Why You Should Step Outside & Heal in Nature Today
April 22, 2022
Nature is a source of healing.
And you, dear one, are a part of nature.
Nature is our sweet friend who has many lessons to teach and powerful benefits to offer for our lifelong healing journey. Nature is proven to help improve anxiety, stress, and depression. It helps you focus an re-center when you’re feeling overwhelmed, distracted, or out of balance.
Feeling a connection with nature not only makes you feel better emotionally but it contributes to your physical well-being by:
- Reducing blood pressure
- Improving working memory
- Reducing heart rate
- Reducing muscle tension
- Improving cognitive flexibility and attentional control
Spending quality time in nature also promotes health by reducing cortisol and adrenaline levels.
This is SUPER important. We live in a stressful world – and chronic unmanaged stress leads to an overproduction of cortisol and adrenaline.
These chemicals become toxic and corrosive when your body produces too much of them. When this happens – the toxic and corrosive adrenaline becomes a fuel source for other symptoms and health problems. Spending time in nature is literally a natural way to help your body balance out the negative effects of stress.
On a more energetic health level, nature just simply makes us happy! That’s because when you go outside, you connect with the energetic frequencies created by nature – and you start to align with those frequencies. As an inevitable and awesome result – your energy shifts and you FEEL better in general.
Nature is essentially free medicine that has no side effects and is therapy that your insurance company can’t limit!
There truly is nothing like stepping outside to heal in nature. So, let Mother Earth remind you of how incredibly powerful you are, and let her help you release and transmute all that you carry that no longer serves you.
There are so many simple ways you can immerse yourself in nature (AND – no matter what you choose – you’ll receive health and healing benefits!), such as:
- Touching grass. Slip off your shoes, dig your toes in, and feel the grass and Mother Nature around you. Feel your feet become roots that reach all the way to the center of the Earth and find balance and peace. Ground your energy. Powerful healing can happen when you intentionally envision a stream of radiating from you, through your feel, and into to core of Mother Earth. (Ps, mud, water, and sand work too, it doesn’t have to be just grass!)
- Or lay down! Laying down and enjoying feeling the Earth support you from below can be a game-changer, and feeling your skin touch the Earth facilitates healing. When you put your body on Mother Earth, you are literally allowing yourself to connect with her and receive her support. Just the simple feeling of your back being held by the ground is healing, especially if you ever feel alone or unsupported.
- Find a spot near water (safely), under a big, shady tree, or even a little spot in the sand on a beach and just take it all in. Intentionally spend time allowing yourself to see the sights, smell the scents, and feel the wind against your face. Fully immerse yourself in every single sense. Take deep, conscious breaths. This is a practice of healing and growing your intuition – what do you notice as you connect to each sense?
- While doing these things, practice some gratitude and/or journal. Write about what comes up for you – what emotions come up, what you’re experiencing, or just brain dump and write what comes to mind. Mindless journal can be beneficial too! As you make this a regular practice, you’ll be amazed at what comes through over time.
- Try improving your green thumb. Getting your hands dirty and digging into some soil can help you connect with nature, as can watching a little plant grow! Everything around you is alive, and connecting with the process of growth and the cycles of nature also brings you closer to your own natural cycles and rhythms. People get so caught up in the 24 hour cycle, it’s important to remember we are actually of nature – and connect to those cycles.
- Try to do some movement outside like yoga or exercises. Even just doing it on your patio or balcony works! You get added healing and health benefits when you move in nature. You get to breathe in the fresh air and release energy that doesn’t serve you as you exhale.
- Or just simply go for a walk. When you feel frustrated, strained, stressed, or overwhelmed, taking a walk to clear your head helps so much. Taking a mindful walk can make all the difference. So many of you are creative, but will force yourself to stay inside and work all day. Allowing yourself to just take a 5-10 minute walk will clear your head, shift your energy, and make the world of a difference.
Intentionally connect with nature in a meaningful way today (and as much as you can) and feel her abundant power. Let her heal you and co-create your vibrantly healthy life. Tap into that power inside yourself that she’s reflecting back to you.
Go be one with nature today; remember who you are – a divine being who is part of it all.
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XO,
Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
Disclaimer Statement: This content is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for personalized medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
