Nature: vital life sustaining force

In our yoga community, our absolute dedication is to Nature, its healing power and nature's supreme rejuvenation force of our hearts, minds and bodies.
America's public lands and waters create a foundation of the national outdoor recreation system. Outdoor recreation can grow jobs and drive the economy if we manage and invest in parks, waters and trails.

The Mother Nature is not only important for sustaining our economy but is the only source for sustaining our lives.
Multiple studies found that direct jobs in the outdoor recreation industry outnumber those in the oil and gas industry nearly three to one.
While outdoor recreation supports 6.1 million direct jobs like manufacturing equipment, inventory managers, and retail, the oil and gas industry supports just 2.1 million direct jobs (data as of 2012.)

The Outdoor Industry is the biggest supporter of the Land Preservation and Conservation Alliance (a group of outdoor businesses whose collective contributions support grassroots citizen-action groups and their efforts to protect wild and natural areas.)

Researchers found that any (healthy) outdoor activity can have a positive effect on people suffering from depression and anxiety.
The study also showed that the positive effect on people's mental health was 50 % more than they might expect from going to the gym.
The study, led by Professor Richard Mitchell (Public Health, Glasgow University), polled nearly 2000 physically active people in the 2008 Scottish Health Survey. Only activities carried out in a natural environment outdoors were found to be associated with a lower risk of poor mental health. It seems that woodland and forest have the biggest effect on helping to lower mental health problems: things like mild depression, not being able to sleep, high stress levels or just feelings of not being able to cope. - The brain likes to be in the natural environment and it reacts to being there by turning down our stress response.

 

I am inviting everyone to exercise in a natural environment at least once a week to gain some mental benefit in addition to the physical benefits.
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