8 Ideas For a Slow & Peaceful life - Forest bathing, Foraging

8 Ideas For a Slow & Peaceful life - Forest bathing, Foraging | Slow Living in English Countryside

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How to live a peaceful and gentle life - slow living in the English countryside.
Life is becoming more hectic and difficult each day, so now it's more important than ever to find little moments and activities which bring us joy and calm. These are some of my suggestions for how to live in a more cozy and gentle way.
00:00 - 00:29 Intro
00:30 - 04:00 Slow Rainy Morning Routine
04:01 - 07:09 Foraging & Learning about plants
07:10 - 08:01 Reading, Thrifting, Indoor Gardening
08:02 - 09:32 Nettle Hair Rinse & Self Care
09:33 - 12:22 Forest Bathing
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NETTLE HAIR RINSE
Pick about 8-10 nettle tops or whole stems, wash thoroughly. Boil 1L of filtered water and pour over your nettle in a big bowl. Cover and leave to cool, then put in the fridge and infuse for 24 hours or overnight. The water will turn deep greenish brown colour. Pour into a spray bottle or a jar using a sieve.
Wash your hair the way you usually do, and then either pour the nettle rinse over your hair whilst in the shower, or spray generously on the entire length. Massage the scalp. Don't rinse out.
I am not sure how this rinse would work on lighter hair, so I suggest testing it out before you commit! Also, patch test on your hand before use, to make sure it doesn't cause any irritation.
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@IamDaria Ай бұрын

What are your favourite ways to relax and calm down? Please share below, I'd love to know! 🥰

@dejah85 Ай бұрын

I personally love just walking barefoot next to the creek.. listening to the birds and other creatures...big or small.. just watching the clouds float by.. Nature's elegance brings me the most peace❤

@Laura-G. Ай бұрын

I practise art journal, calligraphy, cooking cakes, walking in nature and watching your videos 🙂

@reader649 Ай бұрын

Spending a day alone in a wildlife refuge or state/national park identifying birds butterflies, other insects, animals and plants with keyed nature identification books. I have done this monthly with a amateur naturalist group and loved the interaction, challenge and friendship while trying to identify a much as we could depending on our interests, ending up with group dining at a local eatery. Lots of fun and camaraderie. Thanks for your beautiful and thoughtful videos.💚😊 Love your kitty, similar in color and habits of ours who is also fixated on what goes on outside

@WritingArcadia Ай бұрын

I take walks in the forest.

@alecbon6791 Ай бұрын

Long walks anywhere.

@lalithasubramanian4441 Ай бұрын

I wish there was a forest like that where I am living. I had tears when I saw those big trees, yearning for something I don't remember anymore. Like a mother's hug, unconditional and full of love. ❤I wish I could live in a place like that forever. Those trees make me feel more at home than the place I call home now.

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Aah trees like that are magical, aren’t they! Forests are so calming.. I hope you will get to enjoy them yourself too!

@anashappydays Ай бұрын

I just love reading ❤ That is my favorite way to calm down. But I love going for long walks or do yoga 😍

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Aah reading is one of my favourite activities too, especially for a rainy day or on a sunny day in the garden! 🥰 It’s so special!

@safaaartist9592 Ай бұрын

A cup of coffee and watching a candle 😂 really that makes me calm and relax also I love drawing very much

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Ooh there is something about watching candles! I love watching the tiny fire flicker too ✨

@Bored_and_Brilliant Ай бұрын

A cup of water and watch the nature in the early morning. It's so silent and calm (4am)

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Early mornings are so special, aren’t they! I love that time before the world wakes up. Only birds and a light mist amongst the trees.. this is my favourite too! ☺️

@thisisvedanti2264 Ай бұрын

This is what I actually need And my way to relax is Yoga and Reading

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Aah yoga and reading are both such amazing activities! 😌

@allabouteverything4497 Ай бұрын

mashaALLAH beautiful from pakistan 🇵🇰

@johndayan7126 Ай бұрын

Beautiful and relaxing. Thank you. I always try to do everything I can the simple and traditional way, e.g., I use a manual coffee grinder as well; as well as hand tools (not power tools); foraging, gardening, and cooking with organic whole foods; and reading real books and not just reading from screens. It makes all the difference. One of my favorite ways to relax is watching your beautiful videos. 💖🥀🌻🌳🌲 Peace be with you friend. 🕊

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Aah it does make the difference, doesn’t it! 😌 Conveniences are good, whenever you need to do something fast, but there is something so lovely and mindful in doing certain things by hand. Makes you appreciate what goes into the process much more! ☺️

@mintjestory Ай бұрын

What a lovely and enjoyable story to watch🥰🥰

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Thank you! 🥰

@donnarakitzis2719 Ай бұрын

What a lovely video full of relaxing and interesting things to do in nature. I like to go on hikes with my dogs or to walk around the lake with them. I also love the beach the waves are so calming for me.

