We rode the moped we’d hired across the island to a monastery where we visited the nun and her monastery and she gave us the greek version of Turkish delight. We played with the cutest friendliest kittens, then walked to the top of the mountain to visit another monastery. The views of the ocean and vast rocky mountain were stunning.
Inviting nature inside and feeling immediate stress relief.
(Capaldi, C.A., et al., International Journal of Wellbeing, Vol. 5, No. 4, 2015). The biophilia hypothesis argues that since our ancestors evolved in wild settings and relied on the environment for survival, we have an innate drive to connect with nature. The stress reduction hypothesis posits that spending time in nature triggers a physiological response that lowers stress levels. A third idea, attention restoration theory, holds that nature replenishes one’s cognitive resources, restoring the ability to concentrate and pay attention.
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