forest bathing

Forest bathing is a mindful experience in nature where you find peace through breathing, movement, and sensory exercises. This guided retreat strengthens both body and mind, promotes relaxation, and allows you to experience the forest with all your senses. Forest bathing, or SHIRIN YOKU, as the Japanese call it. What may sound like a new fad to many is so much more than that! Forest bathing has been proven to have a lasting positive impact on our health. Spending extended time in the forest strengthens the body, mind, and soul, resulting in a long-lasting, beneficial effect. It has been scientifically proven, for example, that the forest dampens noise, that green has a calming effect in medical color therapy, and that the tree canopy, through its foliage and evaporation, ensures that the forest maintains a pleasant coolness and good humidity while reducing wind and light intensity. During forest bathing, we