May your path through nature, lead you to yourself.
Global research shows that forest therapy can boost immunity, lower blood pressure, heart rate and stress hormones as well as increase energy and vitality and reduce anxiety, depression and stress. “Phytoncides” secreted by by evergreen trees such as eucalypts and pine are associated with increasing cancer-fighting natural killer (NK) cells in the human body.
"Forests are the original antidote to stress and stress-related illness. Our species evolved in forests. We spent the first several million years of our existence in them. Then, a couple of millennia ago—in evolutionary time scale, only yesterday--our adventurous spirits inspired a global exploration. This morning we invented cities. A bit before the noonday break we became industrialized. Suddenly, while our genes are still living in the forest, our bodies live in the busy, stressful conditions of modern civilization.
The problem: stress-related illness, for starters. Add to that separation from nature and the wisdom we learn when we are intimate with its ways.
The solution: Forest Therapy. Simply take a guided walk with an intention to connect with nature in a healing way. Adopt a slow pace through the forest, absorbing the experience through multiple senses. Curated by trained and experienced guides, you will experience ‘Shinrin-yoku through a series of facilitated activities to open your senses in a deeper way and allow you to experience all of them. Your body, mind, and spirit will thank you for it.
We are inspired by the vision of a health care system that incorporates healthful, gentle visits to forests as a core strategy for wellness."
In My Nature© is a founding member of The International Nature and Forest Therapy Alliance (INFTA).
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
