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HEALTH AND HEALING IN NATURE?

Proactive measures to interact with nature
in and around your home can include:
• Having house plants and indoor gardens
• Looking out windows over looking greenery

• Gardening at home, work, or school
• Playing nature sounds/music inside
• Waterscapes and rock gardens
• Sitting outside by trees and greenery

“Your health and well-being is important to you and
• Walking through the park or around a local
us in the heathcare field. If you have any questions
• Taking a picnic regularly or concerns, you can always contact Dr. Bilstrom at
Bingham Memorial Hospital or speak with your
• Spend time meditating or relaxing in a Zen
primary care provider. Be creative and find new
• Enjoying outdoor activities such as Frisbee,
ways of including nature in your life. Then enjoy the

• Visit your local arboretum benefits that it can have on your health and healing!
• Choosing a home near greenery, parks,
Please remember that your body is always ready to
heal, it just needs to be given a chance.”
Here are some ideas to help you get out of the city:
-David Bilstrom, MD
• Plan a picnic in nature, outside the city

• Visit a national park for a day, or week
• Camping or RV camping
• Fishing, mountain biking, trail running/walking
Bingham Memorial Hospital
International Autoimmune Institute
and Center for Functional Medicine

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326 Poplar St • Blackfoot, ID 83221
Phone: (208) 782.2444
www.BinghamMemorial.org

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