{"id":2152,"date":"2021-02-18T16:09:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T16:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningspaces.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeuniculture\/?p=2152"},"modified":"2025-09-15T10:47:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:47:03","slug":"walking-for-wellbeing-my-river-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/walking-for-wellbeing-my-river-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking for wellbeing – my river shift"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christine Kingsley from DJCAD writes about her daily walks along a river during lockdown and how the space, sights, sounds and her sketches help her through lockdown. Although written last year, our lives are much the same now and Christine’s words and images point to a way we can all, through appreciating nature, find a way through this difficult time.<\/p>\n

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I have noticed since my last walk with Susan that I have not been back into the forest. I have walked with my family along the beach near the forest but I have not returned to the forest as I had previously. Like an enchantment my forest walks of well-being with friends and colleagues are temporarily on pause as I enjoy the forest from a different perspective.\u00a0 My wellbeing has moved as the free flowing of the river, being present in my village, I am more aware of the ebb and flow of the tide. My daily walk always takes me in the direction of the river: left to the harbour right to a tiny spot of beach before the promenade. The sense of calm and space of the water is what I seek most. As my world shrinks to the rooms of my house and pottery, my head needs the change of the tides, movement of water and sounds of the seabirds.<\/p>\n