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One of these Japanese studies found that people who spent about 15 minutes sitting in and then walking through nature experienced all kinds of drops in the measurements that doctors care about. Blood pressure readings, heart rates, and stress hormone levels all went down. In another study, people with the highest levels of stress felt a significant
... See moreMichael Easter • The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
An antidote to brain rot (according to a neuroscientist)
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First there was nothing. Then there was everything.
Then, in a park above a western city after dark, the air is raining messages.
A woman sits on the ground, leaning against a pine. Its bark presses hard against her back, hard as life. Its needles scent the air and a force hums in the heart of the wood. Her ears tune down to the lowest frequencies.
... See moreIn Praise of Walking: A Poetic Manifesto for Our Simplest Instrument of Discovery, Transformation, and Transcendence
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Thinking on My Feet: The small joy of putting one foot in front of another (Kate Humble)
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They kept us inside at desks under fluorescent lighting and sold us walking pads and red light devices. They took away our third spaces, erected parking lots and drive-throughs, and then sold us adaptogen gummies. Instead of giving us the right to disconnect, they sold us productivity planners.