by Corie Washow | Jan 18, 2021 | Nature Connection Practices, Pandemic Coping
So, you’re all bundled up and ready to get outside (and if you’re not, check out Part 1). But it’s cold. How about I just stay inside? I fully agree that being indoors on a cold day feels good. There is good reason many creatures hibernate during the winter,...
by Corie Washow | Jan 14, 2021 | Nature Connection Practices, Pandemic Coping
It’s officially cold. And dark. (Although a little less dark every day, it is important to note.) Dark and cold can wear on our bodies and emotions at the best of times—which the winter of 2020/21 is most definitely not. I see increased fatigue,...
by Corie Washow | Sep 23, 2020 | Nature Based Healing Practices, Nature Connection Practices, Nature Reflections
Caught in a Song Loop I’ve had these song lyrics rolling around in my head the past several days. The morning air and breeze have a chill, the trees, marshes, and meadows are taking on strong bronze and yellow tints, leaves are slowly starting to relocate from...
by Corie Washow | Sep 2, 2020 | Nature Reflections
SCREECH! All through July, a shrill, high pitched, repetitive sound punctuated our days. By days, I mean all day. From sun up to sun down–which in Maine in July, is about 15-16 hours. By shrill, I mean this. Pretty early in July, we identified the source of...
by Corie Washow | Jul 14, 2020 | Nature Based Healing Practices, Nature Connection Practices, Pandemic Coping
I so miss the days of hugs, playful shoves, sitting closely together…the experience of touch is one of the most important and innate ways we connect and respond to each other. Physical distancing requires us to lose so much of this source of comfort. Consider...