GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — An upcoming “forest bathing” event at Ken-O-Sha Park in Grand Rapids has sold out, but more events like it are coming to West Michigan this month. Katie Venechuk, founder ...

You are walking slowly through a forest with birds gently chirping around you. The wind glides through the trees, and you bend down to scoop up some earth, noticing the aroma. Relaxed yet? That ...

Could electronic forests elicit the same physiological responses as real ones? The Japanese concept of “forest bathing,” or shinrin-­yoku (森林浴), has long been acclaimed for its supposed health ...

Spending time in the forest isn't just enjoyable, it's good for your health. NPR's Life Kit has research-backed exercises to try the next time you're among trees. Step into the forest, it's hard not ...

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 ...

Older adults over 60 can go on a “forest bathing” hike with a Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks volunteer naturalist at 10 a.m. April 24 on the Shanahan Ridge Trail, which is accessed from Lehigh ...

The air is charged with a tangerine tang as a man twists and whirls a towel like a whip, unleashing blasts of hot air to the beat of jungle drums. This is Aufguss: a multi-sensory sauna ritual that’s ...

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But as the evidence piles up that nature is good for us, few are mocking forest bathing now. Biologists from Konkuk University, in Seoul, wrote in 2017 about the health benefits of “showering” in ...