By Luke Schneider, 18
Nature has a way of speaking about birds, trees and the soil.
This is my Sensory Ecosystem
For instance, do you know the Loon?
This North American bird is mostly active at dusk.
Their long, haunting call says, “I’m here, where are you?”
Their partner returns, “I’m over here.”
Trees offer us forest bathing and the benefits of the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, which means sensory relaxation by connecting with the forest. Here we communicate with trees without words. Did you know that trees talk to each other through their scents?
Our sensory ecosystems come alive!
Now, for the soil that fertilizes our senses and offers texture to our movement – it is this soil that gives strength and connects us all -birds, trees and humans – and this completes our Sensory Ecosystem.
(This reflection has been inspired by this video https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=4ENNzjy8QjU of the Loon and the books Hidden Life of Trees, and Braided Sweetgrass)
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