The benefits of being outdoors are widely known, with research carried out by the Woodland Trust suggesting that 90% of people who spend time in nature enjoy an elevated sense of wellbeing compared with those who don’t. And from stress reduction to immune system boosts, autumn is a time when those benefits become supercharged.
Physically, the air is cooler – making it easier to breathe than during the more humid summer months, improving lung function and increasing oxygen intake. And trees produce compounds called phytoncides, thought to reduce inflammation and stress.
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