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'Forest Bathing': How Microdosing on Nature Can Help with Stress

By Rahawa Haile — 2017

The practice, long-popular in Japan, is gaining traction in the U.S. as a way of harnessing the health benefits of being outdoors.

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I Tried ‘Forest Therapy.’ Here’s What It Did for My Mental Health

I catch some things here and there: a scurrying chipmunk crosses the path, a patch of sunlight glimmers ahead of me. But mostly, I’m in my head and in my feet as I cross a metaphorical finish line, completing my mileage for the day.

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Shelby Deering
2019
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How to Protect Kids from Nature-Deficit Disorder

Richard Louv explains how parents, educators, and urban planners can help kids reconnect with nature—before it's too late.

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Jill Suttie
2016
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A Japanese Photographer Captures the Mysterious Power of Forest Bathing

The Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku—literally translated as “forest bathing”—is based on a simple premise: immerse yourself in the forest, absorb its sights, sounds, and smells, and you will reap numerous psychological and physiological benefits.

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José Ginarte, photography by Yoshinori Mizutani
2018
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Is Forest Therapy for Real?

Andrew Weil is wondering if the forest therapy that originated in Japan is available in the U.S. Or is it something we’re just supposed to do on our own to reduce stress?

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Andrew Weil
2018
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Why Forest Bathing Is Good for Your Health

Though any kind of nature can enhance our health and happiness, there’s something special about being in a forest.

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Karin Evans
2018
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Forest Bathing: A Retreat to Nature Can Boost Immunity and Mood

The aim of forest bathing, Melanie Choukas-Bradley explains, is to slow down and become immersed in the natural environment.

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Allison Aubrey
2017
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Try This Heart-Centering Meditation Before You Take a Forest Bath

Once you’ve decided on the time and location of your forest bath or decide to join a group journey into the forest, you’ve made a commit­ment to yourself and to Mother Earth.

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Julia Plevin
2019
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Forest Bathing, Nature Time Are Hot Health Advice

The practice of forest bathing, also called forest therapy, involves no bathing and isn’t led by a therapist but a trained, certified guide or guides. In Japan, the practice is decades old and known as shinrin-yoku, which means “taking in the forest.”

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Kathleen Doheny
2019
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Forest Bathing Is Great for Your Health. Here’s How to Do It

Being in nature can restore our mood, give us back our energy and vitality, refresh, and rejuvenate us.

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Qing Li
2018
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