Blossoming in the forest
What are the benefits of outdoor coaching?
A lot of research demonstrates a long list of benefits of coaching sessions outdoors as opposed to via Zoom.
The top three benefits include:
1. Walking outside and detaching ourselves from our usual workplace for a few hours, slowing down and giving us a break from technology and commitments lower stress and make us think deeply and creatively.
- Lots of great thinkers, from Einstein to Darwin to Virginia Wolf, used to go on long walks before sitting down to work.
- Being outdoors and walking allows the brain to rest and recharge, and encourages blood flow which helps bring oxygen to it.
- In the context of coaching, this is a key benefit: you will think more deeply and in an environment that is conducive to it.
2. Nature is your real coach.
- Try a silent walk in which the sounds and the sights from nature inspire the best answers to a question we set out at the beginning. This happens without fail and it's incredibly powerful
3. We are nature.
- But we spend over 90% of our days indoors. That's the real tragedy that is causing us to become increasingly detached from nature, and as a consequence, to ignore her signs of distress. As sustainability and change-making champions, we need to reconnect with Her. For our own physical and mental well-being, and to allow us to carry out our purpose.
And the best time of year is during Spring, the time of rebirth, and a new opportunity to evaluate our life.
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