Forest Bathing with Dr. Qing Li

Dr. Qing Li speaks about his book, Forest Bathing: How Tress Can Help You Find Health and Happiness. We learn about how forest bathing can awaken all of our senses, and bring us a sense of happiness and wellbeing. Additionally, he shares with us the experiments he carried out that resulted in data that proves spending time in forests improves our physical health and prevents diseases.

After listening to this talk, I'm sure you will be scheduling a trip to your local parks or forests, and you will appreciate trees in a new way.

In This Episode:

• What is Forest Bathing
• How trees reduce our stress
• Japan’s relationship with nature
• Poetic sounds of nature
• Forest therapists
• City living and cortisol
• Forest medicine
• Awakening the senses
• Happiness: the 6th sense
• Colors in the forest
• Smells in the forest: phytoncides
• Touching the forest
• Tasting the forest
• How often should we forest bathe?
• Children and nature
• Connect with trees, connect with yourself
• Preventing Covid-19 with forest bathing

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