@pausewithplants
Episode #011
Breathe in Nature & Breathe out Stress
RELEASED: april 7TH
“I definitely think it’s a powerful resource for all of us right now to tap into seeing how nature is growing back in the spring and how we can grow back from this.”
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🌿SHOW NOTES🌿
In this Episode of Among the Jungle Podcast join Brittany Gowan owner of Pause with Plants as we journey to the BIG APPLE to learn how to connect, move and meditate with plants to assist in boosting the immune system and in creating a deeper sense of ease and connectedness to alleviate feelings of stress, uncertainty and seclusion.
Today we will learn:
1) The mission and creation of Pause with Plants
2) The psychological benefits of pausing to experience nature
3) The power of breath, mindful awareness and visualizations
4) Actual exercises and tools to connect, move and meditate with plants
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Brittany gowan
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THIS WEEKS CHALLENGE: Put at least ONE of the practices mentioned in today’s episode into action, and make note of how you feel both before and after.
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🌿LOCATION REFERENCES:
Henry Ford Winter Estates or visit their website here.
🌿ACTIVITIES MENTIONED:
Visualize your house plants, or a vacation destination that you loved and re-root into these moments and feel that sense of joy and calm.
Practice intentional deep breathing. Practice being in the now. Focusing your gaze on greenery. Count inhale and exhale until you get to 25. Do not rush, simply enjoy these breaths.
Take a moment to intentionally explore the micro details of the colors and patterns of the leaves of the plants. Get very very close- what do you see that you never noticed before?
Follow the veins of the leaves to the very last point you can.
Follow the trunk, branches and leaves of the trees until you reach the very end.
While watering your plants, watch the water soak into the soil, and imagine the water dispersing all throughout the soil. Then to take that further, imagine the roots soaking up that fresh water and nutrient. Practice with kids as well.
Stretch out like a tree. Your arms, fingers, toes. Be present in nature. Scan your body in your mind as you stretch each individual limb.
Pretend you are a plant, and stretch that body and limbs towards the sun. Imagine you are a plant or tree and you are stretching all over towards that sun.
Move your body throughout the day! If you have been sitting a lot or have been less active- simply ensure you are taking time all throughout the day to stretch your body.
Take a moment to be mindful of one of your favorite vacations or spots in nature. Replay these memories through your mind. We all have a special place that we love to be, and taking a moment to reseed these thoughts and images in our mind connects us to the moment, and deepens our relationship to these positive memories.
🌿botanical TERMS:
Fenestration- having small perforations or transparent areas.
Perforations- occur naturally in some species of plants. Holes develop as a leaf grows. The size, shape, and quantity of holes in each leaf can vary greatly depending on the species and can even vary greatly within a given species.
Root Bound- Any plant's root system that is confined in a container for any length of time can become root bound. When a plant is grown naturally in the ground, it spreads its roots out throughout the soil.
Trellis- is an architectural structure, usually made from an open framework or lattice of interwoven or intersecting pieces of wood, bamboo or metal that is normally made to support and display climbing plants, especially shrubs