Virtual Outdoors: Sunlight

We as humans are conditioned to need the outdoors. Our bodies, minds and spirits benefit when we stay connected.

• Many of the exact same benefits from being outdoors do occur from simply looking at nature. A dedicated time – even a few minutes – when we focus on pictures, photos or videos of natural scenery reaps many benefits.
• All photos used are licensed for commercial use, under Creative Commons license.
• Sources of the latest research include:
• Comments and health-related perspectives taken from Business Insider, April 2018, Kevin Loria, “Benefits of being outside…”
• 12 reasons why it’s good to be outdoors
• “Among office workers, even a view of nature out a window is associated with lower stress and higher job satisfaction.”
• “Vitalizing effects of being outdoors”, Journal of Environmental Psychology, June 2010, Richard Ryan (first author)…
• “Looking at photos of nature (just 20 minutes a day) can chill you out”…

Spend a few minutes every day... feel better.

May your days be sunny and warm ~ DNA