A Walk in the Forest

Wildernest Safari Inn is located on Spring Mountain near Petersburg, West Virginia. Take advantage of the natural beauty of the state to hike, fish and explore the great outdoors. Host Tom leads guests on a Japanese Art of Forest Bathing adventure. Shinrin Yoku is the practice of walking slowly through the forest, in no hurry, for a morning, an afternoon or a day. Intuitively, we understand that the natural world makes us feel relaxed. The idea behind nature therapy is to clarify those effects with science, and to use them as a preventative medicine to improve wellbeing in our modern world. Nature therapy is natural, non-invasive and harnesses a quality our bodies already possess: their adaptation to nature.

From Shinrin Yoku - The Japanese Art of Forest Bathing by Yoshifumi Miyazaki