How Forest Bathing Can Enhance Your Life
So I have been living in the natural state of Arkansas for almost a year now, and what have I been spending a chunk of my time doing? Forest Bathing!
What is Forest Bathing?
Forest bathing is when you emerge and soak yourself up in nature-ideally around a lot of trees in the woods. When Forest Bathing, you are taking in all of the natural oxygen that the trees provide, listening to the sounds of birds, crickets, frogs, ducks, and other unrecognizable animal sounds…noticing the whistling in the wind, watching and listening to the gentle rush of the lake waters, admiring all of the colors and elements of nature that is around you, being grateful in the present moment, touching and smelling the forest…
How Forest Bathing Can Enhance Your Life
According to a Japanese shinrin-yoku scientific study- which means spend more time around trees, Forest Therapy/Bathing can do the following:
Protect from germs and insects
Help our immune system
Lower heart and blood pressure
Lower stress hormones
Reduce depression
Boosts energy
Increase focus and memory
Helps you sleep good
Reconnects you with nature
and so much more!
With all of the wonderful benefits of Forest Bathing, you should make it one of the most important things that you do each day!
