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Once Upon a Forest: A Twig Poet’s Rewilding Journey (18 mins)
As a child, Maria struggled to fit into a conventional life. But the forest—with its gnarled twigs and quiet strength—offered her a path to healing and purpose. Now known as Sweden’s “twig poet,” she transforms nature’s remnants into powerful sculptures and poetry.
She replanted thousands of leaf trees that tried to grow in ditches or under electric lines and wouldn't have had a chance there, and put them in her family's bark-beetle decimated spruce monoculture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5ozGHIK03A
#rewilding #forest #sweden #ClimateAnxiety #BarkBeetle #ClimateChange #restoration #NatureTherapy #Biodiversity
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Once Upon a Forest: A Twig Poet’s Rewilding Journey (18 mins)
As a child, Maria struggled to fit into a conventional life. But the forest—with its gnarled twigs and quiet strength—offered her a path to healing and purpose. Now known as Sweden’s “twig poet,” she transforms nature’s remnants into powerful sculptures and poetry.
She replanted thousands of leaf trees that tried to grow in ditches or under electric lines and wouldn't have had a chance there, and put them in her family's bark-beetle decimated spruce monoculture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5ozGHIK03A
#rewilding #forest #sweden #ClimateAnxiety #BarkBeetle #ClimateChange #restoration #NatureTherapy #Biodiversity
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Once Upon a Forest: A Twig Poet’s Rewilding Journey (18 mins)
As a child, Maria struggled to fit into a conventional life. But the forest—with its gnarled twigs and quiet strength—offered her a path to healing and purpose. Now known as Sweden’s “twig poet,” she transforms nature’s remnants into powerful sculptures and poetry.
She replanted thousands of leaf trees that tried to grow in ditches or under electric lines and wouldn't have had a chance there, and put them in her family's bark-beetle decimated spruce monoculture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5ozGHIK03A
#rewilding #forest #sweden #ClimateAnxiety #BarkBeetle #ClimateChange #restoration #NatureTherapy #Biodiversity
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Once Upon a Forest: A Twig Poet’s Rewilding Journey (18 mins)
As a child, Maria struggled to fit into a conventional life. But the forest—with its gnarled twigs and quiet strength—offered her a path to healing and purpose. Now known as Sweden’s “twig poet,” she transforms nature’s remnants into powerful sculptures and poetry.
She replanted thousands of leaf trees that tried to grow in ditches or under electric lines and wouldn't have had a chance there, and put them in her family's bark-beetle decimated spruce monoculture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5ozGHIK03A
#rewilding #forest #sweden #ClimateAnxiety #BarkBeetle #ClimateChange #restoration #NatureTherapy #Biodiversity
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Once Upon a Forest: A Twig Poet’s Rewilding Journey (18 mins)
As a child, Maria struggled to fit into a conventional life. But the forest—with its gnarled twigs and quiet strength—offered her a path to healing and purpose. Now known as Sweden’s “twig poet,” she transforms nature’s remnants into powerful sculptures and poetry.
She replanted thousands of leaf trees that tried to grow in ditches or under electric lines and wouldn't have had a chance there, and put them in her family's bark-beetle decimated spruce monoculture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5ozGHIK03A
#rewilding #forest #sweden #ClimateAnxiety #BarkBeetle #ClimateChange #restoration #NatureTherapy #Biodiversity
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DATE: September 12, 2026 at 04:00PM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Therapeutic gardening improves mental health for adults with chronic conditions
Getting your hands dirty in the garden might offer a moderate boost to mental health for adults managing chronic health conditions. A recent review of past research found that activities like planting and tending to community gardens help ease symptoms of depression and anxiety, though the benefits for physical ailments are less pronounced. The research was published in BMC Public Health.
Chronic health conditions encompass a wide range of long-lasting medical issues that persist over time. These include physical illnesses like cardiovascular disease, arthritis, and diabetes, alongside cognitive and mood disorders like dementia, anxiety, and depression. Managing these persistent health challenges places a heavy burden on individuals, families, and healthcare systems around the world. Because the aging global population is driving an increase in these long-term conditions, medical professionals are seeking new management strategies.
