Nature supported so many of us during the pandemic and some of those experiences have included small, positive things that we have found nearby in very ordinary places.
We are all on our own journey and for many people the steps are slow and tentative. Each of our situations is unique but Nature is there for us all with gentle changes that can inspire us, surprise us, calm us and delight us.
Three Good things invitation
We invite you to go outside for a short time, maybe ten minutes to a place in Nature that is nearby and appears to be ordinary. Gently allow yourself to just use your senses to experience just “Three Good Things” in Nature. You may like to write down, draw, photograph or record your good things in your own way.
Finding and recording “Three Good Things” in Nature each day has been demonstrated in research conducted by the University of Derby , Nature Connectedness Unit to be beneficial to our mental health. It does not take away difficult things but helps us to connect to Nature for our wellbeing by focusing on small things that are good within our day. The more we practice each day , the greater benefits we gain.
Our partnership with the University of Derby Nature Connectedness Research team has supported us to embed their research into all of our wellbeing opportunities and events. We look for “Three Good Things” as part of our daily , personal Nature connection practice and record them using the “Go Jauntly app. Go Jauntly was developed in partnership with our colleagues at Derby University and is free to download through app providers. The “Nature Notes” section allows us to record our good things as photos and or comments and is great fun to use. The app also contains maps, walking routes and other features which help us to confidently step out into Nature.
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