So,
Last we spoke,
I was touching on this idea of disconnect,
Being at the core of so many of our challenges,
Maybe all of them.
Now I just got off a client session,
I work with a handful of people one-on-one on a weekly basis.
This is my four-month journey called The Bridge,
But in this session,
Something came to light that for me at this point is so apparent,
But wasn't always,
And I had that reflected back to me in this session today,
That when we're looking to connect deeper,
To experience this deep felt sense of connection,
Interconnectedness,
Belonging,
One of the best ways we can do that actually is to get out in nature,
And quite tangibly,
It's to get into nature,
And then to really let yourself actually be in nature,
To be in nature,
With nature,
As nature,
And to break this down very tangibly with you guys.
The process with which I would recommend doing this is,
Go spend 20-30 minutes walking outdoors,
In the trees,
In a park,
Somewhere where there's animals,
There's water,
There's sun,
There's plants,
Somewhere where you feel immersed in nature as best as possible,
And from this place,
Just tap into your breathing,
Five seconds in,
Five seconds out.
This is an HRV breathing methodology,
It's coherent breathing,
So what it's going to do is by regulating five in,
Five out,
It's going to bring our brain waves,
And our heart waves,
And our lungs,
And the entire body system into sync.
When we can do this,
And it slows our breath down to six breaths per minute,
Right,
Five seconds in,
Five seconds out,
That's a 10 second breath,
Six breaths per minute.
This is proven in 100 million studies,
Exactly 100 million studies,
To reduce stress,
To reduce tension,
Blood pressure,
Anxiety,
Depression,
To be able to connect to our bodies in this way.
Okay,
So by slowing down the breathing,
What we're doing is we're connecting deeper to the body.
We're slowing down the pace,
And we're actually aligning our internal rhythm with the external rhythm of the nature around us.
Sorry if you hear some noises around here,
I'm down in Costa Rica,
And there's some dogs barking,
And some quads driving by,
And some babies crying as a result,
And so you get the real raw podcast experience here with me in Costa Rica.
Take it as you please.
Now,
The other thing we can do is tap into our five senses.
So as you're walking,
As you're immersing yourself in nature,
Recognize the way in which you are actually inseparable from nature.
You know,
If you didn't have the food produced by the fruit trees,
By the vegetable plants,
By the animals,
You wouldn't be here.
You'd have nothing to sustain you.
If you didn't have the sunlight from the sun,
If you didn't have the air to breathe,
The fresh water to drink,
You would not exist.
So you're deeply interconnected with Mother Nature herself,
And one of the ways we can just ground into this a layer further is by tapping into the five senses.
So as you're walking,
Pay attention.
What can you hear?
Maybe it's birds.
Maybe it's someone talking.
Maybe it's a car in the distance.
What can you feel tactically in your body?
The heat on your skin,
The breeze across your arms,
The concrete beneath your feet.
What can you see?
So just paying attention to what you're seeing.
Look at very subtle,
Minute details,
If possible,
And then zoom all the way out and look at the biggest possible perspective.
Then zoom all the way in and see a tiny little bee on a flower,
And look at the stripes on the bee and its legs,
And then zoom all the way out and see the mountain range in front of you.
What can you smell?
Take a big,
Slow,
Deep breath in and just notice what's in the air around you,
And taste.
Maybe it's coffee.
Maybe it's just dryness.
Maybe it's the gum you're chewing,
Whatever it is.
Here,
Feel,
See,
Smell,
Taste.
Five senses,
Five seconds in,
Five seconds out.
Do this five times a week.
Just remember fives all over the place.
Get out into nature and use that as your gateway,
Your portal,
Your doorway into a deeper sense of connection because you do belong here.
You are needed.
You are loved.
And this environment can reflect that back to you so quickly,
Just how much you belong as a part of this ecosystem,
As a part of this world we live in.
So with that said,
Just a tactical tool.
Keep your mind,
Your body,
Your emotions,
All of that.
It's physical,
Mental,
Emotional to be able to get into nature,
To slow down the breathing,
To get into your body and just exist.
Connect.
Connect deeply.
Until next time,
Big love,
Ciao.
