{"id":157909,"date":"2020-06-15T19:58:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T02:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=157909"},"modified":"2020-06-15T19:58:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T02:58:33","slug":"why-surfing-is-our-greatest-respite-in-hard-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=157909","title":{"rendered":"Why Surfing is Our Greatest Respite in Hard Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Talk to virtually any mental health expert and they\u2019ll bring up two of the easiest things to do to boost optimism, reduce stress and anxiety, and alleviate depression: Get outdoors and get some exercise. It\u2019s really that simple. Surfing can be your therapist\u2019s couch, to an extent, and one that is mercifully free of a billing department.<\/p>\n<p>That goes beyond surfing, sure. Scottish doctors prescribe hikes for patients. Mountain biking programs are popping up for sufferers of mental health illnesses. Trail runners show increased levels of\u00a0\u00a0 &#8230;\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surfer.com\/photos\/why-surfing-is-our-greatest-respite-in-hard-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stoked News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talk to virtually any mental health expert and they\u2019ll bring up two of the easiest things to do to boost optimism, reduce stress and anxiety, and alleviate depression: Get outdoors and get some exercise. It\u2019s really that simple. Surfing can be your therapist\u2019s couch, to an extent, and one that is mercifully free of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-surf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157910,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157909\/revisions\/157910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}