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Gary Evans, Olga Terebinina and Philippa Bassett
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our recent MEDIA features and collaborations
Forest Bathing on BBC Earth
Gary Evans, founder of The Forest Bathing Institute was invited, along with Professor Qing Li from the Nippon Medical School, Japan, to participate in a piece on forest bathing for BBC Earth’s Facebook channel. The video talks about how to get started with forest bathing practice and explains how to benefit from forest medicine.
PEOPLE FIXING THE WORLD
Learn more about the origins and practice of forest bathing from our co-founder Gary Evans in this 2023 BBC Sounds interview by Myra Anubi.
ITV This Morning Show
We were excited to share some of the practices of forest bathing live on ITV’s This Morning Show with Will Best on June 21st 2024.
Forest bathing on escape to the country
Filmed in the Summer of 2020 for an episode of this popular programme, TFBI founder, Gary Evans, showcased forest bathing in the beautiful ancient woodland of the Surrey Hills, England. In the programme he touches on the history and science of forest bathing, explaining to presenter Sonali Shah why ancient woodland is so important and beneficial to our health. Broadcast on 4th January 2021.
We were featured in Episode 4 of BBC2's programme: Stories of Us
We are thrilled to be featured on Episode 4 of BBC2’s programme ‘Stories of Us’ where the Rev Kate Bottley and broadcaster Ashley John-Baptiste take in the great outdoors as they explore how interacting with nature and the world around us could improve our lives in unexpected ways.
The programme covered Forest Bathing twice, once near the beginning, after paddle board yoga and again at the end. The recording captured some lovely experiences of how people feel during and after a Forest Bathing+ experience, as well as showing some of the beneficial physiological changes, for example how it lowers blood pressure.
GETTING BACK TO NATURE: hOW FOREST BATHING CAN MAKE US FEEL BETTER
“The Japanese have known for years that spending mindful time in the woods is beneficial for the body and soul. Now western doctors and royals agree.”
“After a slow start, interest in forest bathing has taken off”. [Gary] Evans said. Officials from national and local government have made inquires and Evans addressed 40 doctors at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey last month on the benefits. GPs in the county have expressed interest in social prescribing of forest bathing. The Forest Bathing Institute is training people to become Shinrin-Yoku guides.”
"I'M NO CHRIS PACKHAM BUT..."
‘I’m no Chris Packham, but hugging a tree feels fantastic’
One cynical urbanite and father of two wonders whether he may have found the solution to his spiralling stress
Read about Sam Delaney’s experience forest bathing with our co-founder Gary Evans.
FOREST BATHING FOR BEGINNERS
Gary Evans joins Professor Qing Li from Nippon Medical School in Tokyo, a world-renowned expert in forest bathing and also TFBI’s Scientific Advisor, to talk more about the practice of forest bathing, its health and wellbeing benefits, the research behind the practice, and practical tips on where to begin your practice of forest bathing.
Forest Bathing in The Metro
The Forest Bathing Institute helped journalist Vicki-Marie Cossar explore the benefits and science of Forest Bathing for her article published in the Metro in April 2021.
Forest bathing At Kew
TFBI Forest Bathing+ guide Susanne is the principle TFBI guide at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Susanne was asked to write an article for the Kew magazine about her forest bathing journey; the beautiful photographs were taken by Andrew Shaylor. Sessions will be from April 2021 and will be bookable via the Kew website soon.
We were interviewed for TRT World
Health correspondent Nicola Hill came on a Forest Bathing experience and interviewed Forest Bathing Guide Philippa Bassett. This is her report for TRT World, a Turkish public broadcast service (in English). Broadcast on 10th November 2020.
FOREST BATHING ON SPARTAN.COM
Even for people who already spend quite a lot of time outside it can be beneficial to explore different ways to connect with nature and understand why it is good for us. Which is why we happily worked with Spartan on an article for their worldwide race community.
health and wellbeing tips
Read about how Forest bathing practice can be beneficial for your health and wellbeing, and a few tips from our co-founder, Gary Evans, on where to begin in the UK edition, January 2024.
