This is a very relaxed and soft book to read. I approached it slowly, like a series of mindful exercises but I am sure you could read it in 1-2 sittings if you wanted to. It is structured around short sections of personal account, notes, and exercises for reflecting and focusing. It invites you to breathe and be present, to feel rain and wind, and experience the good and bad things. I think the structure and the illustrations are a real strength. Consciously or otherwise, this is a very dyslexic friendly book (or it was for me).

Stalls openly notes his positionality at the beginning of the book, which I found helpful. While I think the methods and issues covered are touched with genuine care, I also think that there are some quite simplistic ideas/advice that may relate to Stalls’s lived experience. He invites us to be open, kind, and critical, but I did frequently wonder about the roots of some of the concepts and the call to be emotionally open, slow down, and be vulnerable. I got this book because I find thinking/reading about being in nature mindfully very helpful. As an urban city child who retreats away from naturalness when stressed, I need the steer. 

Overall, I liked this but it hasn’t pushed me to walk and I didn’t overly connect with the style of self-expression. That said, I found it a very calm read and I know someone for whom this will be perfect.