What a beautiful week on the Tribe – so many new members joining, everyone saying hello, sharing their photos of where they are and making friendly acquaintances straight away! Great stuff and so positive.

You’ve all seemed to have been enjoying the benefit of nature on our doorsteps by getting out and about this past week – many of you guys posted that you had been walking and cycling in some wonderful places!

How nice it is to get outside, be mobile, and breathe in the fresh air – I believe that going for a walk is both an adventure and a remedy. When we take ourselves outside, I think we naturally feel better.

One member said about her walk with a fellow YesTriber;

“We talked adventures and ideas what we could do next as part of the Yes Tribe and enjoyed the delights of the wildlife singing to us and the beautiful turquoise water of the river Arun”

What a perfect example of the benefits of getting out for a walk, especially with a friend!

Sometimes when I have a low day, getting myself out for a walk is guaranteed to release the feelings of anxiety or stress, and is my little quick getaway when I need it. I just walk, breathe in the fresh air and breathe out my busy thoughts – and however silly it sounds, those low feelings seem to just release into the clouds and get carried away. My top tip? Take some cake for the journey!

Slacking off

One of our members posted that she had tried her hand (well, foot…) at slacklining this week! Grace’s video of her walking and balancing on a slackline was awesome and received a big response from other members who loved it! Some wanted to give it a go, and some wanted to dig out and dust off their own slacklines again! 

From what I understand, slacklining requires a lot of focus and good practice. Things like that can easily put you off and make you want to give up. I can often feel defeated when I try to achieve certain things, but if we were all immediately great at everything then we’d lose out on the fun of the journey – the challenges and learning, the laughs in between, the joy of progress, and the final feeling of ultimate pride when you do achieve that new skill!

I’m not the most patient person when it comes to myself, but it’s always easier to try something new with the help of friends, and here in the YesTribe you have plenty! 

Dream on

I loved one of the posts this week from a lady who had sketched her ‘dream life’ vision! This is a brilliant way of envisioning the life you want and we should all give it a go at some point. Rachel’s post brought around questions of what motivates us and what our dream visions would be like. 

We all love to dream, so if you were to put pencil to paper and sketch out a little vision from your head, what would it be like?? It’s healthy to think about what you want from life and the future, so maybe if you put this into an image then it would make those dreams seem more real and more importantly, possible.

In relation to our abilities to dream and achieve, there was an absolutely outstanding video shared of one of our member’s taking his 99 year-old gran rock climbing! Tim had persuaded his gran (aka Spider-Gran!) to say yes to giving her best shot at climbing with him, and she did it!

When asked what she wants to do for her 100th birthday, Tim’s life-loving Gran stated that she’d quite like to do a skydive!

Age should not stop you from trying new things, and neither should much else either! As you get older I bet your dreams do not disappear, right? So neither should your opportunities. Don’t let something like age stop you from doing something you’ve always wanted to try, and if you need a little advice and encouragement? Well, you know where to find it…