Hi wanderers!
Our April Wandering will take place:
Saturday, April 15 at 10:00am | Wandering at White Point Trail
1600 West Paseo Del Mar, San Pedro, CA 90731
This trail in the White Point Nature Preserve in San Pedro is considered an easier trail with ocean views and paths through woodland, scrub, and wildflower grassland.
You can learn more about the trail at: www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/white-point-trail
Recommended gear: Comfortable shoes, Sun hat, Layers, Sun block, Water and Snacks
Here's what we've been digging into these past few weeks:
Essay - Fruitless Labor - Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
Poem - On naming yourself (a cento) by Jamila Woods | Poetry Foundation
Video - Starting from Silence | On Being
A note on land, community, and wandering:
This trail is in San Pedro, CA and is part of traditional, sacred, and unceded land of the Tongva-Gabrieleño, and other Indigenous peoples. We must be mindful of the fact that this is native land. Consider what that means to you and to us as we hike. How can we best honor the land and those from whom it is stolen?
We encourage all those who live and move on indigenous lands to learn about the history of this land and to be active in responding to the deep wounds caused by colonization. We also ask all who wander with us to support the Tongva Land Conservancy and the indigenous communities who, at great cost, care and have cared for the lands on which we live and walk.
We know that the land we walk together is scarred by layered histories of abuse - culturally and ecologically. Our hikes take place on traditional, sacred, unceded land of many indigenous tribes. We are working to be part of a movement for renewed relationship & restitution.
Regardless of who you are, who you love, your beliefs or understandings, we hope you will feel welcomed, affirmed, embraced, and heard if you wander with us. We do our very best to create an environment of hospitality that honors the complex realities each person brings with them as we wonder and wander.
Please send an RSVP to payton.hoegh@spiritualityinnature.org so we know who to expect!
Hope to see you soon.
// paz