The Best Biohack of all
The best thing for your body, no matter what. It’s time outside in nature. I spent a week out in the bush in a tiny home. A space outside to listen to trees and write. A place to meditate in the quiet spaces. A place to disconnect. A place to find myself again and my passion for life.
There are so many benefits to being outside. Vitamin D from the sun, even certain inferred levels that can help with healing the body. It makes you move slowly. There is intention out here. There is nowhere to be. There is no monotonous drone of how we should be living.
The air is clear and fresh. The earth is waiting for you to walk bare foot and connect with it again. Grounding to the earth is hugely beneficial for your health. Resulting in reduce inflammation and better sleep. Grounding is to connect to the earth, feel her strength and link into it. Feel her flow of energy. Grounding, sometimes called earthing, is the simple act of bringing your body into direct contact with the Earth. Think bare feet on soil, skin on stone, hands in the garden. It is ancient, ordinary, and quietly powerful.
Being outside is to remember our true selves. We come from nature; we return to nature. No matter how hard we try to harness her, the stronger she will fit back. But when we work with her, that power is ours.
Grounding is easy. You can just stand outside, barefoot in the grass for ten minutes and feel the benefits. Swimming in the ocean. The simple connection with earth.
It can help regulate the nervous system, reduce stress and emotional overload and improve sleep. There is ongoing research into the benefits of pain management as well. The earth gives when we ask.
It has been a long time since I have stepped away for my life and taken a reset moment. I tend to spend so much time wrapped up in my issues, my trauma and my insecurities, I forget how much more there is out there.
To feel the breeze on my face. To listen to the trees, sing to me in that breeze. To be silent and listen to the what the earth is trying to tell me.
I also tend to go to resorts where there are a lot of people around. A lot of distractions around. It is so very different to sit out here, on my own. No other humans to talk to. Nothing to distract me. It brings a different kind of peace that I haven’t ever felt. A peace my soul has been searching for. It’s not an escape; it’s a time to relearn what I have forgotten.
It makes we want to buy a converted van and spend time driving up and down the coastline. Exploring the wonders this country has to offer. It makes me smile. It makes me breathe deeply for the first time in years.
I’m not saying I am going to sell everything I own and live in the middle of nowhere. I still enjoy certain things in life like going to the movies and catching up with friends. It means remembering how much more is out there. How much better I feel, and how inspiring it all is.
I have spent this week looking at my life and what I want to manifest over the year. I can see it so clearly now. It’s always a journey but there is so much life and beauty in that journey and I can’t wait to see it, experience it and share it.