Nature-based treatments are frequently recommended to help people cope with these long-term health needs. Therapeutic gardening is one such approach, where patients actively engage with plants, soil, and outdoor environments. These programs treat horticulture as a structured leisure activity that encourages physical movement, social interaction, and a connection to the natural world. In places like the United Kingdom, healthcare providers even use a process called social prescribing to encourage patients to visit parks and community gardens.
Past research has documented various psychological and social benefits of spending time in green spaces. Public health researcher Feifei Wang of Fudan University and psychologist Szilvia Boros of Széchenyi István University wanted to quantify these benefits specifically for populations with existing medical diagnoses. They designed a study to evaluate exactly how gardening activities alter specific categories of health for adults living with chronic illnesses.
To understand the broader impact of these outdoor interventions, Wang and Boros conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis. A meta-analysis is a statistical technique that pools data from multiple independent studies to identify overall trends that a single experiment might miss. The researchers searched major scientific databases for peer-reviewed studies that tested gardening programs against a standard control group. They only included research focused on adults over the age of 18 who had at least one diagnosed chronic condition.
The team identified 23 relevant studies that included a total of 4,535 participants, representing a large combined sample size for this specific topic. The individuals involved in these trials lived with various chronic conditions, ranging from physical pain and obesity to high blood pressure, cognitive dysfunction, and cancer. The participants were primarily older adults with an average age of about 54 years, and roughly two-thirds of them were women. The included research featured a mix of randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental study designs.
Wang and Boros extracted the reported health outcomes from these studies and divided them into three primary categories to calculate an effect size. An effect size is a statistical measurement that tells researchers how much of a difference an intervention actually made. The mental health category included measurements of anxiety, stress, depression, overall mood, and loneliness. The physical health category tracked metrics like blood pressure and cognitive function. The general health category covered broader quality of life indicators, such as pain levels, sleep quality, and social connectedness.
When analyzing the combined data, the researchers found that gardening interventions offered a moderate improvement for mental health outcomes. Participants who spent time digging, watering, and harvesting reported fewer issues with depression and anxiety compared to those in the control groups who did not participate in the gardening programs. Many of these trials involved older adults experiencing cognitive decline, such as dementia, who seemed to benefit psychologically from the active lifestyle and socialization that community gardens provide.
The analysis revealed less encouraging results for the other two categories. Gardening activities produced relatively small effects on general health and almost negligible changes to physical health outcomes. The data did not show widespread physical improvements, such as lowered blood pressure or improved cognitive function, directly stemming from the gardening interventions. The researchers noted that while physical movement is involved in gardening, it might not be strenuous enough to dramatically alter physical disease progression in a short timeframe.
To ensure the reliability of their findings, Wang and Boros performed a sensitivity analysis using a standardized quality assessment tool. This process involves stripping away studies with a high risk of bias or low-quality methodology to see if the overall trends hold up. After removing the weaker studies, the positive effect of gardening on mental health became even stronger. At the same time, the evidence for physical and general health benefits remained weak and the results were not statistically significant.
The study comes with a few limitations related to the nature of the available research. The included trials exhibited high heterogeneity, meaning the methods, duration, and intensity of the gardening programs varied wildly from one study to the next. Some studies involved short sessions over a few weeks, while others spanned several months. This wide variation makes it difficult to recommend a specific type or amount of gardening for therapeutic purposes.
Many of the included trials also struggled with methodological challenges like selection bias and a lack of randomized participant placement. In medical research, it is difficult to design a trial where participants are blind to the treatment they are receiving if that treatment involves active physical tasks. Because participants knew they were engaging in an outdoor activity, their expectations might have influenced their reported improvements in mood, stress, and general life satisfaction.
High dropout rates in community-based interventions can also skew the results of a meta-analysis. If participants who do not enjoy gardening leave a study early, the final data will only reflect the experiences of those who liked the activity enough to stay. The researchers noted that achieving perfect experimental conditions is often unrealistic when testing lifestyle interventions in real-world community settings.
