FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — Think about the last day you spent in the park or along the river. You left feeling refreshed, didn’t you? Being immersed in nature is at the core of a type of therapy ...

Amidst increased notifications, deadlines, and digital burnout, there is a growing global trend in quiet wellness, which is called Forest Therapy or Shinrin-Yoku. It is a mindful meditation that ...

Forest therapy, a mix of nature immersion and circle sharing, may calm participants and alleviate stress. (Yuri Hasegawa / For The Times) It was a particularly chaotic time. As the war in the Middle ...

Previous experiments by the UBC group revealed that exposure to negative ions and natural forest sounds significantly reduces stress and improves sleep quality. For centuries, people have found solace ...

Scroll all the way back, Summer Lajoie says. Back to when she was returning to nature. She’d post about how pretty flowers look in front of mountains far in the distance. She wondered how long birds ...

CHICO — Heading through upper Bidwell Park on a five-mile forest therapy walk Saturday, participants searched for items to gift each other. Leo O’Neill found unexpected meaning in her gift. O’Neill ...

Forest bathing (known as Shinrin-Yoku in Japanese) and forest therapy are ways of immersing our senses in the atmosphere of the forest for relaxation and health and wellness benefits. It came about ...

How do you feel when you walk through the woods, sit on a park bench, listen to birds chirp, spend time at the beach, or watch the sunset? Chances are, you might experience a sense of peace, ...