Today's nature therapy: Restorative powers of a beautiful place [Added: Links to articles on benefits of nature]

Click to watch some short video clips I took today of a very pretty setting.

Note: Some related articles and posts:

• "The Cognitive Benefits of Interacting With Nature" (Psychological Science) [pdf]
• "Report on the Movement to Reconnect Children to the Natural World" (Children & Nature Network) [pdf]
• "Parks, Playgrounds and Active Living" (Active Living Research)
• "How the city hurts your brain ...And what you can do about it" (The Boston Globe)
• Squidoo on nature therapy by Kirsti Dyer
• "Nature Makes Us More Caring, Study Says" (University of Rochester)
• "Psychological Benefits of Nature Experiences: Research and Theory" (Web site of author)
• Take a tree (or a picture of one) to your next mediation: Attention Restoration Theory and the cognitive benefits of nature (Brains on Purpose)
• On edge? Distracted? Pigging out? Visit a park, take a nap, or meditate (idealawg)