Heart Walk: How To Tap Into The Wisdom Of Nature

A heart walk is the simplest way you can tap into the wisdom and mystery of nature. When doing a heart walk it is about getting out of your mind, into your senses and allowing your heart to guide you through nature. Nature then gives you a message about a question you want the answer to.

There is a language beyond the one we know. This language beyond is made up of symbols and messages that are constantly speaking to us through nature. The only problem is we have forgotten how to listen to these subtle messages and tap into their inherent wisdom...

Heart Walk - the creator speaking through nature's symbols

Imagination is the language of the soul. The soul is constantly taking to us, however the rational mind has forgotten how to listen. The constant noise within the mind drowns out the subtle voices from the soul. However it is possible to train yourself how to listen to these subtle messages again. The quickest way I know of to do this is by going on a heart walk.

A heart walk is also known as a 'medicine walk', 'vision walk' and 'walkabout' in other cultures. However the common thread throughout these is about turning off your mind and allowing your heart to guide you to the messages nature is trying to tell you.

The first step is to set your intention for doing the walk. The intention is usually around something that is important to you that you want clarity on. This may be a relationship problem, life purpose, career change or maybe just to connect deeper to nature.

Putting energy into your intention at the start of your heart walk shifts what happens in nature and allows the symbols to line up. The reason for this is that we are all connected and because we are part of nature, nature wants to help itself.

Heart Walk In Nature - tap into the messages from the creator within nature

After you have set your intention and put energy into it, the next step of the heart walk is to get out of your head. For example, we all have a little voice within our head that constantly talks to us. Right now you may be saying 'Little voice? What little voice? I don't have a little voice!' Well... that is the little voice.

After putting energy into your intention, start becoming aware of the little voice within your head. Notice the tone it has. The tempo and speed it talks at. And what it says.

There is nothing 'wrong' with this little voice. Just like the job of the heart is to pump blood, the job of the mind is to think. That's just what it does. However it's constant chatter drowns out the subtle voice within your heart.

The way to stop this constant noise is to treat it like a little child and gently say to it 'Thank you for sharing.' After you do this you'll notice there is a little pause in the constant chatter. Then another thought will probably come up. Again, say 'Thank you for sharing' and you'll notice there is another pause after you say it.

This little pause is what the buddhists call 'no-mind'. As you become aware of the pause, you can then place your attention and focus on the space within your mind after saying 'Thank you for sharing'. You'll notice that the space becomes longer and longer between your thoughts. If another thought comes up, just repeat and instead place your attention on the space and allow it to grow.

As you practice you'll go for longer and longer between thoughts and be able to rest in this state of no-mind. It is similar to that of an innocent infant. Infants have very few thoughts going through their mind, so the other name I call this 'space' is innocence. You can go into innocence any time you want. It's OK not to think.

You'll notice when you are in this state of innocence that you become more aware of the present moment...

Heart Walking - stepping in the eternal moment

Once you are out of your mind, the next step of the heart walk is to go into your senses. We all have five predominant senses - seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and feeling. The next step of the heart walk is to heighten each of your senses via the 'sense meditation'.

The first part of the sense meditation is to heighten your sense of sight. Often in our world we are stuck in a very narrow and focused field of sight. For example, we focus on a small TV screen, read the pages of a book, look at the car in front of us whilst driving or stare at the track as we walk through the bush.

However there is a way to expand the way we see the world. For example, indigenous people used their peripheral vision more than their focused vision. The way to expand your peripheral vision is softly gaze at something in front of you then stretch your arms out to your left and right and wriggle your fingers. Notice how far back you can wriggle your fingers and still be aware of them. This is the extent of your peripheral vision.

Next stretch your arms up and down and notice how far you can extend your peripheral vision both left and right and up and down. You'll most likely then be aware of a circle of peripheral vision around you. If you are doing it right you'll also notice that you pick up a lot more movement within your field of vision.

Some people call this state of heightened vision 'wide angle vision'. However I prefer the term '3D vision'. The reason for this is that as you take a step left and right you'll notice how objects to your left and right move. It appears like everything has a much larger depth of field. Similar to putting 3-D glasses on at an Imax theatre.

There have been studies done that being in this state of 3-D vision for just two minutes actively slows your brain-wave patterns down from the 'beta' problem-solving mode and into the slower 'alpha' relaxed mode. This is sort of like pressing ctrl-alt-delete on your computer in that it can 'reset' your brain, especially if you are feeling stressed.

