The Best Place to Walk
Research confirms it: Exercising in a green environment puts you in a better frame of mind than working out in a sterile gym. Go figure!
The Green Scene
In a study, people walked on a treadmill and viewed pictures of urban areas or images of rural scenes with lots of green spaces. The result? Besides bringing down blood pressure, viewing the green scenery improved energy and activity levels, raised self-esteem, and boosted mood.
Loving Life
Here’s more on living the happy life:
All work and no play . . . can make you a real stress case.
Train yourself to be an optimist. You’ll be happier and healthier.
Good Vibrations
Is that glass half empty or half full? Your answer may affect your blood pressure.
Older people who have a sense of self-worth, feel happy and hopeful, and enjoy life have lower blood pressure compared to their more pessimistic peers. Here’s how good feelings can reach all the way into your blood vessels.
Good feelings can help reduce levels of cortisol, a stress hormone that’s related to high blood pressure. So the benefits of good feelings don’t stop at just feeling good. Researchers speculate that the chemical and neural reactions people have to positive thoughts and feelings may help keep all of the body’s various systems in balance. So your heart, your arteries — even your immune system — benefit.
Have you harnessed the power of positive thinking? Here’s how to cope, adapt, and react to life’s trials and tribulations in more positive ways:
Try to look on the bright side during times of change.
Make a list of the possibilities and opportunities that could come out of any obstacles you face.
Surround yourself with happy, positive people. They may rub off on you! And strong social ties help you power through the tough times in life.
For more health articles, browse Encouraging Health.
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