busy life daily run Time to gasp. A life imprisoned in the concrete jungle and the blue light of the screen. No one has time to take a breather during work. But when the tiredness of running against the clock reaches its peak, it is not without going anywhere for a few days. There is a need to give yourself time to manage books! However, not everyone has the time to spend a week in the mountains or dense forest. Therefore, the new way to relax by diving into the greenery in the busy crowd is 'Forest Bathing'.
What is this forest bathing?
Office deadlines, e-mails and thousands of household calculations are running through the head all day long. Worries about the future and the mechanics of the present have caged people today. To get rid of this discomfort, a novel practice started in Japan in the eighties. In 1982, Japan's Forestry Agency first introduced the concept of 'Shinrin-yoku' or forest bathing. In Japanese it means bathing in forest water. But there is not even a drop of water here. There is only the shadow of the trees, the murmur of the leaves. And the smell of wild soil.
How does this therapy work?
Forest bathing does not mean strenuous hill trekking or fitness exercises. Its main condition is to keep all devices out of reach. You have to turn off your pocket mobile phone or leave it at home to walk on this path. According to the American Psychiatric Association, this conscious experience of the sights, sounds and smells of nature can wash away all the stress in a person's mind in an instant. It calms the mind. Thoughts begin to clear.
Nature knocks at the door of the senses
Choose a nearby park, lakeside square or a quiet street lined with large trees. Now step slowly there. No need to walk fast. Watch the sun glimmer through the leaves. Take in the smell of earth. Listen to the gentle rustle of the wind in the leaves. When you feel these small details of nature with all your senses, you will see how a light feeling surrounds you from within.
A piece of forest in the heart of the busy city
No need to go far away on vacation. Sit quietly for a few minutes under a tree near your home. No goal, no destination. Just forget about time and surrender yourself to the lap of nature. This simple practice awakens your inner spiritual connection. Teaches to see life in a new way. Take some time today, but step towards the shade of the evergreen tree nearby?