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The Simple Dutch Cure for Stress

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Since reading this November post, by Alice Fleerackers, I haven’t been able to go for a jog in the wind without “” springing to mind. It is one of those difficult to translate words, from the Dutch, that means catching the breeze. Engaging in “,” Fleerackers explained, can have some surprising benefits for mental wellbeing, like helping us to destress and fend off cardiovascular disease. The word itself might act as a kind of” mean, Fleerackers wrote, “we may be able to access feelings or experiences that we wouldn’t otherwise.” I, at least, can sense, on a gusty day, a boost in energy, or at least enthusiasm, when the Dutch word pops into consciousness on a run down New York City’s Riverside Park.

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