Nature Junkie Skills

Everyone has an inner Nature Junkie. But it helps to develop the skills necessary to access it on the regular. Yep, it’s something you can improve with practice.

 
 

Basic Nature Junkie Skills

  • Curiosity

    Listen to that intuitive voice inside that says, “Hey, I wonder what’s over there?” Or, “Hey, how does this thing work?”

  • Awareness

    Notice and be fully present with what’s happening in your inner landscape, outer landscape, and between us right now.

  • Microdosing

    Make small, intentional connections with nature consistently. Basically, use behavior change science to improve your relationship with nature.

  • Physical Agility

    Spend time in nature regularly in a variety of settings with a range of movements to enhance your physical health.

  • Empathy

    Pause, and attempt to really feel the experience, thoughts, emotions, and attitudes of another - including people, animals, plants, or even inanimate objects.

3 Main Onramps to Nature

  • Inside Us

    Since we humans are part of nature, the things that happen inside our bodies and minds are part of nature too. It’s our inner landscape. This means that mindfulness, meditation, breathwork, and reflection count too, making nature accessible anywhere, anytime.

  • Outside Us

    This is the obvious stuff of nature, the so called great outdoors. While this may conjure up images of Yosemite or the Milky Way in the night sky, it also includes the little bits of nature in our surroundings. Like a ray of light or even a blade of grass sprouting from a crack in the sidewalk.

  • Between Us

    The nature between us is that feeling you get when you hug a friend, when you pet an animal or just the vibe you might feel when you enter a room. You may not see it, but you feel it. It’s called kinship and it’s a real part of nature connection.

Nature’s Hidden Power Grids

  • Sun

    That orange ball in the sky that gives us light and also regulates our circadian rhythms.

  • Water

    Not only is it necessary to support life, but being in, on, or near water can radically impact our wellbeing.

  • Earth

    All that ground beneath our feet is like a big electrical grid and when we connect to it with our skin it can help ground us.

  • Air & Space

    The air we breath gives us life and the vast space we float through induces awe.

Nature Junkie Macro States

  • Awe

    A state of mind we can cultivate by exposing ourselves to the vastness of nature that makes us feel small temporarily, which shifts our perspective and helps us feel amazing.

  • Flow

    The states where we feel and perform our best. We become one with our environment and everything feels effortless. Nature is a reliable inducer of flow states.

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