Hike & Grow
MEANING & INTERPRETATION
Walking is the essence of movement for us humans. The rhythm it plays step after step calms our body and soul. It’s a harmonic action, our mind wanders and frees itself in a way that is completely different as opposed to our body, which remains still. And precisely because the mind is free, ideas are allowed to be born. Every day each one of us should dedicate a little time to a walk; be it in a park or amidst the woods, or absorbed by the mountains: the result is unchanging, it’s therapeutic.
Walking vast landscapes, not constrained by the usual hurry we feel, we immerse in the quiet and we are offered the possibility to introspect, focusing our attention on ourself. Observe is the keyword to start to learn: the more I know the more I’m aware of my surroundings, the more I respect all that is this planet I belong.
From Tiziano Terzani I have learnt that “There’s no need to seek the extraordinary when the mundane, if observed properly, is in itself extraordinary”.
Fiume Arzino
Mission
vision and lifestyle
Spending a lot of time in the open air in the midst of nature I learned to move calmly, I learned to observe and marvel at even the smallest thing, to look from another perspective what we believe to be ordinary and obvious, but only because we are not used to observing carefully. From Tiziano Terzani I learned that "you don't have to go looking for the extraordinary when the ordinary, if really observed, has so much of a surprise in itself". Nature, for me, was the best teacher: she taught me to listen, to pay attention to what surrounds me, to wonder and ask questions, from the most banal to the most complex. It has created in me a calm, a peace and an awareness that is difficult to find in the hectic life of every day. What I would like to convey, in addition, of course, to the education brought to 'respect for the environment, is precisely the slowness, observation and wonder, which leads to the awareness of the whole, without barriers or fears. We are Nature.
All this through hikes, in the mountains, in the hills, to the sea: wherever there is something interesting to see and learn, in company, sharing breathtaking landscapes, wild animals encounters, storytelling. But also adventures on foot, by bike or canoe along trails of several kilometers learning to live in the midst of nature, light a fire, build a shelter, recognize and follow the traces of animals, and much more.
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