Forest bathing

Forest bathing

Question # 1 What is forest bathing?

Walk through the forest.

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Feel the temperature of the air.

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Do stretching exercises at a waterfall.

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Listen to the birds sing and the wind blowing in the leaves of the trees.

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Smell the forest.

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Touch trees in the forest.

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Dip your fingers or toes in a stream.

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Lie on the ground.

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Collect flowers in the forest.

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Play the guitar and/or sing in the forest.

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Collect berries in the forest.

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Draw what you see.

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Learn to name trees, flowers and plants in the forest.

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Question # 2 Why should you do forest bathing?

Nature scenes help us relax and reduce stress.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2470736676 Page 49.

Compared with walking in cities, forest walks help

decrease blood pressure and heart rate more.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2470736676 Page 23.

Naturalistic environments are some of the only places, where we engage all 5 senses and thus, by definition, are fully, physically alive.

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Walking in nature helps people

improve memory and attention.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2470736676 Page 29.

Forest bathing helps to  relax the body.  reduce stress.  lower blood pressure.  strengthen the immune system.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4297784298 Page 34.

Being in a forest calms you down and helps against stress,

high blood pressure, and diabetes.

https://www.beobachter.ch/gesundheit/wohlfuhlen-pravention/waldspaziergange-darum-tut-uns-der-wald-so-gut

People, who exercise in nature - as opposed to the city achieve better fitness and are more likely to keep exercising.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2470736676 Page 71.

Just 15 minutes in a city park - even one with pavement, crowds and some street noise - is enough to improve

mood, vitality and feelings of restoration.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2470736676 Page 139.

Sources https://www.beobachter.ch/gesundheit/wohlfuhlen-pravention/waldspaziergange-darum-tut-uns-der-wald-so-gut https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/06/forest-bathing/532068/ https://time.com/5259602/japanese-forest-bathing/ https://youtu.be/12CCjoixpkA https://youtu.be/y2eib5TCA5E