Amaizing Awareness, Corngratulations!

15 October 2008 by Tristan Gooley


Regular readers may recall how my chilli plants demonstrated an aversion to wind and cold. Yesterday I spent a full and enjoyable day with some of the team from Sire Technology, who were braving the Pathfinder course.

The day consists of an intense morning of indoor training followed by a good leg stretch in the South Downs. Part of the morning is spent going through a few exercises aimed at awakening the senses and raising awareness. I was delighted therefore when, during the afternoon’s practical exercise, Barry from Sire pointed out something that I had walked past without noticing several times. The photo is taken looking northeast and the corn that is being shielded from the sun’s rays by the trees to the left of the picture is fairing a lot worse than that to the right.

On a tangent… Before writing this post I thought that I would try to solve something…

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Welcome to the home of natural navigation on the Internet.

The Natural Navigator is the school set up by Tristan Gooley to research and teach natural navigation. It is also the title of his book on the subject.

Natural navigation is the art of being able to find your way solely by using nature. It encompasses using the sun, moon, stars, weather, water, land, sea, plants and animals.

 

If you would like to know more about natural navigation you can browse the website, read about Tristan’s natural navigation book, or listen to a BBC Radio 4 interview with Tristan.

 



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