Older adults who took a weekly fifteen-minute walk for eight weeks felt measurably better, but the difference came down to one instruction: those told to seek out small moments of awe reported more gratitude and compassion and less daily distress

“Experiencing awe is such a simple practice, just taking a moment to look out the window or pausing to consider the technological marvels that surround us, and we now show it can have measurable effects on our emotional well-being,” said Virginia Sturm, an associate professor of in the departments of Neurology and of Psychiatry and [...] The post Older adults who took a weekly fifteen-minute walk for eight weeks felt measurably better, but the difference came down to one instruction: those told