Up: [[Experiencing Time]] Created: 2024-11-26 Updated: 2026-01-23 I want to be more grounded in my body, my life, and the world. I want out of my head, away from external voices, into my heart and soul. The way to do that is to be present to both inner and outer experience through all of my [[Senses]]. Sensation calls for awareness of the natural world. A world that is governed by the phases of the moon and the rhythms of the different seasons. Each of the seasons has a unique energy. For example, winter is a time of quiet renewal and restoration for bears, for plants, and for us. Spring follows as a time of emerging, releasing, preparing the ground and planting the seeds. When I *adopt the pace of nature*, as Ralph Waldo Emerson encourages, I inhabit a more expansive sense of time, one that is cyclical rather than linear. Clock-driven time is necessary, but only for commitments and opportunities. For reflecting and creating I need the energy that Nick has wonderfully named ‘wandertivity’. [[Wandertivity and Simplicity Matter Most]].