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LSN NATURE BENEFITS. Inside the exhibition: ‘Tracey Emin / Edvard Munch: The Loneliness of the Soul’ Connecting With Nature Boosts Creativity and Health. "I've been arguing for a while that connection to nature should be thought of as a human right," Richard Louv told the crowd assembled in the courtyard of National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

Connecting With Nature Boosts Creativity and Health

Louv was there to inspire the staff about the benefits of spending time outdoors. Louv, the author of the bestsellers Last Child in the Woods (2005) and The Nature Principle (2011), coined the term "nature-deficit disorder" to describe the loss of connection children increasingly feel with the natural world. Nature-deficit disorder is not a clinically recognized condition, he explains, but rather a term to evoke a loss of communion with other living things.

Nevertheless, he argues, nature-deficit disorder affects "health, spiritual well-being, and many other areas, including [people's] ability to feel ultimately alive. " (See "The Nature-Deficit Disorder and How It Is Impacting Our Natural World. ") Quite a bit. WGSN Healing Nature.

The Secret - Official Website. In Japan, supernatural beliefs connect the spiritual realm with the earthly objects around us. Sometimes life appears incomprehensible, of another world.

In Japan, supernatural beliefs connect the spiritual realm with the earthly objects around us

The supernatural has been evoked in many cultures and religions as a way to make sense of the thresholds of mortal and immortal worlds through images and stories. Spiritual Beauty - The Latest Trend in Natural Beauty - Living Pretty, Naturally. Spirituality: A slightly unorthodox topic for a wellness and natural beauty blog, no?

Spiritual Beauty - The Latest Trend in Natural Beauty - Living Pretty, Naturally

But hear me out. We are all energy and within that energy comes power – and that, my dears, is related to quantum physics (have a read of Deepak Chopra’s Ageless Body Timeless Mind to get the drift of what I mean here). Energy can be maneuvered around the body, and used as a ways to heal the body; age related skin damage included. While we may all have different ideas of what spirituality means to us, we are all spiritual beings.

Meditation can 'boost feelings of superiority', study finds. Forms of spiritual enlightenment can 'boost feelings of superiority' by stoking the ego, a new study has found.

Meditation can 'boost feelings of superiority', study finds

Dutch experts studying questionnaires of nearly 4,000 people found a link between practising spiritual training, like meditation, and feelings of 'spiritual superiority'. Thy found that those who were engaged in the more bizarre 'energetic' therapies, such as aura reading, were the most smug. Forms of spiritual training – including mindfulness, meditation, self healing and reading auras – are supposed to distance people from their ego and any feelings of self-worth. But spiritual training appears to actually have the opposite effect, by enhancing people's need to feel 'more successful, more respected or loved', the experts say. Food is sacred spirituality. How does food affect you? Written by Jenetta Haim | WELLBEING COMMUNITY BLOGGER ,July 10, 2019 Credit: Edgar Castrejon Food is our life source.

Food is sacred spirituality. How does food affect you?

The food we eat impacts in every area of our lives even though sometimes we are not aware of this. It is not just about filling our stomachs and satisfying our appetites. There is a link between the food we eat and how it affects every level of our being. Food and spirituality Vedic culture looks at food in terms of how it affects our disposition. Learning about Sacred Food. Thriving With Nature. Thriving with Nature - a guide for everyone.

Thriving With Nature

Making the most of the UK's natural spaces for our mental health and wellbeing. This guide was produced by WWF-UK and the Mental Health Foundation in collaboration. Will Baldwin-Cantello conceived of the guide and co-authored with Victoria Zamperoni, Bethan Harvey, Jolie Goodman, Rachel Baird, Ross Fisher. Will Baldwin-Cantello and Antonis Kousoulis are accountable for the scientific integrity of this guide. Thanks go to many others at both organisations for making it possible. Keeping safe during the coronavirus pandemic Since WWF and the Mental Health Foundation have created the ‘Thriving With Nature’ guide, the coronavirus pandemic has changed all our lives.

We believe it is now more important than ever for everyone to enjoy the remarkable mental health benefits of connecting with nature. A small number of our suggested activities may now be difficult or impossible. Nature, wellbeing & mental health What is mental health? Disconnected Poem Technology. Brandnation 2020 - the year of-the digital detox. It’s a scary statistic, but 45% of the world’s population are using some form of social media.

Brandnation 2020 - the year of-the digital detox

User numbers in 2020 have topped previous predictions, exceeding 3.484 billion users. A quick look at these numbers might suggest that social media shows no signs of slowing its growth. However, recent studies conducted in the UK have made it clear that adults here are now choosing to cut back on social. Instagram post Digital Detox Day. Nature Relationship. How Japan is using technology to make us feel closer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Humans are social creatures: technology cannot replace real interactions.

How Japan is using technology to make us feel closer during the COVID-19 pandemic

However, at times when we can’t meet face to face or need to stay away from each other for our own good, it can help make communication between us a little better. For decades Japan has been a world leader in technology, and in particular, electronics.