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Under 65 and Anxious? A Mindful Pocket Park Is Just What You Need
Patch of Heaven Sanctuary, a South Florida reforestation and nature preserve, is addressing historic levels of anxiety through development of a multi-sensory nature immersion experience designed to reduce the stress hormone cortisol in just 20 minutes.

MIAMI, FL – 26 October 2022: In a time when quiet quitting, climate anxiety, and post-covid stress disorder has become the daily reality for many Americans, Patch of Heaven Sanctuary, a 20-acre nature preserve in the heart of South Florida, has just the thing to help reduce stress while supporting the positive effects reforestation has on absorbing the greenhouse gases fueling global warming. That thing is called the Nature Pill, a term coined by researchers at the University of Michigan School of Environment and Sustainability, who discovered spending just 20 minutes in nature can reduce cortisol. 

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Weekend Plant-A-Thon Gardening Event At Patch Of Heaven Sanctuary

MIAMI, FL – 27 October 2022: The WEONEMIAMI team of the 44^th class of Leadership Miami is hosting a weekend gardening event on November 12 and 13, 2022, from 9am to 4pm on both days, at the reforestation and nature preserve, Patch of Heaven Sanctuary, located at 21900 Southwest 157th Avenue, Miami, Fl, 33170. The team is being joined by community leaders, Leadership Miami alumnus and high school students from the pre-collegiate Upward Bound Program, who will help bring to life the first of its kind Mindful Pocket Park at the entrance of Patch of Heaven.

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