The practice of Shrinrin-yoku – forest bathing – is
a much-loved ritual in the Japanese calendar. In
this guide, sweetly illustrated by Lieke van der
Vost, Choukas-Bradley explains how ditching the
demands of daily life for a couple of hours and letting
ourselves fully engage with the sights and sounds of
nature can leave us refreshed and rejuvenated. All
that’s needed is a small patch of untamed wildness- the aim is not to stomp for miles, but to savour
the treasures of the season slowly – and let a
world of falling leaves, oaks and acorns, remind
us of “the excitement of migration and the pull of
hearth and home”. (Rock Point)
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Japanese wisdom inThe Joy Of Forest Bathing
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Counting down to
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