The Nature People

Exploring our personal connection to nature through stillness and immersion in green and natural spaces, following the ancient Japanese practice of Shinrin Yoku.
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Photography: Jim Marsden | Creative Direction: Jeffrey Bowman

OTSDR promotes a healthy and meaningful connection to nature. To remind us we are all nature people.

Project 01 answers the question… how do you disconnect from the world around you in the simplest way? In Japan, people use nature to purposefully find stillness, to absorb the energy from the ground and trees surrounding them. Disconnection as reconnection. Stillness as progression. It's a simple practice, so we set out to find our own stillness in the Borrowdale Valley, Keswick.

How to practice Shinrin Yoku

Step 01

Go outside to your nearest natural space.
Somewhere green.
Somewhere quiet.

Step 02

Breath.
Notice what is around you.
Notice yourself.
Notice nature.
Notice the stillness within.
Notice the stillness surrounding you.

Step 03

Connect with nature.
Place your hand on the ground, lay down.
Feel the earth.

Step 04

Repeat often.

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Photography: Jim Marsden | Creative Direction: Jeffrey Bowman

OTSDR promotes a healthy and meaningful connection to nature. To remind us we are all nature people.

Project 01 answers the question… how do you disconnect from the world around you in the simplest way? In Japan, people use nature to purposefully find stillness, to absorb the energy from the ground and trees surrounding them. Disconnection as reconnection. Stillness as progression. It's a simple practice, so we set out to find our own stillness in the Borrowdale Valley, Keswick.

How to practice Shinrin Yoku

Step 01

Go outside to your nearest natural space.
Somewhere green.
Somewhere quiet.

Step 02

Breath.
Notice what is around you.
Notice yourself.
Notice nature.
Notice the stillness within.
Notice the stillness surrounding you.

Step 03

Connect with nature.
Place your hand on the ground, lay down.
Feel the earth.

Step 04

Repeat often.