How do you connect with nature?

Question

Do you connect on a regular basis, occasionally, or hardly at all?

Answer 1

Every day. We are permaculturists.
Do you want to see what can be done with little effort for a few weeks then it looks after itself. Husband dug the pond, dug contours and planted trees. Nature is doing the rest.

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Look at my other questions if you are interested in Permaculture. We are trying to get a new sub category made for it.

Answer 2

The word "nature" is a tricky word, especially when it is used in this context.
I assume that you mean, "How do I connect with 'wild' things that are not in the 'city' or 'directly involved' in daily human affairs?" If I am wrong, stop reading--I'm sorry.
Your query, your act of "separation from nature" here is really only an "attempt" at separation.
Humans ARE nature. I know this is obvious...right? Isn't it?
I don't think it is obvious. I think humans are anthropocentric to the core. I think humans can think, therefore they do--fanciful, at will!
Thus any "separation from nature" is utter illusion--UTTER illusion.
The substitute question? "How do I connect with myself and the world around me?"
Try this for some unbeatable "connecting"--How about "feeling" the Earth rotating? I mean actually, really feeling the Earth turning underneath your feet? You'll love it!
Here's how to do it--take advantage of a good setting sun, one where it is passing through enough atmosphere so that you can look directly at it (usually beautiful red, wanting you to look at it any way). Now situate yourself so that your line of sight to the setting sun will be blocked out dramatically by a nearby object--this works best the higher up in the sky both the sun and the object are, "earliest in the evening" (but again,not so high as to threaten the health of your eyes).
Now you need to fix your head against something stable, something solid--hold your head against a wall or fence post or even your car (if you remain really still). However you do this, you need to be able to hold your head in place, very still, for long enough time to have the setting sun "go down" over the nearby object you have chosen.
You needn't try to watch the sun pass through your entire object--this entire exercise should only take moments to complete.
You just fix your head solid so that the "very last" bit of the setting sun is going down over your chosen object.
If you do it right and the conditions are right you can actually get a little headrush as you "FEEL" that it is actually "you" doing the moving (with the Earth) and not the sun moving.
This is a mental as well as visual exercise--you have to "know" that it is you doing the moving and not the sun in order to get maximum spin, maximum dizziness!
Good luck! It is a great way to connect--to tell you precisely where you are, what you are, and who you are!

Answer 3

I connect on a regular basis. . .

Answer 4

I try on a regular basis. Wether its sitting on my back patio in the evening, kayaking and surfing on the weekend, or taking my dogs out to the dog park.

Answer 5

I try to connect any chance I get. I appreciate natures beauty and I try not to take it for granted. The least I'll do is watch the sunset when I go to work.

Answer 6

I connect as much as possible.I like to sit under her trees and watch the kids play.We BBQ and clean up our mess after wards.All recycled things are used.I get to go on Sundays when I get off.I enjoy every minute of it too......

Answer 7

Go hiking on a woodland trail without headphones or other distractions. Take the time to really take in your surroundings and you will find your connection.

Answer 8

walk in the woods, sit by the lake or ocean, watch the sunset.
lay in the grass and watch the clouds passing by! But my fav is to have an intimate experience with your mate anywhere out in nature!!! very refreshing!

Answer 9

Just go outside and feel the air, look at the sky, hear the sounds. Even better if the sounds are birds or crickets and not cars or air conditioners.

Answer 10

i try when im not working im gfoing to see the stones at saluibury this weeekend and going to watch the sun come up hopefully . i mean the sun ha ha