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Green exercise is any activity outdoors. There is a synergy between the proven great effects of exercise and the proven great effects of being outdoors. They amplify one another. We understand that exercise, such as walking, cycling, or gardening, are proven to have huge health benefits. Strength and Balance Activities Make You Live Longer […]
Lupus in latin means wolf. Fear. Terror. An apt word for any life altering disease. In my neck of the woods, there are wolves. I rarely see one. But I always know they are there. Wolves: the stuff of ancient fairytales. Brothers Grimm fairytales. Little Red Riding Hood. Irrational fear of wolves is in […]
Instant Winkle Remover and Facelift I do not have the patience or the focus to meditate. So I step outside near trees and breathe. According to peer reviewed research this simple act of being near trees is taking away my anxiety, changing my mindset, and making me more creative. I can see from my […]
Forget Big Change Stanford University’s Behavioral Scientist, BJ Fogg, PhD says there is a simple formula for habit change. His approach is simple, fun, and systematic. Fogg says habits matter most to long term behavior. And he says many “tiny habits ” put together can change your behavior and life forever. Tiny Behaviors The reason […]
The Local Is Exotic (An Unexpected Gift of Disease) This week a member of my facebook group (Ditch Inside for Outside) invited me for a walk in the trees at Brokenhead Wetland. This is about 30 minutes along Highway 59 from where I live in Pine Falls, Manitoba, Canada. A cedar boardwalk/dock runs right […]
Forbes Magazine says that beauty entrepreneur and pioneer Jennifer Walsh is both a ” a visionary and a risk taker — she is a pioneer in the world of beauty and has become one of the industry’s leading experts over the past 18 years.” I am ecstatic. Jennifer Walsh subscribed to my Treesmendus blog and she joined […]
Talk about chronic and low level Inflammatory disease is everywhere. We all seem to have it to some degree. Any Inflammation is a known risk factor for disease. German scientist Reber and American scientist Siebler say we have inflammation because we have lost touch with our “old friends” — trees, soil, and wild animals. They […]
First I was told I had systemic Lupus (SLE) and then I was told to avoid the sun. A double life sentence. I stayed inside. I got depressed. While inside, madly researching my new diagnosis, I found an on online lupus support group. Each person had a different approach to the sun. Some seemed […]
Maximum security prisoners get 2 hours a day outside. Our average time outside is 1.7 hours. And our kids get even less. A 2016 survey done by power brands Persil and OMO (I can not find the original research) says that kids spend less than 2 hours a day outside. These brands then teamed with […]
On average we spend 87% of our time in enclosed buildings and 6% of our time in enclosed vehicles. This equals 93% of our time. How do we know this? Who Did The Study? US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sponsored a study, National Human Activity Pattern Survey (NHAPS, of 9386 people all ages across 48 states. Why They Did […]