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Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing)
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Hopefully you have a little piece of green forest—a kind of a heaven on earth-- where you can find peace. If so, you already have experienced the health benefits of soaking up the beauty of nature. Forest bathing, in Japan where the practice originated, is called shinrin-yoku. This is the practice of walking through the forest slowly and quietly as a way to heal body, mind and spirit. This film, made by Sharecare Films Production, takes you on a first-person experience of the practice of forest bathing through fern laden, old growth forests; bamboo groves with the rain falling on the hollow stems; and hemlock stands over a hundred feet tall with birds singing all around. Forest bathing has been proven by scientists to benefit physical as well as mental health. Shinrin-Yoku helps to lower heart rate and blood pressure, reduce stress hormone production, boost immunity and mood, and improve overall feelings of wellbeing.
Be The Change
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Learn more about the science of how nature heals us.
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If you are not able to actually take a walk in a forest, take a walk in your imagination. Play this recording of birds in a forest as you rest in your home and find healing within.
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If possible. find a forest nearby or a quiet place with trees. Walk slowly and quietly, allowing your thoughts to float away. Feel the healing benefits of the forest gradually release you from your worries and carry this ease back into your day.
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Dear Sharecare Films Production, You spoiled this film for me with the loud, background music!!! Why did you not just let the birds and water do their magical sounds that are so soothing to the soul. I never heard music like that whenever I walked at Burnaby Lake which I did for years; only crickets, the buzzing of flying insects, the rustling of the leaves in the trees, the gurgling of the water, the bird calls, my footsteps on the pathways, the sighing of the wind, the smells of life that carries everything----in other words, only nature, that’s all, only nature. How enhanced your wonderful photography would have been with only these sounds.
Burnaby Lake is situated in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
I found it disturbing, like a horror
If ever there was a chance for silence and natural music, this was it ... but it seems the film maker didn't feel it was sufficient. And looking at the number of awards it has received, it seems others don't notice it.
What a great sadness natural isn't enough.