Embrace Nature

As Henry David Thoreau said: “We can never have enough of nature.” Spending time in nature can benefit both your mental and physical wellbeing. Activities such as taking care of plants, hiking, exercising outdoors, and walking through grass or trees can have lots of positive effects: Big nature exists when the calming and profound energy of nature is more dominant than the developed side of life. When we are surrounded by nature, our ruminating mind is exposed and eventually calms down.

Activations:

  1. Outdoor Walking Meditation by Headspace

  2. Check out this list of ways to explore nature! 

  3. Having trouble getting outside? Bring the sounds of nature or sights of nature to you

Resources:

  1. Check out this National Geographic Article about finding nature in urban spaces

  2. Article - Stanford researchers find mental health prescription: Nature

  3. Article - How a Quick Glimpse of Nature Can Make You More Productive

  4. Article - How to practice mindful gardening

  5. Article - Light & Sleep How to Balance Circadian Rhythms

  6. Article - Yale’s “Ecopsychology: How Immersion in Nature Benefits Your Health”

Hotline information: If you are in crisis please call the mental health hotline and dial 988. You can also text ‘HERO’ to 741741.