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Research shows that spending time in nature is good for your health.
Simply taking a walk in a forest can ease stress and help us think more clearly.
In fact, in Japan, they have a term for doing just thatshinrin-yoku, or forest bathing.
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It gets its name from the metaphoric way one can bathe in the forest atmosphere.
This means experiencing the forest through our five senses.
However, one of the most powerful benefits of the forest is how itsounds.
Although nothing beats actually being in the forest, the current pandemic limits how we spend our time outdoors.
Thats why the makers behind tree.fm started collecting the sounds of real forests and uploading them online.
Use this site to chill, meditate, or do some digital shinrin-yoku.
Why not help to grow what keeps us alive?
Wildfires, governments, and corporations are still destroying our forests.
Our grandchildren should have trees to climb.
So let’s take some action.
