breathelighter

Reducing stress one exhale at a time

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Are you ready for your exhale? I think even Darwin needs one.

I take my field trips seriously so I have my weekend exhale all lined up!

April 5, 2013 California Native Plants garden tours Native plant nature Outdoors Theodore Payne Foundation weekend weekend exhale 53 Comments

Pasadena’s Arlington Garden…an excellent weekend’s exhale

March 22, 2013 Arlington Garden California Native Plants Garden mediterranean climate Pasadena Public Gardens Punxsatawney Phil weekend weekend exhale 50 Comments

The Southern California garden…the weeds are thriving!

February 21, 2013 Arlington Garden Pasadena Garden Mount San Antonio Mt. Baldy San Gabriel Mountains Sierra Nevada snowpack Southern California Stanley Kunitz stress relief water conservation weekend 50 Comments

The Rose Garden at Exposition Park–a good place to de-stressify!

November 29, 2012 California Exposition Park Ginkgo trees Los Angeles National Register of Historic Places Natural History Museum Rose Garden stress-reduction weekend 55 Comments

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The power of the exhale….ahhhhhhh!

It's important to break the routine and monotony of everyday stress. We all have it...even too much a good thing can be stressful.

But for me, a change in scenery is often all it takes. I explore the history of where I live, Southern California, combining research with hands-on learning in the form of local field trips.

It's amazing how much better you can feel with a little history project. You may not have a lot of interest in Southern California but I encourage you to take a sample from my playbook, and do the same where you live.

Then take a nice, long exhale!

You'll feel so much better!