# @theoregonian on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz9V2SJOwpL
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/10033466-theoregonian-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-11-22T19:00:39.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Oregonian (@theoregonian) — https://gondola.cc/theoregonian

## Caption

Evelyn Meier was in her element at Clackamette Park in October, fiddling with fallen leaves and sticks that she fashioned to look like an animal or a mathematical sign.

“I’m just literally shaving a stick with my bare hands,” said Evelyn, 9.

Interacting with nature this way might seem like an unremarkable childhood activity, but it offers a powerful alternative to traditional indoor pediatric therapy, said Evelyn’s former therapist Alice Nelson.
📸: killendave

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#seasonofsharing2023 #seasonofsharing #nature #naturetherapy #Neurotherapeutic #Neurotherapeuticpediatrics #theoregonian

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