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Join Cara if you…

want to notice and appreciate the little things geek out over moss, mushrooms or lichen •enjoy walking or hugging trees •don’t’ want to walk on trails alone but still want to explore •love breathing in the clean forest air •are excited to learn more about bears, owls, and ecosystems •need time for yourself •need more nature loving friends •like focusing on the beauty found in nature •are looking for an outing for the whole family to enjoy •thrive with more sensory experiences •long for a break from responsibilities •need to find an excuse to play again •wish you had more time to relax

Cara combines educational, playful, and meditative practices into your Nature Experience, insuring each session or custom product is uniquely inspiring.

  • I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.

    — John Muir

  • The earth is not the environment, something outside of us that we need to care for. The earth is us. Taking care of the earth, we take care of ourselves.

    — Thich Nhat Hanh

  • When you walk the territory of your being, the truth is everywhere around you.

    —Richard Wagamese, Ojibwe, One Native Life 2008

  • Today everyone can pass me because I'm out for a stroll with my friends the trees. And I have to say good morning to every single one of them.

    —CaraCopia, Walking Four Lakes Trail on 4/19/21

  • Let's all walk each other home.

    —Rom Dass

  • For me the door to the woods is the door to the temple.

    — Mary Oliver, Upstream

  • Awaken to the mystery of being here and enter the quiet immensity of your own presence. Have joy and peace in the temple of your senses.

    John O’Donohue, For Presence, A Book of Blessings

  • Nature is alive and talking to us. This is not a metaphor.

    —Terence McKenna

  • Why do I say I'm trying to find myself if I'm always here?

    —CaraCopia

  • How you feel about everything is how you're living.

    —Abraham Hicks

  • Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?

    ― Rumi

  • Sometimes things fall only part way to where they belong. There they rest till the winds of life send them to their final resting place just in time to give life to something new.

    —CaraCopia, watching the leaves

  • You can't be what you can't see.

    —Angela Chen

  • I hear silence. As it penetrates my mind, I am known.

    —CaraCopia, during a forest walk

  • Joy is the dynamic aspect of Being...You don't have to wait for something "meaningful" to come into your life so you can finally enjoy what you do.

    —Eckhart Tolle

  • Perfumes are the feelings of flowers.

    -Heinrich Heine, The Harz Journey (1826)

  • The senses are the gateway to the soul.

    Francis Highinson Cabot