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Aah dogs are such wonderful companions on any walks! 🥰 I grew up with dogs in my family but haven’t had my own ever since! Hopefully one day 😌

@user-wd6ml5cy8x Ай бұрын

i love small walking in nature like you too, and yoga is also my favorite. i noticed that stiff body causes stress, fatigue and bad emotions🥲

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Ooh stiff body causes too many problems! But stress also causes a stiff body so it’s a cyclical type of nature.. 😅

@Iamdrubo Ай бұрын

I think after few days you will achieve 100k subscribers 😊😊 lots of love from India 🇮🇳 Sorry for my language 😅😅 but advance congratulations 🎉🎉.. dear.. 😊😊😊

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊✨

@gabrielahein6368 Ай бұрын

Each video more beautiful than the previous one!!, you are a geniuos Daria, I love your way to show us the nature of English countryside!❤ send you kisses from Argentina!

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Aah thank you so much! 🥰

@user-cu8lw1uc5w Ай бұрын

Hi 😊have a beautiful time 🌳 🕊

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Thank you, have a lovely day! ✨🌿

@hippyelise1 Ай бұрын

Beautiful video. Thanks💜

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Thank you! 🥰

@veronicashipley9123 Ай бұрын

Hello Daria ☺. Did you see that you got a shout out from Nigel on his vlog - Primal England. Think it was called Hints for Living a Slower Life. He's linked you so that others would look at your vlog, his favourite. So you may get more subscribers! As for who invented forest bathing!. Haven't all countries or anyone who loves nature participated in some kind of forest bathing 🌲🌳 always. Sending love & light and blessings 🐝🌷🐞🌻 xx

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Ooh I didn’t! Thank you for letting me know! 🥰🌸 This is so exciting!

@Uapa500 Ай бұрын

Thank you for your caring notes regarding foraging ❤

@dejah85 Ай бұрын

Daria, you are not of this Earth. You were intricately placed here, to bring hope, peace, joy, and authenticity to others.❤ I am always inspired and maybe just in awe of your creations. Because even something that may seem so small or inadequate to oneself, can mean something so much more to others. You are a real gem💎. I am sincerely grateful for you. Thank you!!!🩷🧚‍♀️🫶🪽

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Aah your words! ❤️ Thank you so much for your kindness. You made me smile so much! 🥰

@dejah85 Ай бұрын

@@IamDaria I am sending you so much love sweet girl💝

@sandradorsey5001 Ай бұрын

Good Sunday 🌆 evening, I like walking in nature . I like morning 🌄 ☕ coffee and reading❤🎉

@MotivEntdecker Ай бұрын

Thanks so much for your Video and inspiration

@jess53nz Ай бұрын

Love the flower fairy books! Have since was gifted flower fairies of the spring at 7. Your cat is so cute! Reading is my favourite slow activity. Luckily one i can still do now i have a chronic illness.

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Fairy Flower books are so precious, aren’t they! And such a great way to learn about seasonal flowers! 🌸😊

@ellenkoen1500 Ай бұрын

What a lovely and relaxing video!!! I love to bike, feel the sun on my face and the wind through my hair! I also love to have a coffee (i prefer a capuccino) sit on the couch and just be! Next week we're going to the sea for a week, i love to look for shells and stones and hear the sound of the sea. That really calms me down. Just a little vacation and do what you want to do. I feel so priviliged and grateful we're able to do that! Lots of love 🧡

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

This sounds so lovely! 🥰 Do you do anything with the seashells when you collect them? I have a small collection from Welsh beaches but they’re sitting in a jar 😅

@FatiKadjou 24 күн бұрын

فديو رائع 😊

@JeeLusinaChannel Ай бұрын

thanks for sharing.verry nice👍🌹

@Lillyjoy Ай бұрын

Thank you for such a peaceful and inspirational video!❤

@anner4022 Ай бұрын

I often forage nettle, but to eat it, in a nettle soup or nettle pesto (delicious). My favourite ways to relax are very close to yours. I would add painting too !

