Here’s today’s dose of nature connection ideas! Flash connection: Night Gaze Wait until after dark and go outside at night time. The night is home to different animals and insects. Many plants close, the stars and moon are out and nocturnal birds can be heard. Walk around your yard or stand outside in the street.
Here’s today’s dose of nature connection ideas! Flash connection: Dizzy Lizzy Go outside and spin around in one direction 15-20 times or until you can no longer stand up. Fall Fall Fall down to the ground and lay on your back for at least 10 minutes as you watch the world and feel yourself unwind.
Here’s today’s dose of nature connection ideas! Flash connection: Share some Water or Tea You’re thirsty and so is your plant! Fill up a tall glass of water and go sit beside an indoor or outdoor plant. You take a sip, give your plant a sip, you take a sip, give your plant a sip…and
Here’s today’s dose of nature connection ideas! Flash connection: Feel the wind Walk towards an open area outside your home. Feel from which direction the wind is coming from. You can close your eyes and feel it on your face. Lick your finger and feel which side gets cold. Look at the trees and see
Here’s today’s dose of nature connection ideas! Flash connection: Breath Step outside. Inhale deeply for at least a four count. Hold it and then inhale for two counts more. Exhale powerfully and let it all go. Do this inhale/exhale at least five times. Feel the clean air travel into your lungs and throughout your entire
Here’s today’s dose of nature connection ideas! Flash connection: Zoom In Get up close to a one foot by one foot zone. This can be on the ground or on a tree or in a garden. Soften your eyes within this small space and see the whole picture and the details. Try to stay in
Here’s today’s dose of nature connection ideas! Flash connection: Skip Skip down to the corner of your house, looking all around in every direction. Then walk back as slow as you possibly can, noticing every little nook and crevice of nature that you can. Let the colors pop and come alive. Adventure: Look up! Take
Here’s today’s dose of nature connection ideas! Flash connection: Draw a Cloud Look out the window or step out to your front door and spend five minutes drawing a cloud. How does it change throughout the time you spend drawing it? Can you show its movement in your art? Adventure: Follow your nose Go on
Here’s today’s dose of nature connection ideas! FLASH CONNECTION: Watch a sunrise/ sunset Set an alarm to get up early for sunrise or walk outside for sunset. Look towards the east or west and simply be silent while the earth rotates enough for the sun to appear or disappear. ADVENTURE: Nature Shapes Wander around the
Here’s today’s dose of nature connection ideas! FLASH CONNECTION: Smell the earth Sink your hands into some soil and scoop up the earth. Bring it to your nose and inhale deeply. Let it fall through your fingers. Do it three times and see if the scent changes each time. If you’re staying completely indoors you
