Emerge At The Pace of Nature
Hello Reader
Welcome to new readers and nature explorers, many of whom I met this last weekend at a local event here in the Tri Cities.
If you’re new to my orientation to the world, welcome, and in case you haven’t been told this recently: Rich silence and slow motion are great treasures to savor. Especially amidst the bustle and buzz of spring.
Read on for our weekly reflection, practice, and tiny tender being.
Cheers,
Jennifer
Founder, Ordinary Nature
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Weekly Reflection 🌱
- Weekly Practice ✨
- Upcoming Free Walks 👟🌿
- Expo Free Walk Winners! ✨
- Little Tender Things 🌸💚
- Video Resources 🎥 ✨
WEEKLY REFLECTION
Emerge At The Pace Of Nature
Jennifer Ruth Keller
My entire life I’ve been a “late bloomer” and “slow” in terms of many of the metrics and milestones of conventional society.
Late to landing a double jump when I was a competitive ice-skater as a child. Late to puberty. Late to get a cell phone. Late to recognize the dawning wave of tech-jobs-for-anyone in Silicon Valley, right in front of my eyes when I lived there. Late to marriage. Late to motherhood. Late to get a joke.
At 53, I can now see I’m simply living at the pace of my human mammalian body, in concert with other nature beings beside me. I go outside in the morning, for the walk to school, and see our first poppy of the season preparing to unfurl her bold petals into the air, letting them press and open past their soft green encasement without an ounce of rush. And that, my friends, is something to behold, and take inspiration from.
How slow might you unfurl your bold, soft petal beauty for the world?
In some things, maybe the best things, there’s no prize for getting it done fast or first. There’s offering up beauty, and goodness, at whatever pace is required.
WEEKLY PRACTICE INVITATION
The what: Slow emergence nature play!
The how:
- Enjoy a 10-minute stroll at dawn or dusk, when you can behold nature beings opening to the day, or winding down for the night
- Locate one nature companion who, for you, resonates as a wise and delightful guide for how to emerge, or change, or grow, with a distinctive pace and style.
- Across the week, or a season, gently explore one feature of yourself you’d like to unfurl into the world at the just-right speed for you.
🌿✨Locals: Free Gatherings!✨🌿
Forest-Bathing Style Walk
Sunday, May 17th @ 5:30pm
WSU Demonstration Gardens behind the Kennewick Public Library
Meet at: the outdoor “classroom” at the front entrance to the gardens
Conscious Living Expo Lottery Winners!
I had so many wonderful conversations at last week’s expo in Pasco that I’ve decided my “lottery” for a free, private forest-bathing-style walk (for up to 5 people) will be available to anyone who joined my mailing list during the Expo!
IYKYK! Email me to get the details and we will schedule a date, time, and location for your forest-bathing-style experience!
LITTLE TENDER THINGS
Wasp nest, you
exemplar of delicate
structure, of a finely
ordered abode.
May the needles
hold you, and
the wind move on.
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