[KING5] The founder of Cascadia Forest Therapy says it’s a unique co-op that cultivates greater accessibility to the healing benefits of nature connection practices. Forest bathing, at its core, is the act of connecting with nature.
Cascadia Forest Therapy Founder Michael Stein-Ross said forest bathing is more than just a walk in the woods.
“We can focus on what it isn’t. It isn’t a hike and there’s no destination,” Stein-Ross said. Stein-Ross said in many ways it’s teaching adults to remember what it was like when they were little and full of wonder.
[NATGEO] Whether you call it a fitness trend or a mindfulness practice (or a bit of both), what exactly is forest bathing? The term emerged in Japan in the 1980s as a physiological and psychological exercise called shinrin-yoku (“forest bathing” or “taking in the forest atmosphere”). The purpose was twofold: to offer an eco-antidote to tech-boom burnout and to inspire residents to reconnect with and protect the country’s forests.
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