National Pain Week 21-27 July 2025 Day 4

Diet, Sleep and the Natural World – Getting More Green in Your Life 
When we talk about getting more green in your life we are talking about other relaxing things. Often these relaxing sights and sounds are found in nature, but food and good quality sleep can lead to feeling relaxed as well.  
 
Pain: Lifestyle and Nutrition | Pain Management Network 
A good, basic introduction to nutrition. 8-9 minute video.     
 
Nutrition and Chronic Pain - International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) 
Scientifically-based, quality, simple nutrition advice in brief written form     
 
Medicines and nutrition - Live Well with Pain 
Some good guidelines on how to think about medication use in chronic pain. Hint: it’s usually not all that useful. 
  
Pain and Sleep | Pain Management Network 
A video from a sleep expert about basic sleep hygiene. 
 
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A 10-page booklet on how to sleep with pain 
 
Sleep and Pain - Pain Management - painHEALTH 
A whole lot of good written information and also a 6-minute video on sleep. From the University of Western Australia 
 
Background Noises • Ambient Sounds • Relaxing Music | myNoise ® 
An amazing website for those who love sound. These are some very beautiful and relaxing soundscapes recorded in different parts of the world, not just machine-generated sounds. 

 

Natural World

Can Nature Make Us Healthier?  
A short video on how nature can make us healthier.    
 
BBC Mindful Escapes 
View episodes from the Breath, Release, Restore series  
 
Soundscape Project 
BBC and University of Exeter completed a natural soundscapes project where  you can create your own soundscape. This is a full list of soundscapes so not only natural.  
Learn more about the BBC SOundscapes for Wellbeing project -  it has two links to mindful soundscapes (2 hours in duration) at the bottom. 
 
National Parks Study 
Share your experiences in accessing nature locally 
 
Gymnopédies with natural videos  
Check out the mix of relaxing gymnopedies with natural videos