Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yoshino Forest in Japan is home to some of the country's oldest and tallest cedars, with some trees over 1,000 years old and ...

Walking in the woods has measurable health benefits, and professor Yoshifumi Miyazaki is studying how to spread those benefits to as many people as possible. According to his research, spending time ...

Japanese forest bathing, known as shinrin-yoku, involves spending mindful time in nature, more specifically within a forest. Doctors within Japan encourage patients to visit forests as a break from ...

On a recent Sunday afternoon, a group of people came together for a "bath" out in a wooded area at the LSU Hilltop Arboretum. And, while it's called bathing, no water was involved. Or bathtubs. And ...

It’s expected that by 2050, more than 60 percent of the world’s population will be living in cities. While that might be helpful for the convenience factor, it also means that we are more disconnected ...

After researching the impact of technology on mental health, California-based filmmaker Mike Dewey and producer Kati Hetrick were introduced to the concept of Shinrin Yoku: Japanese forest bathing.

Forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku in its original Japanese, is a mindfulness practice that involves immersing oneself in nature. The decades-old practice pulls from research that shows that spending ...

Forest bathing emerged in Japan in the 1980s as a physiological and psychological exercise called shinrin-yoku, meaning “forest bathing” or “taking in the forest atmosphere.” Now this type of walking ...

Philadelphi -- If you accompany Tami Astorino and Rachel Rubin into the forest, you're in for an invitation to explore -- gently, slowly, one sense at a time. Look around with fascination rather than ...

Forest bathing is the wellness trend you didn’t know you were missing. It doesn’t ask for effort or equipment — just presence. It meets you where you are and gives you space to breathe. When the pace ...

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This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Akimoto Nakai stands in a clearing within the cedarwoods, the babble of a mountain brook filling the morning air and the slanting light ...