Do Wildness

What happens when the life you have built no longer feels like the life meant for you? Anna McCracken felt a calling to start a fire under the structures and routines of her life and run away with the wolves; that something wilder and more alive was waiting for her. Obviously, this was a terrifying prospect, so she ignored it. Yet despite her best efforts, the pull only grew stronger, until she took to the road. From the remote deserts of Australia to the bustle of New York City, Do Wildness is about what happens when we notice what modern life so often trains us to overlook: birdsong, moon cycles, seasons and soils; rhythms and relationships. When instead of rushing forward, we might turn toward the fire and remember the old stories didn t teach us about perfection, they taught us about participation. By sharing ten practices to weave into our everyday, Anna invites us into a deeper relationship with the world and our place within it. In doing so, she offers a way back to aliveness, belonging, beauty, reciprocity and praise. So come now, there s a fairy wren behind the hedgerow, ready to tell you a story