Spring is Almost in the Air-Forest Walk

23800 Main Road,Cutchogue NY 11935

05 March, 2023

Description

This time of the year, we begin to sense the warming in the air as everything begins to thaw and yet, winter is still always present. Some of us take to heart the expression, “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.” It is also an Equinox month. The name “Equinox” is derived from the Latin aequus (equal) and nox (night). Around the equinox, day and night are shifting their presence. A shared relationship of light and dark. We’ll look for signs of springtime as we wander and take time to tenderly hold this time in our hands. What are the signs around you that nature is in relationship, even when it seems it’s not? Where are you in or out of relationship in your own life? What has survived the winter and what has succumbed? A downed tree, a sheltered sapling. We may try connecting with another being in the forest (plant, tree, rock, water) and explore an old or new idea informed by the more-than- human world. What wants to be birthed in you? What old story or idea can be rebirthed as something new? It’s not about outcome but the process of opening up, like a Spring bud, to something new. Using all our senses, or at least the ones we’re comfortable using, we’ll search for sounds, scents, textures and more, in a playful, easy way. It might be time for a Douglas Fir Spring tip tea at the end of our walk. Or, maybe something that’s evocative of Spring, like hawthorn berry, rose petal, tangerine peel or another citrus.