Diana Pinzon

1 week ago | wcvb.com | Diana Pinzon

ARE WELL DOCUMENTED. TIME OUTSIDE CAN LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE, REDUCE CORTISOL LEVELS AND IMPROVE HEART RATE. AND WHEN YOU’RE REALLY OUT AND BEING PRESENT IN NATURE, IT ALLOWS YOU TO DISCONNECT FROM THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE STRESSING YOU OUT. AND IT ALLOWS YOU TO BE ABLE TO REALLY HONE IN ON THOSE SENSES. THE JAPANESE WERE THE FIRST TO RECOMMEND FOCUSED IMMERSION UNDER THE TREES AS A HEALTH BENEFIT. BACK IN THE 1980S. IT’S CALLED SHINRIN YOKU. FOREST BATHING.

1 week ago | wcvb.com | Diana Pinzon

OUR LIVES. STRESS, WHILE THE SOURCE MAY DIFFER, EVERY HUMAN EXPERIENCES IT. STRESS IS A NATURAL REACTION THAT OUR BODY HAS TO DANGER. THINGS THAT MAKE US AFRAID WHEN WE HAVE TO PERFORM LIKE IT’S A NATURAL REACTION IN RESPONSE THAT OUR BODY HAS, YOU KNOW, IT BECOMES A NEGATIVE THING WHEN IT IS KIND OF UNRELENTING, WHEN IT LASTS TOO LONG, OR WHEN IT REALLY GETS IN THE WAY OF US DOING THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO AND WANT TO DO.

1 week ago | wcvb.com | Diana Pinzon

OH, WOULD YOU MAKE MY HEART GO THUMP, THUMP? HE’S A SEVEN YEAR OLD AUSTRALIAN CATTLE MIX AND A CERTIFIED THERAPY DOG. BEING AROUND ANIMALS, SPECIFICALLY DOGS, IS SHOWN TO REDUCE LEVELS OF STRESS, REDUCE LEVELS OF ANXIETY, LOWER HEART RATE, HELP CONTROL BREATHING. CARLISLE ED RESCUE TITO WHEN HE WAS JUST A PUPPY AND IN 2024 REALIZED HE COULD FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS. JOINING HER ON THE JOB AT THE COUNSELING CENTER AT WHEATON COLLEGE. WE LEARNED PRETTY EARLY ON THAT HE IS A REAL PEOPLE DOG.

1 week ago | wcvb.com | Diana Pinzon

WALK BOTH METAPHORICALLY AND PHYSICALLY, AND EVEN BEFORE THAT, IT’S BEST TO WARM UP WITH A GOOD STRETCH. RUNNING ARMS. YOU GO LIKE THIS FOR 30S 30S 4015. HEART RATES UP LUNGES, LUNGES. IS IT SNACK TIME AT TUCKER ELEMENTARY IN MILTON? THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADERS ARE MOVING THEIR BODIES AND LEARNING CRUCIAL LIFE LESSONS THROUGH AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM CALLED GIRLS ON THE RUN. GIRLS AS THEY ENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL CONTEND WITH REALLY BIG CHALLENGES.

3 weeks ago | wcvb.com | Diana Pinzon

HOPKINTON. WHEN WE OPENED, WE HAD A LINE OUT THE DOOR. ON DAY ONE. WE SOLD OUT. WE SOLD OUT LITERALLY EVERY DAY FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS, AND THEN EVERY WEEKEND FOR THE FIRST SEVERAL MONTHS. IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG FOR FOLKS TO ACQUIRE A TASTE FOR BLUE SQUARE PIZZA ONCE IT OPENED IN HOPKINTON IN 2022. BLUE SQUARE IS AN HOMAGE TO THE BLUE STEEL PAN, IN WHICH DETROIT-STYLE PIZZAS ARE COOKED.