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This article I wrote for Top Sante magazine celebrates getting outside and working with the power of the wind to boost your health and wellbeing – and ease stress! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proving that there’s no such thing as bad weather – just a bad attitude to it that can make it feel lousy to you – I looked at the Dutch people’s hardy attitude to wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rather than shutting themselves away from windy weather, they embrace it, deliberately using it as a means of blasting away stress in a practice known as \u2018uitwaaien\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no English equivalent of the word, but – roughly translated – it means \u2018out blow\u2019 and it involves getting out into blustery conditions to exercise; whether taking a walk, going on a run or cycling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More\u00a0refreshing and exhilarating than indoor exercise, pushing against the wind and\u00a0letting it take your breath away as you exert yourself helps clear the\u00a0mind,\u00a0they say; it blows out the \u2018bad air\u2019, replacing it with \u2018good air.\u2019 And anxiety\u00a0levels drop as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There\u2019s no doubt that being active outside can have positive effects. One study published in Environmental Science & Technology found that exercising outdoors (as opposed to indoors) was associated with greater vitality, fulfilment and enjoyment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s far\u00a0more exhilarating than being in a stuffy gym,\u201d says Kezia Luckett, Positive Psychologist (kezialuckett.com). \u201cEven just\u00a010 minutes of outdoor exercise has been proven to act as a kind of\u00a0natural\u00a0medicine, helping to restore mental fatigue, improve our moods and reduce\u00a0stress. Being out in nature – and specifically in the wind – can make you\u00a0feel\u00a0expansive and free; the total opposite to how you might feel in a gym\u00a0surrounded by other people and standing in line for your turn to go onto a machine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So don’t let windy weather keep you indoors – you out and enjoy it! Let a breeze spur you on to move and feel energetic. Let it change your mood. Use it on a run or walk to help spur you on<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And don\u2019t forget to have fun!\u00a0Next time you\u2019re looking for a way to shed your stress, remember that the answer just might be blowing in the wind!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo by Top Sante and \u00a0Frank Vessia<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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