Why not make getting out in all weathers your next adventure? Whilst we love being in woodland and forests, we realise that during autumn and winter, especially when we are in another lockdown, it’s not always possible. However, getting outside and connecting with nature, in whatever way you can, has been proven to help mental […]
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Forest Bathing Guide training online? How does that work? Very well, as it turns out. FB+ Guide-in-training Philippa Bassett shares her experience. This time last year, if you had asked me what my plans were for future training courses, I am pretty sure that one of them would not have been to train to become
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Some of us may not be able to access woodland for a little while, so when Earth Day focused on climate change for it’s 50th anniversary, it seemed a good opportunity to appreciate the trees around us, their communities, their role in combating climate change, and our role in supporting them. We plan to talk
The Icelandic Forestry Commission raised some eyebrows back in April with recommendations to hug trees to help with feelings of loneliness and aid general wellbeing during Coronavirus social distancing restrictions . Of course, they put some work in to make sure there were well managed routes throughout large areas of publicly available woodland to make
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Connecting with nature and watching animals is a great way to become absorbed for a while, set aside other thoughts and bring yourself into a more relaxed state. There is science to support this on a physiological level too. One solution to self-isolation and not being able to go out in nature is to bring
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Team member Philippa Bassett shares her recent experience of the Mindfulness and Meditation Training for Teaching course and how mindfulness is helping her to navigate these challenging times. We are pleased to be able to offer this course online – please contact us to discuss options. As part of the team at The Forest Bathing
We are thrilled to announce that Dame Judi Dench is now the Patron of The Forest Bathing Institute and hope her support will help us to reach more people and to raise awareness of the importance of spending time in nature and our treasured areas of woodland.
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Initial psychometric results measure 12 areas of wellbeing improvement We began laying the foundations for a Forest Bathing+ study with Derby University in April 2019, with equipment tests, and defining the parameters for the following study. In July 2019, we conducted our first funded study on the psychometric and physiological effects and benefits of Forest
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2019 was an important year for the Forest Bathing Institute, with some big milestones along the way, for us and for Forest Bathing in the UK. Here are just some of the highlights from the year. We’ve given numerous Interviews throughout the year, and media attention on forest bathing is growing, which is a great
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University of Surrey – Our Natural Health Service. Wednesday 27th November from 6 – 8 pm. A symposium on how nature can improve society’s health and well being with Dame Penelope Keith DBE, DL and leading academic researchers. We are very excited to be part of this event tonight! Our Forest Bathing+ work will be
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