(MENAFNEditorial) Trekking camping backpacking or cycle touring? They are all fantastic outdoor activities. And it is now wildly accepted that being outside in the green also improves the ability to learn and grow from experience and reduces anxiety and depression.
Many people prefer to exercise (or just chill!) in a green setting with trees and foliage rather than burning their calories in gyms or other urban settings and they are right to do so: In fact according to a 2009 study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health based on 345143 Dutch people's medical records and regarding 24 conditions (including cardiovascular respiratory and neurological diseases) people who lived within 1 kilometre of a green wooded area experienced less anxiety and depression than those who lived farther away from it. While people living in urban environments had a higher prevalence of 15 of the 24 conditions.
But there is much more than just exercise or relax: It has also been proven (Berman Jonides & Kaplan ‘The Cognitive Benefits of Interacting With Nature' Psychological Science) that being outdoor generates a sense of separation from the daily stresses and strains of life while helping to put matters in perspective; that it stimulates and pleases the senses and it brings out the feeling of being in a supportive and harmonious environment.
In fact being outside in a natural environment produces similar effects to meditating and even affects relationships.
Surfing the trend the benefits of outdoor learning will have their space within the debate at the 7th International Mountain and Outdoor Sports Conference hosted at Charles University in Prague Czech Republic opening today with subjects like "Teaching science in an alpine setting. Understanding some core factors influencing pupils´ motivational behaviour" and like "Journeying toward a discipline: Exploring the status of outdoor education".
And for most "hiking and cycling weekend warriors" one of the greatest pleasure of being away from daily work and home environment is incidental to all this. A great break spent enjoying a simple beautiful short trip or adventure left with ourselves mind and spirit and with just the basic essentials to accomplish our little mission.
When out in the "wilds" it is better to have essential minimalist lovely useful companions; stuff like a super cool handy bike multi-tool snack bars and nut mixes or a first aid kit. Having just a few things to take care of while being out is a blessing even more so if they are properly organized and quick to find and use with the new ZipClikGo organizer mesh bags from AhaDreams designed in Barcelona Spain and now available on Amazon in the US as well as Europe.
Have a good trip!
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