A new study showed that doctors could help reduce their patients’ stress levels, along with boosting other health benefits, simply by recommending that people spend time in nature.
“What we learned is that nature can help with stress,” said Dr. Nooshin Razani, a study author and director of the Center for Nature and Health at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland.
The study was published this month in the journal PLOS ONE.
“Forest therapy is like a moving meditation. It’s very mindful. It’s very slow moving,” said Sarah Earley, a certified forest therapy guide from Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada.
“We would advocate for you to find green spaces that are near you,” said Razani, “where you can go for short daily doses of nature.”
Razani sees spending time in nature as one of several coping mechanisms that people can use to deal with stress in their lives.
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