Stress Management DVD
The film was released following research with experts in dealing with stress and from feed-back from hospital patients who were shown the demo film when they were recovering in an acute day care room.
Many hundreds of people have bought the DVD and told us of its benefits in reducing stress and anxiety (see below). It also plays in hospitals and is now helping patients with a wide range of health issues including Autism, Dementia, Sensory problems and certain Mental Illnesses.
The film, unusually, contains no people; neither does it have voiceover or even music. It is nature at her purest with just her sounds and calls. Without voices or music it is not therefore repetitive even after several viewings, it just relaxes.
The film takes the viewer on a magical journey, following a mountain stream to the sea and along the way has close encounters with wild deer, badgers and nesting woodpeckers all entirely unaware of any human presence and then on to fields of wild poppies and hedgerows bursting with spring flowers and trout in gin clear streams with ducklings, ending at the coast with rock pools and curlews.
Feedback
“Calming for someone like me who needs to learn to relax - that's what heart patients have to do...I find this hard, I like to keep busy, the DVD was a lot less dull and boring than some of the other relaxation activities, which can put me to sleep; it appealed to me, it let me think, but in a relaxed way."
"Barry, I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your Calmer by Nature DVD. Having been through a stressful time lately, it was just what I needed to calm me down. In fact, so relaxing did I find it the first time I watched it that I found myself dropping off to sleep and had to make a real effort to stay awake the second time so as not to miss any of it! I particularly liked the fact that there was no commentary or background music, just natural sounds. Regards, Anne"
“It draws you in gently, while you float down the river.... an escape to a place that is safe and peaceful - respite from the world and chaos - away from my looming crisis."
