5 reasons why you should experience sunrise or sunset

5 reasons why you should experience sunrise or sunset.

Over the last few years, I have become slightly addicted to filming sunsets. As a former night owl, what surprises me most is that I am equally obsessed at filming sunrises.

In this video, I’m going to share five great reasons why experiencing sunrise or sunset is good for your health and good for your soul.

There is a calmness and sereneness that I experience when I’m surrounded by the warm glow of the sun at sunrise or sunset. And it’s a feeling that I don’t experience at any other time of the day. It’s not something I’m always able to do (due to the weather or other commitments) but I’m forever chasing it when I can.

As a parent of a four year old and a six year old, I don’t have a lot of spare time. But the time that I do have to myself is usually when my kids are asleep and during the summer months this happens to coincide with sunrise and sunset.

As any parent knows the time when your children are asleep is particularly valuable. This is the time when you can decide what you want to do without fear of being constantly interrupted for a snack. And I’ve found one of the very best ways for me to deal with life’s ups and downs is to carve out time for myself regularly to go and experience sunrise or sunset.

Here are 5 reasons why you should experience sunrise or sunset:

1) It benefits your mental and physical health. It forces you to go outside and studies show that there is a strong connection between time spent in nature and reduced stress, anxiety and depression. And once you’re outside, you can experience the sunrise or sunset by walking, running or cycling and any of those are good for your physical health.

2) Sunrise will inspire you. There is a reason why the sun coming up has been a constant source of inspiration for poets, writers and romantics.

3) it slows down time. It has the power to stop me in my tracks and I feel completely immersed and at peace in the experience. And given that the rest of my life feels quite hectic and busy, with lots going on these experiences allow me to totally clear my mind for a short period which is why I think I pursue this as often as I can.

4) It lifts your mood. This amazing event which happens twice a day has an amazing ability to transform my mood. For me there is no better stress reliever or way to end the day than to watch the sun going down.

5) it’s free! The sun rises and sets every single day and there’s nothing to stop you from going to experience this. Apart from bad weather or heavy clouds, when you might not be able to see it very clearly.

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[kileyslife]

Great video! I actually just watched the sunrise for the first time😊 Now by the first time, I mean the first time by CHOICE. I've watched it while getting up for school and such, but today I got up at 5am to watch it and it was beautiful. It filled me with such a sense of joy and peace.

[DavidWheaterScotland]

Another superb video Richard. I completely agree with you about the health benefits of watching the sun rise and set. Time really does slow down and it's undoubtedly good for our spiritual wellbeing. The best sunset I've seen in recent years was over a small harbour in Cape Wrath. I've travelled far and wide in the world and the Highland sunsets here in Scotland are some of the best. Hope you're having a good week. It'd be lovely to meet up one day. All the best, David :-)

[SCOTTISH-ACE]

Damn very nicely captured good vid 👍why aye love edinburgh amazine sunsets and sunrise espcly untop of Arthur's seat

[SCOTTISH-ACE]

Sunrise is definitely ma favourite gets you in the mood for the day ahead