"Connect with Nature" - what does it mean?
Exploring Our Relationship with Nature
Exploring Our Relationship with Nature
Nature as a Remedy
Practical Steps for Reconnection
Discover what YOU and PLANTS have in common and why reconnecting with our natural roots is essential to our health and performance.
Humans don't have to connect with nature – we ARE nature! Our biology is intertwined with nature, having evolved and developed alongside it for millions of years.
At Mavericks, we believe we need to RE-connect with nature, as this bond with nature only got broken about 100 years ago. Before that, humans and nature were symbiotic. We got on really well!
The thing is, we're now living in a world that our great-great grandparents would hardly recognise, but our bodies are exactly the same as theirs. We haven't evolved out of needing the natural world. In fact, the more we re-engage with nature, the better we feel.
The data shows people who exercise outdoors report higher levels of vitality, enthusiasm, and pleasure, and lower levels of tension, depression, and fatigue. Outdoor exercise can also reduce the risk of poor mental health more than indoor exercise.
Get outdoors with a pastime you LOVE!
Think of yourself like a plant. Everything you would give to a plant to THRIVE, you should be giving yourself!
That includes:
Access to light
Plenty of water
Clean air
Nutrients / food
A natural habitat
So what's the solution? Should we become self-obsessed with optimal, natural health and live in a treehouse? Swap our city shoes for muddy wellingtons, or even better- go barefoot everywhere we go?
At MAVERICKS Life Co. we have created TheMavericksWay.org as an educational hub specialising in nature-based training and active lifestyle. We are your guide you to EXPLORE. MOVE. THRIVE. in your natural environment.
We promise you won't have to wear wellingtons or go barefoot, unless you want to.
But we do look beyond the resistance machines, the powdered protein shakes, and mirror selfies at the gym, to inspire a nature-based approach to training and wellbeing through a nature-based active lifestyle.
In nature, we return to our origins, and focus on the basics.
Spending time outdoors helps us to stay healthy; it's not just a perk! When we spend too much time indoors, in cars, or in concrete jungles, we are depriving our bodies of:
- Full oxygenation
- Vitamin D
- Ionization from the soil
- Movement, balance, and agility
- A variety of terrains to play with
- Long-distance eyesight
- Temperature adaptation
- Improved circulation
- Potential to socialise
By restricting our body's access to movement, oxygen, and nutrients, the human body slowly starts to degenerate.
But before you sell your city flat and buy a tree house, consider a few options to improve your movement/outdoor quota:
- Walk to the shops/school/work
- Take detours through green space
- Find a sport you love that you can do outdoors
- Take your dog for a woodland adventure
- Teach your kids to play outside – lead the way!
- Wind down with a view (rather than on the sofa)
- Plan outdoor activities with your friends
- Shop at an outdoor produce market – on foot
- Take up gardening
- Move your DIY outside
Spending time moving outdoors doesn't have to look the same for everyone, it could just be getting off the bus one stop early so you can walk through a park.
We are already connected with nature – we ARE nature! The real question is, are we TUNED INTO our natural habitat? Do we spend enough time in that environment, genuinely enjoying the experience and reaping the benefits?
How do you like to spend time outdoors? We would love to know - find out more and get connected to The MAVERICKS Way via our website and Instagram account.
Discover: Natural Movement & Holistic Training
HOLISTIC TRAINING is a diverse, mind-body-environment approach that brings together our wellbeing, skill and performance through an active lifestyle. Rooted in a holistic approach to sports science and natural movement, at MAVERICKS Life Co. we teach a FUNctional approach to training designed to unleash your skills, performance and wellbeing. FIND OUT MORE
Nature-Based Active Lifestyle Education
Nature for Sports, Fitness & Wellbeing, Your Way!
Reconnect with nature through an active lifestyle! The Mavericks Way is a Nature-Based Active Lifestyle program designed to help people and communities reconnect with nature. EXPLORE. MOVE. THRIVE. Your Way! Here's how you can get going.
👣 INSTAGRAM: Join our community and share your outdoor adventures by tagging @the.mavericks.way in your reels and stories. We'll repost and boost your top moments!
🎥 YOUTUBE: Watch our free series Discover with MAVERICKS
🤸🏻 ONLINE WORKSHOPS: Reconnect to your body and the environment by integrating "The MAVERICKS Way" active lifestyle approach - explore our programs on our online academy.
📚 LEADERSHIP COURSES: for sports and fitness coaches and activity leaders, our Leadership Program helps coaches develop the skills on nature reconnection, environmental stewardship and using your activity to improve health and fitness goals in your community.
We look forward to seeing you discover "Your Way" of exploring the outdoors 🌳
Jessica Christensen
CEO & Academy Director at MAVERICKS Life Co.
Jessica is the founder of MAVERICKS Life Co. and Chartered Fellow at CIMSPA, specialising in Life Science & Active Lifestyle Education, with over 18 years experience in the sports and health sector with specialisations from NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine) Harvard HMX Physiology, Advanced Anatomy & Physiology, and Evolutionary Biology. Jessica invites you to learn & train, The MAVERICKS Way! Our program is internationally accredited with NASM, AFAA, USCCE, CIMSPA, AFAA and eREPS.
