Sit in the Same Spot for 20 min., for 30 Days Straight? I did in 2010, & will again, Can You?

Last April I took a challenge, one that affected me personally, emotionally, and creatively, and, in the end even physically.

If you are a fan of this blog you may remember The Sit Spot Challenge, and the stories, and photos, and thoughts, I shared, and how it ended, with me suffering a seizure at work just as the Challenge was concluding.

You can read the whole series, starting with Day 1 (Follow the links).

Let me explain.

 It is a fascinating exercise being encouraged by the Kamana Naturalist Training Program, and  the Wilderness Awareness School.

The 3rd annual event is from April 1 to April 30.

The 30-Day Sit Spot Challenge is a way for you to connect with the depth of the natural world through one spot in the nature. You do not have to be a Kamana student or a Kamana member to sign up for the challenge....

So what is this notion all about?

You go to one spot in nature over a long period of time, and make observations of what happens in your surroundings.

 

The place must be close to your house and be a safe location, and while the idea is for the spot to be as wild as possible, some folks go into their backyard.

 

When you sign up you will get a daily email with questions and challenges.

 

Consider these "optional activities designed to increase your awareness and hone your senses" as possible writing prompts as you write about your experience in your journal, or on your blog.

 

Not only can you share your experience on your blog, but the site has a public foum where you can interact with other participants.

 

Read my series, from last year, to get a feel for the experience. ;-D

 

As my friend Randy Eady wrote, last year:

 

A richnness comes from the experience. It links us back to our primal rhythms.  A time when we were closer to the earth, to each other and less encumbered with the "needs" of a modern-mediated experience of the world around us.

 

Questions arise; reflection's required;  Frequently, the: "does the world really have to be as complicated as it now is?"  query in one form or another pops up. 

 

As  Dan Corcoran, Director of the Wilderness Awareness School says, "connection through observation to one spot in the natural world has been a routine for humans for a long time."

 

I've signed up, and have a location in mind, for my spot, that is close to where I go for my adult school classes, this coming month, for 4 days of the week.

Learn more, & sign up, here, if you are interested and, if you do, leave word in the comments, and I'll see about linking to all those who participate. ;-D

 

Sit Spot Challenge 2011: Day 1