[Tracey]

While I am not currently adept with tracking, I absolutely love the concept/idea of what this entails and the body mechanics and science behind it. I love how this can develop an even deeper connection with nature, and help communicate with nature both for and with myself and my clients.

The idea.. NO.. The REALITY of having an intimate relationship with nature as opposed to experiencing nature is the very thing I would love to convey and invite my clients to find. I trust nature, and nature trusts me in return. They are one in the same. There is no separation!

Thank you Ruth for you share and Michael for your continued passion and diligence.

Peace and Joy,

Tracey

• This reply was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by  Tracey.

[Tracey]

Reflect on your wander. How did Nature participate? And, what thoughts are there for you in regards to application to your life and career?
Second entry: My question was about leaving my current place of practice?
During my wander, It was hot/humid/uncomfortable. The water drew my attention, but was unable to pursue it’s relief. I was pulled in the direction of some flowers…which I promptly ignored…thought it should feel deeper or more profound somehow. So I wandered down the street and while the dog started to bark, I felt the sense to broaden my own baseline and drop my eyes…the dog stopped barking. At this point, I felt the pull to turn around. The flowers drew my attention again. As I walked toward the them and sniffed them, I was sensing the baseline, as I lifted my head, I noticed some movement. I turned to look and noticed a small gecko on a tree. The only way I could have spotted this was thru the use of wide angle vision.
Finding a spot to sit and reflect on the meaning of these experiences, I found the gecko was the most impactful. The message, loud and clear; Wait, Relax, Soak up the Sun! No movement. Integrating the experiences into my life. My psyche.

[Tracey]

While this is basically a copy of my reflection page, I am attempting to get caught up.
The most important pieces of this for me is the wander, the pull, clarification of the seven breaths (and that it is essential to stay grounded and centered in the now so not to get pulled into emotions…keep it simple), the seven steps just as valid to me as taking a walk into nature…able to use while unable to move or get out.
Reminder of “The Pull” is helpful to understand that something is guiding me. Trusting that pull is essential to discovery of my answers or the direction that is important to me. It IS my inner compass. It is within and without. And while it may not make sense entirely or immediately, something will come. Trust and Patience is an important piece of allowing nature to guide and direct me to source.
Identifying and Clarifying the 7 breaths was helpful. Identifying my actual physical feeling and sensations helped to bring self into the NOW!
The Seven Steps was an incredibly spiritual experience for me. While I felt a bit reluctant going in, it was deeply soothing and fulfilling. I can see how this practice can be almost as fulfilling as actually being in nature. Thank you Michael for your guidance and insight.

[Tracey]

Objective awareness while in a group setting, (we were outside for a sound meditation), I could feel myself being calmer. I could hear the chatter of those talking, I could hear the birds, the water fall, and there was a “buzzing” of sound coming from the whole experience. Around me I could see light and clouds, the gong, the bowls, the other instruments to be used and the people.
I could see a few people moving around quite a bit, up and down, and back again, then repeat this pattern..I could see this was creating ripples in the baseline. While all these things were happening, I recognized that I was simply observing. I was calm, mostly. My skin was cool, and comfortable. I could smell the wetness in the air from all the rain. I was opening up to my surroundings and my surroundings were opening up to me.

While sitting in one of my sit spots, I found with quiet observation and practicing finding the baseline, my skin was warm from the walk and sun hot on my shoulders. I used my jacket to shade me. The sound of birds and frogs and squirrels was in the air. The more settled I became, I could hear shifts before I could actually see them, or maybe even sometimes I wasn’t even truly aware of “how” I knew to look to see people coming around the path. They were too far away to hear, and I was not looking in the direction from which they came. This tells me, there is more to objective awareness than simply hearing and seeing.

While objective awareness seems to come easy for me, dialoging and putting the experience into words continues to prove much of a challenge for me.

Peace, Tracey

[Tracey]

Kimberly, I am not in either…

[Tracey]

Hello Everyone! My name is Tracey. I am from Michigan. I am looking forward to the newest part of the journey and sharing it with you! See you all soon!

[Tracey]

Kimberly said…”I temporarily felt a part of that environment instead of a visitor – which is the truth of the matter anyway.” I LOVE THIS!

[Tracey]

I like how you said that the wander provides you with space. It really does feel freeing. I like the words you chose. Insightful students you have!

[Tracey]

Thank you David for your share about the wander. What I took from your writings is that you were trusting what was being given. Beautiful.

[Tracey]

Maybe it is safe to say, A commitment to Nature Connection is a commitment to ourselves.
Thank you for your sharing.

[Tracey]

“A deep longing for belonging fulfilled”. Yes! Other than meditation, nature is the only other place that satiates the need to belong.
Peace

[Tracey]

Thank you Amanda for being a “keeper”. I so appreciate what you do. So much of my “explanations” of what gets in my way are more like excuses. I can and will carve out more time to get connected to nature. It is one of the most important things I can do for myself, my grandchildren, and their children.

[Tracey]

Hello @ezavaglia808! Beautifully put! I especially liked your statement about how Nature shows our connection to all things. I feel that too and while I didn’t write it, it is a profound statement. Thank you for sharing.
Tracey

[Tracey]

Hello Everyone! Wonderful replies!
It seems through out my life, nature has either guided or embraced me. Either helped me through difficulty or helping me learn how powerful, yet gentle it is. Reflecting that all these forces are available to me…always. With this knowledge there is also a very deep understanding that respect of these forces is absolute. There is real true healing, belonging, necessity and rawness, balance in nature. Whenever I have been seeking or in pain or just needing comfort, or not seeking anything at all…no matter my location. The answer, antidote, the solution is available and it comes. It usually is the only thing that makes sense or can help me make sense. I am pretty sure I am not alone in the insanity of getting caught up in the insanity the world is and has produced. Cell phone, FB, Computer screens, TV screens. All these things are “escapes” from the life we don’t want or want to change somehow. And while they are a temporary numbing, they don’t really give us the thing we truly seek. I sometimes am not even sure what I seek I just know the way I was going about it isn’t it, and I believe there are many others like me (and you) who need nature as part of the way to get what they are looking to for.

Just making a conscious choice to become more aware, there have been a couple interesting experiences which 1) helped me to “be” more in the moment. 2) Find some examples of Concentric Circles! It always amazes me, you move in the direction you look and likewise, it moves toward you.

During one of the readings, I jotted down two quotes.
Price said “Trust the process, support the process, and get out of the way.” I love this because LIFE is a process! The process is so much bigger than we are and the “getting out of the way” part?? To me means, get out of my own way! So much can be done, so long as I get my fears, or ego, or whatever…out of the way of the process working.

“One of the most important responsibilities -this is an important transition- is to take responsibility for our projections, re-identify with these projections and become what we project.” Fritz Perls
This to me speaks of self acceptance. Once we can accept who we are, where we are, and embrace whatever that is, then and only then will we be able to proceed. I have found for myself, this can take moments, or years.

Pretty sure when my kids were younger, I was in nature much more then. Now I work and go home to eat, do sheets, and go to bed to get up and do it again. Recently sold my house which hopefully will allow me more time to become more nature connected. I am already seeing a change in my life and my demeanor.

Til we meet again,
Tracey