It has been scientifically proven that contact with trees has beneficial effects on our mind and body: it lowers anxiety levels, regulates our breathing and helps us relax. Forest bathing, which the Japanese call shinrin-yoku, is a wellness practice whose popularity has spread from the land of the rising sun to the whole world. FOREST […]
«Exciting music heals the sad soul, sad music heals the excited soul» said Aristotle, who had already realised the liberating power of music. And now it has been proved by research and scientific studies. One such study was conducted by Jacob Jolij, a cognitive neuroscientist from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, who developed […]
Too much sitting around is no good for anyone. But that's not the end of the story. Working and studying from home over the past year have become a potential threat to our health. A study by the World Health Organization has shown that while we may feel more connected and productive at home than […]
by Luisa Taliento You can't stop the waves but you can learn to surf is one of the best-known quotes by Jon Kabat-Zinn, considered the father of mindfulness, and it is possibly the best to describe this unprecedented moment in our history. Yes, our lives are fraught with difficulties at the moment and this situation […]
by Luisa Taliento Wellbeing means looking after mind and body and we are always coming up with new ways of doing it. According to a report by the Wunderman Thompson Intelligence agency, which analyses trends in the making, of the 100 new trends of the future, several touch on wellbeing. Photo Credits: Zero Touch Spaces […]
di Luisa Taliento WELLNESS ARCHITECTURE There is a deep-rooted, close connection between spaces and personal wellbeing. The first to uphold this theory were architectural psychologists, who belonged to a branch of environmental psychology that emerged in America in the Fifties and Sixties. The theory has been confirmed by many modern-day studies, like those conducted by […]
