It’s vacation season and you’ll want to make the most of this precious time. This year the Mindful Living Network is debuting a travel series, with each article featuring a different summer travel destination. This week we start our Mindful travel series with an American treasure: our national parks. America’s…
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Your children have spent this past year in school, developing their left-brain (logic and mathematics). Spend time this summer helping develop their right-brain, and let their creativity blossom just like the flowers around us. Being outside will give your family a better connection to nature and teach them invaluable lessons about…
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Father’s Day is just around the corner, and if you’re looking for a fun family bonding activity than Father’s Day camping trip may be just what you need. Spending days surrounded by only nature, leaving behind your electronic gadgets, and sleeping under the stars is not only fun, it’s therapeutic.…
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Getting out in the great outdoors can have tremendous effects on your health. This summer why not enjoy ecotherapy in order to improve the health of your entire family. Ecotherapy is about getting outdoors and becoming active in a natural environment as a way of boosting mental and physical health.…
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Get digging around in the dirt because it is great stress reliever; as it is enjoying the flowers and the beauty of nature around you. A garden symbolizes creativity, connection, beauty, and hope. In all major global religious traditions, gardens represent paradises on earth, where God created safe enclosures representing innocence and…
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Ecotherapy is the powerful, healing response the mind and body experience when in nature. Research shows us that nature sounds reduces our blood pressure, lowers our heart rate and helps the body produce relaxing chemicals into your body. I love the Relaxing Sounds of Nature (free) by Red Hammer Software app…
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It’s fall and Mother Nature is beckoning you to get outside and join her majesty today. Eco-therapy is about getting outdoors and becoming active in a natural environment as a way of boosting mental and physical health. Studies reported decreased levels of depression after a walk in nature. Individuals said they felt…
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Electronic gadgets, from smartphones to tablets, have become great distractions for most Americans. These gadgets keep us connected to the cyber world as we loose touch with Mother Nature. This has contributed to the rise of “Nature Deficit Disorder.” Defining Nature Deficit Disorder Richard Louv coined the term, “Nature Deficit…
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