Forest bathing adjusts to indoor and outdoor adaptations anywhere in the world there are actual trees or their approximations even though shinrin-yoku first appeared in Japan as human and tree health-friendly therapy.
Dr. Qing Li, Japanese Society for Forest Medicine chairman, broaches standard practices and variations in Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness. The term comes from Tomohide Akiyama's campaign as Director General of the Agency of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan to conserve forests and curtail stress. Maps before and after the four-chapter, 301-page text, with 111 illustrations, designate 10 of Japan's 62 forest therapy bases and 40 "beautiful forests across the world."
Collective, organized forest therapy and customized, individualized forest bathing expedite healthy anti-cancer proteins, blood pressure, blood-sugar, concentration, immunity-enhancing natural killer cells, memory, metabolism, moods and weight.
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Thank you for stopping and welcoming imaginations, lifestyles and meditations that prioritize our plant life, be they cultivated or wild, be they in our gardens or in our parks.
Every day I attempt to begin, every evening I attempt to end, with a barefooted walk -- bewaring of fallen chestnuts and walnuts ;-D -- between the porch and the retaining wall and between the latter and the driveway. That area, as everything else around Chicory Cottage, looks like a forest floor with bare soil, blue and white violets, field and surprise lilies, moss, non-turf grass and wild onions and strawberries.
So I understand the peace that lovely plants give you too.
That bamboo forest image is pretty amazing! We must preserve the national parks and wild lands, especially as this world fills up with people who seem to want to cut it all down. Just reading this page gave me peace as I envisioned the lovely plants.
WriterArtist, Thank you for appreciating forest bathing in our naturally blue and green world. Albert Einstein said that understanding comes from looking deep into nature.
Reading this article brought memories of me walking in forest and farmlands. I for one always prefer greener areas to movies and theaters. For me waterfalls, National parks and Nature hold more promising moments than skyscrapers and urban areas. Love the idea of forest bathing and the benefits it brings as by products. Not to mention clean air and stress free environment.
katiem2 and AngelaJohnson, Me too, I particularly enjoy birds and also headphones and podcasts. My favorites at this time of year tend to be the bluebird's "purty purty purty" and the ovenbird's "teacher teacher teacher."
AngelaJohnson, Walking among trees, be they in designated nature areas or not, counts as shinrin-yoku. Supposedly the bare minimum commitment to feel the effects at one time is just a 20-minute session, about the time of a work break ;-D.
Indeed, good for the mind, body and soul
I love to walk on nature trails, although I don't get too many chances. But I do walk every day around neighborhoods that have lots of plants and trees. Once in a while I use headphones and listen to podcasts, but most of the time I don't, and enjoy hearing birds chirping.
I am drawn to it, all things nature beckon to me, care for me and heal me in every way imaginable. Again, great article!
katiem2, Thank you for the visit. It's not surprising that with your appreciation of nature and emphasis on aesthetics, health and well-being you'd already know about forest-bathing ;-D.