Awe Hunting Is the Most Fun Way to Bring More Magic into Your Daily Routine and to Help You Feel More Grounded in the Present Moment!

Awe Hunting is one tiny way to bring more magic, presence and mindfulness into your day to day. It is free, it is fun, and it is effective.

Summer kicks off with so many beautiful things and great new energy. I love the abundance of Pride Parades and LGBQT+ events around the globe. Not everything is roses and rainbows, but it is very powerful for your mental health and wellness to have a few micro tools in your mindfulness toolbox to help you stay grounded.

Feel More Grounded in the Present Moment

One of my favorite concepts is awe-hunting. I learned this from the incredible Jane Clapp. She is a mentor of mine who is a trauma-informed coach, healer, professor, and somatic expert. She planted this idea in me a couple of years ago in a workshop I attended. It doesn’t need to be rainbows, but that is what I have been awe-hunting for the past year or so. Previously it was butterflies; before that, it was dragonflies, and before that, it was just patterns in nature like the Fibonacci spiral. You might already do this but don’t have a term for it; it is a natural thing children do!

The idea is that you go through your day just being a tiny bit extra present, looking for something that brings you awe: the moon, a star in the sky, a sun ray, a moment with another animal, a bird that shows up every day, a certain kind of animal you keep watch for, etc. The possibilities are endless. Everything is nature – what sparks a sentiment of awe in your being? Just take a few extra seconds each day to smell the roses, so to speak, but make it personal; that’s the fun part; it becomes a fun little spiritual or mindful game between you and the Universe.

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Listen to the podcast episode on Awe Hunting here.