Plan in Nature Sounds

There are oodles of benefits from hearing nature sounds as you live your life.

You may not have added a nature soundtrack already because you think they’re hard to find or expensive.  Not so!  Search “nature soundtracks” on your Internet browser of choice and you’ll find options that will please your ears and brain as well as your wallet.

Why is working in nature sounds worth the effort?

• They speed our recovery after we’re stressed and help us feel generally less tense and/or anxious. Our mental and physical wellbeing get a boost in the right direction.
• Hearing natural sounds revitalizes our brains after we’ve run down our stocks of mental energy doing something that’s brain energy intense such as focused thinking, such as knowledge-type work. Listening to nature sounds is good for our cognitive performance (and our creativity) in general.
• Nature sounds are also particularly good at helping block the sounds of people talking nearby.

Nature sounds should be played quietly, at barely perceptible volumes.  The best sorts of natural sounds to add to a place are of gently moving water (think: burbling brook), peacefully singing birds, and quietly rustling leaves and grasses.  No screechy parrots!  No hurricane force winds or rains!  No lions or tigers or bears growling!