Build a Bridge to Nature

Psychological Benefits

Touch with nature reduces stress, offers longer life expectancy, decreases anxiety and sadness, increases recovery from mental and physical pain.

Techniques: Investigating unusual sounds at the beach, listening to the songs of birds, smelling flowers, feeling warmth of the sun, feeling touch of rain on the skin, marveling at the stars and stepping under the starlight sky,  being amazed from the look at the moon and the clouds are some of the tips for creating connection with natural world.

Close relationship with surroundings is also related to satisfaction, better productivity, increased energy, and creating a sense of purpose in life. Particularly children when spending time outside develop motor skills and by having fun they relax and enhance cognitive development.

Use imagery to release emotional blockages and build habits to create a bridge between your inner self and the nature:

• Breathe the breath of life as you open yourself to the healing energy of the sun

• Look at the flower and see divine design

• Behold a mountain and see the power of creation

• Watch a bee and witness immense wisdom

• See a seed and perceive the creativity about to burst

• See a snowdrop and feel the vulnerability of a flower blooming in the snow

Consider spending outdoor time with your friends and family, taking back some of your time from work, television, or shopping and move it to reconnecting with natural environment. The nature will never fail you.