What is Green Therapy & How does Green Therapy help balance Mental Health

Humans prosper when multiple factors around them are in a balanced form and one of the factors is nature in synchronization with humans. Have you ever felt the change in your mood and behavior when you are close to nature or a serene place that is gushing with the profoundness of the environment? A smile passes through our lips, the heart is content, eyes have nature's beauty to enjoy and one feels good about everything. If you are nodding in yes then you have also experienced nature therapy.

What is Green Therapy or Eco Therapy:

Green therapy is the practice of being amidst nature for healing, it also boosts the well-being of mental health. Green therapy is called Eco or Nature therapy. This practice in the ecopsychology field was developed by Theorode Roszak. It is nature’s way of healing people in the emotional, social, and physical blocks.

Movie Review : Cinderella musical 2021 by Kay Kennon: Breaking stereotypes

Cinderella is a fairy tale that has been known to the world for many decades and it has been retold many times with a storyline ‘Cinderella who lives with her stepmother and step sisters wishes to visit the palace but her stepmother denies it, still she visits the royal ball with help of fairy Godmother, meets the prince, her glass shoe is left at the palace and the prince finds Cinderella with the help of shoe, marries the prince and happily ever after ending'. 

This storyline has been retold various times with the message of kindness, courage, and hope. The main virtue of watching the famous fairy tale is not to expect anything new as the storyline is known for many years and viewers have pre-notion of the final message too but this Cinderella musical will surprise you. 

6 Interesting Indoor Activities for Children

The parenting journey is full of experiences and challenges plus the pandemic made it even more challenging as the boundaries got restricted to the home itself. A child who used to spend an average time of 2 hours in outdoor activities got shrunk to indoor activities. Parents started looking for many activities that can keep a child busy, active and also make them stress-free at the same time. 

Even we as a family tried new activities that helped us to stay indoors with kids merrily that not only paved the way to creativity but also gave a boost to their confidence. Sharing with you all 6 such activities that make our house full of happiness and creative juices flow freely while we perform them with family members.

1. Playing Favorite Music:

Music can be a great mood uplifter on a mundane day, it boosts the energy of the house and makes the routine work sound interesting. Funnily dancing with the kids also builds the bond and eases the stress built on kids due to studies and a constrained environment. Just set your favorite numbers and dance out the stress that was building up.

Plastic toys and their harmful effect on Nature #EnvironmentalTalks with Anshu Sharma

Toys and childhood go parallel in life and child get to learn many life facets through toys too, but how good are plastic toys for the child and how to lessen the effect of plastic toys on the environment is a big concern. Many times we question why we need change or why we need to replace the plastic toys for the green environment.

To understand this we invited Anshu Sharma, founder of Toysrep to discuss the effects of Plastic toys on nature and how a parent can select the toys so that it causes less harm or no harm on environment.

Poetry : Solace hidden in a Box

U tiptoed in my life quiet and calm

New place to adjust and find warmth

Your shining contour gleamed so bright

Connection with U was a super delight

Me just stared you from afar

A little hesitant with confused altar

I wished a smooth journey with smile

Shared my lonely stories with pride

How and Why to celebrate festivals in an eco-friendly manner

The festive season is here, and so it marks the beginning of the positivity, laughter, and loads of preparations in the house begins. Many feel the buzzword of eco-friendly products starts as soon as the festive season embarks but the reality is the environment-friendly products are around the year only now, we focus on them. 

Most of us understand the importance of eco-friendly products or habits that can help the environment to retain mother nature but many times fail to reach the right channel. It is a proven fact that collective effort at a single time brings in the change, and that is the reason it is pleaded again and again by the environmentalist to make the wise decision during festivals. Mother Teresa aptly explained the scenario in the brilliant quote “None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful”.