Future research will need to define standardized gardening activities to better measure their health impacts. While working with plants can support psychological well-being, the current evidence does not support using horticulture as a primary treatment for physical ailments. Medical providers looking to recommend nature-based therapies require more rigorous, uniform trials to understand exactly how different health conditions respond to specific outdoor environments.
The study, “Effect of gardening activities on domains of health: a systematic review and meta-analysis,” was authored by Feifei Wang and Szilvia Boros.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #TherapeuticGardening #MentalHealthMatters #ChronicConditionsSupport #GreenCare #NatureTherapy #PublicHealthResearch #GardenTherapy #WellbeingThroughNature #CommunityGardening #MentalHealthAwareness
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DATE: September 12, 2026 at 04:00PM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Therapeutic gardening improves mental health for adults with chronic conditions
Getting your hands dirty in the garden might offer a moderate boost to mental health for adults managing chronic health conditions. A recent review of past research found that activities like planting and tending to community gardens help ease symptoms of depression and anxiety, though the benefits for physical ailments are less pronounced. The research was published in BMC Public Health.
Chronic health conditions encompass a wide range of long-lasting medical issues that persist over time. These include physical illnesses like cardiovascular disease, arthritis, and diabetes, alongside cognitive and mood disorders like dementia, anxiety, and depression. Managing these persistent health challenges places a heavy burden on individuals, families, and healthcare systems around the world. Because the aging global population is driving an increase in these long-term conditions, medical professionals are seeking new management strategies.
Nature-based treatments are frequently recommended to help people cope with these long-term health needs. Therapeutic gardening is one such approach, where patients actively engage with plants, soil, and outdoor environments. These programs treat horticulture as a structured leisure activity that encourages physical movement, social interaction, and a connection to the natural world. In places like the United Kingdom, healthcare providers even use a process called social prescribing to encourage patients to visit parks and community gardens.
Past research has documented various psychological and social benefits of spending time in green spaces. Public health researcher Feifei Wang of Fudan University and psychologist Szilvia Boros of Széchenyi István University wanted to quantify these benefits specifically for populations with existing medical diagnoses. They designed a study to evaluate exactly how gardening activities alter specific categories of health for adults living with chronic illnesses.
To understand the broader impact of these outdoor interventions, Wang and Boros conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis. A meta-analysis is a statistical technique that pools data from multiple independent studies to identify overall trends that a single experiment might miss. The researchers searched major scientific databases for peer-reviewed studies that tested gardening programs against a standard control group. They only included research focused on adults over the age of 18 who had at least one diagnosed chronic condition.
The team identified 23 relevant studies that included a total of 4,535 participants, representing a large combined sample size for this specific topic. The individuals involved in these trials lived with various chronic conditions, ranging from physical pain and obesity to high blood pressure, cognitive dysfunction, and cancer. The participants were primarily older adults with an average age of about 54 years, and roughly two-thirds of them were women. The included research featured a mix of randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental study designs.
Wang and Boros extracted the reported health outcomes from these studies and divided them into three primary categories to calculate an effect size. An effect size is a statistical measurement that tells researchers how much of a difference an intervention actually made. The mental health category included measurements of anxiety, stress, depression, overall mood, and loneliness. The physical health category tracked metrics like blood pressure and cognitive function. The general health category covered broader quality of life indicators, such as pain levels, sleep quality, and social connectedness.
When analyzing the combined data, the researchers found that gardening interventions offered a moderate improvement for mental health outcomes. Participants who spent time digging, watering, and harvesting reported fewer issues with depression and anxiety compared to those in the control groups who did not participate in the gardening programs. Many of these trials involved older adults experiencing cognitive decline, such as dementia, who seemed to benefit psychologically from the active lifestyle and socialization that community gardens provide.
The analysis revealed less encouraging results for the other two categories. Gardening activities produced relatively small effects on general health and almost negligible changes to physical health outcomes. The data did not show widespread physical improvements, such as lowered blood pressure or improved cognitive function, directly stemming from the gardening interventions. The researchers noted that while physical movement is involved in gardening, it might not be strenuous enough to dramatically alter physical disease progression in a short timeframe.
