Low Style - Benefits of Walking in the Woods
Walking in the woods is a healthy activity for body and mind. Fresh air fills the lungs, borrowing oxygen from surrounding trees. Oxygen is pumped by a quickening heart to active muscles. Leg muscles flex and stretch, carrying the body along a trail. As the physical body engages in this movement, the mind begins to move in new ways as well. Thoughts drift and meander through the peaceful forest.
Walking in general can be good exercise, but the location can really make it a better experience. A walk becomes much more appealing when you are surrounded by the sights and sounds of the forest. In the forests of Bellingham, Douglas Firs, Red Cedars, and Alders are some of the more common trees that you can pass by on a walk. If your walk takes you near the coast, you may find Pacific Madrona trees as well.
You may hear sounds on your walk that draw your attention upward. Looking up into the branches of the trees, you can see many different bird species conversing overhead. Various wrens, finches, and sparrows are among the birds that make their nests in Bellingham trees.
Whenever I go walking in the woods I find that my body feels energized and I am brought peace of mind. When I am able share those spaces with the trees, birds, and other inhabitants of the forests, I always walk out of the woods feeling refreshed. Taking a walk in the woods is an activity that I would recommend to anybod
Walking in general can be good exercise, but the location can really make it a better experience. A walk becomes much more appealing when you are surrounded by the sights and sounds of the forest. In the forests of Bellingham, Douglas Firs, Red Cedars, and Alders are some of the more common trees that you can pass by on a walk. If your walk takes you near the coast, you may find Pacific Madrona trees as well.
You may hear sounds on your walk that draw your attention upward. Looking up into the branches of the trees, you can see many different bird species conversing overhead. Various wrens, finches, and sparrows are among the birds that make their nests in Bellingham trees.
Whenever I go walking in the woods I find that my body feels energized and I am brought peace of mind. When I am able share those spaces with the trees, birds, and other inhabitants of the forests, I always walk out of the woods feeling refreshed. Taking a walk in the woods is an activity that I would recommend to anybod
Middle Style - What Lie in the Woods
A cool breeze carries smells of fresh earth and songs of twittering birds through the air. Soft, lush moss hangs in blankets from drooping branches and sturdy tree trunks. I have shed my shoes so that I may feel the moist dirt between my toes, the energy from deep within the Earth pulsing up into the callused soles of my feet, unrestricted by rubber soles of shoes. Each step I take brings me further away from the stresses and cynicism of civilization and deeper into an immersion in the quiet magic of the woods.
The woods hold countless mysteries for me to explore. Secretive leaves unfurl from outstretched branches. Elusive mushrooms sprout from decaying wood and fertile ground. Unseen creatures dart and flit from tree to tree. Each holds a story to be gleaned. As I walk through the woods I am constantly intrigued by the narratives playing out in my environment. And as I get lost in those narratives, I am humbled. Humbled before the intricate communities that arise between plant, animal, and fungus purely by the nature of their being. I am inspired. Inspired by the simple perfection in the form of a tree. And I am soothed. Soothed by the calming air of a walk in the woods.
The woods hold countless mysteries for me to explore. Secretive leaves unfurl from outstretched branches. Elusive mushrooms sprout from decaying wood and fertile ground. Unseen creatures dart and flit from tree to tree. Each holds a story to be gleaned. As I walk through the woods I am constantly intrigued by the narratives playing out in my environment. And as I get lost in those narratives, I am humbled. Humbled before the intricate communities that arise between plant, animal, and fungus purely by the nature of their being. I am inspired. Inspired by the simple perfection in the form of a tree. And I am soothed. Soothed by the calming air of a walk in the woods.
High Style - Take to the Woods
The mind brims over with thoughts of work, money, bills, relationships. Such stresses get pushed down and replaced with placative digital and material pleasures that spring forth incessantly from advertisers and the media. One may be left with one very powerful word surging up within them- “Escape!” It is easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle of human life.
At times when the world feels to be closing in, maybe even crashing down, escape to the woods. There among the trees, among the wistful hush of wind in their branches and the sweet smell of fresh earth, solace can be found. A walk through the woods is a refreshing, enlightening experience. Thoughts of troubles that lie back in the civilized world fall away with each step. A certain romance comes about. Revel in the power and grace of a noble Douglas Fir towering overhead, the tenderness and elegance of a lark flitting about from branch to branch.
So take to the woods. No matter how far you have to travel, no matter how tempting it can be to stay put in cycles of consumption and inevitable dissatisfaction, no matter how far removed from the serenity of the woods you are, take to the woods. Alone, with friends, on bike, on foot, however you can, take to the woods. The trees are beckoning, branches stretch outward in welcoming embrace. So take to the woods, find your peace.
At times when the world feels to be closing in, maybe even crashing down, escape to the woods. There among the trees, among the wistful hush of wind in their branches and the sweet smell of fresh earth, solace can be found. A walk through the woods is a refreshing, enlightening experience. Thoughts of troubles that lie back in the civilized world fall away with each step. A certain romance comes about. Revel in the power and grace of a noble Douglas Fir towering overhead, the tenderness and elegance of a lark flitting about from branch to branch.
So take to the woods. No matter how far you have to travel, no matter how tempting it can be to stay put in cycles of consumption and inevitable dissatisfaction, no matter how far removed from the serenity of the woods you are, take to the woods. Alone, with friends, on bike, on foot, however you can, take to the woods. The trees are beckoning, branches stretch outward in welcoming embrace. So take to the woods, find your peace.