Do You Long for a Deeper, More Soulful Connection With Nature? More than just a hiking guide, Contemplative Hiking Along the Colorado Front Range is for those who want to experience a new appreciation of the land and nature. Learn how to read nature s omens for deeper insights, cultivate your inner wisdom, and develop a keener awareness of the nuances of flora and fauna in every season along the Front Range. The trails described in this book are located along the foothills and mountain areas north of Ft. Collins to southwest of Denver s suburbs. Ecopsychologist Margaret Emerson offers detailed contemplative activities and practices for each specific trail to enable you to feel more grounded, more present, and more in tune with the rhythms of the natural world. This book contains dozens of beautiful black and white photos taken from the featured hikes. You can write your impressions and answer the questions posed in each chapter directly in the book, as it is set up "journal-style". This books makes a wonderful gift for the nature-lover or hiker in your life. Among the themes and activities are: Spring Equinox Meditation, Landscape and Mood, The Value and Sacredness of Land Pawnee Buttes, Feeling Your Place in Time, The Spirit of a Place, How to Do a Medicine Walk, You and the New Cosmology, Autumn Equinox Non-Attachment and Letting G, Art, Nature, and the Subconscious, and much, much more...
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Margaret Emerson, M.A., is a freelance writer and designer who has been exploring the foothills and mountains of Colorado for most of her adult life. She holds a master s degree in ecopsychology from Naropa University. Her articles on ecopsychology have appeared in several online magazines, including the Elephant Journal. She is active in the local food and sustainability movement, and writes a regular blog on contemplative hiking.
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By AW
Instead of rush uphill & down for aerobic exercise, these hikes for different seasons let one stop and enjoy the nature. The magic in the ever-changing and motion in the natural world. The peace when you reach the higher places.
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The stimulating activites suggested by Emerson have added an exciting element to my morning jog. Although the trails in the suburbs of southeast San Diego are lushly landscaped and pretty to look at, it takes some effort to appreciate natural beauty in this heavily constructed part of town. Spending time outdoors can be therapeutic, especially when guided by Emerson's simple, yet meaningful thought-exercises. Sharing this book with friends and neighbors is a great way to start important discussions about the living world in your local community.
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As an avid outdoorsman, I loved this book. It has so many great ideas for how to connect, deeply, with the natural environment. I live on the East Coast and have adapted the activities to my favorite hikes near where I live. I also enjoy the seasonal nature of the book - there's something to do in every season. This is a well written, unique book, and I hope Margaret writes more like this one!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Informative, down to earth, and a few chuckles --- good for the whole family!
May 3, 2011
By S. O'connell
I really appreciate this book! Contemplative Hiking is informative, makes me laugh, and easily invites us to explore the world of Colorado hiking and ourselves. It makes the process of learning more about our spirit accessible and less mysterious. I also appreciate how easily Margaret explains our human connectedness to the world around us: we are nature too. To me, simple truths in simple language, yet so important. And a great gift for friends and family!
By Anna
Contemplative Hiking Along the Colorado Front Rage is beautifully written, and has wonderful outdoor contemplative exercises that are meant to create awareness and open the heart. Margaret approaches this subject matter with wonderful storytelling, and helps the reader venture outdoors to the beauty and peace that awaits!
If you are an enthusiastic nature lover, yearning to feel connected to the earth, to life, to yourself, then this book is for you!
If you are an enthusiastic nature lover, yearning to feel connected to the earth, to life, to yourself, then this book is for you!
By Rori Raye
Contemplative Hiking gives me a map to use when I'm out walking anywhere - ideas to use all my senses, different ways to be mindful, so much more. I love the "Tree Game" - I love all the different "Activities." Margaret, you give so much weight to the simple, the everyday - I can find love and engagement and involvement in everything. Just a wonderful guide. Thank you! Rori
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