Day Seven ( Week one complete)

gray squirrel on the tree in my backyard

cardinal outside my window

8am- I step outside to feel the warm spring breeze upon my skin. I notice a pair of robins washing themselves in the storm gutter attached to my house. I can see the splash of water as they shake and wiggle their feathers. This moment brings me back to the challenge of noticing nature all around me at all times, I have never seen a robin wash its wings, or maybe I have but have never thought to look.

Todays challenge is to bring all the senses back that I once had as a baby. Its funny because this mornings story noted that some people while doing kamana find the exercise challenging ( like I had said in yesterdays post) and it would take a certain type of person in order to master them. Jon Young says it does not take a master because it is in all of us. It is a nature ability to connect to nature, in fact babies do it all the time. He opens this mornings story about his son. His son felt more comfortable outside than confined inside. He reaches for the cool breezes, squealed at the crows, and felt the grass as if it was the best thing he had ever felt. Todays challenge is to recall those baby senses, to break down the walls the society has built in order to disconnect us from nature and our natural way.

Evening Reflection..

Thanks to the birds,

Today was a special reminder of how much life birds bring into this world. I sat on my back porch and watched as a curious chickadee, landed closer and closer to me. It perched on a small table I have on my deck and just seemed to look at me, with the same wide eye curiousity I was looking at it with. I also awoke to a bird call I had never heard before. It sounded piercing and was unlike anything I had ever heard.. I would not even know where to start to describe how it sounded, but it kind of reminded me of a torpedo sound,very high pitched. I just want to give a big thanks to all the birds, who make the world sing, and brighten up my day.

Owl Eyes

This is an exercise to make you aware of your peripheral vision! The goal here is to act as if you are seeing like an owl. To imagine that you can only see straight ahead. The idea is to sit back and relax, to take in everything you are seeing in front of you as a scene.

I tried to do this exercise in my room but felt it was to small. I hope to practice this skill a little more tomorrow outside.