@dr.heshamfarouk5162 Ай бұрын

Butful tunks so much 💗💕❤️

@khayri. Ай бұрын

Away from the subject of the video, she is creative in photography and to produce ❤

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@AbbeyCherylHopkins-by3tp Ай бұрын

These forests look like something out of a fairytale. I wish it was more safe to go forest bathing where I live in Australia although we have to be vigilant for poisonous snakes and spiders. Hope one day I can relax like you do in a beautiful, safe forest and connect with nature

@thegreenergrass7005 Ай бұрын

Big fan of your works ✨

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Aah thank you! ✨

@melindaferreira9879 Ай бұрын

Beautiful. Does the nettle spray feel tingly? Forest bathing sounds wonderful.

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Thank you! 🥰 No, the water infusion doesn’t sting at all (although I would patch test just in case)!

@TheEmpressgoth Ай бұрын

Awesomeness ❤❤❤❤😊😊😊

@jillychandler Ай бұрын

You have so nearly reached a 100 subscribers! I love being by water, hearing the sounds of it running, and trickling calms me inside. xxx

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Aah yes, I can’t believe the number really! 😊 Water does have such a calming effect, doesn’t it! I love it too and always try to be closer to any body of water!

@madeline4626 Ай бұрын

a beautiful video as always ❤

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Thank you! 🥰

@annemariedale3171 Ай бұрын

I hope you are enjoying 'Circe'. I read it a while ago and loved it.

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

I’m enjoying it so far!

@deborahmicallef6100 Ай бұрын

Another wonderful relaxing vlog - your vlog is the cherry on the cake at the beginning of the weekend. I find doing crafts relaxing - e.g. diamond painting, crochet, 3D and 2D jigsaw puzzles - usually, I get them seasonally-themed-some I use as decor at the end and take pride in what I did. Bird watching, nature, seaside, and countryside walks are also relaxing, I find I feel alive amongst nature. I'm so glad you do these vlogs. Thank you.

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Aah these are all such wonderful activities! 🥰

@vlad-mundi Ай бұрын

Love that you mentioned responsible foraging guidelines 😁 It's rather amazing that there is so much the nature has to offer. All you need is a bit of knowledge and respect for it and it will provide. Lovely video! Love the footage and scenery. Beautifully crafted vision!

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Yesss being responsible and respectful is so important! Though nettle here grows in such abundance that nobody would really frown if you pick a lot… But I still tried to be respectful even to such a ferocious plant, especially seeing how ladybugs found a comfy bed in its leaves. 😄

@vlad-mundi Ай бұрын

@@IamDaria They were so darn cute sitting in it! 😆

@beanandbearuk Ай бұрын

This is so beautiful Daria ❤️ We’re the same, the ritual of a morning coffee is just bliss! 🥰

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

It’s the best, isn’t it! 🥰☕️

@Emi-xd2or Ай бұрын

Very enjoyable video and you have very Estern European looks. :) Did I make a good guess?

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊 Yes that’s a good guess! But I never had anyone guess so accurately before in all honesty 😄

@VillageGuila Ай бұрын

I really enjoyed your video 🤗 I live in the village, so I love nature,forests, and flowers

@gurkmeja2021 Ай бұрын

What a wonderful cosy video! 🌟 My favourite is a coffee and creating in my junk journal. Recently I've also spent much time sorting through LOADS of old digital photos (like when we were in beautiful Riga!), therapeutic. I read The secret story half a year ago, and I must admit it was the most depressing book I've ever read...! 😆 Have a lovely weekend! /Ditte 🤓 🇸🇪

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Oh I’d love to know more about your junk journal! How do you use it? 😊 I do agree about The Secret History! I liked the book but also found it unbearable in places! 😅 I think it’s supposed to feel that way by author’s idea, but yes it gets very depressing!

