Practices of Renewal
2022
This chapter of Wonder & Wander: A Trailside Companion to Renewal articulates the guiding approach to Renewal in the Wilderness as a three-part movement of approaching, entering, and returning from wild places. It frames renewal as an intentional practice grounded in presence, spaciousness, attentiveness, and relational compassion. Drawing from experience and practice, the writing shows how simple rhythms can become portals into deeper awareness and by naming tension, contrast, and the archetypal retu. The piece offers a potential structure for others seeking renewal in their own contexts.
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Values and Ethos
Attentive Presence
Renewal in the Wilderness was rooted in practices that slow perception, deepen noticing, and engage the senses as pathways to interior clarity.
Community, Courage, and Compassion
The writing speaks to spaces for inner work, holding tension, and vulnerability while inviting a posture of kindness toward self and others within a trail community.
Inviting Wondering and Wandering
The essays, poetry, prompts, and photographs reveal wilderness as companion, mirror, and teacher.
Wilderness and Returning
The chapter speaks to and honors the archetypal movement of going out to listen and coming back changed, offering renewed coherence to community life.
Embodied Connection
Recognizes wild nature as a partner in remembering our humus-rooted humanity and cultivating grounded presence.
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