There was a time when humans turned to the forest for everything: food, shelter, stories, guidance, and healing. The Earth was teacher, healer, and relation. The clay of our bodies remembers this. Even now, a slow walk in the woods or a pause beside a stream can bring a deep exhale, arising without effort.

In our fast-paced, screen-filled lives, more and more people are turning to forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku, as a way to find calm, restore balance, and reconnect with what matters most. But this isn’t just a passing trend.