Rewilding

I am intrigued by a new to me concept, rewilding.

Rewilding (link) is described as:

"means restoring ancestral ways of living that create greater health and well-being for humans and the ecosystems that we belong to. Many things lead people to rewilding — concern over ecological collapse or economic uncertainty, health problems, a nagging sense of something missing in life, or a desire to “save the world” — but from those starting points we come together in a desire to rewild our homes, our communities, and ourselves. Rewilding learns from the examples of indigenous people past and present provided by anthropology, archaeology, and ethnobiology. It means returning to our senses, returning to ourselves, and coming home to the world we never stopped belonging to."

There s a lot of interesting ways people are rewilding themselves.  

We are just dipping our toes into the concept, but I find that by letting baby girl spend time in nature, every day, even if it's just a walk around our concrete jungle, her behavior and attitude are so much better.

We still spend a lot of time at the local parks, which some say is not wild enough, but for us it's perfect to start with.

Spending time outside is the number one thing to do to rewild yourself.  Turn off the TV and put the phone down and go play.  And honestly that is what it is, just a bunch of fun play! 

It's also stepping aside and letting her do it.  I struggle with this one a little bit.  I absolutely trust her in every way, but I also know she is smaller than a lot of other kids.  But I have to learn to let go to give her confidence.  That's my goal.  To give her the confidence she needs to rock life!

And of course sometimes she's going to get stuck and need her Papa.  This is the last picture I took of our day at the park because it was here that she turned around and asked me for help.  And then we just continued to play together as long as we could!

Rewilding is new to us, but hopefully it's something we learn to do with gusto!