Spring Into Wellness With longer days and warmer weather, spring is the perfect time to refresh your wellness routine. Use Library System resources to put a spring in your step whether you're hoping to boost your mental wellbeing, jumpstart your physical activity, or introduce new nutritional habits.
GROW YOUR WORLD Cultivate your green thumb. Gardening provides natural light exposure, low-to-moderate intensity exercise, and contact with green space, all of which are great for your mental and physical wellbeing. Not to mention, if you choose to grow your own fruits, vegetables, or herbs, you’re gaining nutritional benefits as well! But what if you don’t have access to adequate outdoor space for gardening? Bring your gardening activities indoors—the benefits you reap from gardening are the same whether you are growing an indoor houseplant, potted plant for your porch, or a full garden in your yard.
Add plants to your menu. Make sure you’re getting plenty of whole foods (especially fruits and vegetables) which benefit your entire body, including your brain. Eating plenty of gut-friendly whole foods actually helps your mood and energy levels. Steer clear of dietary déjà vu by incorporating brand new plant-filled recipes, and remember to “eat the rainbow.” The coloring of various foods often helps to tell us what nutrients they possess. Scanning your plate and finding a rainbow of foods is an easy way to see whether you are incorporating necessary parts of your diet.
Feed your curiosity. Learn a new skill, take up a new hobby, or investigate a topic that piques your interest. Nurturing a personal passion, whether for languages, crafting, travel, cooking, or any number of others, can help return you to your center—a space where you can reflect on and appreciate the things that make you…you!
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Seed Library at the Berea Branch
South Carolina State Park Passports
BingePass for Great Courses from Hoopla
Get started on your gardening journey by taking home up to ten packets of seeds—free with your library card.
Enjoy free entry into any South Carolina State Park with the South Carolina State Park Passport. Greenville County residents with an adult library card can check out one state park passport for seven days. Visit greenvillelibrary.org/scstate-park-passport to learn more.
Check out a Great Courses BingePass from Hoopla for seven days of unlimited access to hundreds of online video lectures. Free with your library card at greenvillelibrary.org/ download-and-stream.
LIBRARY NOW // Issue 7 2022
