Top 10 Ways To Connect With Nature To Reduce Stress
Modern day life is busy! Stress is our body’s response to pressures from challenging situations in life, and many people are finding things challenging at the moment. We need to find ways to reduce stress and calm our bodies response to anxiety and stress! Research suggests that even just the view of the forest from a hospital room helps patients who are feeling down, and that twenty minutes in nature could significantly reduce your levels of cortisol - the stress hormone.(1)
Mind© One of the leading mental health & wellbeing charities explain; How nature can benefit mental health?
Spending time in green space or bringing nature into your everyday life can benefit both your mental and physical wellbeing. For example, doing things like growing food or flowers, exercising outdoors or being around animals can have lots of positive effects. It can:
- improve your mood
- reduce feelings of stress or anger
- help you take time out and feel more relaxed
- improve your physical health
- improve your confidence and self-esteem
- help you be more active
- help you make new connections
- provide peer support.(2)
Here's our top 10 ideas and ways to get out in nature and connect!
Start to make a conscious effort to get out everyday for as little as 10 minutes. Get out alone or with friends & family, rain or shine - Listen to the birds, hear the wind in the trees, try tree or plant spotting, and feel that free vitamin D on your skin! Get it done like your 30 mins of exercise - It's just as important!
Outside Exercise To Do:
- Walking / run
- Sprint intervals
- Light resistance band exercises
- Weight circuits
- Stretching
- Stretching with long resistance bands
- Yoga
- HIIT workouts (with or without equipment)
- Kettle bell workouts
- Hula hooping
- Skipping
- Recovery work with self massage tools
- Meditation
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IMPORTANT NOTICE* Advice is for information only and should not replace medical care. Please check with your GP before trying any remedies.
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Mind© |
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/tips-for-everyday-living/nature-and-mental-health/how-nature-benefits-mental-health/ |
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British Heart Foundation |
https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/wellbeing/ways-to-reduce-stress-by-enjoying-nature |
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