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Wild Awake

I need to find my place

Slow down, wake up your senses and find a sit spot you return to.

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🃏 Includes a printable card set: every Wilding activity guide as an A6 card (four to an A4 sheet) to spread out, plan with or use for a lucky dip. See a sample

  • The ebook
  • 126 Wilding activity guides as printable PDFs
  • Templates and charts the Wilding activity guides need
  • A printable card set: every guide as an A6 card
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Safety first. Outdoor activities carry real risks. Each Wilding activity guide has safety notes, but you are responsible for yourself and anyone in your care. Supervise children, get permission, never eat anything you cannot identify with certainty, and only light fires where it is allowed and safe.

The Wilding activity guides in this collection

Create culture

+ printableRESPECTCreate culture+ printableThe ‘Wilding’ cardsCreate culture

Ways of being together

Honouring routineCreate cultureSilent walkCreate cultureReturning natural objects to their homeCreate culture

Exploring nature connectedness

+ printableNature connectedness indexCreate culture+ printableThen versus nowCreate culture

Making time to know nature & live wilder

+ printableWild timeCreate cultureUnplugCreate culture

Bringing nature indoors

Nature insideCreate culture

Collecting natural curiosities

Nature tableCreate cultureNest collectingCreate culture

Creating a nature library

‘The Wild’ library / wwwCreate culture+ printableNature collectionCreate cultureLeaf collectionCreate culture+ printableBook of seedsCreate cultureBook of feathersCreate culture

Creating shared spaces

Remembering spaceCreate culture

Shared practices and traditions

Grounding stonesCreate cultureJourney stonesCreate cultureWishing stonesCreate cultureSmoke cleansingCreate culture

Creative connections

Stories inspired by natureCreate cultureSongs inspired by natureCreate culturePoetry inspired by natureCreate culture

Celebrating nature

Celebrating natureCreate culture

Uncover nature's language

The five voices of birds

+ printableSensing bird languageUncover nature's language

Bird alarms

Silent movieUncover nature's languageSit spot silenceUncover nature's language

Track & ask questions

Questioning

Curiosity & connectionTrack & ask questions

Imitate nature

Animal forms and movement

+ printableAnimal yogaImitate nature

Spirit

Deer walkingImitate nature

Value nature

Living with gratitude

“Thank you”Value nature+ printableGratitude scavenger huntValue natureWild tea gratitudeValue nature

Living with love and reverence

Once upon a stoneValue natureTender touchValue natureScentimentalValue nature

Emotional preparation

Silver liningsValue nature

Awaken your mind's eye

Visual memory and observation

Mind’s eye imaginationAwaken your mind's eyeMind’s eye sketchingAwaken your mind's eyeAwarenessAwaken your mind's eyeGuided imageryAwaken your mind's eye

Imagination and possibilities

Tree imageryAwaken your mind's eyeImagineAwaken your mind's eyeMap your homeAwaken your mind's eyeFlying kitesAwaken your mind's eye

Tell your story

Sharing the storyTell your story

Enjoy your sit spot

Sit spotEnjoy your sit spotIndoor sit spotEnjoy your sit spotBe alone with a treeEnjoy your sit spot

Wander

Lynx radarWanderBe a touristWanderMedicine wanderWanderWonder wanderWander

Imaginatively journal

Getting started with nature journalling

Creative journalingImaginatively journalZoom lensImaginatively journalIllustrating dataImaginatively journalPoetic journalingImaginatively journal

Drawing techniques

Warm upImaginatively journalGesture drawingImaginatively journalDetailed drawingImaginatively journal

Types of nature journal

+ printableSit spot journalImaginatively journalTree journalImaginatively journal+ printableSunset watchImaginatively journal

Dive into field guides

Exploring herbaceous plants

Pot plantDive into field guides

Reading habitats and ecological connections

Plant connectionsDive into field guidesGetting to know a leafDive into field guides

Exploring trees and woody plants

Meet a new tree neighbourDive into field guides

Exploring birds

+ printableVisualising bird songDive into field guides+ printableBird song ensembleDive into field guides

Open your senses

Arriving & becoming present

ReminderOpen your sensesThe present momentOpen your senses

Wide angled vision

Owl eyesOpen your sensesNature’s danceOpen your sensesFollowing an insectOpen your senses

Visual searching

Look upOpen your sensesLook downOpen your sensesScanningOpen your sensesIt’s all a matter of perspectiveOpen your senses+ printableA metre squareOpen your sensesEagle eyeOpen your senses

Colour

+ printableNatural coloursOpen your senses+ printableShades of greenOpen your sensesEye to eyeOpen your senses

Noticing shape & pattern

The green wallOpen your senses

Using light

LightingOpen your senses

Low light vision

Night visionOpen your senses

Noticing changes

Spot the differenceOpen your sensesSeasonal changeOpen your senses+ printableSigns of the seasonOpen your sensesAutumn’s rainbowOpen your senses

Focused listening

Deer earsOpen your sensesSpectrogramOpen your sensesTree songsOpen your sensesThe echo detectiveOpen your senses

Peripheral listening

I can hearOpen your senses+ printableSoundscapeOpen your sensesWild symphonyOpen your senses

Using touch

Barefoot walkingOpen your sensesPocket friendsOpen your senses

Noticing texture

Bark texture trailOpen your senses

Awaken your sense of smell

I can smell… scent sacksOpen your sensesScent of placeOpen your senses

Scent tracking

House smellsOpen your sensesScent trailOpen your senses

Awaken your sense of taste

Mindful chewingOpen your senses

Sensory meditation and mindfulness

+ printableOne-minute spongeOpen your senses+ printableSense meditationOpen your sensesThe sacred silenceOpen your sensesMindful walkingOpen your senses+ printable5, 4, 3, 2, 1Open your senses

Combining the senses

More than oneOpen your senses

More sensory exploration

Sensory scavenger huntOpen your sensesSame walk, different sensesOpen your sensesBaselineOpen your senses

More sensory exploration activities

+ printableA lifetime of noticingOpen your senses

Map & navigate naturally

Mapping your place

Map your sit spotMap & navigate naturallyJournal mapsMap & navigate naturallySound mapMap & navigate naturallyJourney stickMap & navigate naturally

Natural navigation

Seasonal sun trackingMap & navigate naturally+ printableSeasonal sunset & sunriseMap & navigate naturally+ printableMoon phaseMap & navigate naturally

Venturing further

Preparing for your visit

Discover a wild spaceVenturing furtherDream boardVenturing further

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