Misty mornings, dewy spider's webs, cosy knits, warming stews…I love Autumn.
Yet it is also one of the busiest times of year in our household. It can be so easy to rush through the season with school pick ups, drop offs, new work projects, getting ready for (can I mention it yet?) Christmas.
Over the last five years of my rewilding journey I have loved how taking a few small moments here and there help me to sink into the seasons so that I don't blink and suddenly miss them.
So here are 10 cosy and magical ways to enchant your Autumn with nature that I have been enjoying this year:
- Try Autumn short soft fascination - Sit in nature and set a timer for 3-5 minutes on your phone and try soft fascination; taking in what's around you with a soft gaze like you have blurred your vision slightly. Notice the movement and colour around you.
- Make by the fire - I'm obsessed with knitting these little pumpkins. You might also enjoy a cosy evening making with nature by signing up to my FREE workshop Wild & Imperfect | 3 nature-led exercises to reawaken your creativity. Don't have a fire? Use a candle or LED candle instead.
- Seek out the magic of dewy spider's webs - it's spider mating season so they are out and about. This our wonder quest in The Wild Enchantment Club, my monthly subscription. Join us for £7.50 and get a private podcast all about these enchanting creations.
- Go Autumn stargazing! The nights drawing in, make the most of clear evenings with a bit of stargazing. And watch this space - I have a very special stargazing treat coming soon.
- Eat warm potato soup (or soup from any root vegetable) - this is one of my favourite recipes
- Smell damp leaves, fungi and earth - SO good and soil has a bacteria that when we inhale it has similar effects to antidepressants. Scent is one of the many ways to identify fungi, the most pungent in the UK is probably the stinkhorn (I've yet to see/smell one of these!)
- Draw outside while moving - I take postcard sized pieces of paper with me and draw as I walk through the woods. It gets you really looking at what's around you. I teach this in my self-paced course, Your Wild Journal.
- Make nature sculptures - use leaves and conkers to make patterns on the floor outside.
- Cosy up on the sofa and listen to autumn meditations - I love this 6 minute Autumn Rest Practice from Sam Fillingham on Insight Timer
- Be enchanted by a folklore story - Close your eyes and be transported into the wild otherworld as you listen to a folklore story. I share one called the Spinners of Blessings in this month's private podcast for The Wild Enchantment Club. You might also enjoy oral storyteller Nana Tomova's beautiful podcast The Story Apothecary.
Which one will you try?
