Pictures Can Help Fight Stress For The Whole Family

In spite of our love affair with technology and electronics, humans have a natural affinity towards nature and natural scenes. Scientists call our need to look at and be in nature biophilia. Although nothing beats a stroll on the beach or a walk in the woods, as we continue to cope with cold winter days just looking at nature scenes may have a calming effect on your psyche. Researchers speculate that our need to see nature, even when we can’t be in it, explains why so many people have mountain or beach scenes as screen savers, or photos of nature decorating their wallw. You can try this at home with your kids, or in your office. Print out images of nature and put them around the house. Use scenes of nature as a background on for your computer/ Make a little indoor garden or put a group of house plants in a place where you spend a lot of time. Make sure that your plants or pictures are in a place where you will see them often. Even a little bit of nature goes along way. Some researchers say that when patients in a hospital can view natural scenes from their windows, they heal quicker.