Daily Mindfulness Check-In December 7, 2021
Happy Tuesday everyone 😊
Being in nature always makes me feel good and research has also shown, how much we can benefit from spending time outside from improving your mood, reduce feeling of stress and anger, increasing our fitness levels, connecting to others and feeling less lonely and so much more. Also it helps to build positive memories. Recalling positive experiences from the past, like remembering a nice walk, the sceneries or the birds chirping increases one's positive emotion.
Today I like to ask you to share what you like about being outside in nature and why, how it makes you feel.
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For me I love to take walks by my local rivers. I bring some stuff to draw and some fruit or veggies. The area I'm sitting ive made sure no glass so i take my shoes off to feel like electricity from the soil. Ok maybe some woukdnt feel that but i feel more grounded. Its hard in winter for me as im used to being in three feet of snow by now but its been unusual warm. 💖
@Impancake
I feel much more connected to Mother Earth, more grounded too if I take off my shoes and let them sink in the sand.
Yes this is it exactly and what i do 😁 it heightens my sense of things around me as well
@amiablePeace77
i have been a hermit in the past. Once I started working with a therapist who strongly encouraged getting out of the house and into the sun and nature, I realized it can make a huge difference in my mood. It’s not like seasonal depression or anything like that, it’s the fresh air and the wind blowing in your face, or the rain falling on the leaves… all of these things and more, nature, elevates me/my mood.
now that I’m in the Pacific Northwest, the nature is sustaining me in a different way than the Midwest did. I’m learning more about how my body reacts with and without nature. I’m a big fan!!
@yzzil
I can relate to what you said. Letting the wind blow in your face gives me a kind of feeling of freedom, an instant mood changer. Nice that you pay attention to your body about how it reacts differently under different circumstances.
@amiablePeace77
Well, I’m 61, took me 60 years to learn it, and still learning lol. “Never surrender! Never give up!” ( Quote from a favorite movie of mine lol) 😊
@yzzil
I agree, it's never too late to learn and in the 60s many of us are usually more settled and might learn certain things even better than when young 😊
@amiablePeace77
Share what you like about being outside in nature and why, how it makes you feel..... Being out in nature makes me feel all that you've mentioned above~
I'm not a huge fan of being outside in the Colder weather, however, I'm totally a Summer girl~. And when I'm outdoors in the Summer months I feel warm, and Free. The Summer sun on my skin, driving down the highway with my favorite music playing, the warm breeze on my face....or being outside the soft grass under my feet~ Or Being in the pool and feeling at "one" with the water on my skin, or being able to be at the BEACH (which is one of my most favorite places to be), is even better. The Salty air, the sound of the beach waves crashing around me, the smooth, wet, powdery sand underneath me, and the warmth of the Sun is ALL like a million times better. But when I'm with my loved ones, its a "ga-zillion" times better! lol
☀️🌊🌻🌴🌷🌈🏊🍍
@PoliteOcean
Reading your post I can clearly see how much you enjoy the warmer temperatures and having your loved ones around seems to make it almost perfect. 😊
@amiablePeace77
Lovely idea Ami, nature is beautiful for sure! I'm very introverted, and I spend a lot of time indoors, however I do enjoy going for lone walks to my local parks and cemeteries. These areas have so many beautiful trees, open skies to see that view too, and their own little quirks, monuments and otherwise. I can't help but take pictures either, they're truly lovely.
@Robynni
Parks and cemeteries have something very peaceful and some of them are truly laid out in an incredibly beautiful way. Nice that you're getting outside to enjoy it.
I think that being out in nature is very important for our well-being, and can serve as a reminder of our humanity in the world. Nature is something that I can't separate myself from. This might sound cheesy, but being out in nature is where I feel closest to a higher power.
@cafedaydreams
It does not sound cheesy at all to me that you feel closest to a higher power outside cafedaydreams. I do feel the same. Outside everything is alive like the trees, the plants and the animals and we are part of all of this, it's feels connected.
@xandia that´s an wonderful piece of memory.
@xandia
Beautiful description! I can almost imagine your big eyes looking at the lights and x-mas figures in the gardens, absorbing the magic of X-Mas 😊. Those are good memories to keep!
@amiablePeace77
for me i love seeing the greens. like the trees and the forest. i also love how they smell. it calms me down and helps me release my stress. also some days, when i look up the sky and see the clouds moving around, i find it very amusing.
@bubblyMusic8287
I agree, being around trees is very relaxing and smelling the scent of pines for example is wonderful. I hear you about the sky, it can be real fun watching the clouds and imagining their faces or other things 😊
@amiablePeace77 yes, sometimes following the clouds can just make you forget everything else!
@bubblyMusic8287
So true! Just watch the sky.
@amiablePeace77 I love being out on a sunny day. It just raises my mood so much.
@soulsings
Gives soul a prescription for "Extra Sun" for the darker winter days.
@amiablePeace77 nice soulsings puts on a bathing suit and goes to back yard to sunbath.
Hmmm 0 C it is a little chilly lol maybe I wait till things are warmer.
@amiablePeace77
I love outside depending where I am at. I mean I live in the city, and well it feels you never are alone lol To much action and noise. But out in the country or farm life I feel free. Free to be in mud, or water or even just in the field with the cows. I feel I am whole and energized. Out with the negative feeling and in with the wholeness❤️
