Nature Connection For Expressing Emotions

This guided mindfulness meditation teaches you how to use the tool Nature-Inspired Feelings to describe how you are feeling or how you want to feel, using anything in nature. It can be difficult to answer the question, “How are you?” with answers like, “I’m good", "fine", or "hanging in there!” Your internal landscape of emotions and sensations are constantly ebbing and flowing.

This visualization takes you beyond words to tune into yourself, tap into your intuition, and develop connection and empathy with others. Nature replenishes you when your batteries are feeling depleted. Looking at pictures of nature or doing a visualization like this one can help you strengthen your ability to transition from one activity to another during your day.

*Background music created by Sarah Bruno using Garage Band Software

Transcript

What is a nature-inspired feeling?

A nature-inspired feeling is anything in nature to describe the way you are feeling in this moment.

Here are some examples.

Fungi Stones Elements Earth Air Fire Water Leather patterns Cosmic energies Your feeling can be zoomed in on a tiny detail,

Like the soft fuzz covering a peach.

Or it can be zoomed out to an expansive scene,

Like mountains overlooking pine trees next to a rippling pond while the sun slowly rises.

Take a moment to tune in to yourself.

How do you feel right now?

How would you like to feel today?

A gentle reminder that you are nature.

You are here to become.