Hey Reader,

Today I want to tell you about one of the most powerful practices I know.

It doesn’t require a yard, knowledge, equipment, or expertise, and it doesn't cost you anything. It asks only that you show up, sit down, and stay a little while.

It’s called a Sit Spot.

And this is how we do it (did anyone else hear Montell Jordan in that? lol) -

Choose a place where you can see and hear the natural world: in the forest, under a single tree, in a local park, your garden, porch, or even beside a window, and visit it regularly.

Ideally you return to the same spot, at different times, and throughout the seasons. You can have many sit spots as well.

It’s a simple practice, but I’ve watched it transform people’s relationship with the living world completely. Most of us move through Nature, walk through it, glance at it, stop to smell a flower before moving on.. And it’s just.. And “it” or a place we went.

The sit spot allows us to dwell in the presence of the living natural world, and to stay long enough that we no longer feel like intruders or visitors.

In the first few minutes, your mind might still be running through your to-do list, the birds restlessly chirp warnings to others, and it doesn’t feel like anything special is happening.

But if you sit for long enough, Nature begins to settle, and you start to notice what’s really going on around you. A bee working on a single flower with focused attention. A patch of flowers you take note of to identify later. You notice the things you can’t see when you’re always rushing through or moving past.

And then, if you wait long enough, you reach “baseline” - the state of the natural world before you entered. It only takes around 20 minutes for this to occur. A bird may shift its tune from warning the forest to singing a song. You stop being a disturbance and you start to belong. Literally. The living world will show you. And this experience deepens the more you visit your spot.

Over time, you begin to know your Place in a way that can’t be taught and the land begins to know you too.

When the news gets heavy and the ecological crisis feels insurmountable, the wars, declining species, incessant headlines, all threatening my sanity… I go to my sit spot.

A sit spot is not an escape, but an opportunity to remember who you are and why you are here.

It’s hard to care about something abstract, or "out there," and problems so big they dwarf our capacity.. but when you have a specific path, particular birds, a corner of the world that has accepted you into its rhythms, that all turns around.

The sit spot turns ecological overwhelm into one simple thing - a relationship.

And relationships are what move us to act with intention and care, without guilt, statistics, or obligation, but a genuine love for a Place and the beings who share it with us.

If you’ve been feeling a pull to spend more time with Nature, and want to make a difference but don’t know where to start, scale your expectations back from a project, a huge plan, or a deep research dive.

Start with any spot + just 5 minutes a day.

I’ve created a free 3-Day Sit Spot Challenge to help you start this simple practice.

Over three days, you’ll learn how to choose a spot, what to begin noticing, and how to start building a relationship with your Place. That's where real ecological impact emerges from.

​→ Start the Challenge today - click here to get the first email about it! ​

​→ Learn more about the Sit Spot in my blog here. ​

And if you’re ready for more than a practice and want to be guided through the seasons into purposeful, Place-based care…

The doors to The EarthCare Journey are open until May 18. You will receive 3 more Nature Connection Routines (like the Sit Spot), and… Orientation tools so you never feel lost and unsure where to start again 2-part workshop series to plan your ecological impact goal 4 LIVE Seasonal Wisdom Circles to connect with other members, tend to our grief of the state of Nature, celebrate the seasons, and slowly increase our capacity for change A private community to share your wins, observations (like from your sit spot!) and swap your favorite resources A curated Library of project guides, checklists, mini courses, and video sessions to return to at your own pace A monthly ZINE with seasonal inspiration and small steps so you never get stuck ​→ Join the EarthCare Journey for 50% off until May 18th. At full price, it's only $1/day for a year of connection + guidance. When you pay in full, that drops to $0.76 cents a day. Then take 50% more off that with code ECJ50. Or choose the payment plan! I'm going to send more emails than usual April 30- May 18, to share my new program, The EarthCare Journey. They will be educational and fun, not just promotions. If you don't want to hear about this program again, just click here to OPT-OUT of this type of email, but stay on my newsletter, or other lists you like. Thank you! ​

Whether you join the journey, or just jump into the free 3-day Sit Spot Challenge, I am honored to be here sharing these tools and resources with you.

My goal is to facilitate a better relationship with Nature - one where your desire to do more can emerge at a pace that fits your real life, honors your capacity, and makes a big difference <3

If we all do that, the world will change rapidly with ease.

For wildlife and a wilder life,

Kendra

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PS. Do you already have a sit spot? What have you noticed lately?

Please reply and let me know or share photos, I’d love to hear about it!

P.P.S. Invite your friends to join you on this Journey or into the Challenge - share this email with them too!

Written by a human - Kendra Marie Hoffman

​​“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” – Jane Goodall