How a Walk in Autumn Forests Benefits to Your Health

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Autumn is a season that is accompanied by feeling of peace.

During autumn our life is slowing down and we are getting ready for winter. We are trying to rest, save energy and maintain the psychophysical balance.

Contact with nature and feeling of peace along with calming colors of autumn will help you relax and get rid of negative energy, and at same time, it will fill you with positive energy. 

Autumn stimulates creativity. Shades of autumn fruits can be used as a healing therapy and can also improve your creative abilities.

Autumn fruits are rich with healthy ingredients such as vitamins and minerals that can improve your health.

Autumn days are a perfect time for stopping and rethinking of past period, and getting ready for the upcoming period.

Therapeutic Effects of Being Outside in the Nature

Go outside and take a walk in the nature!

Nature gives us energy and keeps us alive. 

Fresh air stimulates and revitalizes.

Staying outdoors releases the stress and improves physical and mental health.

If you focus on your body and its motions, the change of your breathing speed or the feeling of cold, you will feel inspired and after getting back from an autumn walk you will sleep much better.

The walk will help you lose weight. Scientific research showed that one hour of walking makes the body burn 300 calories. 

Walk in the nature will cure your bad mood. Autumn plants that are surrounding you will neutralize all bad effects and restrictions in your mind which will help you to improve your mood, make your ability for decision making and problem solving better. 

This was confirmed by a group of scientist that have conducted several researches on the matter.

They have analyzed the relationship between the energy and the mood, based on staying in a different surroundings. They wanted to find out whether contact with nature improves life energy. 

The study showed that those who were staying in nature had more energy.

A 20 minutes’ walk in the nature was enough to fill them with positive energy and good mood.

Sunlight stimulates the production of vitamin D that strengthens the bones and teeth, which is very important in child development. 

Autumn is therefore an ideal season for staying in nature or walking in the parks.

If you take a walk with your children you will certainly not get bored. You can take a walk with your friend and if you go by yourself maybe you will meet somebody new.

Collecting Leaves and Fruits – Anti-stress Therapy 

Autumn season offers many fruits that will give you inspiration.

You can collect many things such as leaves of various colors and shapes and fruits such as acorns and chestnuts. 

If you take autumn fruits home you can create true works of art. 

You can use the leaves as canvases and paint them with your children as desired. 

You can make unique works of art by adding different colors, shapes and collected fruits. There can be no end to your imagination.

Autumn shapes can be glued on cardboard or on white paper, and your work of art is ready for exhibition.

For example, a dry branch can be used as a hanger for exhibiting of your work.

More autumn ornaments can be added as decoration such as strung chestnuts, dried orange peel, and different leaves. Opportunities are unlimited.

Playing outdoors will stimulated children’s imagination and develop their respect for others living beings. It will stimulate independent problem solving and organizational skills of children.

Autumn Fruits - Reservoir of Vitamins and Minerals

Autumn fruit basked contains pomegranate or a wild rose. It ripens in the period from September to mid- November. 

Its berries contain more vitamin C than lemon, orange and paprika when taken together.

It also contains vitamins A, D and E, including an antioxidant flavonoid.

Pomegranate will remove weakness, fatigue and anemia. It also has a beneficial effect on digestive tract.

In September elderberry is harvested. It is useful in treating weakness, stress, vitamin deficiencie, constipation and neuralgia.

Elderberry is rich in vitamin C and contains many healing substances such as malic, valerian and tannin acids, bitter substances, essential oil, sugar, wax, resin, vitamins A1, B, B1, B6, C and E.

During the walk in the nature you can come across hawthorn, which has to be picked without petiole. It grows along paths, forest borders and meadow borders.

It strengthens and regulates heart functions and is also an excellent regulator of blood pressure.

This is a plant with the strongest calming effects.

It helps with fatigue, lack of energy, poor sleep, heavy breathing, dizziness, but also with weight loss, because it stimulates excess water removal from the body.  

It strengthens connective tissue and has an anti-inflammatory effect.

Hazelnut is edible, when it becomes brown.

Hazelnuts are rich in vitamin E, and that is why they are considered as great antioxidants that fight against free radicals, slow the process of aging, and boost immunity. 

They contain omega-3 fatty acids, but also a substantial amount of folic acid.

Chestnuts can be found at the end of October and during November.

Chestnuts are a low-fat food rich in carbohydrates. They are the only nuts that contain vitamin C.

Due to high energy value, they are recommended for athletes and children.

Chestnuts help with kidney and digestive problems and chestnut tea relieves the symptoms of asthma and bronchitis.

Take advantage of the autumn sun and benefits of nature. Take a walk in the nature and recharge your batteries for long winter days!

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