Walking in the Woods
Go back to nature with the Japanese way of shinrin-yoku
$20.69
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
30 March 2021
Summary
‘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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781783254149 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1783254149 |
| Author: | Yoshifumi Miyazaki |
| Publisher: | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Aster |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 30 March 2021 |
| Weight: | 135g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 18mm |
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About The Author
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.
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