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4 Reasons to Practice Gardening

noreply@blogger.com (Zaishan) — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:27:00 +0000

A growing number of studies have shown that gardening brings benefits to mental and physical health. The following 4 reasons to start planting.

1. Improve your life with more life

It's hard not to enjoy life when you are surrounded by flowers, vegetables and all the wildlife they attract.

Professors at the University of Texas and Texas A & M surveyed 298 older adults to measure their level of "pleasure in life", studied their levels of optimism, strength and found that those who practiced gardening scored significantly higher in all these areas those who were not gardeners.

4. Reduces risk of osteoporosis

Probably no surprise that gardening causes weight loss and improves the complexion due to the physical activity involved in maintaining a garden, but gardening surprisingly CIRCUIT-SWITCHED improve bone health.

In a study of 3,310 women, researchers from the University of Arkansas found that women who practiced gardening had lower risk of osteoporosis than those who jogged, swam or did aerobics. This is related to gardening is an activity that works as weight training: pulling grass, digging, loading compost and soil, etc..

3.Prevent diabetes

One of the first steps to controlling diabetes is exercise. Very active gardeners can easily spend 150 minutes of weekly exercise recommended, while those who do not engage so hard to make gardening a little less time to exercise, according to a study by the University of Kansas.

4.Improves mental health

The mental health benefits of gardening are also clear for medicine, there is indeed something called horticultural therapy and has been developed to help people with psychiatric disorders.

Studies have found that people with dementia and anxiety gets a sense of calm after gardening, helping you rest better.

Gardening brings benefits to your Health

noreply@blogger.com (Zaishan) — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:55:00 +0000

Gardening is a practice that human beings have relied for millennia-the first evidence of 'ornamental horticulture' dating from 1500 BC . In many cultures around the world, and throughout history, gardening has played a significant cultural role, and even through it has given birth to some of the finest cultural events: from the legendary gardens of Babylon, the But what about the psychological and emotional about this practice?

A growing number of studies agree that the benefits grow a garden brings substantial benefits to our physical and mental health. Here I will mention some of the proven benefits of this activity, hoping to remind you to grow a garden we cultivate undeniably ourselves.

Researchers at the University of Texas interviewed 298 elderly people, asking them to determine their levels of joy and optimism. When analyzing the data in search of consistent patterns or indicators, noted that those who repeatedly practiced the 'garden arts' expressed, significantly greater satisfaction with their lives, which leads us to propose: more landscaping and less Prozac.

A study conducted in 2011 in the Netherlands, cited in an article by CNN Health, found that just half an hour dedicated to cultivating a garden, can significantly reduce your levels of cortisol (the stress hormone produced). On the other hand this practice has been associated with a model of active meditation-which brings us to the exquisite Zen gardeners.

In the same article cites another study that, continuing this line, Norwegian researchers created a pilot group with people who had been diagnosed with depression, constant problems in their mood, or bipolar disorder. Patients participated for 3 months in a gardening workshop, which included six hours a week of practice. At the end of the workshop, half of the participants reported significant improvements, a trend that continued over the next three months.

The positive effects of gardening for our mind and body, apparently 45 minutes of working the garden you can burn the same calories in 30 minutes of aerobic-, have motivated the creation of "horticultural therapy" current for at least four decades has been perfected, and now throws commendable results for its practitioners.

It is worth noting that gardening not only re-connects us with the primary state-by actions like putting your hands in the earth, watch the unfolding of natural rhythms, and refine our sensory stimuli through aromatic or tactile-, but also carries a highly aesthetic experience, which demands subtlety, creativity and patience. In short, when talking about gardening are describing an activity that, like few other, relates to a micro packed virtues: contemplation, creativity, temperance, inspiration and, why not, autonomy.

In short, it may be good time to repeat, and practice, the phrase that Voltaire once said goodbye: "With your permission, I retreat to cultivate my garden".

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Jeju Island

noreply@blogger.com (Zaishan) — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 05:18:00 +0000

Jeju Island is a volcanic island in South Korea and has one of the tallest volcano mountain named Halla-san (Halla Mountain) with 1,950 meters hieght. Jeju Island has retained its UNESCO biosphere reserve status. The island was formerly known as Cheju Island and located off the southern coastal of South Korea in the Korea Strait southwest to the Jeollanam-do Province.

The island is famous for the haenyeo - the female divers who dive into the cold sea to collect abalone and other seafood. They will dive in the sea for up to five hours in a day without wearing any scuba gear.

The island has a number of UNESCO World Heritage natural sites and is a featured honeymoon destination for newly married Koreans.

Recently, Jeju island has got a position in the list of the new seven wonders of the natural world. Jeju has got a wonderful volcanic cone that resembles a grass-covered butte, the longest lava tunnel in the present world and an immense extinct volcano - the Mount Halla.

Mountains in the island

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Sunrise as seen from the volcanic crater of Seongsan Ilchulbong

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