Here you’ll find an overview of our posts about Nature, our Environment, and wellness activities in and with Nature.
Sleeping is essential for the health of all living beings, but moreover, it’s the quality of sleep that counts. Usually, humans sleep indoors in a closed, sheltered environment, but sleeping outdoors in the open air [ Read more … ]
The Japanese word Onsen refers to “hot water,” “mineral water,” or “water vapor” that comes from underground. As a general rule one could say that Onsens are indoors or outdoors hot springs that include bathing [ Read more … ]
Climatotherapy is about a temporary or permanent relocation to a region with a more favorable climate for a person who suffers (or recovers) from a health condition. Typically, it involves a retreat with a duration [ Read more … ]
The expression (or idiom) silence before the storm — or calm before the storm — has always intrigued me, because apart from its figurative meaning it also has an actual tangible, very literal meaning. Figuratively, [ Read more … ]
Naturism — sometimes also called Nudism — is a lifestyle of practicing communal, non-sexual nudity in the private and public sphere. Modern, contemporary Naturism is thought to have grown out of the Freikörperkultur (FKK), a [ Read more … ]
Balneotherapy is defined as the treatment of disease by bathing in mineral springs, or bathing in mineral pools that are offered in (medical) spas or in public bathhouses. It’s an ancient practice, a form of [ Read more … ]
A Hay Bath, also known as Heubad, Alpine Bath, or Alpine Hay Bath, is the practice of “bathing in hay,” which involves immersing oneself for a certain period of time in fermenting hay. Officially — [ Read more … ]
A Mud Bath is a soak or bath in mud or with mud, usually taken warm. Mind that mud baths are part of so-called Fangotherapy, which involves the use of mud, peat, and/or clay for [ Read more … ]
A Hot Spring, also called Hydrothermal Spring or Geothermal Spring, is a spring produced by naturally heated groundwater that emerges onto the surface of the Earth. Hot springs can be found in many places and [ Read more … ]
Halotherapy is a centuries old alternative treatment that makes use of salt, notably applied to alleviate or cure respiratory illnesses such as chronic cough, asthma, and bronchitis. Additionally, it’s thought to have some other health [ Read more … ]