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Winter. It is coming. We can feel it in our bones. We will feel it in our fingers and toes. So let’s make it easier on ourselves. Let’s make it easier to get outside and stay longer outside in the cold. Our outside healthy, happy bodies will thank us. The Emotional Component of Being Cold […]
I am pleased to be nominated for the 2018 Liebster Award, recognizing new blogs. As described by The Global Aussie, the Liebster award is an internet based award established in 2011. It’s mission is to inspire the blogging community to discover new blogs and nominate fellow bloggers who deserve to be recognized. I found out […]
Connections between trees and health are growing. We are waking up to health benefits of trees. Investigative reporter Florence Williams’s famous headline now makes sense: “Take Two Hours of Pine Forest and Call Me in the Morning” In her book “The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier and More Creative”, Williams describes and […]
If the day is fine, any walk or ski in the woods will do. The health benefits of being close to trees include: improved health and happiness. Trees make us live longer and feel richer. The family home is “ski in – ski out.” We strap on the cross country skis at the back door […]
My son moved from Toronto to London recently. We decided on a family Christmas in London. He asked his London work colleagues for personal recommendations of the best places to take his mother and brother. The thorough suggestions were pages long. We were grateful. This blog post shows some of what these London insiders say […]
Go to London for the health benefits of the 170,000 trees in The Royal Parks. The trees are “London’s Lungs.” See the wintertime beauty in the bark and golden boughs of the ancient trees. My reason for going to London for Christmas is to visit my son and his partner. They now work in London. […]
This post is about how to recover health, hope, and happiness with the help of trees. I am a nurse and a patient: a fit 65 year old with Lupus and Raynaud’s Disease. Getting any diagnosis is like striking a match. Once struck, the match does not light again. There is no going back. […]
Science is hot on trees. Connections between trees and health are growing. Trees are the new drug. Trees might be more effective than statins in preventing heart disease and stroke. Aruni Bhatnagar, is a medical professor at the University of Louisville, Kentucky. He is leading the Green Heart Project. Eight thousand trees (8,000 big […]
I am over 60 and like the stability of four legs. I have lupus and arthritis. When I use the walking poles I feel like I am flying. I don’t go on any walks without my poles, they’re like a part of me. I love my hiking poles for that. Walking poles are also called […]
See trees with new eyes. The unexpected health benefits of trees are waiting for you. Tree air is loaded with beneficial bacteria, essential oils, and disease preventing phytoncides (oils that trees give off to protect themselves from germs and insects). Diana Beresford-Kroeger in “Arboretum Borealis ” say Tree aerosols are anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antibiotic, antifungal, antiseptic and […]
