Kon’nichiwa! In my last post, we saw that scientific research supports the fact that gazing at flowers can heal us. In this post, we’re going to explore the Japanese practice of forest bathing, called Shinrin-yoku (森林浴). The term was coined in 1982 by Tomohide Akiyama, the head of Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. … Continue reading Let’s Take a Bath in the Forest!