When Diana Markuson steps into the forest, she feels better. “It’s just my happy place,” the Conroe resident said. The retired psychiatric nurse wanted to share that feeling with others. After reading ...

The Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, is the therapeutic act of spending time in a forest, connecting with your senses and your surroundings. Share on Pinterest Getty ...

At a recent luxury travel conference in Las Vegas, a group of panelists, made up of journalists and media professionals, declared that forest bathing as a travel trend is officially part of the past.

Forest bathing is a mindful, meditative practice. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku in Japanese, ...

Forest bathing, or “shinrin-yoku” as it’s known in Japan, isn’t just another wellness trend. This nature-immersion practice has quietly transformed from an obscure Japanese therapeutic tradition to a ...

I believe dark psychic forces are a real thing and forest spirits populate the Pacific Northwest. Labyrinth and Pan’s Labyrinth top my favorite-movies list. So when I signed up for a forest bathing ...

I’ve spent most of my adult life in the northwoods, where forest bathing, as I understood it, just meant going outside. So I admit to a dose of skepticism about the phenomenon. Naming—branding!—the ...

A walk in Garden of the Gods with Jane Scanlon, Nature & Forest Therapy guide, is an opportunity to borrow a sense of peace as autumn beauty embraces the spirit. Scanlon, who lives in Woodland Park, ...

I want to preface this by saying, I hate mud. As a late-diagnosed AuDHD (an unofficial term used to describe someone with both autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) woman, walking on ...

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 ...

I want to preface this by saying, I hate mud. As a late-diagnosed AuDHD (an unofficial term used to describe someone with both autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) woman, walking on ...

And to think, most Arkansans were well in the groove before it was popular. Like being country, when country wasn't cool. The Washington Post discovered a professor at Harvard who turned a writer on ...