North Shore
Spirituality in Nature Group
Our Mission
North Shore SING (Spirituality in Nature Group) provides monthly outdoor events via hiking/snowshoeing, kayaking/canoeing. Based on the North Shore of Massachusetts and Ipswich River Watershed, we explore beautiful trails and rivers, lakes, ocean. We offer a contemplative, meditative experience for deepening spiritually in the midst of nature.
Philosophy of SING
We draw upon wisdom from a variety of religious and spiritual traditions exploring the intersection of spirituality, science and our natural world. Our focus: Deepening Oneness with Earth and the Divine.
The natural world is a sacred place. As we grow to understand this, we grow in our desire and capacity to learn from and protect the natural world. This becomes our sacred work, a sacred trust.
Walt Whitman, the great American poet, and mystic, put it this way: "I swear to you there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell."
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.”
An Invitation
If this focus resonates with you, we invite you to gather with other kindred spirits as we form a respectful, caring, curious community. Check out the variety of program opportunities to reserve your place on our next scheduled event:
“Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”
Our Home Land and Waters
The North Shore includes the Ipswich River Watershed, a 35 mile river with headwaters in Burlington, flowing to the ocean in Essex. The watershed drains155 square miles encompassing 23 communities offering beautiful hiking trails and varied waters to paddle. North Shore follows the Atlantic coastline north of Boston to the New Hampshire border.
Contact Us
Interested in participating or learning more? Fill out the form and our guide, Kent Harrop, will reply!