2023-05-18 11:45:00
Las country people enjoy some healthy benefits that are lacking in people of the city. There are numerous studies that appear and demonstrate the need for urbanites to recover the contact with the nature.
Country walks improve our physical and emotional well-being. Contact with nature stimulates metabolismhelp to boost the immune system y reduces stress levels. But little had been analyzed, beyond verifying that the air is purer, how the forest acts on us.
Why is hearing so important in nature?
For the first time, research has been done to analyze which senses, activities and natural elements are most important for that satisfactory and beneficial connection with the natural environment to occur.
In the study have participated more than a thousand people from 35 countries. And what they have discovered is that the nature sounds are the element that more contributes to well-being that people experience during those walks in the woods or other natural areas. This finding places the ear above the rest of the senses, including sight.
The people surveyed submitted to the calls forest bathing: slow and conscious walks through nature. And they pointed out some of the sounds of the forest as the most pleasant. For the most part, they placed those sounds above other aspects, such as the landscapethe colors and chromatic nuances of nature, the smells of flowers, plants and the earth, or the textures of natural elements.
“Findings like the ones that emerge from this study are really useful for forest bathing guides, since they can adapt their sessions to include natural elements that contribute to well-being.”, states psychologist Kirsten McEwan, a researcher at the University of Derby (United Kingdom).
What is the most pleasant sound of nature
According to the results of the investigation, the sounds that gave the most pleasure were:
- He birdsong.
- He rumor of the breeze on the branches of the trees.
- He murmur of the rivers and water courses.
The participants were asked to rate what feelings they had experienced during those forest baths. The participants first highlighted the happinessfollowed by the calm and the feeling of self-esteemthat it is important.
They were also asked regarding the emotions that they had been able to notice during the tour and while hearing those sounds. The most mentioned were those of trust, hope and surprise. There was a general feeling of happiness for contact with nature and for integrating into the harmony of the environment. A greater feeling when shared with other people.
Which people notice greater well-being in nature
Another interesting element of the study is that Not all people experienced the same that feeling of well-being in contact with those sounds of nature. Thus, it was found to be higher satisfaction among women what men.
There’s also differences between areas of the world in the way nature impacts your feelings. In Latin America emotions for natural elements were higher than in Europe, Asia and North America.
- spain ranks among the countries that value the aromas morespecifically the flower essences as an element that comforts and gives emotional well-being.
- In Italia is especially valued colors of nature as a factor of well-being.
- In France they scored more the harmonic aspect that is achieved with nature.
In the study, led by the Forest Therapy Hub, satisfaction scores were higher among those who went from vacation to areas specially designed as contact with nature, than those that combined urban and natural areas. However, there were hardly any differences if what was visited was a parque natural or a large park located in an urban area.
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