Forest bathing is quickly growing on TikTok, with millions of videos of avid forest bathers circulating the app.
And it seems like it has true power to lessen the pressures of the world, and gives you time to de-stress, centre yourself and escape from the noise for a while. Sign us up.
If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, forest bathing is a type of mindfulness and meditation that can help people to de-stress using the nature around them. It goes all the way back to 1980s Japan.
The Japanese practice is a process of relaxation involving trees, originally known as ‘shinrin yoku’ – which directly translates to ‘forest bathing’.
Forest bathing doesn’t literally have to happen in a forest.
In plain terms, forest bathing is a simple method of being calm and quiet amongst the trees, achieving mindfulness by observing nature around you, while concentrating on breathing deeply.
Most people who use mindfulness to manage stress and anxiety are familiar with using deep breathing exercises to centre ourselves. Well, forest bathing…
