[Music]
We as humans developed through nature
and we've got to a point now where
people are living in urban environments
and they see that as the natural thing
and it's not. The natural thing
is the trees that are outside their
houses, the grass that is allowed to grow
around. We as a human species have a very
powerful connection with the land, and
that's why we need to go into these
spaces, why we need to go into our
reserves, why we need to protect what
greenspace we have, because it's
actually our human connection to where
we came from. By being outside in nature,
you're allowing yourself to just reset
yourself, to just calm down your heart rate,
to bring down blood pressure and
reduce cortisol levels and stress
hormones, and actually start to feel a
lot more at ease. We need to have a place
where we can decompress, where we can sit
with our own thoughts, and where we can
actually spend some time processing
those thoughts without the distractions.
We live in a society where we're never
off. Putting that mobile phone away,
walking into a greenspace, walking into
an area where you have natural sounds -
that can only do you the power of
absolute good. It's the sights.
It's the peripheral vision that we are
now completely aware of. It's the
feelings of being outside on rough
terrain. It's the soft grass. It's the
different scents. It's getting everything,
you know, completely alive and awake. And
going out with all kinds of weather
aspects as well. When you are in the
house, and it's comfortable,
there aren't many changes going on
tactile-wise or in our senses, but when
you are outside, everything's awake,
everything's alive, and everything's
flowing, you're moving, you're walking,
you're getting exercise, your endorphins
are running wild, so everything starts
feel good. And you are taking in new
sights and sounds and experiencing
lots of different things. Because it
gives you some headspace, and it gives
you a sense of wellbeing because you're
sitting in an area where no one's making
demands of you. When you have an
awareness, when things are starting to
build up too much, when you are acutely
aware of how your mind is flowing, when
you take time out and you go and sit for
a particular amount of time that you've
allowed yourself, by the time you come
out of that, you can see a difference.
The jaw pressure seems to drop, the
shoulders kind of go a bit because
you're not tense, and maybe even neck
stiffness or headaches, things like that,
if you've got a physicality that's
presenting itself through stress and
anxiety. By being outside, I know it helps
me because I can feel refreshed and I
can see that in other people as well.
And that's what we want. At the end of
the day, we want everyone to be living in
harmony with our natural environment and
to be enjoying that natural environment
and let it have those health benefits.
Give it a chance to help our human health.
