For The Love of Phytoncides: The Health Benefits of Forest Bathing

It’s in the air. Spring is just around the corner. And with that comes the familiar scent of rain mixed with lush soil. Quite often during this time of year, you’ll find the avid outdoorsmen – and women – gravitating towards nature of any kind within reach, a common process known as Shinrin-yoku. Roughly translated to mean “forest bathing” in English, Shinrin-yoku originates in Japan, with the formal concept coined in the early 1990’s[1]. Viewed as a form of natural medicine,...