The mind of a person which consists of one's mental phenomena like sensation, perception, thinking, reasoning, memory, belief, desire, emotion and motivation, when sick or depressed can be healed through a science or therapy of the mind, and this is why people go to a clinic to see a psychologist who can asses, diagnose and treat their psychological problem which may relate to physical or mental health issues or behavioral problem.
Psychologist helps in promoting healthy behavior, preventing disease and improving the quality of life of those who are sick, especially the sick in the mind. And one of these ways is the use Eco-therapy.
Eco-therapy - This a simple way of obtaining mind healing eg enhancing and boosting or improving the health of the mind through the interaction with nature or green environment.
The practice of Eco-therapy was developed from a field of Eco-Psychology by Theodore Rosak a twentieth-century historian who studied the impact of culture on human behavior, and later founder of the Eco-psychology movement. Eco-psychology is a study of the relationship between human being and the natural world which is the earth itself. Therefore, Eco-therapy practice by many therapists known as Eco-therapist is as a result of a believe that the environment has a self-correcting capacity that is mediated by complex systems of integrated balance on humans, and that if humans can harmonize with the systems, their mental health would improve.
Many clinicians have found the practice of Eco-therapy to be beneficial in the healing process by prescribing it to their patient in addition to their medications or treatments, especially in the cases that has to do with depression or anxiety and mental stress. Eco-therapy treatment can be in various ways such as:
1.Observing a spiritual exercise in a green places like garden, church grotto garden.
2.taking a visiting to a gardening or farming to interact with animals and plants eg
farm animals
3.going to a wilderness or taking an adventure in a forest
4.taking a visit to a park or engaging in other outdoor activities
5.taking a visit to a river or mountain areas
6.combining physical exercises such as Yoga with green nature adventures
The beneficial effects and advantages of Eco-therapy is not only gotten by a physical contact with the environment, so people do not need to spend time in a green settings to get the benefit from it. A simple view of nature from a window, or even images of nature such as pictures frame or artifacts,in their homes or offices has been shown in several research to boost people's general mood and mental health.
HEALTH BENEFITS OF ECOTHERAPY
- It reduces stress
- It reduces anxiety
3.It reduces depression
4.It enhances mind concentration
5.It refreshes the mind and gives a deeper fresh breath
6.It relaxes the body
NATURE ECO-FRIENDLY
1.People all over the world should embrace and appreciate the work of God in nature
there we should stop indiscriminate cutting of trees and burning of forest or green
places.
2.Trees and nature itself has much healing effects on human beings, people should
plant trees to preserve the ecosystem.
3.Animals, especially the scarce species should be preserved, so people should stop
indiscriminate killing of animals.
4.The world we live is an ecosystem, An ecosystem is a geographical area in which plants, animals, and other species, as well as weather and topography, interact to generate a living bubble. Ecosystems comprise both living and nonliving components. Living components are Plants, animals-macro and micro organisms while none living components are like waters, mountains, weather and climates etc. All of all these have so much to contribute to life and man's existence on the planet earth. The ecosystem should not be destroyed by human's activities such as :
-POLUTION: Humans wreak havoc on ecosystems alot in their ways of life that is self destructive, such as in cause of polutions of different kind, and in their exploitations of earth resources, Building infrastructure such as roads, killing animals, and clearing of forest of trees and other essential forest resources such as harbs are some of the ways of devastating the ecosystem.
-Killing of endanger animal the are animals or organisms that are threatened by extinction. such as the lion, tiger leopard, mountain gorillas, asian elephants etc, and these animal become endangered for two main reasons: loss of habitat and loss of genetic variation.
-Deforestation: This is the removal of a forest or trees from land that is then changed to non-forest use area, which is then converted to farmland, ranches, or urban usage .
5.Destruction of the ecosystem can cause or lead to human unrest, sicknesss,heat and other environment problems such as ncreased flooding due to the erosion of soil and lack of trees, Climate change, natural disaster such as tsunamis, earthquakes, droughts etc, Food shortage as the lands become barren and the oceans become devoid of fish and other marine life.
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| A land scape area of a church grotto full of flowers where people go to pray and observe spiritual meditations |
