by Bego Gomez
Abstract
Summer is over. We have been enjoying outdoor activities and the joyful brought by sunny days. But grey seasons are coming, autumn winter can influence in our health, making people feel depressed and sick what can be directly linked to our lack of connection with the outdoors.
In the following video, you will see how James Hamblin, M.D., explores how our natural surroundings can serve as a form of emotional healing. He talks to two Eco therapists, Pheonix Smith and Ariana Candell on the rewards of going outside and Nature Deficit Disorder.
Summer is over. We have been enjoying outdoor activities and the joyful brought by sunny days. But grey seasons are coming, autumn winter can influence in our health, making people feel depressed and sick what can be directly linked to our lack of connection with the outdoors.
In the following video, you will see how James Hamblin, M.D., explores how our natural surroundings can serve as a form of emotional healing. He talks to two Eco therapists, Pheonix Smith and Ariana Candell on the rewards of going outside and Nature Deficit Disorder.
In their own words: “Being in nature is therapeutic, but ecotherapy tends to be more with some kind of professional that is supporting another person to actually deal with something that’s going on for them that’s challenging”.
“We tend to be very impatient, we’re plugged into our phones and the Internet, where we can get information like that,” Smith said in the video. “Nature doesn’t work like that. It takes time for the body and mind to settle into something … It’s an easy way to support the well-being and resiliency of all people.”
Ecotherapy methods have been shown to reduce anxiety, improve social connections and even lower blood pressure, just going for a walk-in nature can help reduce depression symptoms.
Not to mention, going outside can spike those Vitamin D levels.
