Rather than exercising self-restraint, is it more about letting it loose in nature, cutting out the worldly-ness that we often conform to?

***staying in tune with nature [the question got cut somehow =/]

In Vishnaiva tradition, it is about rejecting this material world by accepting it as an illusion. We are spiritual beings in a temporary material body. We belong in the spiritual world. Due to the laws of karma, we become entangled in the material world by satisfying sense gratification. We must let that go, take control of our senses and serve the Lord.