@gurkmeja2021 Ай бұрын

@@IamDaria (Very late answer, due to frequent migraine attackas lately) Hello Daria! I use my junk journal for different things like: what books I've read (22 books so far in 2024), sometimes affirmations using stickers & other paper embellishments, gluing in old photos from when I was abroad for 5 yrs in the 80's, if I've done a stationary haul, etc. Anything at all I'd like to document.Some of the journals I've made myself from scratch, one was gifted and I bought one. I use a lot of torn out old papers pages to decorate, and sometimes stamps. It's a lot of fun and very therapeutic! I've always liked to write. Hope you're doing well! Kind regards from Ditte in the south of Sweden

@cherry-xz6ei Ай бұрын

Just what I needed ❤

@beccaholford5943 Ай бұрын

Loved this video’ I fell I learn something new every time I watch them!! ❤

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Aah thank you! 🥰

@carlos.sierra Ай бұрын

Unless you're going to use slow mo footage, I recommend you record in 24 or 25 frames per second to give your footage a more natural motion blur.

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Thanks Carlos. This video was in fact filmed in 25 fps

@carlos.sierra Ай бұрын

Oh wow, interesting. And here I am thinking I had a good eye. Some clips just seemed to be filmed at higher frame rates, e.g., when you grind the coffee or when you turn on the lamp by your couch. Perhaps it’s the shutter speed you’re using? Either way, this is feedback on a small technical aspect. Your storytelling and framing is really good, regardless! 👏🏼

@me.my.son.and.i 10 күн бұрын

That's just the kind of drainer (on your sink) that I am looking for. I don't suppose you remember where you got it from? 😅

@Escudera_de_Roble Ай бұрын

🌲🌳😃👍Please, do make a forest bathing video, Daria! 😊 Ah, the tea & coffee rituals! 🍵 ☕👌😌 And the books!! 😍 📚 You mentioned some very interesting titles! 😅 And also brought me memories of falling into a stinging nettle bush as a little child!! (But I don't hold it against this very marvellous plant 😉) I agree with all the wonderful advices, and have enjoyed this beautiful and relaxing, calming video immensely! 🙏 Thank you!! 🤗👏👏👏🥰😘

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Ooh what! That must’ve hurt so much! 😱😱😱 Nettle is just everywhere and I sting myself almost daily 😅 I think the more you encounter it, the more of a kind of “immunity” you build perhaps… I was stung by it many times as a child, but then moved to London where it is almost non existent, and the first time I stung myself after many years was soooo painful! But then I got used to it again I guess 😆

@Escudera_de_Roble Ай бұрын

@@IamDaria 😂 Indeed! I was smaller than the nettle bush itself, and was wearing summer clothes, so it was quite an episode! 😅 I became more cautious ever since, and very rarely get stung. 🤭 But I'd like to develop an immunity myself!! ☺️ Thank you, Daria, and have a lovely weekend! 🥰😘

@elc-rossalexanderrockyr.3801 Ай бұрын

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@bluetoadflax2486 Ай бұрын

You're reading Circe! How do you like it? The class read it together when I was younger. A different genre, but another book if you haven't read it, The Moon Spinners - Mary Stewart, is set in Greece, and her descriptions of scenery are lovely. Plants and practical use make chemistry and biology far more interesting...the herbology aesthetic shall get me through exams, perhaps!

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Oh I just started so it’s difficult to say, but so far I’m very much enjoying it! Thank you for the recommendation, I haven’t read that one! 😊 Good luck with your exams ✨✨✨

@Phantom_093 Ай бұрын

Love all the ideas!

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Which one is your favourite? 😊

@Ayla40902 Ай бұрын

0:54 your visuals are so good would have been better if nature sounds used rather than music cause it annoys and nature sounds give healing

@jasminplagge8820 Ай бұрын

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@ourworldwithjessy Ай бұрын

May I ask if you use a LUT to color grade this? :) I love the coloring! 💛

@Narrowway7 Ай бұрын

Where did you get your skirt and top from 😍

@dhamindu-rv3ee 9 күн бұрын

Please tell where are you live❤?

@petersmith5055 Ай бұрын

Hi lass.

@IamDaria Ай бұрын

Hello! 😊

@Ayla40902 Ай бұрын

Use more natural anf birds sound rather than music tones we already hear music everywhere we wanna hear nature ❤

@karmen888 24 күн бұрын

This is my dream, but how to get started, no money, and with a young child, I have no skills besides taking care of children and animals, does anyone have an idea?

@user-vs1pz6ru8l 5 күн бұрын

I increasingly find the evidence that waiving the race for success is a good idea. Isn’t it? I just want to live my life and experience every moment instead of this crazy shit