Autumn brings many changes: shortened days and longer nights, cooling temperatures, and magical changes of color and composition. Create time to get out in nature today, even if it’s a walk in the park in a cityscape, and fully engage your senses in noticing change.

Today, use your senses to converse and dance with nature. With each breath, let your senses attune and notice something. Breathe.

With your eyes, see the visual changes of color, texture, density, and light patterns. Breathe. With your ears, hear the changes to birdsong, insect sounds, the flutter of wings, and falling leaves. Breathe.

With your nose, smell the scent of autumn, decay, and endings. Breathe that in.

With your hands, gather one small item to place on your altar, such as a stone, leaf, or seedpod. When you arrive home, make a warm drink, and with your tongue, taste the delight of autumn.