KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — Jennifer Comeau spent much of her childhood in nature, climbing willow trees, enjoying picnics in green spaces, and connecting with the outdoor world all around her. Nowadays, ...

Bluebells bloom across a small forest in Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom. Studies show that forest bathing in woodlands such as this can boost physical and mental health. Photograph by Alex ...

My husband spent the better part of his forestry career walking through Florida’s wiregrass pine lands where the sight of a rattlesnake coiled in his path was a common occurrence. He often slopped ...

Still believing there was a mistake, I finished packing my bag and began the drive to Sugarloaf Ridge State Park in Sonoma ...

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 ...

We’ve all heard of taking a bath, but what about forest bathing? This form of nature therapy, originally from Japan and known as shinrin yoku, involves immersing yourself in a forest by engaging your ...

Forest bathing (known as Shinrin-Yoku in Japanese) and forest therapy are ways of immersing our senses in the atmosphere of the forest for relaxation and health and wellness benefits. It came about ...

BOISE – The point of Sari Telpner’s forest therapy is to teach people how to stop and smell the roses. And maybe taste them, too. It’s all part of the healing practice, often called forest bathing, ...

SANDS POINT, New York -- Feeling the bark of a tree, listening to the sound of the wind, and finding a space to calm your thoughts are a few of the occurrences that happen during forest bathing.

The point of Sari Telpner’s forest therapy is to teach people how to stop and smell the roses. And maybe taste them, too. It’s all part of the healing practice, often called forest bathing, that aims ...

For experiencing the wonders of nature, is there anything better than a forest hike or a mountain trek? Yeah, there is. It’s called forest bathing and it doesn’t require taking a cold plunge in a ...