Shinrin Yoku experience with the Monticello Women of Today. August 21, 2021. Location: Bertram Park in Monticello, MN
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Otsego Park, Minnesota. Photo by Rose Heisel Shinrin-yoku Shinrin-Yoku means bathing in the forest atmosphere or taking in the forest through our senses. This is not exercise, or hiking, or jogging. It is simply being in nature, connecting with it through our sense of sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch. What is Shinrin Yoku? ( 森林浴 , しんりんよく ) You know that moment when you’re hiking in peace, and you can feel your soul and heart beating with bliss? That’s Shinrin Yoku. The Japanese feel as if they’re part of nature; they feel as if they’re one with nature when they connect back to the woods. What a soothing and spiritually deep practice for us to engage in and to connect back to our roots, to feel more energy, more love, more light. Shinrin-Yoku has become a cornerstone of preventative health care and healing in Japanese medicine. They recognized the health benefits of spending time under the canopy of a living forest. All you do is to visit a natural green area/f