{"id":22404,"date":"2023-02-08T16:27:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T16:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everest.com\/everestdigest\/\/?p=22404"},"modified":"2025-10-08T02:12:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T07:12:25","slug":"taking-a-dose-of-nature-and-saying-goodbye-to-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everest.com\/everestdigest\/taking-a-dose-of-nature-and-saying-goodbye-to-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking a Dose of Nature and Saying Goodbye to Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Setting off into the wilderness to get a dose of nature has long been a form of ritual, journey, or recreation. In that time spent out in nature, your stress about the things you\u2019ve left behind seem to dissipate and become meaningless.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This apparent feeling has received numerous backings by scientific studies over the years, leading to programs based in the outdoors. Mental health outdoors and trends of going out to heal your mind have skyrocketed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

From the Japanese \u201cshinrin-yoku\u201d (forest bathing) to wilderness therapy, there\u2019s a variety of different ways people have taken to the outdoors to seek relief from the stress and anxiety they may experience on a day to day basis. A study from Harvard takes it to a simple format and says that a measly 20 minutes outside<\/a> is enough to reduce cortisol, aka stress, levels. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We\u2019ll look at the different benefits that the outdoors can have on mental health, as well as different ways to practice it. It\u2019s not always easy to just go on a walk, but when you know what it does to your brain, it becomes a bit more desirable. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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