To ensure the reliability of their findings, Wang and Boros performed a sensitivity analysis using a standardized quality assessment tool. This process involves stripping away studies with a high risk of bias or low-quality methodology to see if the overall trends hold up. After removing the weaker studies, the positive effect of gardening on mental health became even stronger. At the same time, the evidence for physical and general health benefits remained weak and the results were not statistically significant.
The study comes with a few limitations related to the nature of the available research. The included trials exhibited high heterogeneity, meaning the methods, duration, and intensity of the gardening programs varied wildly from one study to the next. Some studies involved short sessions over a few weeks, while others spanned several months. This wide variation makes it difficult to recommend a specific type or amount of gardening for therapeutic purposes.
Many of the included trials also struggled with methodological challenges like selection bias and a lack of randomized participant placement. In medical research, it is difficult to design a trial where participants are blind to the treatment they are receiving if that treatment involves active physical tasks. Because participants knew they were engaging in an outdoor activity, their expectations might have influenced their reported improvements in mood, stress, and general life satisfaction.
High dropout rates in community-based interventions can also skew the results of a meta-analysis. If participants who do not enjoy gardening leave a study early, the final data will only reflect the experiences of those who liked the activity enough to stay. The researchers noted that achieving perfect experimental conditions is often unrealistic when testing lifestyle interventions in real-world community settings.
Future research will need to define standardized gardening activities to better measure their health impacts. While working with plants can support psychological well-being, the current evidence does not support using horticulture as a primary treatment for physical ailments. Medical providers looking to recommend nature-based therapies require more rigorous, uniform trials to understand exactly how different health conditions respond to specific outdoor environments.
The study, “Effect of gardening activities on domains of health: a systematic review and meta-analysis,” was authored by Feifei Wang and Szilvia Boros.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #TherapeuticGardening #MentalHealthMatters #ChronicConditionsSupport #GreenCare #NatureTherapy #PublicHealthResearch #GardenTherapy #WellbeingThroughNature #CommunityGardening #MentalHealthAwareness
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DATE: September 12, 2026 at 04:00PM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Therapeutic gardening improves mental health for adults with chronic conditions
Getting your hands dirty in the garden might offer a moderate boost to mental health for adults managing chronic health conditions. A recent review of past research found that activities like planting and tending to community gardens help ease symptoms of depression and anxiety, though the benefits for physical ailments are less pronounced. The research was published in BMC Public Health.
Chronic health conditions encompass a wide range of long-lasting medical issues that persist over time. These include physical illnesses like cardiovascular disease, arthritis, and diabetes, alongside cognitive and mood disorders like dementia, anxiety, and depression. Managing these persistent health challenges places a heavy burden on individuals, families, and healthcare systems around the world. Because the aging global population is driving an increase in these long-term conditions, medical professionals are seeking new management strategies.
Nature-based treatments are frequently recommended to help people cope with these long-term health needs. Therapeutic gardening is one such approach, where patients actively engage with plants, soil, and outdoor environments. These programs treat horticulture as a structured leisure activity that encourages physical movement, social interaction, and a connection to the natural world. In places like the United Kingdom, healthcare providers even use a process called social prescribing to encourage patients to visit parks and community gardens.
Past research has documented various psychological and social benefits of spending time in green spaces. Public health researcher Feifei Wang of Fudan University and psychologist Szilvia Boros of Széchenyi István University wanted to quantify these benefits specifically for populations with existing medical diagnoses. They designed a study to evaluate exactly how gardening activities alter specific categories of health for adults living with chronic illnesses.
To understand the broader impact of these outdoor interventions, Wang and Boros conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis. A meta-analysis is a statistical technique that pools data from multiple independent studies to identify overall trends that a single experiment might miss. The researchers searched major scientific databases for peer-reviewed studies that tested gardening programs against a standard control group. They only included research focused on adults over the age of 18 who had at least one diagnosed chronic condition.
