German version of this article Many of the people who participate in the Wild Moon or similar programs are in one way or another searching for the meaning of their lives, their life’s purpose, or their place in life. They hope to find answers in nature that they have not found anywhere else. But is …
German version of this article “Why should I take part in a wilderness immersion experience like this? I don’t want to take a step backwards and live like cavemen!” These and similar questions and statements reach me again and again in various forms. It is the assumption that just because I guide such an experience …
Gleaming stars above, seemingly mirrored by the moonlight sparkling on the snow that absorbs all sound. Silence. Many of our relatives are sleeping, the leafy ones, some furry ones in their dens and burrows. A winter night, bright and dark at the same time.
In the last green season of what some might call the year of 2024, some brave Earth Wanderers ventured out to explore wild lands. To go back in time and join us for a brief moment on our wanders, read on. The first week – or quarter moon – we start with a wonderful group …
There is this beautifully rich, and connected life we can live in our natural wilderness. It feels so much like home. Simultaneously the earth has been turning and another world has been created by us – our modern life with lights, concrete and noise. These two worlds seem utterly different and we have our ties to both of them. So how can we find balance and connection instead of separation?
Whenever I step out of the modern world and am only with the land and the people around me, my awareness and my mindset shift. In a way, the world I live in becomes smaller – the few people I am with, the food we eat, the water in the lake that nourishes us, the forest I walk in, my own thoughts and feelings.
We had set out as a group of 28 people, with ages ranging from 8 months, all the way to 60 years. Slightly more than a third of the group were kids and young adults, and male and female were quite balanced in their representation.
