I think that the smallest efforts to be in nature, or at least outside, on a regular basis have a cumulative affect on you. When I'm walking to my exercise class is when I'm in the habit of trying to be in the moment: feeling my footsteps as I walk, listening to the birds and other sounds, feeling the presence of the trees as I pass them. I'm sure this all helps me. I'm also once again back in the saddle with meditating ten minutes a day. Ten minutes! It's nothing. But I can feel the difference it makes to my state of mind day to day.
good for you! I'm very on-again off-again with meditation — even 10 minutes a day can feel like a lot to ask of myself sometimes, but I've never regretted doing it. And I agree about the benefits of being in nature. Getting back outside regularly after winter ends always reminds me just how necessary it is to literally touch grass.
Oh yes me too... I fall out of the meditation habit all the time. But this January I decided I really needed to take care of my nervous system if I hoped to maintain some kind of baseline of mental health. Too! Much! Craziness! Out! There!
I think that the smallest efforts to be in nature, or at least outside, on a regular basis have a cumulative affect on you. When I'm walking to my exercise class is when I'm in the habit of trying to be in the moment: feeling my footsteps as I walk, listening to the birds and other sounds, feeling the presence of the trees as I pass them. I'm sure this all helps me. I'm also once again back in the saddle with meditating ten minutes a day. Ten minutes! It's nothing. But I can feel the difference it makes to my state of mind day to day.
good for you! I'm very on-again off-again with meditation — even 10 minutes a day can feel like a lot to ask of myself sometimes, but I've never regretted doing it. And I agree about the benefits of being in nature. Getting back outside regularly after winter ends always reminds me just how necessary it is to literally touch grass.
Oh yes me too... I fall out of the meditation habit all the time. But this January I decided I really needed to take care of my nervous system if I hoped to maintain some kind of baseline of mental health. Too! Much! Craziness! Out! There!