The Sit Spot is a simple powerful technique to connect with nature. Bill and Bob will explain how to do it and the advantages of making this part of your everyday life.
Check this article from Lime Hollow for more information on the sit spot: http://www.limehollow.org/about/Art-of-Mentoring.pdf
Morning Guys,
Nice piece about the sit spot this morning. First time on your website and you know, guys look like you sound, I’ll let you decide if that’s compliment or not. I recently read What the Robin Knows and while Jon is a little too metaphysical for me I liked the book and absorbed a lot about bird language (I’m more of a science guy, geologist and ecologist by trade, student of all things bird by choice). Anyway, I have a sort of traveling spot. Most mornings I walk four miles or so down to the local lake and back. Once I get down the road a ways past the subdivisions and busier streets I turn off the podcasts (alas, even yours) and just listen and watch while I walk. I’ve been doing this for about four years and it has been wonderful. Like Bob I have some issues, as they say, with the current state of things and those walks help get me connected again. Not to mention the fun stuff like watching bluebirds fledge from the park’s next boxes and checking on the local critters to see who’s out that morning. And the occasional mysteries, like the dead sora that was in the road a while back a good mile or more from the nearest marshy spot on the lake that might be good habitat, still scratching my head about that one. Or why only once in all this time I have seen American pipits down by the shore when the get reported on ebird every spring as being right where I walk to. So my traveling spot fits me pretty well and maybe it is a little metaphysical ….
Thanks,
Scott
Hi Scott,
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. I am glad you turn off the podcasts (even ours) and just listen and watch while you walk.
Hi guys – great intro to your podcasts. I too like to sit (or lie) in the backyard by our garden, especially when I’m stressed or tired. But why wait until then? The idea of sharing with someone afterwards or journaling would add something to my experience.
Back in college, my biology teacher had us do something similar with finding a place outside in nature, regularly sitting and observing. That was one of my favorite experiences.
I would like to hear more about healing encounters in nature that you alluded to. Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm.
Hi Deborah- Thanks for sharing your experiences! Siting in nature is so simple yet powerful. We need it in our busy lives more than ever. We will try to weave healing encounters in nature into our podcasts.
So enjoying your podcasts! Glad you covered Sit Spots. I have found them to bring about some the most amazing experiences in my life. Keep the podcasts coming!!
I love this idea and I can’t wait to try it! It sounds like exactly what my life is missing. Thank you!
Glad you are going to try it! Let us know how it goes.