5 Reasons to Get Outside MORE

Five reasons to get outside MORE:

1. Comfort does NOT necessarily equal happiness or fulfillment – actually too much comfort invites stagnation!
2. Stillness + quiet are necessary for brain/body health. In our overstimulated/constantly stimulated world, we lose our capacity for boredom, which is essential for CREATIVITY.
3. Our physical bodies are NATURAL. They are literally animal bodies that need to sensory stimuli from nature: sunshine, moonlight, darkness, lots of fresh oxygen, inhalation of microbes, fungi, and other phytoncides from the natural world. They do a body’s immune system GOOD.
4. Being uncomfortable – too hot, too cold, wet, tired – these remind us we are ALIVE.
5. Awe: it’s a thing our brains need. Studies are showing that animals experience awe, so why shouldn’t we? Awe puts our brains in a suspended state of deep fascination. They shut off our fight/flight/freeze mechanisms (the sympathetic nervous system) and stimulate a feeling of ALIVENESS without the activation (hello Happy Parasympathetic nervous system). Or something like that.

Other reasons to get outside more:

1. It’s FUN!
2. It’s gorgeous!
3. Trees are wise.
4. Rocks are hilarious.
5. Magic is all around.
6. You’ll learn new things about yourself.
7. You’ll have more creative/original ideas.
8. You problem-solve more effectively and efficiently.
9. You ARE Nature.
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   Ready to try it yourself? I have several ways – from 3 hours to 5 whole days – to get yourself a new Outside Perspective (TM). DM me and let’s chat!

Warmly,

Angie