Nature

Week 4 of True North Arts Personal Retreat Workshop is about using nature in your retreat. I connect with nature most in the fall. It seems like a time when even the smallest plant can shine with color. I can walk through fall leaves for hours. I find the powerlessness I sometimes feel disappears when I crunch and kick through piles of leaves on the street. Sometimes the wind gets involved and something magical happens as the leaves start to circle around like they were carrying my cares away. Maybe its just me but the onset of colder weather makes me slow down or it could be the extended darkness that allows me to focus. I’ve all ways felt peaceful around nature but this weeks workshop made me want to explore it more as a way to care for my soul.