{"id":14452,"date":"2019-06-25T17:58:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T21:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/?post_type=modality&p=14452"},"modified":"2025-07-18T10:53:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:53:29","slug":"forest-bathing","status":"publish","type":"modality","link":"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/wellnessevidence\/forest-bathing\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Bathing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Definition of Forest Bathing<\/h2>\n
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Forest bathing<\/strong> and forest therapy (or shinrin-yoku) broadly means taking in, in all of one\u2019s senses, the forest atmosphere. Not simply a walk in the woods, it is the conscious and contemplative practice of being immersed in the sights, sounds and smells of the forest. It was developed in Japan during the 1980s, and in 1982 Japan made this form of mobile meditation under the canopy of living forests a part of its national health program…Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Explore Forest Bathing research in the following databases:\u00a0
<\/strong>PubMed<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Trip<\/a> \u00a0<\/strong>Cochrane*<\/a>
<\/strong>*The Cochrane database requires users to enter the search term manually. Enter \u201cforest bathing\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

AI Search:<\/span><\/b> Access Semantic Scholar\u2019s results on forest bathing.
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Learn more about our\u00a0<\/span>3 research databases and AI search platform\u00a0HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Research Spotlight<\/h3>\n

The databases often return hundreds of medical studies for a single wellness approach. This section summarizes a sampling of five studies \u2013 providing just a taste of the available research.\u00a0<\/p>\n