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Enjoy the Benefits of “Green Time”
By Kelly-Lynn Musico, Brights Grove • Registered Physiotherapist, Registered Yoga Teacher
As you begin reading this, maybe
go find a window and look out, or if
you can, take a step outside. Have
you noticed those first telltale signs
of spring and new growth? So, now
what?
Many of us have been couped up
indoors over the winter and are excited
at the endless possibilities
to get moving outdoors.
Getting outdoors is a
fantastic way to improve
our mental and physical
health. It’s time to
increase our in-person
social connections and
physical abilities.
Spring has sprung and
now is the time to literally
‘smell the roses’ and get
moving. I recently saw
a program on CTV news
about a BC physician who
has started prescribing
“Green-time,” (spending
time in nature) to her
patients. I absolutely love this! Although
I have been informally encouraging
my clients to get outdoors to do their
exercises, I now have the research to
back the health benefits of spending
time in nature. This program tweaked
my curiosity, so I further explored
this concept. Yes, there is research
Why Nature?
• 90% of us say we’re happier when we’re outside—and stress hormone
levels drop significantly after just 15 minutes of sitting in a forest.
• Increasing nature time reduces your risk of developing heart disease,
high blood pressure and diabetes.
• Spending time in nature boosts memory, creativity and work satisfaction.
• Spending time in the forest drops inflammation and stress in adults with
COPD and reduces the risk of lung infections.
• Nature therapy improves the psychological wellbeing of cancer patients
and activates tumour-killing cells.
• Seniors who live closer to walkable green spaces live longer.
Source: https://www.parkprescriptions.ca/en/whynature
to support the health
benefits of spending time
in nature.
My further investigation
concluded,
to obtain the health
benefits of nature it is
recommended to spend
2 hours a week, only
20+ minutes at a time.
Seems doable, right?
So, what counts as
time spent in nature?
According to research,
whenever we feel like
we’ve had meaningful
contact with nature,
it will start to create
health benefits which
will start to add up. It
could be as simple as
sitting on a park bench
or walking a nature
trail.
There are plenty
of wonderful nature
Photo: Ontario’s Southwest
adventures to be had in and around
Sarnia-Lambton.
When was the last time you walked
the Howard Watson trail? Sat on a park
bench? Sat at the river and watched
the boats go by? Watched the ducks
in Lake Chipican? How about a stroll
along the beach? Exploring a sugar
bush? Apple orchard? Maybe even
sitting at some of our nature filled
local wineries, cideries, and breweries
could count? Spring has sprung and
it’s a great time to get moving, feeling
and living better.
Go ahead and start adding up those
health benefits by exploring all that
Sarnia-Lambton County has to offer.
Move. Feel. Live.
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