Here you’ll find an overview of our posts about Nature, our Environment, and wellness activities in and with Nature.
Wilderness Therapy is typically used as a treatment for behavioral disorders, addictions, criminal or maladaptive behavior, self-harm, and mental health issues in young people, notably adolescents. Another often used term for Wilderness Therapy is Outdoor [ Read more … ]
Sanatoria were specialized treatment centers for a range of (long-term) ailments or for recovery (i.e. convalescence) from an illness, depression, burnout, or medical treatment, and in that specific form notably operating around the end of [ Read more … ]
The activity of gardening — officially part of the Horticulture practice — is about growing and cultivating plants in a garden or orchard for their leaves, bark, roots, flowers, seeds, or fruits, typically done for [ Read more … ]
Intense sweating therapies and other activities that promote sweating have been practiced for centuries in many civilizations and in a variety of countries, and have a broad range of health benefits associated with them. It’s [ Read more … ]
The term Pachamama refers to a supreme Goddess of the indigenous peoples of the Andes and the Amazon. She’s also known as Earth Mother, Mother Earth, or Mother Nature, and is thought to influence, protect, [ Read more … ]
In our contemporary societies, experiencing silence has become a kind of luxury. In fact, the majority of the world population lives in urban areas — a percentage that is still growing — with an estimate [ Read more … ]
Swimming, which is typically performed in water, belongs to the most popular recreational activities, but it can also be exercised as a sport, job, fitness activity, rehabilitation therapy, or as a technique for survival. Swimming [ Read more … ]
Let me first start by saying that I love dogs. And also cats, by the way — well, the truth is I love all types of animals, okay, maybe except for mosquitos, flies, and cockroaches. [ Read more … ]
It’s often said that spending time at the seaside, or even actually living there, is good for your health. The beneficial properties are attributed to the salty sea air and seawater, the type of natural [ Read more … ]
In the dictionary, hiking is described as “the activity of going for long walks, especially in the country or woods.” I think that sounds about right. Personally, of all the physical activities I ever did [ Read more … ]