How Nature Can Make You Kinder, Happier, and More Creative

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BY JILL SUTTIE | MARCH 2, 2016

I’ve been an avid hiker my whole life. From the time I first strapped on a backpack and headed into the Sierra Nevada Mountains, I was hooked on the experience, loving the way being in nature cleared my mind and helped me to feel more grounded and Rellenar huecos (3): JXUwMDI4JXUwMDE1JXUwMDA0JXUwMDAyJXUwMDA2JXUwMDAzJXUwMDEzJXUwMDE5 .

 

Being in Nature Decreases Stress
It’s clear that hiking—and any physical activity—can reduce Rellenar huecos (4): JXUwMDI0JXUwMDBmJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA2JXUwMDE3JXUwMDE2JXUwMDAwJXUwMDBmJXUwMDFkJXUw MDBmJXUwMDE2JXUwMDExJXUwMDBjJXUwMDExJXUwMDBkJXUwMDA1 and Rellenar huecos (5): JXUwMDI0JXUwMDBmJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA2JXUwMDE3JXUwMDE2JXUwMDAwJXUwMDBmJXUwMDFkJXUw MDBmJXUwMDE2JXUwMDExJXUwMDBjJXUwMDExJXUwMDBkJXUwMDA1 . But, there’s something about being in nature that may augment those impacts.

In one recent experiment conducted in Japan, participants were assigned to walk either in a Rellenar huecos (6): JXUwMDNlJXUwMDA5JXUwMDFkJXUwMDE3JXUwMDE2JXUwMDA3 or in an urban center (taking walks of equal length and difficulty) while having their heart rate variability, heart rate, and Rellenar huecos (7): JXUwMDNhJXUwMDBlJXUwMDAzJXUwMDAwJXUwMDBi pressure measured. The participants also filled out questionnaires about their moods, stress levels, and other psychological Rellenar huecos (8): JXUwMDM1JXUwMDA4JXUwMDA0JXUwMDEyJXUwMDA2JXUwMDA3JXUwMDE3JXUwMDE2 .

Results showed that those who walked in forests had significantly lower heart rates and higher heart rate variability (indicating more relaxation and less stress), and reported better moods and less anxiety, than those who walked in Rellenar huecos (9): JXUwMDJkJXUwMDA3JXUwMDEwJXUwMDAzJXUwMDBm settings. The researchers concluded that there’s something about being in nature that had a beneficial effect on stress reduction, above and beyond what exercise alone might have produced.

In another study, researchers in Finland found that urban dwellers who strolled for as little as 20 minutes through an urban park or woodland reported Rellenar huecos (10): JXUwMDJiJXUwMDFhJXUwMDBlJXUwMDA5JXUwMDA3JXUwMDBmJXUwMDBmJXUwMDBhJXUwMDAyJXUw MDBmJXUwMDFhJXUwMDE4JXUwMDE1 more stress relief than those who strolled in a city center.

Adapted from Greatergood.berkeley.edu https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_nature_makes_you_kinder_happier_more_creative