Evolve In Nature

Many people find that therapy outdoors feels different from traditional office sessions 🌱

Walking along a quiet trail, sitting near water, or simply noticing the movement of wind through trees can create a sense of ease and spacious openness. Over time, these effects may also support neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to form new neural pathways and develop healthier coping mechanisms.

The best part is that nature therapy can be accessible to most everyone. Nature therapy doesn’t require dramatic outdoor adventures. Many simple activities can activate the calming effects of nature.

🌿Examples include:
Walking or hiking in local parks or natural areas
Gardening or spending time with plants
Sitting quietly outdoors and observing the environment
Practicing mindfulness or breathing exercises outside
Journaling or reflecting in nature

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👀Following curiosity is one of the simplest ways to invite play back into everyday life. Sometimes that looks like something small and familiar — dancing in your kitchen to one song, moving your body without choreography or purpose, just because it feels good.

Many of the things that regulate our nervous systems are the same things we naturally gravitated toward as children: movement, music, rhythm, imagination, and spontaneity 🍭

Returning to these moments of play can gently shift the body out of stress and into regulation. When we allow ourselves to follow curiosity, even briefly, we create space for joy, creativity, and ease to re-enter the day.

What a beautiful idea. We think in poetry and when we journal our thoughts, we are essentially writing poetry. How would you orient to your journal if you approached your practice as poetry?

That's not to say we need to exert effort to make our thoughts and journalings "poetic." It's to believe that our innermost feelings, thoughts and ideas are already poetry, and to honor each layer of ourselves as such.

Try this: journal one page while leaving your inner critic at the door. Just for one page, can you allow your thoughts to "stream of consciouaness" flow out of you, without judgment? Don't try to re-read them or judge them after. Pay attention to the quality of how you feel after the practice. Close your journal, and try again tomorrow.

Remember, just as poet Naomi Shihab Nye says, journaling is a practice.