The term is traced back to the 1980s in Japan and a therapeutic exercise called shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing.
Whether it’s the cost of living or the climate emergency that’s stressing you out, there’s a nature-based therapy for that.
Now researchers at the University of B.C.’s Faculty of Forestry are studying the science behind the health benefits of taking a break in the forest. They also brought mats and performed yoga on occasion, and conducted experiments with meditation and, for example, students were encouraged to note the sounds and smells around them in the park, and how that made them feel.
During the pandemic experiments in Pacific Spirit Park they discovered that a two-hour forest therapy session can lower blood pressure and stress.
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