The team identified 23 relevant studies that included a total of 4,535 participants, representing a large combined sample size for this specific topic. The individuals involved in these trials lived with various chronic conditions, ranging from physical pain and obesity to high blood pressure, cognitive dysfunction, and cancer. The participants were primarily older adults with an average age of about 54 years, and roughly two-thirds of them were women. The included research featured a mix of randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental study designs.
Wang and Boros extracted the reported health outcomes from these studies and divided them into three primary categories to calculate an effect size. An effect size is a statistical measurement that tells researchers how much of a difference an intervention actually made. The mental health category included measurements of anxiety, stress, depression, overall mood, and loneliness. The physical health category tracked metrics like blood pressure and cognitive function. The general health category covered broader quality of life indicators, such as pain levels, sleep quality, and social connectedness.
When analyzing the combined data, the researchers found that gardening interventions offered a moderate improvement for mental health outcomes. Participants who spent time digging, watering, and harvesting reported fewer issues with depression and anxiety compared to those in the control groups who did not participate in the gardening programs. Many of these trials involved older adults experiencing cognitive decline, such as dementia, who seemed to benefit psychologically from the active lifestyle and socialization that community gardens provide.
The analysis revealed less encouraging results for the other two categories. Gardening activities produced relatively small effects on general health and almost negligible changes to physical health outcomes. The data did not show widespread physical improvements, such as lowered blood pressure or improved cognitive function, directly stemming from the gardening interventions. The researchers noted that while physical movement is involved in gardening, it might not be strenuous enough to dramatically alter physical disease progression in a short timeframe.
To ensure the reliability of their findings, Wang and Boros performed a sensitivity analysis using a standardized quality assessment tool. This process involves stripping away studies with a high risk of bias or low-quality methodology to see if the overall trends hold up. After removing the weaker studies, the positive effect of gardening on mental health became even stronger. At the same time, the evidence for physical and general health benefits remained weak and the results were not statistically significant.
The study comes with a few limitations related to the nature of the available research. The included trials exhibited high heterogeneity, meaning the methods, duration, and intensity of the gardening programs varied wildly from one study to the next. Some studies involved short sessions over a few weeks, while others spanned several months. This wide variation makes it difficult to recommend a specific type or amount of gardening for therapeutic purposes.
Many of the included trials also struggled with methodological challenges like selection bias and a lack of randomized participant placement. In medical research, it is difficult to design a trial where participants are blind to the treatment they are receiving if that treatment involves active physical tasks. Because participants knew they were engaging in an outdoor activity, their expectations might have influenced their reported improvements in mood, stress, and general life satisfaction.
High dropout rates in community-based interventions can also skew the results of a meta-analysis. If participants who do not enjoy gardening leave a study early, the final data will only reflect the experiences of those who liked the activity enough to stay. The researchers noted that achieving perfect experimental conditions is often unrealistic when testing lifestyle interventions in real-world community settings.
Future research will need to define standardized gardening activities to better measure their health impacts. While working with plants can support psychological well-being, the current evidence does not support using horticulture as a primary treatment for physical ailments. Medical providers looking to recommend nature-based therapies require more rigorous, uniform trials to understand exactly how different health conditions respond to specific outdoor environments.
The study, “Effect of gardening activities on domains of health: a systematic review and meta-analysis,” was authored by Feifei Wang and Szilvia Boros.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #TherapeuticGardening #MentalHealthMatters #ChronicConditionsSupport #GreenCare #NatureTherapy #PublicHealthResearch #GardenTherapy #WellbeingThroughNature #CommunityGardening #MentalHealthAwareness
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A bunch of flowers from the allotment, freshly picked and full of vibrant colors 🌸🌻🌼—just the thing to brighten anyone’s day! Nature’s beauty has a way of lifting spirits, one petal at a time. 🌿💐 #FlowerPower #AllotmentLife #NatureTherapy
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Adulting is complete so now I’m on a bus heading to a forest for some soul nourishment.
#Today #YayForTransit #SoulNourishment #Nature #NatureTherapy #StacieBee
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Today’s soul nourishment was the best I’ve had in a long time.
Have I mentioned that I fucking love forests?!
