The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
after three days in more back country nature that's wilder so long as we don't bring our cell phone on any of this this seems to mess all that up our brains start to ride what are called alpha waves and these are the waves that are seen in experienced meditators and they're really associated with sort of a slowing down of time and they make us they're associated with a lot more creativity and just a feeling of like life satisfaction
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there's this concept uh called the three-day effect and it basically shows that after three days in nature a lot of good things tend to happen to people so in the modern world your brain tends to ride what are called beta waves frenetic sort of go-go-go associated with sort of stress burnout and this sort of thing after your third day in nature brain tends to start to ride what are called alpha waves and these are found in experienced meditators they're like calm more focused more aware and you just feel like ah like i'm sure you felt it when you're out there