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HORTICULTURAL THERAPY
For Distracting Mind
Surya Suresh
Horticultural Therapist
ArtyPlantz
Distraction is when you are dragged away from your tasks or from
your worries.
Healthy Distraction
When you are dragged
away from your worries,
pain or any other
negative thoughts and
allow you to direct your
attention to any other
activity, it's healthy
distraction.
DISTRACTION=RELAXATION
It can also be a pleasant break. Forgetting your worries help you feel
relaxed and de-stressed. Therefore distraction can be a form of
relaxation.
Mental distraction is a technique that has been used effectively for a
number of physical and mental health issues.
Connecting to nature and plants can help you to control your mind and
body. Distraction through plants relieve your stress and tension
In every gardener there is a child who believes in The Seed Fairy.
~Robert Brault
Horticultural Therapy(HT) can help people to manage their life through
connecting with nature through a series of gardening and garden related
activities.
Distraction through HT activities, is not a diversion from reality, but
helps to raise coping skills.
Removing Negative
Thoughts
Specific HT activities that req
more concentration and so w
help to fades away the nega
thoughts easily. All HT activ
are also fun-filled and there
everybody, from children to o
population will love participa
in these activities. He
dragging their concentration
the acitivity becomes very sim
and easy.
Reduce worries
Color and fragrance of nature can
make much more impact on human
emotions and so in HT there are
many related activities used to
control our emotions, but they are
very specific to each individual.
Help to relieve pain
Many HT activities that involve
focusing helps to forget your pain,
and enjoy the activity you are doing.
Focusing on specific nature friendly
activities help you to forget about
what you were thinking and make
you focus only on the activity. Hence
practicing this activities will help you
to concentrate on a particular work
whenever you want to, without any
other thoughts disturbing you.
General gardening activities like weeding, harvesting, watering and
planting also lessens the buildup of anxiety and stress.
Learn to be an observer in all seasons. Every single day, your garden
has something new and wonderful to show you.
To know more about Horticultural Therapy, log on to www.horticulturaltherapy.in or
mail to surya@artyplantz.com
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Horticultural therapy for distraction

  • 1. HORTICULTURAL THERAPY For Distracting Mind Surya Suresh Horticultural Therapist ArtyPlantz
  • 2. Distraction is when you are dragged away from your tasks or from your worries.
  • 3. Healthy Distraction When you are dragged away from your worries, pain or any other negative thoughts and allow you to direct your attention to any other activity, it's healthy distraction.
  • 4. DISTRACTION=RELAXATION It can also be a pleasant break. Forgetting your worries help you feel relaxed and de-stressed. Therefore distraction can be a form of relaxation.
  • 5. Mental distraction is a technique that has been used effectively for a number of physical and mental health issues.
  • 6. Connecting to nature and plants can help you to control your mind and body. Distraction through plants relieve your stress and tension
  • 7. In every gardener there is a child who believes in The Seed Fairy. ~Robert Brault
  • 8. Horticultural Therapy(HT) can help people to manage their life through connecting with nature through a series of gardening and garden related activities.
  • 9. Distraction through HT activities, is not a diversion from reality, but helps to raise coping skills.
  • 10. Removing Negative Thoughts Specific HT activities that req more concentration and so w help to fades away the nega thoughts easily. All HT activ are also fun-filled and there everybody, from children to o population will love participa in these activities. He dragging their concentration the acitivity becomes very sim and easy.
  • 11. Reduce worries Color and fragrance of nature can make much more impact on human emotions and so in HT there are many related activities used to control our emotions, but they are very specific to each individual.
  • 12. Help to relieve pain Many HT activities that involve focusing helps to forget your pain, and enjoy the activity you are doing. Focusing on specific nature friendly activities help you to forget about what you were thinking and make you focus only on the activity. Hence practicing this activities will help you to concentrate on a particular work whenever you want to, without any other thoughts disturbing you.
  • 13. General gardening activities like weeding, harvesting, watering and planting also lessens the buildup of anxiety and stress.
  • 14. Learn to be an observer in all seasons. Every single day, your garden has something new and wonderful to show you.
  • 15. To know more about Horticultural Therapy, log on to www.horticulturaltherapy.in or mail to surya@artyplantz.com