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Nature as Medicine: Simple Outdoor Practices to Reset Your Mind · Eye Opener Society

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  Hello everyone, it's Gary here from Eye Opener Society and this is another episode
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  of Tips and Tricks for Everyday Life.
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  Being outdoors is the number one medicine I can ever recommend.
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  When you feel so overwhelmed, and if you've been stuck inside of an office all
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  day working, one of the greatest things you could do is just step outside and enjoy the outdoors.
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  When you can suck up the sun and its vitamin D and what it does for your body, it's indescribable.
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  And another thing that I highly recommend Is to walk across the bare grass barefooted
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  This is known as grounding,
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  It releases all of the positive ions And it places the negative ions in your body,
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  This static buildup that we have From all day long Gets released into the earth
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  And it's great for pain management and just your overall well-being.
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  This combined with just sitting and meditating in the outdoors,
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  I don't think that there is anything better.
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  Now, again, I'm not a doctor. However, this is not medication.
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  This is natural healing.
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  People have been doing this for thousands and thousands of years, And we lost this rhythm,
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  Because we stopped living With part of nature,
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  We started going indoors We started to change the weather We changed the You
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  know, our HVAC systems Control the weather that we're in And how we feel Instead
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  of our bodies Naturally adjusting To nature.
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  Now, this is also the most easiest thing to do,
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  And even if you're in a big city There's small little spots of land that you
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  can go to With bare grass You don't need to be completely immersed out in the
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  forest or the wilderness,
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  Not quite the opposite Just being outside is enough When we can breathe the
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  air We can feel the sunlight and all And now, trust me, I've been talking about
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  this for years and I always get shadow banned because of it.
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  But with all the spraying and the skies and everything else,
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  I have concerns myself with just how healthy everything is.
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  However, it's much more healthier than being indoors all the time.
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  So try to get out. Try to experience nature and what it can give to you.
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  You see, we can fall into this rut Where we just feel miserable at work all
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  day We get inside of our cars again Trapped inside Turning on, you know,
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  an HVAC system in the car Then going home, going right inside of our house We never stop to think,
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  Maybe, just maybe We're missing something And why just wait till the weekend?
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  See, me, as soon as I get out of work Boom, I go right to a spot that I know
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  I sit maybe for one, two hours outdoors, and I just relax.
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  You see, this is such simple ideas that actually work.
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  There's not much involved with it. There's no rituals. There's no fancy things to do.
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  You just go outside and enjoy it.
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  Yeah, meditation should definitely be incorporated into this.
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  There's nothing like being outdoors and just sitting still with your mind.
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  But you know what? If you just go out and that's all you do is sit in a chair like I'm doing.
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  And just relaxing, not thinking of anything.
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  Well, that's meditation and you've just done it. And again, you don't need no big ritual.
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  You don't need anything special to do it.
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  Easy, simple. ideas that actually work.
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  We need to try it. You need to try it. I'm only giving you the ideas.
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  Breathing and focusing on your breath when you're outdoors.
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  You'll notice a change in the rhythm and how you feel and the way you think.
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  It's also a great time to put some affirmations, saying I will connect more with the outdoors.
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  Sunlight will heal my body.
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  Fresh air is giving me better quality breaths.
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  Things like this will help you.
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  Every time I come outside, every single little thing that gave me anxiety throughout
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  the day, at work, or whatever the case may be, it's immediately gone.
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  I don't have to think about it. And you know why?
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  Because when you're sitting out here without all the stuff that you have in
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  your house and all of the material things that you have, it's just you out here.
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  There is zero burden.
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  And you realize you can sit here for hours on end Without needing anything at all,
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  That is releasing yourself from that prison that you created,
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  By thinking you need so much material You know, things to get you through life
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  You don't You need to just sit with yourself,
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  Reflect on yourself Let mother nature heal you.
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  This has been another little series, and there's going to be a lot more coming.
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  Very simple things you can do to help ease your mind, less stress, less worries.
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  Stay tuned for more. My name is Gary Dean, and this is Eye Opener Society.