Nature’s Wordless Wisdom
Disentangling from the concept of linear time in favour of innate cues and inspired suggestions. By Lauren Bloxham
OM Yoga & Lifestyle Magazine Issue 146 October 2023
I walk out on the sand dunes most days, an area of special scientific interest for its delicate ecosystem and rich biodiversity. It’s a landscape shaped by the ebbs and flows of the ocean, the rising and falling tides, the fluctuations of the seasons and the cycles of the moon.
It can be a harsh and exposed environment, or it can look like a Caribbean dream. The water can be steel grey and frothing as it crashes onto the shoreline, or it can be transparent and turquoise as it laps gently on the sand. It’s the most dynamic natural environment I know. It is rich and alive. From the ground nesting birds nestled in the marram grass, to adders basking on the warm sandy trails that sew their threads through gorse and brambles…from glow worms that make the dark earth look like the night sky, to wild orchids whose vibrant colours attract equally vibrant rare blue butterflies.