💟🌟🌳🌟💟
#Today #IFuckingLoveForests #NorthVan #Nature #NatureTherapy #GratefulBee #StacieBee
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I’ve tried multiple times to upload a video but it keeps failing. Here’s a link to the video:
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Okay, tears poured out of my face when I arrived at Princess Park. My soul missed those trees.
This is one of my fave forests in North Van and I’m grateful I finally made it back there.
I hadn’t been there for more than 2 years when I was still using a walker while recovering from multiple foot surgeries. My soul needed those trees.
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I’m on a bus! On my way to a park I haven’t been to in over 2 years when I was still using a walker while recovering from my multiple foot surgeries.
My soul needs those trees. Those inclines I haven’t yet been able to tackle. I’m getting a bit emotional.
#Today #YayForTransit #GratefulBee #Nature #NatureTherapy #StacieBee
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Picking berries is my meditation
https://www.tsoon.com/posts/picking-berries-meditation/
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49224997
#HackerNews #pickingberries #meditation #mindfulness #naturetherapy #selfcare
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Just spent some time in the forest. I love trees so much.
#NorthVan #GratefulBee #WaggCreekPark #MyHealingPlace #Nature #NatureTherapy #StacieBee
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Today was a good day. I call Saturday “self care Saturday” because it is my therapy day and a time for contemplation, and, when the weather allows, being in nature. Lately I have been noticing how enjoyable food can be. I had scones today that were absolutely out of this world. Unfortunately, something did not agree with me and I am feeling rather unwell now.
#SelfCareSaturday #MentalHealth #MindfulLiving #SimplePleasures #Neurodivergent #DisabilityLife #NatureTherapy
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I’m on a bus!
Nature therapy is needed.
Yay, trees!
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"Did you know nature reduces stress by 30%?
Spending time in nature has been shown to lower cortisol levels and improve mood. Even a short walk outside can have a significant impact.
"As with all things, the natural world has a way of resetting our balance." - Rachel Carson
What's the most relaxing outdoor activity for you?
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**Did you know forest bathing in Japan reduces stress levels by 12.4%?
Forest bathing, or Shinrin-yoku, is a traditional Japanese practice that involves spending time in the woods to promote physical and mental well-being. Studies have shown that the natural environment has a profound impact on our mental and emotional health.
"Trees are the earth's infinite library" - Chinese proverb.
What's your favorite way to unwind in nature?
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I had a lovely conversation in the forest with a couple I had never met before. They asked about my bandaged finger and we talked about the beauty of nature, mobility issues (the woman had a cane), the horrible realities in the world, and the sadness of dementia.
We were at the duck pond that I love visiting and it ended up feeling like a group therapy session so I thanked them both. Hope I bump into them again.
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#GratefulBee #NorthVan #WaggCreekPark #Nature #NatureTherapy #MyHealingPlace
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"Do you know nature reduces stress by 30%?
Spending time in nature can lower cortisol levels and boost mood. Regular exposure to green spaces has been shown to have a positive impact on mental health.
"Nature is not a place to visit. It is home."
- Gary SnyderWhat's the most relaxing outdoor activity for you?
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URBAN REFUGE EXPERIMENT ALLEVIATES LONELINESS AMONG PARTICIPANTS
37 people in an urban nature program felt less lonely and more connected to nature. Find out how this experiment worked and its results.
#UrbanNature, #Loneliness, #MentalHealth, #NatureTherapy, #Community
https://newsletter.tf/urban-nature-experiment-reduces-loneliness-for-37/
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37 people in a new urban nature program reported feeling less lonely. This is a significant change for those involved.
#UrbanNature, #Loneliness, #MentalHealth, #NatureTherapy, #Community
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Hello friends, my weekend is ending here in the village at my parents', I continue to plant the garden.🌱💚 Today we planted carrots, red beets, tomatoes, watermelons and melons.
#village #ukraine #naturetherapy #SpringVibes -
Nature therapy is the best.
🌳🐤
💟🌟💟
#Today #NatureTherapy #NatureIsCalling #GratefulBee #CentralPark #Burnaby #StacieBee
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The therapist will see you now, Mr Lawson.
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"Does being in nature reduce stress by 30%?
