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Forest Bathing

Shinrin-yoku · Japan
Forest Bathing

Shinrin-yoku — 'forest bathing' — is the Japanese practice of slow, sensory time among trees, and research associates it with lower stress. You don't need a forest; a yard with enough living things gives you a piece of it every day. 🌲

A Japanese practice — unhurried, sensory time among trees. Research associates it with lower stress markers.

You don't need a forest. A yard with enough life can hand you a piece of it, daily.

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