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Shinrin-yoku (森林浴), which literally translates to 'forest bath' [森林 (shinrin, “forest”) + 浴 (yoku, “bath, bathing”)], is the Japanese practice of 'bathing' oneself in nature with the intention of receiving therapeutic benefits.
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P.S. We have a "Forest Bathing Community" group on Facebook.
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When everything feels too intense, or stale, or robotic, and you realize how much this screen has taken over your brain....
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Take a break from the strange and wonderful world of the Internet, put your phone down, and go outside...
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Life is better surrounded by wild things. .
Be free!
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How forest therapy can affect your health
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Common sense says that taking in the sights and sounds of the forest can help you relax. But it’s not just our brains that get a boost. There’s evidence that forest therapy is good for our bodies, too.
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One study showed that forest therapy reduces cortisol, a stress hormone. Another study found that forest therapy had a positive impact on blood pressure and adiponectin, a protein that helps regulate blood sugar levels.
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Although the focus of forest therapy isn’t on physical exercise, regular practice can help you lead a less sedentary lifestyle, too.
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Regular practice important
Although the occasional forest therapy outing may help you unwind for a few hours, you need to engage in forest therapy regularly to really reap the benefits.
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“It’s like taking a piano lesson,” Dr. Bea says. “If you never play the piano after that, the lesson doesn’t make much difference.” He suggests finding ways to make mindfulness a part of your daily life, even if you can’t practice forest therapy every day. “You can take the forest therapy experience and then form a brief five-minute practice every day,” he says.
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Try the following practice:
• Sit comfortably and notice your breath.
• Notice anything that takes you away from the awareness of your breath — whether it’s a sound, a thought or a sensation.
• If you do notice something else, see if you can notice that you got engaged with something other than your breath. Try to let that awareness move past you and ease your attention back to your breath.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17435354
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21431424
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Fun fact: That's me in the picture
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️ Stay woke my friends.
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my first word was trees.
i grew up immersed in nature, playing with my sister on the 14 acres of land we had all to ourselves.
i was raised by parents who love and value the earth, and who passed that love along to me.
the earth is literally my namesake – my parents named me “terra,” to mean earth (my dad just decided that he liked the way the spelling “tara” looked better).
being out in nature was the first place that i ever felt connected to the greater whole, and to this day it still brings me a sense of awe and peace unlike anything else.
it’s difficult for me to fully comprehend what is happening to our home planet right now. it’s so big, and i don’t always see the effects on a personal level. it’s all too easy for me to forget about it in my day-to-day life routines. but when i bring my attention to the current state of environmental destruction and climate change, my heart breaks.
i feel good about the eco-friendly habits i have in place, but i also know i can be doing so much more. i’m still learning how to be a better caretaker for mother earth, and i have a lot of room for improvement.
hope is important, amidst the devastation happening all around us, i’m grateful to feel it. i hope you do, too. but we need to act in accordance with the hope – we can’t just feel the love for our planet, we also have to show up and act on it.
notes to self (and to you, if you want to join me): do your research. pay attention. eat plants. carpool or bike or walk or take public transit *and someday get a tesla. take re-usable bags to the grocery store – no more plastic produce bags. bring your own cup or straw to places. carry and use reusable eating utensils. compost. be aware of, and reduce as much as possible, your use of plastics. use earth-friendly cleaning products. be a minimalist – make purchases that are long-term investments, not something to fill space or use just a few times. support local and organic farming. vote for government leaders that are dedicated to taking care of our home planet. express gratitude to mother nature and tell her how much you love and appreciate her.
anything i’m missing? help me to show up better.
thank you, i love you. xo
Something I hadn’t noticed before were these circular designs on the rocks in my backyard. Some lichen of some sort. Google tells me it’s scientific name is Porpidia crustulata. They have probably been there for years but I never really took the time to notice.⠀
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We are literally surrounded by beautiful, amazing things. #natureisart
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Die Hoffnung ist wie die Sonne, die, während wir auf sie zugehen, den Schatten unserer Probleme hinter uns wirft.
Samuel Smiles
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