While ecotherapy doesn’t have as much evidence supporting its effects on mental health as other therapies, you may still experience improvements in mood and mental well-being after spending a couple ...

Ecotherapy involves reconnecting with yourself and the natural world around you—while honoring the legacy of land and its caretakers. There’s a special shade of green—somewhere in between a yellowy ...

‘Ecotherapy’ might be one promising form of mental health treatment. Patrizia Tilly/ Shutterstock Although definitions of ecotherapy vary, most agree it’s a regular, structured activity that is: ...

Longtime South Floridians know the August daytime drill: Move as quickly as possible from the air-conditioned comfort of the indoors to the air-conditioned comfort of your car. On most 90-plus-degree ...

How do you feel when you walk through the woods, sit on a park bench, listen to birds chirp, spend time at the beach, or watch the sunset? Chances are, you might experience a sense of peace, ...

Telling someone with a mental health issue to "spend more time outside" is often viewed as inherently unhelpful. But it turns out there is some truth to the retort. Ecotherapy is being used as a ...

Midway through my second ecotherapy session, I was climbing a muddy hill and trying to articulate a particular brand of climate-change-induced loneliness when I heard a squawk. Stopping abruptly on ...

“Join me on a dog walk,” I said to my kids one afternoon. They sighed as if I had suggested they spend the day memorizing the library’s card catalog system. But their moods lightened once we were ...

The first time J. Phoenix Smith told me that soil has healing properties that can help thwart depression, I just nodded slowly. Smith is an ecotherapist, a practitioner of nature-based exercises ...

It is time to (carefully) celebrate some of our restrictions being lifted due to our care and attention with social distancing. Over the last few days, there have been many more people out enjoying ...

Sarah Hays Coomer is a Mayo Clinic and National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, certified personal trainer and author based in Nashville, Tennessee. She has spent nearly 20 years helping ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. encourages social interaction. However, the key difference between ecotherapy and recreation is the presence of a trained ...