The Healing Power of Nature: Ecotherapy for Mental Health

“I go to nature to be soothed and healed and to have my senses put in order.” ~John Burroughs

Co-written with Sarah Tapia, RN

According to a study by Roger Ulrich in the 1980s, surgical patients with views of trees spent less time in the hospital after their operations. They needed fewer painkillers than those who only saw a brick wall.

Surprisingly, it’s only in the past forty years that researchers have seriously studied the impact of spending time in or looking at nature…