Forest Bathing

I wish I had some magical words of guidance and wisdom to offer but I'm in the same boat unfortunately. Most of the standard "fixes" have left me more depressed, feeling lost, and the lack of results …

Why is everyone obsessed with kintsugi, forest bathing, and Japanese philosophies? — I’m Japanese American. I never learned about kintsugi, forest bathing, or wabi sabi growing up. Yet I see so many people using kintsugi as an aesthetic metaphor for personal healing, arboretums and mu…

Are you in Asia? If you're in the West then it would make far more sense to do a retreat in the West, in English, and without the dysentery. As someone else said, the vipassana retreats are very avail…

Well, they're all comparatively obscure aesthetic/philosophical concepts (until recently), so it's no surprising that you haven't heard a lot about them. My guess is the average Japanese-American in …

I've only heard of wabi sabi and that's because I like nice playing but wtf... Forest bathing????

>but wtf... Forest bathing???? Explainer [here](https://wapo.st/41dB3WT). It's a nice concept, honestly. More people should do it.

It is fetishsizing or more kindly romanticizing part of a culture. I'm certain some North American indigenous (native Indian) groups have their own centuries-long versions of forest bathing. We just d…

IDK when you consider it "took off", but mainstream US coverage of forest bathing predates covid by years [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/12/well/take-a-walk-in-the-woods-doctors-orders.html](https:…

Yeah there's certainly an element of orientalism but I don't it can be reduced to that. It doesn't feel that different in character to the obsession with Danish "hygge". It's helpful to have a label f…

Forest bathing has been scientifically proven to offer health benefits. Google it. I've never done it but having had aging relatives whose demeanor changes and they feel more happy and at peace when t…

Those terms were part of a east asian 101 course (taught by an asian professor) in the US that I took in college over 10 years ago now but maybe it's becoming more mainstream because people are tired?…

Yeah I have seizures now I think in part because I was raised if theres no blood, vomit or bone sticking out its not serious. I was called a hypocondriact growing up so now healthcare workers saying i…