It might seem impossible to get away from the constant barrage of news these days. But at an urban North Carolina arboretum, ...

Imagine stepping into the woods, leaving behind the noise and stress of daily life. As you pause and breathe, a sense of calm takes over. There’s no rush or destination, only the soothing quiet of the ...

Sometimes you just need to get outside to clear your head, and more and more people are heading to nature preserves for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bluebells bloom across a small forest in Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom. Studies show that forest bathing in woodlands such ...

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Bluebells bloom across a small forest in Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom. Studies show that forest bathing in woodlands such as this can boost physical and mental health. Photograph by Alex ...

More than a thousand studies (and growing) show that time spent in nature can have a reset effect, washing away the anxieties and stresses of everyday life. A 2019 study published in Current ...

I have a friend who is very zen, almost annoyingly so. One time I asked him to describe what his mind is like at rest, and he likened it to waves of thought gently lapping at a beach. My mind feels ...

Step into the forest, it's hard not to be in awe - of the century-old trees towering above, the sound of birds tweeting, the smell of pine needles in the air. And it turns out, decades of research has ...

For Linda Lombardo, stepping into the forest is like entering a portal into another world. “I’m aware of all the life around me, the intelligence and wisdom of the trees and other living beings — they ...

I’ve spent most of my adult life in the northwoods, where forest bathing, as I understood it, just meant going outside. So I admit to a dose of skepticism about the phenomenon. Naming—branding!—the ...