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  • The Japanese, who have been at this sort of thing a lot longer, call the experience of stress reduction in natural surroundings "forest bathing," or shinrin-yoku.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2010

  • The Japanese, who have been at this sort of thing a lot longer, call the experience of stress reduction in natural surroundings "forest bathing," or shinrin-yoku.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2010

  • Inspired by the crisper air, my old sweaters and shinrin-yoku, I'm spending as much time as I can outside.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • Forest bathing is translated from the Japanese shinrin-yoku, which has been defined as "taking in the forest atmosphere."

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed C. JAMES DALE 2010

  • Inspired by the crisper air, my old sweaters and shinrin-yoku, I'm spending as much time as I can outside.

    NYT > Art & Design 2010

  • Inspired by the crisper air, my old sweaters and shinrin-yoku, I'm spending as much time as I can outside.

    NYT > Art & Design 2010

  • Inspired by the crisper air, my old sweaters and shinrin-yoku, I'm spending as much time as I can outside.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • Inspired by the crisper air, my old sweaters and shinrin-yoku, I'm spending as much time as I can outside.

    NYT > Home & Garden 2010

  • Inspired by the crisper air, my old sweaters and shinrin-yoku, I'm spending as much time as I can outside.

    NYT > Home & Garden 2010

  • While the good, old-fashioned term "walk in the woods" still applies in North America, shinrin-yoku has slowly made its way into the vernacular in Japan since a government agency coined it in 1982.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed C. JAMES DALE 2010

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  • fancy way of saying walk in the woods , term coined in 1980's Japan.

    June 3, 2017

  • We nemophilists are everywhere.

    June 10, 2017