About Shinrin-yoku
As you'll have read in other areas of the site, there's a huge amount of science to back up the claims on the hugely effects that forest bathing can have on you. If you'd like to delve further into this, here's a list of research that's been done around the world, along with links to a just a tiny selection of the articles that have appeared on the subject. I won't always check the links still work, so if you find some that don't for any reason, I do apologise, but I have no control over these external sites. There is so much more to add, but let's begin here...
Frontiers in Psychology - August 2015.pdf
Benefits of Group Walking in Forests for People with Significant Mental Ill-Health.pdf
Physiological Effects–Shinrin Yoku.pdf
Relationship between forest coverage and mortality rates.pdf
Trends in Shinrin Yoku Research.pdf
Physiological Effects–Shinrin Yoku.pdf
Nature Therapy and Preventative Medicine.pdf
Forest Therapy and Personality Effects.pdf
Effects of Forest Recreation in a Japanese town.pdf
Trends in Forest Therapy Research.pdf
Forest Walking and Cardiovascular and Metabolic Effects.pdf
Effects of Forest Therapy: Salivary Cortisol and Cerebral Activity as Indicators.pdf
Psychological Effects of Forest Areas on Healthy Adults.pdf
Wood Essential Oils Boost Immune System.pdf
Forest Coverage and Mortality Rates of Cancers in Japan.pdf
Forest Bathing Trip Increases Immune Response in Female Cancer Patients.pdf
Forest Therapy and Cardiovascular Health in Young Adults.pdf
UK: Group Walks in Nature and Multiple Aspects of Well-Being.pdf
Australia: 'Contact with Nature' as an Upstream Health Promotion Intervention.pdf
Australia: The Benefits of Contact with Nature for Mental Health and Well-Being.pdf
Scandinavian Philosophy of Outdoor Life.pdf
UK: Psychological Benefits of Greenspace.pdf
UK: Nature Walking for Well-Being.pdf
Denmark: Nature Garden Therapy and Stress-Related Illness
National Geographic October 2019: The Secret to Mindful Travel? A Walk in the Woods
Sonoma Index-Tribune July 2019: Forest therapy has Many Physiological and Psychological Benefits
WebMD June 2019: Forest Bathing, Nature Time Are Hot Health Advice
Oprah Magazine June 2014: The New Nature Walk.pdf
Atlantic Magazine 2013: How Nature Resets Our Minds and Bodies.pdf
Mother Earth News January 2013: Your Brain on Nature.pdf
Outside Magazine 2012: Take Two Hours of Pine Forest and Call Me in the Morning.pdf