PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR ADOLESCENTS, CHildren AND ADULTS
Shinrin Yoku (forest bathing) is a Japanese practice that refers to the experience of immersing yourself in the atmosphere of a forest and the healing molecules in the forest aerosol.
It is not just being in a forest, it is walking slowly, noticing with all senses, allowing them to soften and receive.
Read moreA lovely piece about finding solace in nature.
Read moreNew research published in Health & Place suggests that engaging in outdoor activities—even alone—might actually protect us from feeling lonely.
Read moreA recent study by scientists in Germany, Peru, and the United Kingdom explored the features of nature sounds that elicit mental well-being.
“We still don’t really know how the diversity and complexity of sounds affects how people feel, or why some sounds may be more uplifting than others,” explained study author Kevin Rozario, a graduate student at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research.
Read moreThis author goes back to Nature to seek happiness.
Read moreHuman connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years, study finds.
Professor Miles Richardson says people risk ‘extinction of experience’ in the natural world without new policies.
Read moreNina is from the Kichwa people of Sarayaku, Ecuador, and she speaks with the memory of her shaman grandfather about the ongoing cultural appropriation, environmental destruction and marginalisation of her people, questioning our very relationship to the Earth and the quest for healing
Read moreThere is an ever-growing list of the benefits of natural prescriptions – now researchers say nature could offer a cure for loneliness too.
Read moreKeep reading for five questions with ethnopharmacologist Matteo Politi.
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