Soak up Acadia’s Ocean Sounds

It is late fall here at Acadia National Park. The colors of the setting sun match those of the nearby tree lines. A mosaic of orange gold and deep red. The expansive Atlantic ocean shimmers beneath the fading rays. As knight quickly approaches, this vast amphibious landscape is home to a wide range of native flora and fauna, stretching from coastal waters to the towering peaks of nearby Cadillac Mountain. There is much to see here and experience. So as we prepare for tonight's journey through this unique park, let's begin our evening with a brief wind down exercise. Tonight's wind down is a visualization. When you are ready, let's begin. So just take a moment to get comfortable letting go of the day. Enjoying that feeling of having stopped, of having nothing left to do. We are going to focus the attention of the mind on the different parts of the body, watching as the muscles in the body switch off for the night, leaving the body feeling rested and leaving the mind more at ease. So starting down at the toes and feeling a sense of the muscles switching off the feet, the arches, all those muscles switching off. Same in the lower half of the legs. Notice any tension being let go of as the muscles switch off. Shut down in the upper half of the legs. Any tension melting away, being let go of into the area of the hips, the pelvis again. Any muscles shutting down for the night completely at rest. Everything from the waist downward is heavy at ease. The muscles in the lower back and the stomach are now switching off middle of the back around the diaphragm, the upper back and the chest. So any muscles not needed. Shutting down. Switching off for the night. The shoulders switching off the upper half of the arms and the lower half of the arms. Switching off the hands, fingers just switching off any muscles around the throat and the neck. Switching off The head, the face, the jaw, the eyes, any last areas of tension melting away as the muscles shut down. Switch off at rest for the night and allowing thoughts to come and go. Allowing the mind and body, the space they need to rest. Acadia's landscape is no stranger to change. Igneous granite has been sculpted over the millennia by sliding glaciers within the span of a year. Green hues give way to warm yellows and intense reds until a white shimmering blanket of snow takes hold every winter. Each day brings a cyclical dance of sea and sand swaying at the tide's tempo. The water responds to the sun and moon's gravitational pull like an archer's bow aimed toward the planets. The effects of this celestial play can be seen on the beach at Bar Harbor where a land bridge appears during low tide, the massive sea retracts letting the sun warm The ocean floor, pockets of water remain in small pools created by seaweed and rocks where a familiar...