53: Touch A Tree: Reset Your Nervous System in 60 seconds & Lower Cortisol
Your nervous system is overloaded — and your body already knows it.
In this episode of Rooted & Rising, Tara Mychelle breaks down the science behind what happens when you touch a tree — and why nature regulates your nervous system in ways no app, supplement, or scrolling session can replicate.
This is not spiritual fluff. This is physiology.
You’ll learn:
• How touching trees lowers cortisol (your primary stress hormone)
• What forest bathing (Shinrin-Yoku) does to heart rate and blood pressure
• How phytoncides from trees increase natural killer cells and immune function
• Why Polyvagal Theory confirms nature shifts you into parasympathetic regulation
• The science behind grounding (earthing) and inflammation reduction
Research shows that just minutes in nature measurably improves stress response, nervous system regulation, immune health, and emotional clarity.
If you’ve been struggling with anxiety, nervous system dysregulation, burnout, relationship stress, or emotional overload — this episode gives you a practical, zero-cost intervention you can use today.
Sixty seconds. One tree. One reset.
Listen now — and regulate differently.
🔬 SCIENCE REFERENCES
1️⃣ Cortisol + Forest Bathing Study
Park, B.J. et al. (2010).
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12199-010-0153-2
2️⃣ Forest Bathing + Heart Rate + Blood Pressure
Song, C. et al. (2016)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12199-016-0542-7
3️⃣ Phytoncides + Natural Killer Cells
Li, Q. (2010).
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12199-008-0068-3
4️⃣ Grounding / Earthing Research
Chevalier, G. et al. (2012).
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jeph/2012/291541/
5️⃣ Polyvagal Theory
Stephen Porges, PhD
https://www.polyvagalinstitute.org/whatispolyvagal
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