Let’s take a walk in the woods. With no specific destination in mind, we will wander, observe and immerse ourselves in nature. Allow our senses to guide us. When was the last time you walked into the woods with no plans? No final destination? Without a species to ID, hill to climb, or lookout to … Continue reading Healing in the forest: a guide to forest bathing: Healing in the forest: a guide to forest bathing – Parks Blog
The roots of forest bathing
Power suits, meet “Power Forests.” In Japan, Nissan and Mazda maintain agreements with a Forest Therapy Base. Source: The roots of forest bathing | GreenBiz
How to go Forest Bathing
Lovely thoughts on #forestbathing from another lovely blogger…
Yup, you heard right: Forest Bathing. It’s an actual thing, and people are doing it all over the world.
Just the same way you would bathe in water or bathe under the sun, Forest Bathing is the practice of lying, or walking, amongst the trees to enjoy the benefits they bring to your physical and mental wellbeing.
The practice, which originated in Japan (where it is called shinrin-yoku) is actually quite familiar to us. Though it may not have an official name here in the UK, walking in nature has long been an favourite pastime; with most of us enduring family woodland strolls as children, only to revert back to them eagerly as wildlife loving adults.
And it’s not just a fun day out. Spending dedicated time in the company of trees has been proven to be good for our health. Trees are the Earths original air cleansers; soaking…
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Always In Chaos Mode? Let Japanese Forest Bathing Melt Your Stress Away
The world may be getting crazier, but you *can* set your phone down and reconnect with nature by practicing forest bathing. Source: Always In Chaos Mode? Let Japanese Forest Bathing Melt Your Stress Away | Peaceful Dumpling
‘Forest Bathing’
Source: ‘Forest Bathing’
Everything you need to know about forest bathing, and its considerable benefits
Everything you need to know about forest bathing, and its considerable benefits. via Forest bathing. What, why, how, where? — Life Sentences
Is Someone Gaslighting You?
In the final scenes of, The Girl on the Train, we find out Rachel (played by Emily Blunt) isn’t the pathetic, raging drunk she was initially depicted as. It’s revealed that her alcoholism is a direct result of her husband, Tom’s (played by Justin Theroux) manipulation both during and after their marriage. He repeatedly pressured her to drink excessively and then planted false memories the next day. Tom was gaslighting Rachel. Source: Is Someone Gaslighting You? – Positively Positive!! Positively Positive!!
Forest bathing
Forest bathing is the practice of taking a short, leisurely visit to a forest for health benefits. The practice originated in Japan where it is called shinrin-yoku (森林浴) in Japanese (it is also called sēnlínyù (森林浴) in Mandarin and sanlimyok (산림욕) in Korean). Shinrin Yoku Samurai Spain 侍
Studies in Japan have measured changes in immune markers and stress hormones in people who regularly walked in specific forests in Japan. In addition, people with diabetes but not taking insulin found substantial benefits by lowering blood glucose levels. Source: Forest bathing – Wikipedia
Forest Therapy: A Walk In The Wood Is The Perfect Prescription
This modern take on an ancient practice got its start in Japan in 1982, when the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries began promoting walks in the woods as a tonic for mind and body. About a decade ago, they also began funding research into the health effects of “forest therapy,” and the practice has been catching on all over Asia, as well as North America and Europe. Source: Forest Therapy: A Walk In The Wood Is The Perfect Prescription
Forest bathing: why the healing power of a walk in the woods will change your life
Getting outdoors is the healthiest thing you can do this weekend. Source: Forest bathing: why the healing power of a walk in the woods will change your life – Vogue Australia
First steps into Buddhist meditation
Awareness is the key. But what does the word mean to you? To most people, perhaps, it denotes an acknowledgement of that which is going on around them in a general sort of way. In the context of meditation, however, it means ‘waking up’, becoming acutely sensitive, knowing, feeling, living the moment in its pristine state, sensing colours and contours, sounds, textures, smells, recognising tendencies within oneself yet resisting the pull to be controlled by them — this is meditation, to begin with at least. Source: First steps into Buddhist meditation – Buddhism now
Does Mindful Acceptance Reduce Stress, Increase Happiness?
When trying to feel less stressed doesn’t work. Source: Does Mindful Acceptance Reduce Stress, Increase Happiness? | Psychology Today
Shinrin-yoku: the Medicine of Being in the Forest
Shinrin Yoku, also called Forest Bathing, is a form of healing that involves simply wandering along forest trails and spending time in other natural places. Source: Shinrin-Yoku Forest Medicine – Shinrin-yoku: the Medicine of Being in the Forest
Sometimes by David Whyte
Sometimes
if you move carefully
through the forest,
breathing
like the ones
in the old stories,
who could cross
a shimmering bed of leaves
without a sound,
you come to a place
whose only task
is to trouble you
with tiny
but frightening requests,
conceived out of nowhere
but in this place
beginning to lead everywhere.
Requests to stop what
you are doing right now,
and
to stop what you
are becoming
while you do it,
questions
that can make
or unmake
a life,
questions
that have patiently
waited for you,
questions
that have no right
to go away.
6 Reasons Why You Need To Share Your Gift With The World
We all have a certain special gift inside of us. Each and every one of us. Some of us are living it and even making a living from it, others, maybe you, have it locked away. In any case, this gift that you have is unique to you. It’s yours and only yours. There is […] Source: 6 Reasons Why You Need To Share Your Gift With The World | Todd Lohenry
How to Leave a Toxic Relationship and Still Love Yourself
Getting out of a toxic relationship without losing yourself. Source: How to Leave a Toxic Relationship and Still Love Yourself | Psychology Today
The Emotional Toll of Childhood Obesity
At the risk of making this seem like an Oprah special, I want to share that I was a fat kid. I’m using the term “fat” because that’s what one of my best friends suddenly called me when I was 11 years old while we waited outside for school to start. He came to school different that day, his hair slicked back instead of his typical bedhead, and he was wearing a newly placed gold chain around his neck. He had unbuttoned a few buttons on his shirt until the teachers made him button it back up. Until that day, he and I would spend recess pretending to be giant robots, lifting rocks and throwing them onto the ground, wreaking havoc on imagined hideouts of evil villains who threatened the world with nefarious schemes. That all changed one day and it changed so suddenly that I recall it viscerally, like our friendship burnt down the way a house disappears in a four-alarm fire. I literally remember the smell of the grass that day.
Can you relate to this author’s story? I was ‘toddy potty 2×4 who can’t get through the bathroom door’. Go to the source if you were like me: The Emotional Toll of Childhood Obesity | Psychology Today
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