Here’s a fascinating way for YOU to begin cultivating a new, deeper relationship with nature. “Forest bathing” (also known as “Shinrin-yoku”) was developed in Japan in the 1980s. This meditative walking activity that asks you to consciously and deliberately engage with nature using all five of your senses: I’m just crazy enough to also engage […]
Organization
Nature bathing + Nature immersion!
Another chapter excerpt from my book Make Some Room: Powerful Life Lessons Inspired By an Epic 16-day Colorado River Rafting Trip Through Grand Canyon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 18: Lie in the grass and listen to the secrets it tells you. Smile with the flowers. Hug the trees. Deep at the bottom of the Canyon, I was […]
Happy New Year!
On this first day of 2024, I am recovering from a household COVID infection! Yay?!?! HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and yours! May you disconnect from your screens and other tech gadgets today and enjoy the beauty and peace that nature has to offer you. Warmly, Angie
People first! Especially on a river trip…
Another excerpt from my book Make Some Room: Powerful Life Lessons Inspired By an Epic 16-day Colorado River Rafting Trip Through Grand Canyon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If I were honest, I’d have to say I have a mildly unhealthy addiction to doing three specific things on my smartphone: Now, remember that down in the Grand Canyon there […]
Time to get real
Another excerpt from Make Some Room: Powerful Life Lessons Inspired By an Epic 16-day Colorado River Rafting Trip Through Grand Canyon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Throughout our Grand Canyon River trip, and especially when navigating rapids, there were times when we were fast, furious, and focused. In the Canyon, we did what we had to do in the […]
Being bold and brave, 14 seconds at a time
I wrote a book a few years ago called Make Some Room: Powerful Life Lessons Inspired By an Epic 16-day Colorado River Rafting Trip Through the Grand Canyon. I’ll be sharing some content from that book to reveal much of what I learned on that incredible river trip experience. In Chapter 7, I share some […]