Touch Grass: Lunchtime reset

Touch Grass is 45 minutes of guided dilly dallying in nature. You'll go back to your day feeling clearer, calmer, and genuinely better.

Nature is more effective than an afternoon coffee with none of the crash. But you can still bring your coffee. This isn't for the outdoorsy. This is for the everyday human who's feeling the messiness of the day and needs a quick refresh. No experience required. Just show up however you are.

Tickets are $10 and all ticket sales are going towards Pay the Rent.

45 minutes in nature will:

• Reduce stress: time in natural environments lowers cortisol levels and calms your nervous system. Your body genuinely changes when you step outside.
• Restore your focus: nature replenishes the kind of attention that gets depleted by screens, decisions, and noise. You'll think more clearly for the rest of your afternoon.
• Lift your mood: research consistently shows reduced anxiety, anger, and low mood following time in natural environments. Not as a side effect. As a direct result.
• Quiet the mental noise: the part of your brain associated with rumination becomes less active in nature than in urban environments.
• Reset your capacity not just for the next hour. People consistently report feeling more capable, more present, and more like themselves after even a short time outside with genuine attention.

What you need to know:

• You can bring your coffee
• Bring water if you want
• No need to change into active wear, whatever you are wearing is suitable (you will not work up a sweat)

About Pay the Rent

Pay The Rent is organised by First Nations and non-First Nations people working together, as the Pay The Rent Grassroots Collective. The Sovereign Body is a group of dedicated First Nations people who undertake a collective responsibility to redistribute rent and resources directly to communities in line with the vision and principles of PTR.

Touch Grass. Come feel the difference. And get back to your day feeling more yourself.