Your Wilder Nature: A Field Guide to Tracking Soul
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (641 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0692747435 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 136 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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She was initiated into her own wilder nature on a solo backpacking trip from Tahoe to Yosemite at the age of seventeen. A student of nature, culture and the spirit, she has studied with traditional, academic and other than two-legged teachers. Daian Hennington, MSW, is a guide into the borderlands of nature and psyche. Daian liv
I Know the Feeling, Visited the Borderlands Wuzzle Pizzard I am a scientist and engineer but I also hike and camp. By training I am a skeptic but I have also felt the kind of restoration of spirit that springs from what this author calls my wilder nature. I have experienced the feeling of renewal that comes from standing on top of a mountain and looking out over a vast wilderness at a tiny little anthill near the horizon. That anthill is really the megalopolis where my home and the homes of millions of other people are enmeshed in what we all call daily life. It's a matter of perspective.In Your Wilder . "A Highly Recommended Read!" according to MB. While reading this book I was reminded of my mother's advice when as a child I would tell her I was feeling unsettled, bored or upset.She always responded in the same way, "Go and spend time with nature for a bit and you'll feel better." She was always right.It felt good to be reminded of the benefits of doing this again. We often get so caught up in our busy 'unnatural' worlds that we 'forget' to commune with our "wilder nature", as author, Daian Hennington calls it. This book is a guide for doing just that - connecting within via nature.You'll. A great book and an easy read A great book about the self-discovery journey through nature and introspection of one inner-soul/inner-being. At the end of each chapter, there is a reflection of one's process of the chapter, it is recommended that one journals about his/her experience.Word of advice: read the book first, purchase a journal, and then apply each exercise in the book to your life. Happy journey to a better you and self-care :)To my fellow clinician it is a must have for those who do home-base therapy or would like to know how to bring nature in the clinical pract
Thank you for being a part of the re-education of our culture." -Meredith Little, School of Lost Borders, Author (with Steven Foster) of The Four Shields: The Initiatory Seasons of Human Nature . "You've done it beautifully, and the message is strong, clear and important
Wild soul calls to us in wide open spaces, in the deep, and in our own animal mystery. People long to connect with something bigger, something deeper. As both a clinical social worker and a wilderness rites of passage guide, author Daian Hennington, MSW, has over 20 years of experience supporting people in transition through life passages. It is a song of ourselves, authentic and unfettered, native to the earth. Yet today, so many of us are alienated, from each other, from self, and from the natural world. We experience loneliness and a disconnect in our personal lives. We are called to soulful inquiry and to heal the broken relationships. At once poetic and practical, Your Wilder Nature is a guide for tracking soul in nature through practices of awareness and observation, skills of orienting to self and the natural world, and outdoor safety. Her book offers a way of connecting with soul in nature that can be practiced by