When you envision your dream vacation, what images come to mind? Do you see yourself and your family hopping on a few rides at an amusement park, eating sweets, and occupying your time with parades and movie character mascots? Or perhaps you’re more inclined to get away from all the noise to relax somewhere in the mountains or on a beach, taking in the scenery and enjoying a slow pace.
If you’re unsure which options might suit you best, it might be worth spending a few minutes to really explore the purpose of taking a vacation in the first place. Is it to distract ourselves from our regular daily lives, our worries and cares, and to pursue entertainment? Or is it to find ways to deepen our experience of life, to make it more profound?
If you lean towards the latter, and you’re looking for a more profound experience of life, might spending time in the forest help? And even if kids would prefer a theme park to a nature immersion, are there reasons to convince them to try the nature trip anyways? What benefits might time in nature hold for kids’ physical and psychological health?
In this video, Sadhguru answers these questions and many more. He also shares a brief anecdote about his longest period of time—twenty-three days—spent living alone, without support or even a flashlight, in the south Indian tropical rainforest. In his experience, when spending time in the jungle, which life forms make the most significant impact? Is it elephants, or tigers, or perhaps monkeys? The answer might surprise you.
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