We have a small ravine behind our school. There is a well kept trail through this tiny piece of nature surrounded by a school, industrial buildings and residential complexes. Yesterday after work I went for a walk around the very short trail. After 12+ years in this building I’m realizing how rarely I visit this space. I have a little piece of nature nestled right against my school and I almost never take advantage of it.

There is power in nature bathing, in surrounding yourself in trees and getting away from the noise of the city. Getting away from the digital calendar, and email, meetings, and all those ‘other duties as assigned’.

Don’t believe me? Just turn up the volume and listen to this recording for 20 seconds.

Did you hear the birds or just the water? Listen again. Think about what 5 minutes of this could do for your day.

I’m going to find myself on this trail a little more frequently in the last few weeks of school.