Notes on nature, health, and sit spot practice.
The sit spot practice promotes daily outdoor observation, yet urban living and weather can hinder this. Research reveals that touching wood lowers stress and enhances wellbeing. An indoor version, combining wood surfaces with natural elements, creates a practical, science-supported approach to maintain a connection to nature despite outdoor challenges.
Sit Daily Outdoors is thirty ten-minute practices that arrive by email, one a day. Here is what is inside them, why they are short, and how to try the first […]
For the month of January we practiced sitting alone with nature. A participant asked for a practice they could do with a companion. In the words of Westley from Princess […]
Did you know your brain actively suppresses your hearing when you move? Being perfectly still helps you hear faint sounds better! 1. Lowering the Noise Floor (The Physical Fix): Every […]
When most of us think of Ludwig van Beethoven, we picture the scowling portraits, the wild hair, the man battling his own deteriorating hearing. What we rarely imagine is him […]
People experiencing chronic stress and burnout struggle to access simple nature-based stress relief due to barriers like not knowing what to do outdoors, fear of going alone, cost, or social […]
Sometimes, when we try to explain Sit Spot Club to people, we watch their faces twist in polite confusion. “So… you all just sit?” Yes. That’s the point. But “just […]
Most organizations invest in nature programs without understanding: Result: Programs that work for some but miss significant portions of your population.
