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WHAT IS FOREST BATHING?
"IF STEPPING INTO A WOODED AREA MAKES YOU FEEL AT HOME, BIOLOGICALLY SPEAKING THAT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE.
YOSHIFUMI MIYAZAKI, A LEADING RESEARCHER OF FOREST THERAPY IN JAPAN, ARGUES THAT THE HUMAN BODY IS DESIGNED TO ADAPT TO NATURE. AFTER ALL, IT WAS NOT UNTIL 200 YEARS AGO THAT HUMANS BEGAN MIGRATING TO CITIES EN MASS. NATURE IS RESTOATIVE, SAYS JIAYING ZHAO, CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR IN BEHAVIOURAL SUSTAINABILITY, THOUGH SHE ADDS THAT EXPERTS ARE UNSURE WHAT IT IS EXACTLY ABOUT THE FOREST THAT WE RESOND TO.
THERE ARE THEORIES THAT IT COULD BE THE OXYGEN AND CLEAN AIR, THE COLOR GREEN OR THE VISUAL PATTERNS IN NATURE, WHICH ARE LESS SHARP THAN THOSE OF CITIES.