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How do we as citizens put things right? By, as Jung wrote, ‘touching nature from the inside’. Walking in the woods, lying on the grass, swimming in the sea, practising gratitude for our food, the air we breathe, the water we bathe in, the animals and stars and sunsets we delight in. Seeking the ‘numinous’ again, the sacred and the awesome in the in
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FORESTS AND WOODLAND
BENEFITS FOR: Immune function, blood pressure, stress and sleep.
Japanese researchers were the first to identify the extraordinary effects of woodland on human health, which include boosted immunity –amplifying the number of ‘natural killer’ immune cells with anti-cancer properties – and reducing blood pressure, heart rate and le
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BENEFITS FOR: Stress, fatigue.
Urban landscapes can also bring benefits. In 2017, Spanish researchers investigated the effects of walking in ‘the built environment’, comparing a square full of greenery and one containing scant greenery but with bars, shops and a church.
Forty-six tired, stressed participants were surveyed before, during
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