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What does that mean?

what do you do?

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We're passionate about the value to whole-planet health and wellbeing that comes from people engaging in adventurous activity in inspiring wild places. We know that for people to care about themselves, the environment and each other, we need to create connection - relationships of care and compassion, and a sense of stewardship for all things natural - humans, creatures, land, oceans and plants. Adventure is our vehicle for meaningful personal growth in this space.

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 We believe that in the advanced tech-led world we inhabit more each day, human skills like critical thinking, empathy, kindness, compassion and courage are ever more crucial.

 

As a result we've created The Living Project from a commitment to adventures in wild places being all about the journey, taking the time to notice, to think, to explore and to revel in connection with ourselves, other humans and the environment is what life's all about.

 

 All our adventures whether 24hrs or 14 days, whether we sleep under the sky or in cosy local accommodation involve inspiring and life-affirming people and practises that foster conscious connection and meaningful personal growth.​

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How do you do what you do?

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All our adventures feature:

 

Inspiring leaders 

 We're lucky to work with a bunch of incredible humans experienced in facilitating adventures in Wild places. Each has the skill and experience to facilitate safe experiences, as well as bring their passion into the mix such as foraging, coaching, yoga, bushcraft, mental health awareness, and mindfulness to name a few. All our adventures feature 2 leaders. This enables our adventurers to experience a broad spectrum of leadership, as well as receive the support they want/need out in the wild. It also means our leaders aren’t exhausted working 24hrs a day on their own, and have enough energy to bring their whole-selves to the adventure

 

Awe inducing landscapes 

 We've spent decades exploring the wilder places, away from the crowds, enabling us to share with you some truly special wild environments. We embrace the value of challenge and we move slowly. We watch sunsets. We smile at canopies of stars

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Local Legends

We've spent years building our network in the UK and overseas, enabling us to collaborate with local humans passionate about, and engaged in caring for the place they call home

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As for practises (or activities if you will) well, we don't always do all of these (sometimes the Wild is introducing its' own, like rain!) but here's some stuff we love getting involved with on our adventures:

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 Mindfulness

Mindful connection with the wild helps us begin to form a relationship with the natural world around us; the sounds of the birds, the direction of the wind, how plants grow/adapt/can help us, what we can smell to name just a tiny few of the things we often miss when simply marching to achieve a goal. It gives us presence and provides time to step off the hamster wheel

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 Journalling

We provide journals on all our adventures. We believe taking the time to write and or/draw when we're out in the wild helps us to connect to the experience and we don't pretend to know exactly what your experience will feel like, we do know that sitting on a rock with an epic view can create some magic in your heart and in your mind​

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Cold Water Immersion

The gnarly name for Wild swimming, this is something we love and are huge promoters of when done safely. When it's safe and possible we'll coach you through breathwork to prepare you for the experience. There's a huge amount of science behind cold water immersion and we love the laughter it brings as a result of the endorphin dose! Doing wild water well brings sharp connection with ourselves, and our capability as humans

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WHOLESOME FOOD

Everything about human life is better with tasty, nutritious food cooked together. It's particularly crucial on adventure. Physical, mental and emotional challenge and growth are all more effectively supported by good nutrition, tasty morale, and getting involved in the act of connecting through cooking and eating well. We love building this into all our adventures

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CONSERVATION

Many of our itineraries involve learning about, and actively contributing to local conservation efforts, deepening our connection with the environment and strengthening a sense of stewardship for all things natural

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Adventure

 We're not always out in clear blue skies and hot sun. We're in the wild, and spending time adventuring requires and fosters adaptability, resilience, humility, teamwork, courage, compassion, and an open/growth mindset.

 

Oh, and FUN!!!!! We're firm believers in the value of play!

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"In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we are taught."

BABA DIOUM​

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