12 Remarkable Benefits That Nature Can Offer You

Thursday, September 24, 2020 1:00 PM by Betty Brennan in General


A few years back we did some extensive research on the benefits nature can offer including healing, stress relief, development, and more. Today, I share with you a blog that I wrote in 2011; chalked full of mind, body, and spiritual benefits that nature can provide. Enjoy.


I learned the benefits of nature as a child.  My childhood was spent outside.  We raised animals and we respected wildlife. I fell in love with horses the moment my nose touched one.  That first dog nose that touched me captured my heart.  I spent any time I could exploring our family farm, mostly on horseback.  I knew the creeks, pastures, and hillsides like the back of my hand.  In times of trouble, sadness, or trauma I sought out nature and my animal friends. They soothed and healed me.

Today my life is still full of nature. As I’m writing this in my home office, I’m looking out onto a sea of green. My home is full of windows and surrounded by trees looking onto a river.

I also own a little farm with pastures, a river, old oak trees, prairie, and more.  In addition, I still have my four-legged companions.  Nature is my therapy.  It offers balance, peace, awe, and a sense of wonder. It can also bring exhilaration, fear, and sadness. Nature can be harsh. I’ve been bucked off horses, bit by wasps, charged by an elephant, lost animal friends, struggled in fast-flowing water, seen predators do their thing, and walked bare-skinned through stinging nettle.

More people live in urban environments now than at any time in human history. People are losing touch with nature. Research indicates kids born in the last three decades have lost touch with nature. Yet, the benefits of nature are innumerous. Poets have recognized these benefits for centuries. Nature is beneficial to our mental, physical, and spiritual health.

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Here are some of the widely proven benefits of getting out into nature:

  • Speeds up recovery time from injury.

  • Reduces stress. Just watching pictures of nature can markedly reduce muscle tension and pulse.

  • Reduces incidence of depression, especially in children. Nature is therapy.

  • Reduces attention-deficit disorder and other disorders of the young.

  • Inspires and increases creativity.

  • Encourages a sense of wonder a spirit of place.

  • Nature’s harshness teaches humbleness, how to deal with loss, and garners respect.

  • Reduces obesity.

  • Increases dexterity.

  • Improves life-long learning.

  • Increases analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.

  • Improves awareness, observational and reasoning skills.

Taylor Studios will continue the quest to inspire people with our natural history exhibits. How often do you get out into nature?


original post 8/11/16

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