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What’s an easy way to lower your blood pressure, combat anxiety and depression, and boost your immune system? Shinrin-yoku. The Little Book of Forest Bathing is all about finding strength, peace, and beauty in your surroundings. Drawing on recent research, Forest Bathing maps out the mental, physical, and spiritual benefits of immersing yourself in natural surroundings. It then goes on to provide a how-to guide to forest bathing, with methods ranging from hiking to traditional meditation to literal tree hugging. Interspersed in these informational tidbits are brilliant photos, lush illustrations, sensual typography, poem excerpts, and forest-related quotes. Forest Bathing is perfect for anyone aspiring to slow down, be more mindful, and connect with something greater.
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The Little Book of Forest Bathing - Andrews McMeel Publishing
The Little Book of Forest Bathing
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Contents
Introduction
Forest Bathing for Positive Mental Health
Forest Bathing for Positive Physical Health
The Spiritual Power of Forest Bathing
How to Practice Forest Bathing
Introduction
Contrary to its name, Japanese forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku, has nothing to do with wallowing in water surrounded by trees. In reality, it’s the act of being among trees, absorbing the ambience of a forest. In Japan, the practice of forest bathing has existed for decades, ever since the government heavily invested in a nationwide program to promote health and well-being among its people. In recent years forest bathing has gained recognition around the world and is now enjoying a surge in popularity.
Early humans spent their first two million years of existence in the forest as hunter-gatherers, and they would
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