Page 1 | 9 Forest Therapy: Eight Steps to Begin Also known as Forest Bathing (from the Japanese “Shinrin-Yoku”), Forest Therapy helps us remember our place in a kin-centric network of relationships with all beings. When done repeatedly as a regular practice it brings many health benefits. Because it creates strong bonds between people and natural environments, forest bathing is an important foundation for ecological awareness and activism. This Starter Kit contains instructions for a very simple, basic, yet lovely forest bathing walk that you can do on your own. To develop your practice, we highly recommend that you learn with a Certified Forest Therapy Guide, if there is one in your area. If not, perhaps you will feel called to become one. The information in this kit is adapted from Your Guide to Forest Bathing: Experience the Healing Power of Nature, by M. Amos Clifford, founder of the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs. The book is available from all major book retailers, and is available in several non-English editions, and as an Audio book.
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Forest Therapy: Eight Steps to Begin
Also known as Forest Bathing (from the Japanese “Shinrin-Yoku”), Forest Therapy helps us
remember our place in a kin-centric network of relationships with all beings. When done
repeatedly as a regular practice it brings many health benefits. Because it creates strong bonds
between people and natural environments, forest bathing is an important foundation for
ecological awareness and activism.
This Starter Kit contains instructions for a very simple, basic, yet
lovely forest bathing walk that you can do on your own. To
develop your practice, we highly recommend that you learn with
a Certified Forest Therapy Guide, if there is one in your area. If
not, perhaps you will feel called to become one.
The information in this kit is adapted from Your Guide to Forest
Bathing: Experience the Healing Power of Nature, by M. Amos
Clifford, founder of the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy
Guides and Programs. The book is available from all major book
retailers, and is available in several non-English editions, and as