3-D Vision - become fully aware of your surroundings on your heart walk

I have similar exercises in my book 'Heart Walk' that go through expanding all of your other senses whilst in nature.

After you have expanded all of your five predominant senses, the next step of the heart walk is to expand your sixth sense, or your sense of spirit.

Spirit, God or the creator or whatever you feel comfortable calling it is like a force that is constantly guiding us and everything in the world. For example, it guides a gum tree to grow tall, whilst it guides a shrub to grow short and bushy. Likewise, spirit is also constantly guiding you.

Once you are out of your mind and into your senses, the next step of the heart walk is to feel the pull of the force that guides you and to go with it. For example, I feel a subtle pull on my heart centre that feels similar to a little spider web pulling me whenever I go on a heart walk. Most people feel a similar pull, however I've had other people experience a subtle push, other's like a bubble expanding in front of them and others getting a sense of both a pull and a push as they walk through nature.

The way to feel this is to scan through your body for any tension and just let it go. Much like  holding a rock in your hand and letting it go. Likewise, allow all tension in your body fall to the ground.

Next, place your attention on your heart centre and feel the subtle pull within. Sometimes the pull may be to stay where you are but mostly it will be directing you somewhere. You don't need to know where you are being led. Just allow the subtle force that you feel to guide you. Go with it.

Heart Walk - go with the subtle pull within your heart

As you walk you will notice that you get guided towards things within nature. Perhaps you'll be guided to a young sapling next to a big old stump. Or you may be guided to a deep swimming hole along a stream. Or you may be guided to look at the clouds above you. Whatever you are guided to, just be with it.

These objects and symbols are trying to give you messages. They are speaking to you through your imagination and your job is to interpret them. Usually it is the first thing that comes to you.

For example I had a friend who came on a heart walk and she saw two eagles spiraling upward on a thermal current. She was looking at relationship issues and saw how the eagles were both 'doing their own thing'. However, it looked like they were in perfect alignment with each other. What she saw in this is that with partnership she just needed to 'do her thing and soar' and her partner will naturally mirror her.

Obviously that is her interpretation of the eagles she saw that day and your interpretation would be completely different. However the point is to start interpreting the messages nature is trying to tell you.

When interpreting, a good question to ask is 'What'... as in 'What are you trying to tell me?', 'What do you want me to know?' or perhaps 'What do you want me to see?' 

We all have a soft, little and subtle voice within our hearts. It is similar to the subtle inner voice we hear when we are reading. Literally you can use this inner voice to ask these questions to the rocks, streams, trees and clouds that you feel drawn to.

Heart Walk - 'What are you trying to tell me?'

Likewise if you tap into them you'll find that the trees, rocks, mountains and rivers also have a subtle quite inner voice that speaks back to you. It's not like an audible voice that you can hear with your ears, but a subtle voice that you can hear through your imagination. You can start a conversation using your inner voice and then listen with your inner ears to what the trees say back to you.

If you don't hear anything the first time, try asking the question again from your inner voice and listen. This stage of the heart walk is more about listening to the inherent wisdom surrounding you rather than talking. Most people hear it like an inner hearing however some people also hear it like a feeling within. Being in a feeling conversation with nature.

After a while you'll naturally feel the time is right to go. That you have received the insights you needed to know around the intention you had set. Before leaving, thank the object you were drawn to in nature for the insights. I also often ask the trees, rocks, streams, mountains if there is anything they would like to know, listen and then respond from the subtle inner voice within. Then give thanks.

I also usually carry a little notepad in my back pocket whilst out on a heart walk and note down any insights that have come my way. As I walk either back home or back to the car I then reflect on the insights and stop and write whenever I get more insights around the intention I had set.

When I get back home I usually then look over the insights I have received and then come up with a plan to integrate the insights into my life. The question I use to do this is 'What is the next step?'

For example, if I am looking at career insights then I ask 'Given all of these insights, what are the next steps in my career?'

Then I write a list of the most obvious steps to take. I usually end up with 5-6 bullet points of 'Things To Do' around the intention I had set at the start of my heart walk.

This is the process I use to tap into the wisdom and mystery of nature during a heart walk. There is more to the process than I have outlined here and this is covered in my latest book 'Heart Walk - How To Tap Into The Wisdom Of Nature'.

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