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Walking Awake, LLC™ offers a variety of retreats and workshops at various locations throughout the US and UK. We love to travel for book signings, guided walks in nature, workshops and retreats. For more information contact Denise at dcrawn@walkingawake.com
About the Author/Founder of Walking Awake, LLC™
Denise is an ordained Interfaith Minister through One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, NYC, author of “Walking Awake The Faces In Nature” and creator of the “Walking Awake In Nature” inspirational card deck. The focus of Denise’s ministry is in our becoming more aware, mindful and awake though our innate connection with Nature and our relationship with the Divine in and around us. Denise encourages and enables the recognition and celebration of the profound treasures within our own unique individual journeys, and also our deep interconnectedness with each other. Denise, along with her husband Nick Prance, travel between the US and UK giving inspirational talks, guided walks in Nature, workshops, retreats, and pilgrimages to sacred Celtic lands.
Walking Awake: The Faces in Nature
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About the Author/Founder of Walking Awake, LLC™
The name, "Walking Awake": The Book, originates from the title of my first book “Walking Awake: The Faces In Nature”™. The book was inspired by my personal, some might say, mystical experiences in Nature....To best describe how it all came about, I will share with you a short excerpt from an email I sent to my closest friends announcing the release of my book…
Dear Friends,
I am very excited to announce that my first book "Walking Awake:The Faces In Nature™" is now available online through Amazon, Barnes and Nobles and Ingram Books..
It's a beautiful compilation of my photographs of Faces and Hearts and Wings in Trees, Stones, Clouds, Landscapes and more, accompanied by ageless quotes and poems about nature by memorable people in history along with various other selections of my photographs of nature. It is my belief that important messages from Spirit surround us everywhere and in everything; in the connections we feel with the people we meet, with the animals and creatures we encounter and in our relationship with nature. And when we are “walking awake” we will clearly receive these messages.
The book came to me during a very difficult time in my life through what some might describe as a mystical experience. In my frustration and grief, I went to the woods; a place of comfort to me. I found myself crying and screaming at God saying that I felt all alone. It was then that I heard a voice say "You are not alone" and when I looked in the direction of the voice, I saw a beautiful "face" in a tree. Then I heard another voice say..."Look over here"...and I saw another face in a tree. Now, some might say that the voices were my subconscious speaking to me, some might say it was a universal consciousness speaking - who is really to say what it was for sure? All I know is that I clearly heard the voices and saw the faces!
I took photos of those two trees. Later in the day I went home, placed them on my computer and while searching through my many folders of nature photos, I realized I had been taking photos of faces and hearts etc. in nature for years! I think I saw them when I took all those photos however, I never really saw them until that day. I began to wonder...could it be that God, The Divine, Creator, Great Spirit, The Universe has been communicating with us all along through Nature? If so, I also wondered how many of us really "Walk Awake" enough to hear, see, sense this as we go through our busy day to day lives?
After that, the book literally flowed into creation with what seemed like a mission all of its own. "Walking Awake The Faces In Nature" includes photos from deep in the woods, on the trails and paths of parks and even along the city streets of New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania as well as from sacred groves and hidden spots in Ireland and Scotland including the Isle of Iona.
Of course I would love to share it with you and hope you will feel moved to purchase a copy. I would also deeply appreciate your support by spreading the word to your friends and family and also hope that you will take the time to write a review on Amazon.
I am positive all will enjoy it, and I know it will leave everyone "Walking Awake" as they venture forward on their many different life paths and spiritual journeys.
With Deep Gratitude,
Denise Crawn
Buy "Walking Awake": The Book Here
About the Author/Founder of Walking Awake, LLC™
Denise Crawn is an ordained Interfaith Minister through One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, NYC. Her ministry includes the traditional rites of passage such as weddings, blessings, memorials, as well as offering individual sessions helping others to remember how to 'Walk Awake' through their own innate connection with the Divine in nature. Denise uses her own book, pictures and time in nature to assist with this and in addition offers workshops, retreats and pilgrimages.
Reviews of “Walking Awake: The Faces In Nature”
Walking Awake is truly like a walk through a world that is beautiful and surprizing. And yet it is the same world we all live in. But Denise Crawn's mystical eye found the places where that world looks back at us, and she has captured them in remarkable photographs. The many quotes from people who have lived in our world throughout the centuries remind us that there is a long, rich tradition of finding spirit and personality in the natural world. Denise Crawn is a valuable guide. Walk with her.
~ Tom Cowan, Author/Shamanic Practitioner and Teacher
Walking Awake became a part of my daily morning meditation and prayer. I felt each picture and quote drew me to nature's heartbeat. I am reminded when I reflect on the pictures and words in this book of how deeply connected our hummanity is with nature. I notice nature's faces now as I go about my outdoor activities or are they getting my attention? Either way, Denise has made conscious the ever ongoing dialogue between myself and God's beautiful Earth. This book is a blessing to read and reflect upon daily. Thanks Denise for bringing such beauty into my heart every time I look at nature through your lens in this book. Blessings are cover to cover!
~Rev. Melissa Hill Greenbaum
Denise truly is the Queen of the Fairies as she takes your hand and guides you through the world as seen through her eyes. She has an uncanny eye, capturing things which escape us mere mortals. This book is a blessing, and will open your heart to a deeper appreciation of nature.
~ Mark Lichty
Denise Crawn has a beautiful gift. She can see and live in the worlds of Nature and Spirituality and her photographs reflect her inner eye which she has honed to a fine point. Her photos grab you. The quotations accompanying the beautifully laid out images enhance the wisdom she imparts to the reader.
Having met the author for the first time recently, I can see in her a world of vast beauty. I hope she writes more books with her stunning eye for the soul of God in Nature.
This book would make a lovely gift for any loved one…
~ Nancy R. Wilson
This book is a must have for ALL nature lovers, ALL life lovers, and anyone who is a spiritual seeker. Actually, everyone should own a copy of this book! It is filled with beautiful, awe-inspiring photographs and life affirming quotes. In a world that has become more and more insulated, this book gently and tenderly reminds us of our interconnectedness with one another, with nature, with the Divine. Denise Crawn's Walking Awake: The Faces in Nature is a real joy and a true treasure!
~ A. Pohland Davis
