Soak up Acadia’s Ocean Sounds

It is late fall here at Acadia National Park. The tide along great head Beach is high signaling the handoff from day to night. The fading sun hovers low on the skyline with the pale moon, slowly rolling into view here at the border between land and sea. Acadia National Park supports a wide range of native ecosystems covering coastlines, forests, and towering mountain summits. There is all manner of life to witness and explore in this vast space. So as we prepare for tonight's journey, let's begin our evening with a brief wind down exercise. Tonight's exercise is a really simple breathing exercise. So when you are ready, let's begin. So first, get yourself comfortable. Now just bringing the attention to the breath, just noticing where you feel it in the nose, the throat, the chest, the diaphragm, your nice and relaxed. We are going to be taking a deep breath in for four. Holding it for four, then breathing out for six. So are you ready? Let's begin in for 4, 2, 3, 4. Hold it for 4, 2, 3, 4. Now breathing out for 6, 2, 3, 4, 5. Six. In for four, two. Three. Four. Holding for 4, 2, 3. Four. Out for 6, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. In for four, two. Three. Four. Holding for four, two. Three. Four. Out for 6, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. In for four, two. Three. Four. Holding for 4, 2, 3. Four. Out for 6, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Great. Now returning the breath to normal. Jutting out from the mainland is peninsula. Its cliff's hu over the ages by the Atlantic ocean's Salty embrace bleached pink granite is the bedrock of this landmark formed long ago by giant swaths of slow cooling. Magma woven through this salmon stone palette are streaks of smoky gray rock. It's a wonder the granite could ever fracture, but threads of di base found a way when individual continence broke from the Pangea formation. Though the igneous rocks were formed by heat, they found rest in the Chile Atlantic ocean. A collection of pines stand sent on the rugged cliffs. Watching the foamy crash of waves soar toward the sky, A little wave inland, a forest of maples and pine B awaits their lanky trunks overlapping like dancers In mid step from the highest point on the peninsula, SCIC head offers a wide display of the silver coated ocean dotted with islands just a few miles from the peninsula. A small pancake of rock is blanketed with dense forest. This unassuming rolling island is home to nesting bald eagles and other birds while it can be accessed by boat, it remains closed during nesting season. First and foremost, Acadia belongs to the animals and plants that call it home. When the hush of winter falls over Acadia, a different kind of park appears dense forests of green pines lose their edges. As snow softens the angled branches, the carriage roads reserved for horses, bikes and foot traffic become a perfect route for cross country skiers. Park volunteers...