Hug a Tree!!! It's GOOD FOR YOU! (science)

[Bennyboy]

(NaturalNews) Tree hugging, that much maligned hippy generation idea, has now been shown to have scientific validity after all. Contrary to popular belief, touching a tree does make you healthier. In fact you don’t even have to touch the tree to get better, just being within its vicinity has the same effect.

In a recently published book, Blinded by Science, (www.blindedbyscience.co.uk) the author Matthew Silverstone, proves scientifically that trees improve many health issues such as; mental illnesses, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), concentration levels, reaction times, depression and the ability to alleviate headaches.

Countless studies have shown that children show significant psychological and physiological effects in terms of their health and well being when they interact with plants. They demonstrate that children function better cognitively and emotionally in green environments and have more creative play in green areas.

A large public health report that investigated the association between green spaces and mental health concluded that “access to nature can significantly contribute to our mental capital and wellbeing”.

So what is it about nature that can have these significant effects? Up until now it has been thought to be the open green spaces that cause this effect. However, Matthew Silverstone, shows that it is nothing to do with this by proving scientifically that it is the vibrational properties of trees and plants that give us the health benefits and not the open green spaces.

The answer to how plants and trees affect us physiologically turns out to be very simple. It is all to do with the fact that everything vibrates, and different vibrations affect biological behaviours. It has been proven that if you drink a glass of water that has been treated with a 10Hz vibration your blood coagulation rates will change immediately on ingesting the treated water. It is the same with trees, when touching a tree its different vibrational pattern will affect various biological behaviours within your body.
http://wakeup-world.com/2011/06/24/tree-hugging-now-scientifically-proven-to-improve-health-issues/
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[Karenina]

1. So is pot.

:smoke::evilgrin::smoke:

[damntexdem]

2. Except for swollen-thorn acacias -- don't hug them.

I once touched one -- ooh, painful!

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/acacia.htm

Ferocious ants live inside the thorns, fiercely protect the tree.

[rrneck]

3. How does the tree feel about it? nt

[Uncle Joe]

4. Trees have played a critical part of human history.

Perhaps Buddha was tuning into those vibrations when he reached enlightenment while meditating under a pipal or Bodhi Tree?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha

Following this incident, Gautama was famously seated under a pipal tree - now known as the Bodhi tree - in Bodh Gaya, India, when he vowed never to arise until he had found the truth.<38> Kaundinya and four other companions, believing that he had abandoned his search and become undisciplined, left. After a reputed 49 days of meditation, at the age of 35, he is said to have attained Enlightenment.<38><39> According to some traditions, this occurred in approximately the fifth lunar month, while, according to others, it was in the twelfth month. From that time, Gautama was known to his followers as the Buddha or "Awakened One." ("Buddha" is also sometimes translated as "The Enlightened One.") He is often referred to in Buddhism as Shakyamuni Buddha, or "The Awakened One of the Shakya Clan."

Thanks for the thread, BennyBoy.

[Bennyboy]

5. Welcome

I got this from Julia Butterfly who is still hugging trees (But not living in them anymore)

[eppur_se_muova]

6. Magic vibrations alter the nature of water ?? WTF ??

Someone just pegged my bogometer ...

[Stuart G]

7. Oh, My God...you won't believe what I did about these trees.

Oh, I don't know the date..91, 90 or so. I taught this class..U.S. History. High School..honors..Juniors...16-17 years old..
and it was a beautiful fall day...the trees around the school were incredible golden hue..

So...I took that class, my favorite for that year...on a field trip..out the door to the most
beautiful tree around...
...So, it was 70 degress, cool wind off the lake..(we were a few miles from Lake Michigan) and those that wanted to could

..... hug the tree.. So. about half of them did..the other half thought I was nuts..so what.

10 years later..(one of those that would not hug..) came up to me at a restaurant....now..he looked so different..
and said..aren't you the teacher that had us hug trees..? Yep. and I remembered him too..

and I don't careif you believe me..it happened..yes.
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Bennyboy]

8. Great story....(NT)

[DavidDvorkin]

9. Vibrations? Ack.

So this is all hogwash.

Here's the guy's professional background, from the site for his book:

"Matthew Silverstone is a serial entrepreneur. He has a degree in economics and a masters degree in international business. He was as one of the youngest executive producers of his generation within the film industry"

Not exactly a scientist.

[woofless]

11. The whole Universe is naught but vibrations on innumerable levels.

You are just a vibration too.

[DavidDvorkin]

12. Meaningless statement.

[fasttense]

10. I'm not so sure he is wrong.

Since the string theory came out, I've always wondered what tune those strings are vibrating.

And there are numerous reports of towns complaining of constant humming sounds.