{"id":1686,"date":"2023-09-06T03:04:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T03:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psychoforestworkshop.com\/?page_id=1686"},"modified":"2023-11-16T06:47:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T06:47:40","slug":"why-nature-can-heal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/psychoforestworkshop.com\/?page_id=1686&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Why nature can heal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1686\" class=\"elementor elementor-1686\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a724da1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a724da1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f68b530\" data-id=\"3f68b530\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38cafd4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"38cafd4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why nature can heal<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d5420bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d5420bf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d99a3cc\" data-id=\"d99a3cc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7acd682 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7acd682\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/psychoforestworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/new-website-photo-4.2_pexels-maddie-franz-1571117-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-721\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/psychoforestworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/new-website-photo-4.2_pexels-maddie-franz-1571117-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/psychoforestworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/new-website-photo-4.2_pexels-maddie-franz-1571117-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/psychoforestworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/new-website-photo-4.2_pexels-maddie-franz-1571117-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/psychoforestworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/new-website-photo-4.2_pexels-maddie-franz-1571117-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/psychoforestworkshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/new-website-photo-4.2_pexels-maddie-franz-1571117-2048x1364.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-517d816 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"517d816\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3a4661\" data-id=\"a3a4661\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fa2f713 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fa2f713\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Human beings have an innate preference for nature environments because of its survival value provided to our ancestors.<\/p>\n<p>This includes water and food obtained from plants and animals, as well as the protection from natural disasters and wars provided by landscapes.&nbsp; Humans tend to feel safe and satisfied in nature because of this history.<\/p>\n<p>Scholars have proposed that conscious processes are not necessary or required to soothe emotions in nature. Thus, affective reactions to environments may occur at a preconscious level and may subsequently impact cognitive processes without tapping into an individual\u2019s conscious knowledge or thinking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed attention<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Human attention can be divided into <u>directed attention<\/u> and <u>spontaneous attention<\/u>. Directed attention is activated when the individual is required to concentrate and focus on a specific stimulus.<\/p>\n<p>This intentional process requires a conscious effort.&nbsp; Under prolonged use, attention may be depleted and can cause directed attention fatigue.&nbsp; This directed attention is analogous to the top-down attention system, which contrasts greatly with the bottom-up attention system<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spontaneous Attention<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In nature our attention is captured by <u>soft fascination<\/u> while our <u>executive functioning<\/u> is inactive.&nbsp; That\u2019s why exposure to nature helps reduce attentional fatigue and enhances cognitive functioning and positive affect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Excessive external information exhausted us<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Modern society is dense, highly mobile, and high-tech.&nbsp; Human are required to multi-task, which can be fast and complicated.&nbsp; Our brains and physiological systems have an evolutionary lag compared to our technology, resulting in excessive external demands that easily exhaust us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nature makes us relax<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biochemicals in nature also help us to relax in nature.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Phytoncides with antibacterial and antifungal qualities released by plants can reduce the release of cortisol and can activate the parasympathetic system.&nbsp; This, in turn, slows down our breathing, relaxes our muscles, and lowers our heart rate, kicking off a relaxation of our bodily state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The negative ions that result from photosynthesis and the rubbing of water molecules (such as rain, running water, and waterfalls) improve production of serotonin and improves mood.&nbsp; Vitamin D deficiencies that result in depressed moods can be restored by sunbathing in nature<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why nature can heal Human beings have an innate prefere [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1686","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychoforestworkshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychoforestworkshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychoforestworkshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychoforestworkshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychoforestworkshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1686"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/psychoforestworkshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403,"href":"https:\/\/psychoforestworkshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1686\/revisions\/2403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychoforestworkshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}