Walking in the Woods: Go back to nature with the Japanese way of shinrin-yoku
Yoshifumi Miyazakiamazon.com
Walking in the Woods: Go back to nature with the Japanese way of shinrin-yoku
Urban Nature Experiences Reduce Stress in the Context of Daily Life Based on Salivary Biomarkers
frontiersin.org
One of the most astonishing discoveries of the past year is that walking among trees and plants actually changes us at a cellular level by lengthening our telomeres; shortening of these protective caps found on the end of our chromosomes leads to illnesses including cancer and Alzheimer’s.
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Shinrin-yoku, which translates as “taking in the forest atmosphere” or “forest bathing.”