Permaculture, fox walking and dance

2012-01-20T15:32:00.000-08:00

When one dances with nature, one achieves a kind of unity of self with the earth, this celestial body rotating around our sun.

Fox walking refers to walking through the woods making essentially no disturbance of any kind. I learned about it while attending a 6 day introductory class at Tom Brown Jr's school in the early 80's. This article by Al who attended recently brings back many happy memories.

One of Tom Brown Jr's books, , is a guide to understanding plants in a way no other plant book does. Part of harvesting a plant's good stuff for our consumption involves gaining an understanding of how the plant grows, what kind of environment it needs to be healthy. The same kind of understanding that is needed when practicing permaculture: when encouraging nature to use a particular place to produce the healthiest and happiest plants that will grow there.

As a general rule, plants don't dance, but most animals do. For most humans today, there are only two kinds of dance: social and performance. For some there is also dancing for joy, without necessarily any socializing or audience pleasing.

If you see some kind of connection between these three areas, I'd love to talk with you about it, please feel free to comment.

Introduction: Permaculture, fox walking and dance

Permaculture, fox walking and dance