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Conversation with a tree:
— ask a tree a question about your life, health, relationships
— tell a tree something you e never told anyone else
— give a tree compliments, out loud
— share your sorrow
— ask advice

Trees like to be touched & appreciated… When a relationship between a tree & person develops over time… many memorable events & learnings will accumulate

Water invitations: sensory contact with water

Sit spot by water (stream, river)

Touching water

Monkey mind can become monkey body— mind starts reaching & body moves to catch up

Different from hiking:

Slow & relaxed
No need to go far, even quarter mile will do
Focus on senses: to receive

“A continual inquiry about what it means to be a part of the web of relatedness connecting all living things

May feel brokenhearted rather than peaceful/ joyous when meditating: “How can you be awake in this world and not be brokenhearted!”