In this way, nature not only evokes new sensory experiences, but also leads us to find clarity of mind so life makes more sense. It gives us a chance to step away from our worries and simply come to our senses for a little while. In addition to the mental clarity of being called to our senses, I also believe nature makes people genuinely smarter. Naturalist intelligence is a gift for observing sensory patterns and being aware of life in our environment.
My personal experience is that before I began studying nature, I was very self-absorbed and unable to see what was happening outside of my own little bubble of inward attention.
Amazingly, I found that studying nature helped me grow in ways I never even imagined starting out. Truly naturalist intelligence helps me be smarter in all areas of life, which is a really great reason to love being outside.
When we get into nature, suddenly we find a magical world filled with exciting opportunities to have thrilling adventures. These are all questions that teach us how to engage our minds, and engage with life more fully… while also activating our emotions in a truly meaningful way.
For many people, their love of nature is just a childhood memory of long summer days at the farm catching frogs and playing robin hood in the forest. If you approach life as a constant work and struggle then you never get any time to recharge and reconnect with what brings you joy.
Nature starts by letting us relax, while providing a stimulating atmosphere for the senses. Adventuring and exploring outdoors gets us ready to make our positive impact on the world, and nature makes it super easy. When is the last time you stopped to really appreciate this most basic necessity that nature provides so abundantly? We get so much pleasure and enjoyment from eating food.
With just a bit of focus and attention, we can enhance this connection with our food to increase the benefits we get every time we eat. By growing food in our backyards, patios and community gardens, we contribute to food security while connecting with our food source.
Somewhere deep inside the DNA of every human being is the memory of long ago when all people were truly wild. It fulfills the deep longing to adventure in the wild, so we connect with our inner resources and charge ourselves up with vigour. I learned this first hand one day when a family of cougars walked around me while I was sitting outside doing my daily sensory awareness exercises. I get lost in thoughts and detach from everyday business. James — Observing, be it the way different animal species interact with each other or with their habitats, or the way vegetation communities are influenced by the geology or geomorphology of the landscape.
Natalie — There are so many things I love to do in nature and they all tend to revolve around bushwalking and camping. What benefits do you think people get out of interacting more with nature? Chris — Being in nature helps to reset our life clock. Interacting with nature rejuvenates the body and spirit.
David — All sorts — health and fitness, perspective, beauty and enjoyment. Spirituality, religion, health, happiness, excitement, education, money… nature provides it all. Lina — The sense of belonging to the Earth; to the community of nature. We are all one, that bird, that tree, that river, that other human, we are all one in nature.
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Improve this question. That which supports life becomes attractive. It's a bit like the Stockholm syndrome of nature. As a rule of thumb, remember one thing: Everything we are, have, or are not or don't have relates to our survival, to evolution. For example, take pain. The amount of pain you feel anywhere correlates with how relevant that body part is for you or our species, and how likely it is that you can avoid injuries by feeling pain.
We lost hair because clothes are better adjustable. We have some hair to deter bugs or to signal health to the other sex. Perhaps we love new experiences, a refreshing scene, the culture of vacation, or the need to project a picture of success on social media. Perhaps one would dislike a forest if they were living in it or they would "feel happy" visiting a metropolis.
In addition, perhaps most of nature is not comforting and enjoyable, but rather people go to those parts of nature that are perceived as beautiful. Perhaps it is sociological. Add a comment.
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