When was your last stroll in the forest?
Birds chirping, fresh musky air, a sense of tranquility. Away from the noise, away from the technology, recharging yourself instead of your phone. A practice called shinrin yoku. Forest bathing. It acts as an immune booster. Your mental health and mood will be thankful. Lowering your blood pressure and stress levels. I think that many of our problems arise from the severed cord between us and nature. Nature is calling us back. When we don’t listen, it amplifies the calls. If we disrespect nature, it shows us what it thinks about that. The most sick, ill, broken people have long forgotten nature and the natural. I may sound like a hippy, but imagine where does your food come from? Name any kind of diet, it all comes back to nature. The better we treat it, the better produce we have. Isn’t that our goal? Sustainability? We have remarkable knowledge to work with nature, produce quality food and work less hard then we do know. See the food forest community. But why forest bathing? Forests are mystical places, a place for imagination, a place for daydreaming, a place for escape. You can enhance your experience by meditation, grounding and camping. You can do it alone or have a deep conversation with your favorite person. The trees also act as a natural barrier from nnEMF. Something we yet have to grasp its effect on our health. Helping us mitigate the effects in such a short period, when we are in the forest. The scents we are experiencing can reduce our stress hormones, elevate natural killer cells, it also affects adiponectin, a hormone responsible for diabetes, obesity and other metabolic syndromes. Therefore, being in nature, close to trees or in the forest can cause weight loss. Also regular forest bathing sessions showed improved sleep patterns. Which is an overall indicator for your general health. Without quality sleep, you can’t expect excellent general health. So, the next time you don't see a way forward, are stuck on a problem, need a detox, experience anxiety, take a chance, find a spot where you can unplug from the craziness, get a fresh perspective and continue conquering the world.