Guide to Nature Observation

Here’s a new article about Reconnecting with Nature. This is a quick beginner’s guide to nature observation that I try to practice several times a week close to home. This practice is the dayworld side of my dreamwork.

The guide is a synthesis of different practices developed by psychologist Eugene Gendlin, naturalist Jon Young, and archaeologist Paul Devereux. I brought the practices together when studying the perceptual effects of ancient rock art in Nicaragua. It really works well for me so I want to share it.

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Reconnecting with Nature

Reconnecting with nature is not as hard as people make it out to be. It doesn’t take pristine wilderness, a week hunting feral pigs with spears, or even an encyclopedic knowledge of all the birds in your area.

All it takes is a little time every week to go outside, close to home, and re-tune your awareness to what’s happening outside. I call this nature observation, but it is really about paying attention to the wisdom of our bodily intelligence. The good news is that we are naturals at this, and it doesn’t take long to reconnect with our inner nature (intuition) and our outer nature (the world we live in).

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