Spending time outdoors has been shown to decrease cortisol levels and alleviate symptoms of anxiety and depression. Exposure to natural light and sounds can have a calming effect on the mind and body.
"As with all things, nature is not a cure, but a treatment, a reminder, and an invitation: to breathe, to be, to heal." - Richard Louv
What's your favorite way to connect with nature?
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Strangers (continued)
I then told her about Cates Park
And Lighthouse Park
At opposite ends
Of the North Shore.
Strangers bonding
Over a shared love
Of nature and trees.
Glimmers of light
Adding to our day.💟🌳💟
2/2
#Poetry #Nature #NatureTherapy #YayForTransit #NorthVan #StacieBee #GratefulBee
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Strangers
Yesterday I had a lovely
Interaction with
A lady on the bus.
She is visiting from Germany
And was returning from
A day spent in a forest.
We bonded over our
Love of trees.
She asked for
A recommendation
For a place to visit.
I first mentioned Lynn Canyon
And she said that’s
Where she spent the day
And it was wonderful.💟🌳💟
1/2
#Poetry #Nature #NatureTherapy #YayForTransit #NorthVan #StacieBee #GratefulBee
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"Spending just 30 minutes in nature reduces stress levels by 30%.
Being surrounded by greenery and a quiet environment can calm the mind and lower cortisol levels. This is due to the sensory experiences of nature, such as sight, sound, and smell, which help slow down thoughts and promote relaxation.
"Nature is not a place to visit. It is home." - Gary Snyder.
What's the most stress-reducing outdoor activity for you?
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Western meadowlark getting in a last song as it grows dark out. #BirdOfTheDay #ShoutItOut 📷🌿🪶
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The moment you step into the Connaught Hall garden, the scent of the Mexican orange blossom wraps around you—sweet, heady, and utterly enchanting. A quiet reminder that nature doesn’t whisper here… it sings.
#ConnaughtHall #MexicanOrangeBlossom #GardenMagic #FragrantFlowers #SpringInLondon #NatureTherapy #FloralScent #SerenityInBloom #UniversityOfLondon #FlowerPhotography #ScentedGarden #iphonephotography #shotoniphone #flowercloseup
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Here's a little colourful floral therapy to brighten your day. I hope everyone is enjoying back to school and regular work routines. Remember, if you can't get out, you can always watch my beautiful flower videos any time and let the stress melt away.
Enjoy the weekend everyone!
#floraltherapy #peacefulmoments #weekendvibes #lillies #peonyflower #gerberadaisy #hydrangealove #hibiscusflower #flowertherapy #naturetherapy #beautifulflowerseveryday #takeabreakfromwork #yycartists
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Floral Friday Floral Therapy
Sometimes all you need is a little colourful floral therapy. Watch our beautiful flower videos & let the stress melt away. Hope you can get out there and enjoy!Have a great weekend everyone!
#floraltherapy #flowertherapy #flowerpower #naturetherapy #peonyseason #dahliaflower #roseslover #pinkflowers #yellowflowersmakemehappy #redflowers #whiteflowers #newblooms #appleblossom #beautifulflowers
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Floral Friday Floral Therapy
Sometimes all you need is a little colourful floral therapy. Watch our beautiful flower videos and let the stress melt away. These are just some quick snapshots from my walks and flower shopping. (Not works of art) Stop and smell the roses 🙂 Enjoy the weekend everyone!
#floraltherapy #flowertherapy #flowerpower #naturetherapy #peonyseason #daisies #roseslover #lavatera #pinkflowers #yellowflowers #purpleflowers #calmingvibes
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Floral Friday Floral Therapy
Sometimes all you need is a little colourful floral therapy. Watch our beautiful flower videos and let the stress melt away. These are just some snapshots from my walks and flower shopping. Enjoy the long weekend everyone!#floraltherapy #flowertherapy #flowerpower #naturetherapy #pansyflower #tuliptime #daisies #orchids #pinkflowers #yellowflowersmakemehappy #purpleflowers #whitetulips #selfcareisnotselfish #calmingvibes
#peacefulmoments #beautifulflowers
