This past winter I lived in my van with my dog in the Arizona desert, leaving my comfortable home behind north of the SF Bay Area. As it turned out, it was a very cold winter-really too cold to be living in a van without electricity. Every day around 4 I had to start preparing my van for the cold night to come, putting reflectix in all the windows, etc. I pretty much stayed under the covers for long time. As uncomfortable as it was, I really came to terms with what it meant to deal with Nature and weather. I appreciated the difference that modern conveniences such as running water, a toilet, a stove, an oven, electricity. I found myself rushing to get ready before the sun set. It was a big deal. And, in its own way, it was an awakening.
loved ; Nature Practice , I do it a lot. Using the breath and the walking pace, a way of moving as a syncing, or a resonance, I would say. It can be very energizing, almost other worldly. yes slow down, feel into the body, dare I say tantric. We are mostly not sensing enough. I do it on the beach, as i walk along water edge as the waves wash up I breath in sync with all of nature arriving. Yes i am also an artist. I always am connecting.
So enjoyed this. I was born and brought up in the North East of England, so it felt very special listening to Mark. I'm an artist and love nature for painting and just being in it. Later in life I came to embrace Buddhism and nature is part of that for me. I also visited some of the national parks around california and nevada and didn't want to come back. The wilderness felt so spiritual and the vastness was indeed awesome. Thankfully I live in the scottish borders where there is a good deal of space so I get my doses of nature. Thank you for this video.
Wilderness for me is being deep in the Africa bush with elephants lions and leopards around each corner we walk in Mindfulness is very real in these settings
This past winter I lived in my van with my dog in the Arizona desert, leaving my comfortable home behind north of the SF Bay Area. As it turned out, it was a very cold winter-really too cold to be living in a van without electricity. Every day around 4 I had to start preparing my van for the cold night to come, putting reflectix in all the windows, etc. I pretty much stayed under the covers for long time. As uncomfortable as it was, I really came to terms with what it meant to deal with Nature and weather. I appreciated the difference that modern conveniences such as running water, a toilet, a stove, an oven, electricity. I found myself rushing to get ready before the sun set. It was a big deal. And, in its own way, it was an awakening.
loved ; Nature Practice , I do it a lot. Using the breath and the walking pace, a way of moving as a syncing, or a resonance, I would say. It can be very energizing, almost other worldly. yes slow down, feel into the body, dare I say tantric. We are mostly not sensing enough. I do it on the beach, as i walk along water edge as the waves wash up I breath in sync with all of nature arriving. Yes i am also an artist. I always am connecting.
So enjoyed this. I was born and brought up in the North East of England, so it felt very special listening to Mark. I'm an artist and love nature for painting and just being in it. Later in life I came to embrace Buddhism and nature is part of that for me. I also visited some of the national parks around california and nevada and didn't want to come back. The wilderness felt so spiritual and the vastness was indeed awesome. Thankfully I live in the scottish borders where there is a good deal of space so I get my doses of nature. Thank you for this video.
Scottish borders is so beautiful ❤
Love this so much 🌸🌱💚
Nice to know Mark is a fellow Geordie! Thank you Forrest and Rick for these invaluable talks 😁
Wilderness for me is being deep in the Africa bush with elephants lions and leopards around each corner we walk in Mindfulness is very real in these settings
I found this to be so relaxing ☺️ This answered questions I’ve been unable to articulate. I will listen to this many times, thank you.🌷
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part of what Forrest brings up about going into nature as buorgouse has to do with colonialism