Field Journal - Notes on Noticing
Mindful Walking, Nature Connection & Inner Reflections
On a journey from our heartlands to our wild edges, and back again.
Welcome to our Field Journal, where we explore the relationship between the natural world and our inner landscapes. Enjoy a variety of topics, from mindful walking, seasonal changes, and nature connection, to foraged finds, awe-inspiring coastal paths, favourite walking routes, and seasonal recipes.
Whether you’re drawn to solo walking, wild swimming, or simply slowing down to notice, this journal invites you to pause, reflect, and reconnect with yourself and the world around you.
Why breathe in and out through the heart?
Ever heard the saying ‘ where attention goes, energy flows?’
“While the heart is certainly a remarkable pump, interestingly, it is only relatively recently in the course of human history—around the past three centuries or so—that the heart’s function has been defined (by Western scientific thought) as only that of pumping blood. Historically, in almost every culture of the world, the heart was ascribed a far more multifaceted role in the human system, being regarded as a source of wisdom, spiritual insight, thought, and emotion. Intriguingly, scientific research over the past several decades has begun to provide evidence that many of these long-surviving associations may well be more than simply metaphorical. “
Learning to Rest Within Yourself
HeartMath’s Inner Ease Technique
The past couple of weeks I’ve talked about radiating heart, and we know now there’s power in regenerative emotions. But what about the times when activating a positive emotion can feel like too big a leap from where we find ourselves? It’s a big and somewhat tricky jump from anger to compassion or despair to joy.
There is a practice we can try in the moments we find ourselves drowning, something that meets us where we are.