Breaks from work are necessary. One of the best ways to clear your head and get centered is to take a break in nature. I am fortunate enough to live right next to the American River in Sacramento, California. The video you can see below was taken less than a quarter of a mile from my home.
This video below is my gift to you. You can watch it any time you want. You could listen to rippling water or watch the reflection of the foliage on the island on to the water.
Or, you could do both. Feel free to copy this video for your own personal use.
American River Short Video Interlude with the Sound of Rippling Water
I am lucky to live so close to nature. Many of you are closer to nature than you realize. Most office blocks have an outdoor area. Many hospitals have an atrium. Sometimes you can simply leave your office and walk a block or two and find a park. Or, you could walk outside and simply watch the life in landscaping around your building.
What about on the way to work? Is it possible to leave a few minutes early for work and find a park to walk in or a nature area or garden?
What about on the way home? Can you arrange to stop and walk by a pond or lake or creek or river.
Even if you can’t find a way to physically be in nature, you could visit via your computer while at work. Or use your smartphone. There a webcams all over the world transmitting wonders.
I just did a search and found a Yosemite falls webcam. It took me three minutes to find the webcam . The falls are dry now. They won’t be dry all the time.
Sometimes just the sound of crashing surf or birds singing is enough to help you get out of your head. In a future blog I will post a recording of a Mockingbird going through its repertoire.
Enjoy.