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So we're in a beautiful, beautiful wood that I love coming to and lots of flowers out.
The bluebells, the anemones are out.
It's very near to where I live and very precious to me.
You're listening to Crowd Science from the BBC World Service.
I'm Caroline Steele and I'm with listener Hilary.
We're walking through woodland near her home in the south of England.
There's a carpet of white flowers, birdsong, and not another human in sight.
Hillary's moments of peace in these woods made her wonder, how does prayer affect.
The brain and mental well being?
What made you think of the question?
Many different reasons, actually.
I think that science isn't sometimes put alongside faith, which interests me to see how that works out.
I'm a counsellor and I teach people to become counselors.
And part of how I work with my students and clients is very holistically.
So we look at the whole person, which includes their spiritual side, which this would be relevant to.