This article is part of SELF’s 2024 Guide to Getting Outside, an editorial package that explores the connection between nature and well-being through the lens of awe. SELF will be publishing new ...

Awe. It’s a feeling we all seek. It takes your breath away. It blows your mind. It makes you grateful to be alive and, according to new research, that’s just the start. Experiencing awe, it turns out, ...

Do you marvel at the wonder and beauty of life? Do you feel a positive emotional connection to nature? If so, you might be prone to awe, that goosebumpy sensation that we get in the presence of ...

Michael Amster arrived at the Flying J truck stop in Lebec, California, carrying a loaf of homemade pumpkin bread. His orange puffer vibrated in the wind as he climbed into the Toyota Tacoma that ...

Imagine an ice-cold night, bathed in neon by the aurora above. Picture the intricate, elegant inner workings of a cell, churning energy and matter into life. Awe-inspiring, no? These phenomena can be ...

REPORTER: NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS SMALL IN A BIG WORLD CAN HAVE POSITIVE EFFECTS ON OUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. AND YOU CAN FIND THOSE TYPES OF MOMENTS, JUST BY WALKING AROUND. MOST HUMAN BEINGS ...

There’s nothing better for me than being immersed in nature. Whether I’m staring up into redwood trees, coming across a profusion of wildflowers, listening to ocean waves, or being mesmerized by a ...

On the third night of my camel trek from Jaisalmer, India, figures from the desert materialized in our camp: an old man swaddled in shawls and a boy clutching a plastic oil canister. Greetings made, ...