Why Spending Just Two Hours a Week in Nature Is Good for You AskADoctor DailyHealthTips HealthcareMagic
published today, researchers surveyed more than 19,000 people in the United Kingdom about the recreational time they spent in nature during the past week, along with their self-reported health and well-being.
The benefits, though, were fairly small, accounting for only 1 percent of the differences between the different nature-time levels. “After an hour of being in nature, they’re laughing, foraging, and collecting things like they were 5 years old,” she said., a psychotherapist in Charlottesville, Virginia, said any nature guidelines should emphasize that these are minimum amounts, and that people will benefit more with greater time in nature.
“From a psychological point of view, much of what is helpful is recognizing the relationship and the interactions between the patient and nature,” she said. This may include asking clients to use all their senses while in nature, such as noticing things like a bird flying by, leaves rustling or the scent of flowers.
“When people interrupt directed attention with even just brief times outdoors, they tend to allow for more involuntary attention,” she said. “This becomes quite restorative for when people have to go back to directed attention.”
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