Shinrinyoku, Yoshifumi Miyazaki
Shinrinyoku, Yoshifumi Miyazaki
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Shinrin-yoku
Go back to nature with the Japanese way of shinrin-yoku

Author: Yoshifumi Miyazaki

Narrator: Roger May

Unabridged: 2 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Aster

Published: 02/11/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

'It is clear that our bodies still recognize nature as our home...' - Yoshifumi Miyazaki

'Forest bathing' or shinrin-yoku is a way of walking in the woods that was developed in Japan in the 1980s. It brings together ancient ways and wisdom with cutting edge environmental health science.

Simply put, forest bathing is the practice of walking slowly through the woods, in no hurry, for a morning, an afternoon or a day. It is a practice that involves all the senses and as you gently walk and breathe deeply, the essential oils of the trees are absorbed by your body and have an extraordinary effect on positive feelings, stress hormone levels, parasympathetic nervous activity, sympathetic nervous activity, blood pressure, heart rate and brain activity.

In this wonderful book, by the leading expert in the field, science meets nature, as we are encouraged to bathe in the trees and become observers of both the environment around us and the goings on of our own minds.

About Yoshifumi Miyazaki

Yoshifumi Miyazaki is a retired university professor, researcher and the deputy director of Chiba University's Centre for Environment, Health and Field Sciences. He has published several books on the effects and benefits of forest therapy, and the concept is spreading with dozens of forest therapy centres now in existence and growing in Japan. In 2000 Professor Miyazaki received the Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Minister Award for clarifying the health benefits of wood and shinrin-yoku, and later an award from the Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology in 2007.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Stephanie C on May 05, 2024

4*** The Japanese Art of Forest Bathing - yes, and without those pesky pills! I believe so many cultures are more in tune with nature than us in the United States, and we have much much much to learn from them. Yoshifumi Miyazaki writes a very simple yet profound book on how simply being in nature res......more

Goodreads review by Maya on May 06, 2018

A true delight. A book about the simplest of concepts, forest bathing - as sun bathing means surrounding oneself in sunlight and sea bathing is getting into the ocean, immersing oneself in the sea, forest bathing is about being inside the forest, becoming one with the peace and sensual pleasures of......more

Goodreads review by Pontus on February 22, 2019

The book was written in a way that seemed intended for children. Also I got the impression that with so much repetition and fillers the author just wanted to create a book out of a few pages with minimal effort. The information was good although the amount was small. Interesting topic.......more

Goodreads review by Mijazmija on June 28, 2018

Proč příroda snižuje stres? Jak jedna procházka denně ovlivní nás nervový systém? To nám vysvětluje japonská terapie lesem #shinrinyoku. Já měla japonský lesy dodnes zařazený v kategorii "sebevraždy", ale očividně se začali v Japonsku snažit, aby v lesích život spíš začínal, než končil. A co mě nejv......more

Goodreads review by Ruth on April 25, 2020

I loved this book because I've been doing this all my life. I grew up in a forest, but unfortunately do not live in one now. When "Safer at Home" restrictions are raised, I hope to travel to a training, maybe in Japan, to become a person who leads others in being soothed by forest therapy.......more

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