“Not knowing the
name of the tree,
I stood in the flood
of its sweet scent.”

Voices In Between with Youmin Yap

Singapore-based Forest Therapy Guide Youmin and trainer explores and demonstrates the practice of Forest Bathing. [video]

Finding Multiple Truths in Worlds of Sound and Silence

“I am human and we are nature. The world isn’t binary. I am a bionic and multilingual Nature Therapy guide.” [personal essay]

YJ Tried It: We Explored Forest Bathing And Now We See Magic Everywhere

The author explores Forest Bathing in Portugal’s Sintra-Cascais Natural Park. [article]

PBS Program “Windows to the Wild”

The host experiences guided Forest Bathing, and “learns how to slow down and experience nature with all his senses.” [video]

Healing Stress, Trauma, and Burnout Through Forest Bathing

“This is why being in our bodies -- or being embodied, as we would say in forest therapy -- is so incredibly important. We can’t think or talk our way out of stress and trauma – we have to settle into our physical self and let these signals flow from our bodies to our brains.” [personal essay/article]

Bathing in the Beauty of the Trees

Association of Nature and Forest Therapy founder Amos Clifford is interviewed about this practice. [audio interview + written transcript]

The Lore Co. & Shinrin Yoku LA: Forest Therapy with Ben Page

ANFT Certified Forest Therapy Guide and Trainer Ben Page leads a Forest Therapy walk with the Lore Co. [video]

Immerse Yourself in a Forest for Better Health

An overview of the benefits of Forest Bathing from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, which draws extensively on research pointing to the benefits to human health that time with the other-than-human world offers. [research/article]

Forest Bathing: A Retreat To Nature Can Boost Immunity And Mood

“After I opened my eyes, the green looked a lot greener. And I began to see things I hadn't noticed before: the flutter of birds, the ripple of the water, the swaying of trees.” [article]