Last week my mom took me to a destination spa resort for five fabulous days! We were pampered, spoiled, and had carefree days to relax and reconnect to each other and to ourselves.
The resort offered a variety of classes; everything from drawing, to chakra, to forest bathing. It was enlightening and invigorating!
My favorite was Forest Bathing. It is a practice that started in Japan in the 1980s.
This is the healing way of Shinrin-yoku Forest Therapy, the medicine of simply being in the forest. Shinrin-yoku is a term that means “taking in the forest atmosphere” or “forest bathing.” It was developed in Japan during the 1980s and has become a cornerstone of preventive health care and healing in Japanese medicine.
The guide escorted us through the forest on a mindful walk with invitations to share what we were experiencing. Such a relatively simple way to relax and appreciate the little things in life.
Romeo Lit Coach 
This is amazing. I find the idea of this vacation and forest bathing very intriguing! I love learning about Japanese medicine and culture. Thank you for sharing. I’d love to know the name of this spa!
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It was the Lodge at Woodloch in Pennsylvania.
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Forest bathing sounds so incredibly relaxing. Your pictures look so serene. I love to take walks in the woods. I imagine having a guide makes the experience even more relaxing. Thank you for sharing!
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Sounds delightful. No doubt your pictures can’t capture the fullness of what you experienced, but the whole post made me want to try forest bathing – and, I can’t lie, a 5 day spa trip!
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I love that you and your mom take time for yourselves!! This getaway sounds so relaxing, and I was rather intrigued with your statement that it has become a ‘cornerstone of preventive health care and healing’. Being a nature lover, I can totally see why!
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You clearly had wonderful time. I hope you will have more chances to practice Forest Bathing. So simple and yet so powerful way to take care of oneself.
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I recently learned about “forest bathing” in Florence Williams’s wonderful book, The Nature Fix. And I’m all in! I love that in Japan, you can actually be prescribed “walks in nature” as medicine! It really does make a difference. Love your photos!
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