Published July 5, 2016 08:57AM
Going For A Run Here Will Lower Your Anxiety
People use running as a way to try to lower stress levels. What if we told you there's somewhere you can run that is guaranteed to do that?
Communing with nature while on the run isn’t just good for your body—it’s great for your brain.
A recent article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that exercising in a forest or park (as opposed to an urban environment) resulted in decreased “neural activity in the subgenual prefrontal cortex”—the area of the brain linked to depression and mental illness. Trail seekers also self-reported lower levels of rumination (aka spinning thoughts associated with anxiety).
The takeaway? If you want to find peace, go wild.