Shinrin-yoku, or “forest bathing”, was developed in Japan during the 1980s and has been a cornerstone of preventative health care in Japanese medicine ever since. It simply means “being with trees” for the purpose of taking in the forest atmosphere.

Since the appreciation of nature has long been a national pastime in Japan, the Japanese didn’t take much persuasion that “forest bathing” was a good idea. Nevertheless, Japan spent about $4 million dollars studying the physiological and psychological effects of forest bathing.

Join us next time as we learn what the Japanese discovered.
Contributed by Betty Hanselman
Gardener’s wife (& “being with trees” hobbyist)

Based on an article by Ephrat Livini: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2019/11/japanese-art-principle-failure-success-kintsugi/

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