

Nature awareness practice

Open your window, or go to a park, or during a hike find a rock:

Feel the fresh air, sit and listen to the sounds of nature.

Sit until the fog burns off…

Sit until the sun completely sets…

Sit until the rain ends… or begins….

Watch an animal, even an insect at work or play until it departs…

Sit until the puddle dries in the sun…

Sit and watch a shadow until it has crossed your path…

Sit until the birds finish their song…

If you can, sit beneath a tree until it lets go of a leaf and you see (or even hear) it fall to the ground.

If you can, sit at a lake and watch the surface until the wind shifts or stops…

Or simply sit until that cloud completely changes shape, and disappears or passes on the horizon….