5-Minute Seasonal Country Connection

Time needed: 5 minutes (90-90-120 seconds)

Setting: Outdoors or near window with land view

Purpose: Attuning to seasonal rhythms and deepening connection to place

Land Acknowledgment & Arrival (90 seconds)

What: Begin with respectful presence:

- Place feet on ground, acknowledge whose country you’re on

- Take three breaths feeling the earth beneath you

- Notice what season is showing you right now (light, air, plants)

- Ask silently: “What is this place teaching me today?”

- Let yourself arrive fully where you are

Notice: Quality of air/light unique to this season, your body’s response to place, sense of being held by land

Why: Creates respectful relationship with place, attunes to seasonal wisdom, grounds in present location

Seasonal Sensing (90 seconds)

What: Tune into seasonal qualities:

- Feel temperature and humidity on skin

- Notice seasonal colors around you

- Listen for season-specific sounds (birds, wind, insects)

- Smell the particular scents of this time of year

- Observe what’s growing, dying, changing, emerging

Notice: Seasonal rhythms in your own body, what this season evokes in you, connections between inner and outer cycles

Why: Aligns personal rhythms with natural cycles, builds seasonal awareness, deepens ecological connection

Country Wisdom Integration (120 seconds)

What: Receive guidance from place and season:

- Ask the land: “What do I need to know right now?”

- Consider what this season invites (rest, growth, release, preparation)

- Notice how your energy matches or differs from seasonal energy

- Send gratitude to country for its ongoing care

- Make one small commitment to honour this place

Notice: Intuitive insights arising, sense of reciprocity with land, what country might be asking of you

Why: Develops two-way relationship with place, receives seasonal guidance, builds ecological responsibility

Closing: Place hand on earth/ground, offer thanks to country

Notice: Sense of belonging and responsibility to place

Why: Completes respectful exchange with land

Tips:

- Learn about traditional custodians of your area

- Notice subtle seasonal shifts

- Let country teach rather than impose agenda

- Practice regularly to deepen relationship

- Consider seasonal self-care needs

- Adapt to urban or rural settings