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What rhythms does your life follow? When was the last time you bathed in a river?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau spent hours each day walking in the woods. He bathed in the pond. He got to know individual trees. Drawing from Thoreau’s experience, you can learn how to connect with nature and get into its rhythm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continue reading to learn more about Thoreau’s connection with nature and two specific ways you can follow his example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Thoreau<\/strong><\/strong>‘s Connection With Nature<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One reason that Thoreau moved to Walden Pond was to live a life attuned to the natural world rather than set to the rhythm of life in town. He writes that modern society alienates us from the natural world. But staying in touch with the natural world\u2014with its endless cycle of seasonal change and growth\u2014can inspire us, awaken us, and sustain us both physically and spiritually, he contends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Thoreau, connecting with nature wasn\u2019t just about watching the sunrise or listening to the owls. He regarded the time he spent learning from nature as the most important part of his spiritual life. He even considered bathing in the pond every morning as a \u201creligious exercise.\u201d Thoreau writes that we can see great dignity and beauty everywhere in the natural world\u2014even in its small and mundane events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: For Thoreau, the route between nature and civilization<\/a> was short, both literally and figuratively. Experts say that his attitude toward nature as a place to find spiritual nourishment reflects broader changes in cultural attitudes about the natural world at the time. Around the time Walden<\/em> was published, Americans were beginning to regard nature as a place where they could seek peace<\/a> rather than a place where wildness was to be subdued, as the Puritans had believed when they arrived in New England. The Puritans took the Bible at its word when it described the wilderness as \u201ccursed<\/a>\u201d and a \u201ckind of Hell\u201d on Earth. They believed they were called to reshape the New England wilderness into a paradise instead.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connect With Nature<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thoreau wanted to live in accord with the natural world, but he didn\u2019t have to move into remote wilderness to do it. Just as he adopted a lifestyle in tune with nature at the edge of the woods just outside Concord, you can learn how to connect with nature without leaving the world behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Observe nature closely and without an ulterior motive<\/strong>. Thoreau put significant effort into paying attention<\/a> to what was going on in the natural world. He writes that we engage with nature in a variety of ways. And some of them make it easier to appreciate the natural world than others. Thoreau contends that people who work in the fields and woods\u2014fishermen, woodchoppers, hunters, and so on\u2014are better able to observe the natural world than poets or philosophers. He also argues that behaving like a naturalist is another meaningful way to observe and learn about nature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Focus on the here and now<\/strong>. Thoreau made a point of taking life at Walden day by day and paying attention to what was happening around him. For example, he recommends that rather than harvesting ice from the pond to cool their drinks in the summer, as people did at Walden Pond in the winter, we stop worrying constantly about the future and instead live in the present<\/a> moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: If Thoreau\u2019s concerns about living in the present and paying attention sound familiar, you might be onto something. In Thoreau\u2019s Axe<\/em><\/a>, Caleb Smith writes that people in Thoreau\u2019s time were just as concerned with distraction<\/a> as we are today. Thoreau\u2019s advice to pay attention to the moment\u2014perhaps by strolling through nature<\/a>\u2014seems to anticipate our modern interest in practicing mindfulness<\/a>. In The Happiness Trap<\/em><\/a>, Russ Harris writes that mindfulness entails deliberately existing<\/a> in the present and being aware of and receptive to what you experience. Researchers find that mindfulness can help you improve your focus<\/a>, reduce stress, become less emotionally reactive, and develop flexibility in the ways that you think.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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