Blue Health

How does the sea benefit our health and wellbeing? Have you ever gazed out at the sea and felt the world become smaller? Perhaps you have swum in its waters and felt that time stood still, that the noise and chatter of the world faded away to a distant whisper, or you have marvelled as the sun slid gently beneath its horizon.

Being near natural bodies of water, especially the sea, has proven health benefits. This effect has been dubbed “blue health”.

The following article by ‘The Conversation’ looks at how the sea has been important to us humans since the beginnings of life itself, and how connecting with nature benefits us in so many ways:

Blue Health: how the sea benefits our physical and mental wellbeing