Forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku, involves mindfully connecting with nature to improve well-being. Research suggests spending time in nature can lower blood pressure, reduce stress, and improve mood.

Forest bathing may help reduce stress naturally, according to a Mass General Brigham doctor. Here’s what it is and why it matters. Dick Van Dyke, 99, names the two things to avoid to live a long life ...

Our writer went to the woods to live deliberately … and do some forest bathing because 2026 has her burned all the way out. Here's how it went—and whether you should try it too. Raise your hand if you ...

You’re going forest bathing. Will you need a towel? It’s a question that Michael Stein-Ross, a founder and guide at Seattle’s Cascadia Forest Therapy, hears often. The short answer is “no” 一 though in ...

More than a thousand studies (and growing) show that time spent in nature can have a reset effect, washing away the anxieties and stresses of everyday life. A 2019 study published in Current ...

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 ...

Trees. We need them. We need more of them, and we know it, as not a week goes by without an article on forest bathing or green social prescribing making it into the news. And with good reason, as the ...

It has many names: multi-story cropping, agroforestry, forest farming. All of these refer to farming within treed land. It’s a great way to seamlessly integrate the farm into the landscape and ...

Imagine you've been stuck inside all day with no opportunity to walk outside. When you finally do leave the office or school or wherever you've been cooped up for hours, think how much better you feel ...