Reduce Stress Levels, Day 4 The Art of Nature Therapy
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2022
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Receive healing benefits of nature to reduce stress levels even when you're indoors.
This week, we launch into a meditation series designed to help you connect with the natural world. You'll explore the ancient art of Japanese Forest Bathing. Immerse yourself in the healing powers of nature. In this week's series, you'll discover how nature becomes therapy.
This is day 4 of a 7-day meditation series, The Art of Forest Bathing, episodes 2684-2690.
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All meditations are created by Mary Meckley and are her original content. Please request permission to use any of Mary's content by sending an email to Mary@sipandom.com.Let go of repetitive negative thoughts.
This week, you are invited to take part in an emotional healing journey. You'll be guided through 7-steps to heal your emotions. It's all too common to conceal your reactions to stressors in life and to neglect your emotions. This week, you'll be guided to honor your emotional state.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 2687 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. I'm Mary Mechley, and I welcome you to our series. |
| 0:13.0 | This week we are exploring the theme, the art of forest bathing, otherwise known as connecting more deeply with the natural world. |
| 0:26.0 | Now, why would this be important, especially if you don't necessarily enjoy spending a lot of time outside? |
| 0:34.0 | Well, it turns out that when you spend time among plants, any kind of plants, but especially tall green trees, you boost your immunity and lower your stress level hormones. |
| 0:51.0 | Studies show that spending time in nature is one of the best ways to manage depression. |
| 0:59.0 | What if you don't live near a natural area? What if you live in the city? What if you just don't have time to spend in the natural environment? |
| 1:11.0 | What you can do instead is to receive many benefits simply by having house plants around you, or place flowers in a vase, and keep them somewhere where you see them often. |
| 1:26.0 | Science shows that even looking at photos or paintings of natural areas, you still receive many benefits. |
| 1:38.0 | In fact, that's why hospitals often have paintings or photos that are framed of beautiful natural settings, because it's calming, and also you can simply visualize yourself in a beautiful natural setting. |
| 1:55.0 | So maybe as a goal this week, you could purchase a few more house plants and place them in areas where you spend time. |
| 2:03.0 | Remember, your focus or your weekly challenge is to daily connect with nature, whether you're actually in nature or visualizing a beautiful natural place. |
| 2:19.0 | And that's what you'll be doing in today's meditation. |
| 2:22.0 | So today's meditation is a stress reducing meditation, because when you visualize yourself in natural surroundings, it's going to help lower your stress level hormones. |
| 2:37.0 | As an extra benefit, if you'd like to do an ancient technique for your modern life, I always share with you on day four of a series, a mudra. |
| 2:50.0 | Many of you let me know, mudras are your favorite meditation technique. If you're new here, you might wonder what is a mudra. |
| 2:58.0 | Mudras are a way you position your hands in a way that's considered to stimulate a corresponding region of your brain. |
| 3:07.0 | In fact, they're often referred to as yoga in your hands. So when you do a mudra, it's a lot like acupressure. |
| 3:15.0 | Today's mudra is a simple mudra to do, and I'll guide you through it. So as you sit down somewhere comfortable, make sure your spine is nice and straight. |
| 3:28.0 | You might be seated out in nature, which I've been encouraging you to do this week. |
| 3:33.0 | And remember, the reason you're doing this is to help you manage stress. |
| 3:39.0 | It's to help your body naturally lower stress level hormones and to boost your immunity. |
| 3:49.0 | This is so important, visualizing yourself spending time in nature and actually spending time in nature. |
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