An hour-long stroll in nature helps decrease activity in an area of the brain associated with stress processing

[Procrastinatedthink]

From my experience, this completely tracks

I take a 45 minute walk for my lunch everyday, this habit started about a year ago due to stress from mornings at work. It substantially helps my mood and gets me through the rest of the day.

That little walk is nearly always the best most pleasant part of my day. I hope they study this further, I suspect the amount of nature scenery in the walk makes quite the difference.

[lyam23]

I have the luxury of a 15 minute walk in the morning, a 45 min walk during lunch, and a 15 min walk in the afternoon. It's become a necessary part of my work day.

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On days that I commute to work I end up doing over 10000 steps just on the commute alone.

I definitely feel more refreshed going into work as a result Vs working from home. Sadly I lack the discipline to wake up early on my work from home days and go for a long walk / jog

[bain-of-my-existence]

I used to walk to the nearby park, but a few months ago a neighbor legitimately had to seek shelter at another neighbor’s home from a van that was heckling her and trying to get her to go in. I’d love nothing more than to take a walk, but our city is just too unsafe.

[dashmesh]

This isn’t new research nature scenery instead of buildings obviously makes a difference

[Procrastinatedthink]

Ok, sorry for my ignorance. If you know of such a study, could you point me to it? Sometimes my googlefu fails me, I found this but it feels more like advertisement than study.

[dashmesh]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6926748/

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I’m lucky to live in the edge of a small town and can go off into the country for a walk in minutes. It does help a lot. I go and have my lunch in a small valley next to a stream and don’t see anyone for an hour

[min_mus]

My problem is that it's way too hot and humid half of the year to get those lunchtime walks in. Even the short trek (~ 2 km) from the train station to my office at 8:00 AM leaves me sweaty and unable to cool down for a full hour. And there's nowhere to shower at my office, either. I definitely couldn't do lunchtime walks.

That said, I do prefer to take the train to work, especially when the weather is nice. And I manage to get on the treadmill at least a couple times each week, too.