Foraging & embodied nature connections

Embodied foraging is an exercise in slowing down and noticing the nature around you. It is about recognising and understanding and connecting with the wild food item you’ve found. Your connection is more than just understanding what species you have found and it’s more than the physical connection with the environment with your senses as you listen to the sounds and feel the air on your skin. Your connection is that you are to become one with the species you’ve found; you will assimilate it into your being.
Slow down. Look at the small things. Study an edible plant, flower or mushroom and see what is unique about it. Before you consume it take a moment to pause and feel its texture on your lips, its smells in your mouth before you bite down on it….