{"id":8914,"date":"2022-04-06T03:54:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T03:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robmacps.vic.edu.au\/upschool\/?p=8914"},"modified":"2022-04-06T03:54:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T03:54:57","slug":"grasshopper-to-locust-serotonin-good-vibes-big-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robmacps.vic.edu.au\/upschool\/?p=8914","title":{"rendered":"Grasshopper to Locust \u2013 Serotonin. Good Vibes. Big Changes."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 lang=\"en-AU\">Grasshopper to Locust.<\/h1>\n<p>By Emily Rack &#8211;\u00a0<strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.horatiosjar.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Horatio\u2019s Jar<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-AU\">Do you ever have the feeling when dancing in a crowd with all your friend of being so happy that you could burst out of your skin, transform and grow wings?<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-AU\">You could be a Locust.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2000-Thin-Grey-Divider-1024x36.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2000-Thin-Grey-Divider-1024x36.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2000-Thin-Grey-Divider-300x11.jpg 300w, https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2000-Thin-Grey-Divider-768x27.jpg 768w, https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2000-Thin-Grey-Divider-1536x54.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2000-Thin-Grey-Divider.jpg 2000w\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"23\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 lang=\"en-AU\">Locust and Grasshoppers are the same things.<\/h2>\n<p lang=\"en-AU\">Grasshoppers, the green guys with long hind legs and big buggy eyes that eat green plants and wreck rose bushes, are generally loners. In an overcrowded environment, something weird and unexpected happens.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2x5eOBJ37iE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-AU\">With their larger bodies, softer, smaller wings, and often brighter, greener colour, the grasshoppers transform into robust, longer winged, armoured skinned and darker bodied creatures; designed for intercontinental travel and mass vegetation destruction.<br \/>\nNot so cute anymore!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2000-Thin-Grey-Divider-1024x36.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2000-Thin-Grey-Divider-1024x36.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2000-Thin-Grey-Divider-300x11.jpg 300w, https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2000-Thin-Grey-Divider-768x27.jpg 768w, https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2000-Thin-Grey-Divider-1536x54.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2000-Thin-Grey-Divider.jpg 2000w\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"23\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-Serotonin-Banner-2.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-Serotonin-Banner-2.png 1920w, https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-Serotonin-Banner-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-Serotonin-Banner-2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-Serotonin-Banner-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-Serotonin-Banner-2-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-Serotonin-Banner-2-236x133.png 236w, https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-Serotonin-Banner-2-360x203.png 360w, https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-Serotonin-Banner-2-750x422.png 750w, https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-Serotonin-Banner-2-1500x844.png 1500w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 lang=\"en-AU\" style=\"letter-spacing: normal; caret-color: #000000;\">\u00a0Serotonin Molecule<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li>A feel-good chemical in humans that helps to regulate our sleep, mood and concentration<\/li>\n<li>Deep breathing boosts serotonin in your brain &#038; body\u2014Sunshine directly into your eyes cues serotonin production.<\/li>\n<li>Serotonin is a chemical that helps transform a grasshopper into a\u00a0locust.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>https:\/\/youtu.be\/ldPuBk7a9V4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Guest Contributor:\u00a0Emily Rack<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Business Name:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.horatiosjar.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Horatio\u2019s Jar<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Publisher:\u00a0Digital Schools<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Emily Rack is a \u00a0freelance creative writer and researcher, visual content creator and designer. She\u00a0is the head of the content production, publication\u00a0and editing for Upschool+ Guest Contributors and Horatio&#8217;s Jar is her content production agency and wellbeing school.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0Emily \u00a0has dedicated her life to\u00a0researching and understanding matters of the mind, body and the human\u00a0experience. Her discoveries and research are focused on cultivating tools and dialogue that encourage us to live in peace and harmony here on earth.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Her current focus is the environment and human connectivity, conservation, environmentalism, plant\u00a0medicine, botany, biology and the\u00a0practice of &#8216;Nature Bathing&#8217;. \u00a0Emily is a writer, digital content creator, seasoned photographer and visual artist.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n<p>PUBLISHER\u2019S DISCLAIMER: The publisher of this blog post (<a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalschools.com.au\/\">Digital Schools PTY LTD<\/a>) works in partnership with the school as a 3rd party provider to help build and maintain the school website. 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