"Why do we love the sea?" asked Robert Henri."It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think." And thinking things we like to think is an important source of relaxation.
Only in the past few decades, notes Cracknell, have scientists started to consider nature's effect on health - and people are drawn to water because it evokes feelings of tranquility and relaxation. These"Blue Zones" have high numbers of people over 100 years old and"many have grown old without the health problems that commonly affect people in the developed world, such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer".Breathing in sea air, she adds, also promotes a better night's sleep.
I think that this has merit. I definitely feel relaxed when I am in my beach house than up here in joburg.
Okay... bye