Are you a city rat who is averse to getting in contact with trees or foliage that is not found on your lawn, while at the same time obsessed with becoming more fit and healthy? Don’t worry, you are not alone. Just ask your neighbor. There are many people living in society who cringe at the very idea of nature hopping, mountain claiming, or hiking through forest trails.

But if you are interested in becoming healthy, you might want to try a little of the action just for the sake of it. This is because even a little bit of nature is far, far healthier than a lot of the city.

Often times, people scoff at the idea of going out of the safe borders that their cities provide just for the sake of health. They would much rather bring nature to them in the form of its products such as fruits, vegetables and wild game. But anyone who understands the true nature of the human system would understand that this is simply not enough. Oh indeed fruits, vegetables and wild game are better than nothing. But does that have to be the ultimate line that people must adhere to?

If you want a life that has less irritation, stress, depression, anxiety and feeling of entrapment, then getting to experience spending a little time in nature would be just what you need. It is more than just the surface benefits that you would get from the gym our around the neighborhood park.

It is a core deep instinct of belonging that has been buried by generations of distancing ourselves from nature, but are still there nonetheless. And if you think that such a thing is all hogwash, then why are city dwellers so much more miserable than those who abide by nature?

But of course, this does not mean that you should just up and start living in the woods. Much like deciding to workout does not constitute living in a gym, deciding to get a deeper sense of health by spending some time with nature does not mean you should become a tree hugger. Rather, it means having a little more openness with connecting with her. Being more accepting of your primal self and being at home of the world you are living in. This does not mean you should kiss and caress every flora and fauna around you. It only means that you become more aware that you are not and have no need to be so separate from them.

Also, you have no need to spend an extensive amount of time in forests and mountains. It can even mean just driving to the nearest clump of trees and far enough where you can breathe air that does not smell like gas. Or perhaps finding a field of grass where you can have a picnic and not have to deal with loud engines, swearing people and construction noise. It has less to do with doing things really, but rather more of being. It might sounds too philosophical, but it does not make it any less true.

So all in all, the bottom line really, is all about learning to loosen up and be more at home with yourself and the surroundings which are alien to you. Because though you are comfortable with the cold, concrete buildings, busy road and pavements, and general vicinity of people of your own kind, nature does not have to be this entity that cannot give you what you need.

On the contrary, when every human is stripped to the barest of their core as a species, nature is where we belong. She is our mother, our origin and our provider, and visiting her from time to time is actually good for us.