Virtual Waldbaden: The new stress management for everyone!

Virtual Waldbaden: The new stress management for everyone!
What's new from the world of relaxation therapies? A team from the Max Planck Institute for Education Research and the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf presented an exciting pilot study on the subject of “virtual forest bathing”. This method promises to help with stress reduction and the improvement of emotional well -being - with real nature experiences that are brought into your own four walls by modern technology. Stern reports that a message on this was published last Thursday.
In the idyllic nature reserve Sonnenberg in Parchim, which houses the largest Douglasienwald in Europe, an impressive 360-degree video was produced. This cinematic experience is not only alive by the picture, but also by original sounds and the fragrance of essential Douglasien oils. A truly multi -sensory experience that cannot be experienced in nature. Over 130 participants were put into an acute stressful situation and then experienced one of the four variants of the virtual forest bathing. Here you had the choice between a complete sensory experience or a reduced variant, in which only a single meaning was addressed. MPIB underline.
Multi -sensory experiences in focus
The results clearly show: The combination of all three sensory stimuli - see, hear and smell - has a much more positive effect on the mood of the participants than the perception of a single sense. This approach not only leads to a stronger improvement in emotional well -being and the feeling of closeness to nature, but also shows limited progress in working memory. These findings were published in the respected Journal of Environmental Psychology. The mpib has recognized that the effects are specific and not yet can be recognized as general
The researchers see enormous potential for the use of this technology in clinics, waiting areas or urban interior. Especially at a time when nature often seems far away, virtual forest bathing could support mental well -being. The author of the study, Simone Kühn, emphasizes how important nature images, sounds and fragrances are to raise the mood and promote mental performance.
A clear call to everyone who misses fresh air and calm in urban freedom or when waiting in clinics: maybe the virtual forest bathing brings the urgently needed break to leave the stress of everyday life a little?
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