Simple Ways to Reduce Stress

The brain-boosting alpha power of nature walks, pet therapy, and tea to reduce anxiety.

Photo: ©MaryAnn Rollano - Hutchinson Island

"“As long as this exists,” I thought, “this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?” The best remedy for those who are frightened, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature’s beauty and simplicity. As long as this exists, and that should be forever, I know that there will be solace for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances. I firmly believe that nature can bring comfort to all who suffer.”

—Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

Imagine being confined in a room for two years with no outside access. What would it do to your mind? To your body?

And yet, we do it to ourselves all the time. How often do you spend 120 minutes outside?