The science behind ‘forest bathing’

It’s called shinrin-yoku, forest bathing, nature therapy, earthing and known by a host of other names, but why is this phenomenon taking notice with urban dwellers? Because it works. Forest bathing as an intentional practice began in Japan in the 1980s. As the populace became increasingly urban, city dwellers began to flock to national forests and parks for reprieve, and physiologic...

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